SONGBIRD STORY (USA, 1994, 13 min.) In North America’s backyards, migratory songbirds are disappearing. While the birds’ nesting habitats are being lost to land development, is this the whole story? In an animated dream, children fly along with songbirds on one of their migration paths to the tropical rainforest. While there they see how quickly the rainforests in Central and South America are being cut down. Without the tropical rainforests, migratory songbirds have no place to survive the winter. Produced by Laura Heller, Frameline Productions.

SCRATCH TRACK* (Canada, 2002, 1 min.) The OIAF 2002 Signal Film combines the dynamics of hand-scratched music with hand-drawn film images. By Richard Reeves.

TAURO* (Germany, 2002, 4 min.) Since the dawn of time, man sought to master the bull, to subdue the wild creature. You might recognize some of the artistic images used in this film. By Matthias Daenschel.

(WINTER)TIME* (Canada, 2001, 5 min.) Combining more than seven different styles of animation, this is a beautiful, artistic exploration of winter and snow, set to a jazz arrangement of the classic George Gershwin tune, "Summertime," performed by the Peter Togni Trio. By Dan Sokolowski.

ROCKS (DAS RAD) (Germany, 2001, 8 min.) Hew and Kew, the stone people, have seen a lot during their eons of life on top of a mountain. They enjoy a front-row seat as time passes through their perspective. By Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger, and Arvid Uibel. 2003 Academy Award nominee.

GRANDAD’S HONEY* (Latvia/Sweden, 2002, 5 min.) Using paint-on-glass, this film explores the intimate relationship of an old man and his bees. By Vladimir Leschiov.

MT. HEAD (ATAMA YAMA)* (Japan, 2002, 10 min.) After a stingy man eats some cherry seeds, a cherry tree grows on his head. From there, the trouble begins for him and the new world on Mt. Head. By Koji Yamamura. 2003 Academy Award nominee.

FOOD RACE* (Canada, 2002, 3 min.) This film illustrates the interrelationship and direct correlation between population growth and the food supply. By Nathan Carey.

THE LEVIS HVC* (Canada, 2001, 3 min.) To combat the new technology of hover cars, a fictional commercial encourages use of public transportation. By Nicholas Markel.

COLDPLAY: "DON’T PANIC" (UK, 2001, 3 min.) The song describes how our beautiful world is at risk from floods and other environmental disasters that we have managed to unleash. By Tim Hope. Category Winner, Music Video.

CAUSES*(Australia, 2000, 4 min.) How a butterfly that flapped its wings in the East caused a hurricane in the West. This film will leave you thinking! By Joseph Brumm.

BLACK SOUL (AME NOIR)* (Canada, 2000, 10 min.) Travel on a whirlwind journey through many defining moments in African American history, as seen through the eyes of a grandmother sharing her life story with her grandson. This stunning, paint-on- glass animated film has won more than 15 awards, including a Golden Bear for best short film at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival. By Martine Chartrand.

Emergence (USA, 1981, 14 min.) Washington, D.C. Premiere Animation tells the story of the events leading to the entrance of the Dineh people onto the surface of the earth through a number of underworlds. Sacred colors, the cardinal directions, sacred plants, the sacred mountains of the people’s lands inhabited by the sacred beings—all evoke the harmony and spiritual meaning of the Navajo environment. Directed by Barbara Wilk.

CARTOON SEA (USA, 2001, 3 min.) Washington, D.C Premiere This funny and fast-moving animated film focuses on the wonders of the ocean and the importance of preserving the beauty and diversity of life in it. Directed by David Katz.

Sesame Street: "Dance & Movement"* (South Africa, 2001, 1 min.) One cool chameleon and a couple of bug friends get the groove on. Directed by Jacquie Trowell.

PIPSQUEAK PRINCE (Le trop petit prince)* (France, 2001, 7 min.) Each day, the little prince struggles to clean a dirty sun. Directed by Zoïa Trofimova.

Trim Time* (Germany, 2002, 3 min.) Throughout the year, a tree is styled by a very persistent barber. Directed by Gil Alkabetz.

THE Little Forest* (Canada, 2001, 8 min.) In a charming, black and white film, Mr. and Mrs. Beetle enjoy a very busy day off. Directed by Gilbert Taggart.

SELF-PORTRAIT (1889) (USA, 2002, 1 min.) An exploration of the unusual symbolism present in Paul Gaugin's 1889 self-portrait. Students created this animated short in one of the Capital Children's Museum's weeklong summer Clay Animation Camps—a collaboration between CCM and the National Gallery of Art.

The Tortoise & the Hare* (USA, 2002, 12 min.) Ray Harryhausen, the well-known animator, started this version of the popular Aesop fable in 1952. He completed it in 2002. Directed by Ray Harryhausen, Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh.

CARTOON SEA* (USA, 2001, 3 min.) This funny and fast-moving animated film focuses on the wonders of the ocean and the importance of preserving the beauty and diversity of life in it. Directed by David Katz.

THE Magic of Anansi (Canada, 2001, 7 min.) Anansi the spider hatches a plan to win the respect of the other animals, only to find out the price may be too high. Directed by Jamie Mason.

STORIES FROM THE SEVENTH FIRE: SUMMER (Canada, 2001, 28 min.) Washington, D.C. Premiere In keeping with the strong oral tradition of culture, these two animated stories provide an artful backdrop to Aboriginal legends and "wolf tales". Follow the adventures of Cree teacher and trickster Wesakechak as he tells the story of "How Wesakechak Got His Name." In "Wolf Tales: Legend of the Caribou," mother wolf tells her little cubs about a time when the caribou clan became too large and food became scarce. The Creator sent insects to drive away the caribou and so began the longest annual migration of the four-leggeds on Mother Earth. By Tantoo Cardinal and Greg Coyes.

The Old Man and the Sea (Canada, 1999, 22 min.) Viewers of all ages will enjoy this story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, who becomes locked in a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin. To create this animated adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s famous tale, world-renowned animator Alexander Petrov painted 29,000 frames on glass. Directed by Alexander Petrov.

Crac! (Canada, 1981, 15 min.). From its origin in the forest until it is cast aside, a rocking chair takes part in every aspect of a large Quebec family’s life, putting up good-naturedly with all the children’s whims. Broken, repaired, repainted, broken again, it ends up by "getting the boot" into a snowbank. The chair, rescued, becomes the seat of the guard at a museum of modern art, and the star attraction for children visiting the museum with their parents. But when night comes, it begins to relive its past. Directed by Frédéric Back.

The Man Who Planted Trees (Canada, 30 min., 1987) Not far from a deserted hamlet, ruined by drought and buffeted by the winds, a shepherd lives alone with his sheep. He is a taciturn man who matches the rhythm of his life to that of nature. Some fifty years of age, he has undergone much suffering in his life, and chooses to devote the rest of it to this patient and anonymous achievement. Directed by Frédéric Back.

ROCKS (DAS RAD) (Germany, 2001, 8 min.) By Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger, Arvid Uibel.

MT. HEAD (ATAMA YAMA) (Japan, 2002, 10 min.) By Koji Yamamura.