Greatest 25 Short Movies Fan Favorites from 1983

The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece. Get info on Mickey's Christmas Carol / IMDB / YouTube

Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society. Look into Dimensions of Dialogue / IMDB / YouTube

Winnie the Pooh and friends decide to throw a birthday celebration for gloomy, old Eeyore. Find out about Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore / IMDB / YouTube

Surreal misadventures of a lazy drunkard with speech impediment trying to get a New Year tree on a short notice. Loosely based on folk fairy tales. Learn about Padal proshlogodniy sneg / IMDB / YouTube

A colonial scene in the U.S. An old lady sits astride a bell while a man in blackface, wig, and livery pulls the bell rope. From an upper door emerges an old man, dressed as a dandy, who tips his hat to the woman as he walks down stairs grinning. Others leave the same door and walk down the same stairs: a shabby man, a cop, and, several times, the same dandy. The man . Look into The Hearts of Age / IMDB / YouTube

A horrifying, surrealist version of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum directed by the masterful animator Jan Svankmajer. Read about The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope / IMDB / YouTube

Longer than a music video, shorter than a feature film, this is essentially a short film version of Pink Floyd's album The Final Cut. As such, the visual material is much the same as a music video (this was made in the crazy early days of MTV, after all), but this covers four songs, in a continuous, unified way. Look into Pink Floyd: The Final Cut / IMDB / YouTube

Garfield escapes from the car on a trip to the vet and finds the place where he grew up. See more about Garfield on the Town / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie Brown and the gang have to come to terms with the fact that Linus and Lucy are moving away. Read about Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? / IMDB / YouTube

A young man, haunted by his past, travels the land in search of the lyrics to a lullaby his mother used to sing to him. Info on Grass Labyrinth / IMDB / YouTube

A character closely resembling then-mayor Ed Koch sings a variation on the Theme from 'New York, New York' in an entirely clay-animated film depicting a variety of locations and celebrities associated with New York City. More about Sundae in New York / IMDB / YouTube

On their return trip through France, Charlie Brown and the gang visit various memorials to the World Wars. Read about What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? / IMDB / YouTube

A couple passing through a small Oklahoma town discover that it has been taken over by a homicidal cult that worships a crow god--and that all the cult members are children. See more about Disciples of the Crow / IMDB / YouTube

Interwoven memories: a boy's Catholic childhood, in middle-age caring for his beloved dying mother, and in old age dying alone in a hospital. Read about Death and Transfiguration / IMDB / YouTube

A short film which documents the lives of women in a rural Senegal. Check out Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen / IMDB / YouTube

The film brings to life in one nightmarish vision three detailed engravings from the early 30s created by Estonian artist Eduard Viiralt: The Preacher, Cabaret and Hell. Details on The Hell / IMDB / YouTube

The morning shift at a big-city radio station. Find out about Early Bird / IMDB / YouTube

A young, orthodox Jewish woman is alienated from her Jerusalem community and drawn into the world of spirit. Surrounded by dark sounds of the Other Side, she moves into remote and increasingly desolate regions of Arab lands. Her journey, like a mystical quest through her own inner landscapes, culminates in her return to Jerusalem. There, indelibly marked, she confro. Read about The Great Sadness of Zohara / IMDB / YouTube

Short portrait of writer William S. Burroughs. Find out about Pirate Tape / IMDB / YouTube

On a weekend in June 1983, in what was deemed a country outing, an impressive number of Berlin-based artists went to a small German village to give the local residents a taste of Berlin's avant-garde art scene. Back in Berlin, the footage was manipulated to produce an experimental examination. Check out Miniaturen / IMDB / YouTube

What could be more smurfy than spending Valentine's Day with the most lovable little blue creatures in all of the forest? In this half-hour animated special from Hanna-Barbera, the residents of Smurf Village cheerfully await Cupid's arrival ... but evil lurks nearby. Can Cupid's arrow make a dent in the stone-hard heart of Gargamel, the evil wizard? Will Smurfette's P. Get info on My Smurfy Valentine / IMDB / YouTube

Jim Van Bebber's eight-millimeter kung fu short, a prototype for Deadbeat at Dawn. Learn about Into the Black / IMDB / YouTube

This documentary is related to an art show directors Wollen and Mulvey organized for London's Whitechapel Gallery, attempting to pair the rather different work of two female creators, painter Frida Kahlo and photographer Tina Modotti. See more about Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti / IMDB / YouTube

1941 was Francis Lee's first film; CH'AN his last. In between, he became an expert Sumi-e watercolorist and here he combines eloquent ink paintings with masterful animation methods. This film moves through mysterious shapes, takes the viewer on an explosive meditative journey across the imaginary landscapes of his creations. - Bruce Posner Info on Ch'an / IMDB / YouTube

Scottish filmmaker Margaret Tait in conversation with video artist Tamara Krikorian. Look into Margaret Tait: Film Maker / IMDB / YouTube