The Seven Arts

This 1957 Romanian short animation and Cannes Film Festival winner skilfully and with incredible artistic expression manages to condense the entire narrative of human evolutionary theory into a ten minute short film. Not only that, he eerily anticipates the communist triumph of the USSR launching the first man into space by a few years.

A few years before Kubrick in "2001", although in a more farcical way, Ion Popescu-Gopo shows the evolution of a strange creature named man from the time he started to rub flint stones to nowadays when he has managed to split the atoms.

A comic history of telecommunications throughout the world.

The little man learns that the Earth is in mortal danger due to pollution.

Dialogue between a man from Earth and an alien about the advantages and darker sides of earthly civilization.

A naked man keeps himself busy throughout an infinite space.

One of the primitive people discovered an apple tree but there is a condition: he can pluck apples from it, but only keep every third.

The little man discovers oil and invents all kinds of machines, including a robot woman, to satisfy his consumer needs.

An anthology made up of numerous short films featuring Gopo's Little Man.

A series of short sketches with Gopo's Little Man about sports.

Two men and a boat

An animation with Gopo's Little Man.

Anita travels to Bucharest to see her musician boyfriend, but a magical pair of glasses changes the way she sees the world. As she explores the city, she begins to question what's real and what love truly means..

A film adaptation of Andersen's fairy tale. A combination of animation, puppetry and live-action.

An aspiring astronaut prepares his ship for take-off, plugs in a razor and causes a blackout. In the deep darkness the boy imagines himself meeting the literary characters who have enthralled readers past with their stories of space travel.

Historical adventure film that evokes the figure of the Prince Dimitrie Cantemir. The heroes fight for the manuscript "The History of the Ottoman Empire" and the jewels of the ruler's wife.

A comic history of telecommunications throughout the world.

A naked man keeps himself busy throughout an infinite space.

A short film featuring Galax, the puppet man.

Three distinct cinematic stories that take place in Bucharest, made by three different directors, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the city's existence

Adapted from a folk legend, it tells the story of a bad-tempered nobleman and his chronically useless younger son - who dreams of being the mythical hero Harap Alb.

A terminally ill professor gets an immoral offer.

This blend of comedy and psycho-drama is comprised of two disturbing stories. The first tells the tale of a robot who is set to Earth by his home planet to discover new energy sources. In the second a boy is sent into deep space as part of an inhuman experiment designed to create the perfect human.

Based on a 19th century tale, this self-referential fantasy, complete with musical and animated interludes plus a cast of fairytale characters, tells the story of a bet between an old man and a fairy over a bag with two gold coins.

During the 18th century when Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir writes The History of the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire the manuscript is stolen and offered to the highest bidder.

The story of Galax, a robotic 'man-doll', artificially created out of wood and computer circuitry, Appearing to come to life, it becomes a rival for the affections of Marie, a young student and an issue for university authorities.

Two little girls - Maria and Mirabella - go to the woods for a walk and encounter several magical characters, among them a frog with his feet frozen in ice, a fireworm whose shoes keep catching fire, and a butterfly who's afraid of flying. To help their new friends, the girls must carry them to a sorceress who lives deep in the forest.