Ante Zaninović

A wall blocks the path of two people. One man submits, while the other refuses to admit defeat.

The film consists of several short stories. Between them, always the same leitmotif appears – a short joke with a different ending. The stories are always about absurd and ridiculous situations depicting the relationship between a man and birds.

A modern fairy tale about a beauty and a dragon.

A richly illustrated cartoon film that enlarges on man's capacity to foul his own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humor, imagination, movement and design. In between animated sequences Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Concordia University in Montréal, comments on the import of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources and usable environment.

Professor Balthazar goes on vacation to the South Sea where his friend Hannibal is a lighthouse keeper. Hannibal loves ice cream, difficult enough to find there. His request for transfer is denied until he can arrange a replacement: Johan the yodeler from the Alps.

Professor Balthazar rests in the mountains in the winter, and at the seaside in the summer, where he meets friends. His vacation is active. His ingenious invention will protect his friend Hans’s mountain village from an avalanche, which will in turn solve the problem of his other friend, from the coast.

A wall blocks the path of two people. One man submits, while the other refuses to admit defeat.

The film consists of several short stories. Between them, always the same leitmotif appears – a short joke with a different ending. The stories are always about absurd and ridiculous situations depicting the relationship between a man and birds.

A modern fairy tale about a beauty and a dragon.

A richly illustrated cartoon film that enlarges on man's capacity to foul his own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humor, imagination, movement and design. In between animated sequences Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Concordia University in Montréal, comments on the import of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources and usable environment.

Professor Balthazar goes on vacation to the South Sea where his friend Hannibal is a lighthouse keeper. Hannibal loves ice cream, difficult enough to find there. His request for transfer is denied until he can arrange a replacement: Johan the yodeler from the Alps.

Professor Balthazar rests in the mountains in the winter, and at the seaside in the summer, where he meets friends. His vacation is active. His ingenious invention will protect his friend Hans’s mountain village from an avalanche, which will in turn solve the problem of his other friend, from the coast.

Ante Zaninovic's story of a man's persistent battle with the forces of nature.

Ante Zaninovic's story of a man's persistent battle with the forces of nature.