Man in the Frame: A satire on bureaucracy by a master animator living in a country reputed for it. (10:27 minutes)

The Hand: Trnka was a master of puppet animation, in this film he takes a look at authority. (17:55 minutes)

Man in the Frame
by Fyodor Khitruk

The Hand
by Jiří Trnka

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René Walling is a fan of SF, animation and comics, this has led him to co-chair Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon, be involved with fps magazine for more than a decade, write reviews of francophone short fiction for The Portal, and start Nanopress, a Canadian small press. He looks forward to living on Mars where he would benefit from having more than 24 hours in a day.