Raoul Servais (1928–2023) was a Belgian filmmaker, animator, and comics artist. He was a fundamental figure of the Belgian animation scene, as well as the founder of the animation faculty of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK). Born in Ostend, Servais was awarded with Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb in 2016. At the 9th Magritte Awards, Servais received an Honorary Magritte Award from the Académie André Delvaux.
Winter Days is a 2003 animated film, directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional ... (more)
Winter Days is a 2003 animated film, directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional ... (more)
A farmer accidentally creates a self-procreating iron Pegasus. (more)
A farmer accidentally creates a self-procreating iron Pegasus. (more)
In a world where people are easily indoctrinated by speech, a reporter wants to know what people think about the actual political situation? (more)
In a world where people are easily indoctrinated by speech, a reporter wants to know what people think about the actual political situation? (more)
Nocturnal Butterflies is Servais' serene and melancholic homage to Belgian surrealist Paul Delvaux (1897-1994), whose architectural paintings serve as the basis for the mise-en-scène for the film, and whose opaquely gazed women represent the enigmatic, silent ... (more)
Nocturnal Butterflies is Servais' serene and melancholic homage to Belgian surrealist Paul Delvaux (1897-1994), whose architectural paintings serve as the basis for the mise-en-scène for the film, and whose opaquely gazed women represent the enigmatic, silent ... (more)
Monsterlike cranes reign over an inhospitable harbour as prehistorical reptiles. The only human being they accept is a lonesome fisherman. He is to witness a strange encounter between a ship's mate and a mermaid. Imagination or reality? (more)
Monsterlike cranes reign over an inhospitable harbour as prehistorical reptiles. The only human being they accept is a lonesome fisherman. He is to witness a strange encounter between a ship's mate and a mermaid. Imagination or reality? (more)
An unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy. (more)
An unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy. (more)
A powerful nation has experimented with a new gas, which does not kill or injure the asphyxiated subjects, only puts them in a lethargic and mystical state. X-70 gas bombs will be dropped by mistake over Nebelux and provoke an unexpected mutation of the population ... (more)
A powerful nation has experimented with a new gas, which does not kill or injure the asphyxiated subjects, only puts them in a lethargic and mystical state. X-70 gas bombs will be dropped by mistake over Nebelux and provoke an unexpected mutation of the population ... (more)
An invading army destroys all color in a harmless town and brings it in a state of depression. Then a jester arrives. (more)
An invading army destroys all color in a harmless town and brings it in a state of depression. Then a jester arrives. (more)
Jason Goldframe, a film producer, is always the best and the first! It's his ambition to be the very first to achieve the inconceivable: making a 270mm film. Obsessed as he is, he even wants to be faster than his shadow. One evening he succeeds… (more)
Jason Goldframe, a film producer, is always the best and the first! It's his ambition to be the very first to achieve the inconceivable: making a 270mm film. Obsessed as he is, he even wants to be faster than his shadow. One evening he succeeds… (more)
A group of convicts slowly drag their balls and chains through a desolate landscape. One of them discovers a strange structure and decides to climb it. (more)
A group of convicts slowly drag their balls and chains through a desolate landscape. One of them discovers a strange structure and decides to climb it. (more)
Inspired by the poem “Le Tank” by Pierre Jean Jouve, this film is a free interpretation of the first tank attack during the first World War. (more)
Inspired by the poem “Le Tank” by Pierre Jean Jouve, this film is a free interpretation of the first tank attack during the first World War. (more)
Documentary on the Belgian animation filmer Raoul Servais. (more)
Documentary on the Belgian animation filmer Raoul Servais. (more)
A day in the life of an organ grinder, down on his luck, who wanders the streets of Paris, dreaming of what might be. He can't help but crank out the occasional false note, just often enough to enrage his listeners and discourage any donations. He dreams of playing ... (more)
A day in the life of an organ grinder, down on his luck, who wanders the streets of Paris, dreaming of what might be. He can't help but crank out the occasional false note, just often enough to enrage his listeners and discourage any donations. He dreams of playing ... (more)
On a November day a man deposits a flower garland for his old car at the junk yard. But the place appears to be a labyrinth in which he gets lost. (more)
On a November day a man deposits a flower garland for his old car at the junk yard. But the place appears to be a labyrinth in which he gets lost. (more)
Short film on Raoul Servais' Servaisgrafie process/invention. (more)
Short film on Raoul Servais' Servaisgrafie process/invention. (more)
A lighthouse guardian leads a young prince towards an imaginary world, Taxandria, where the boy learns about the power of love and the value of liberty. A totalitarian regime has forbidden time: time watches have been confiscated, photo cameras are illegal as they ... (more)
A lighthouse guardian leads a young prince towards an imaginary world, Taxandria, where the boy learns about the power of love and the value of liberty. A totalitarian regime has forbidden time: time watches have been confiscated, photo cameras are illegal as they ... (more)
In a coastal village a faulty street lantern lands on the rubbish yard. During a storm a fishermen's boat is in trouble. The big lighthouse has fallen asleep, but the street lantern saves the boat. (more)
In a coastal village a faulty street lantern lands on the rubbish yard. During a storm a fishermen's boat is in trouble. The big lighthouse has fallen asleep, but the street lantern saves the boat. (more)
Sir Halewyn’s magical song lures girls from afar to his gloomy forest, from where none returns. Based on a medieval song. (more)
Sir Halewyn’s magical song lures girls from afar to his gloomy forest, from where none returns. Based on a medieval song. (more)
November 1914, the front in Flanders. In a partially destroyed aid station, the wounded French soldier François is the only one left. He lies on a field bed and has an open wound in the side. Suddenly, he sees the silhouette of a figure with a pointed helmet on its ... (more)
November 1914, the front in Flanders. In a partially destroyed aid station, the wounded French soldier François is the only one left. He lies on a field bed and has an open wound in the side. Suddenly, he sees the silhouette of a figure with a pointed helmet on its ... (more)