Animation, Science Fiction
Elephants Dream is the story of two strange characters exploring a capricious and seemingly infinite machine. The elder, Proog, acts as a tour-guide and protector, happily showing off the sights and dangers of the machine to his initially curious but increasingly skeptical protege Emo. As their journey unfolds we discover signs that the machine is not all Proog thinks it is, and his guiding takes on a more desperate aspect. Elephants Dream is a story about communication and fiction, made purposefully open-ended as the world’s first 3D animated “Open movie”. The film itself is released under the Creative Commons license, along with the entirety of the production files used to make it (roughly 7 Gigabytes of data). The software used to make the movie is the free/open source animation suite Blender along with other open source software, thus allowing the movie to be remade, remixed and re-purposed with only a computer and the data on the DVD or download.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Let's Visit the World of the Future
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
The Northlander
Superman 75
Awakens an idea turned into matter
Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman
Danemon Ban: The Monster Exterminator
How Animated Cartoons Are Made
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Coraline
Mother and Milk
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Cyborg 2
Children of Men
Frequency
Waking Life
Freejack
Idiocracy
Ghosts of Mars
Centennials
SIMILAR MOVIES
Let's Visit the World of the Future
IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 1973
A travelogue inviting viewers of today to come visit the future. The person who found this mysterious 16mm film in his basement in 1973, Rev. Ivan Stang, later ran The SubGenius Foundation, the Slack Prophecy religion devoted to Texas cult religion salesman J.R. "Bob" Dobbs.Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
IMDB 7.6 | Aug , 2000
D, a legendary dhampir competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman who has seemingly been abducted by vampire nobleman Meier Link.The Northlander
IMDB 4.7 | Oct , 2016
In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above his duty. He provides for Last Arc, a once nomadic band of survivors in need of food and water that is now growing scarce. The answer must be found before a group of outlandish Heretics descend upon them. Cygnus must voyage across the treacherous landscape to defend his people. Sent by Nova, the matriarch of the band, she acts based on her vision for Cygnus to find a seed of hope. The future of Last Arc is for him to discover, Cygnus ventures into a hostile landscape in search of an answer for his people. On this journey of encountering many traps and dangers, Cygnus discovers what has been hunting him is his identity.Superman 75
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 2013
An animated short about the 75 years of Superman.Awakens an idea turned into matter
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2021
A sculptor turns to his dreams for artistic inspiration, his unconscious will manifest in a way never seen before.Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman
IMDB 6.3 | May , 1980
A deliciously scary story about a boy who outsmarts an old witch-woman before she can have him and his brothers for dinner.Danemon Ban: The Monster Exterminator
IMDB 4.5 | Jan , 1935
The boozy mercenary of the title, based on the actual historical figure of Naoyuki Ban (1567-1615), attempts to rid a haunted castle of spooks.How Animated Cartoons Are Made
IMDB 6 | Sep , 1919
Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.Mickey's Christmas Carol
IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 1983
Ebenezer Scrooge is far too greedy to understand that Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. But with the guidance of some new found friends, Scrooge learns to embrace the spirit of the season. A retelling of the classic Dickens tale with Disney's classic characters.Coraline
IMDB 7.9 | Feb , 2009
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.Mother and Milk
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2020
What happens when a baby is born? What if there is no milk? Or just a drop too much? An animated short film which describes the mental process of becoming a parent - in a scenery of a catastrophe film. When the baby is born the fresh mother has to give up the life she knew. A flood of breast milk covers everything - her home, work, friends, relationship and a good night sleep. The life she knew doesn’t exist any more. There’s just the mother and the baby - in an ocean of breast milk.Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
IMDB 6.1 | Aug , 1966
Doctor Who and his companions are hurled into the future and make a horrifying discovery: the Daleks have conquered Earth! The metal fiends have devastated entire continents and turned the survivors into Robomen.Cyborg 2
IMDB 4.3 | Nov , 1993
In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA's Pinwheel Robotics and Japan's Kobayashi Electronics. Cyborgs are commonplace, used for anything from soldiers to prostitutes. Casella Reese is a prototype cyborg developed for corporate espionage and assassination. She is filled with a liquid explosive called Glass Shadow. Pinwheel plans to eliminate the entire Kobayashi board of directors by using CasellaChildren of Men
IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 2006
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.Frequency
IMDB 7.2 | Apr , 2000
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.Waking Life
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 2001
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.Freejack
IMDB 5.4 | Jan , 1992
Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New York, where his mind will be replaced with that of a terminally ill billionaire.Idiocracy
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2006
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.Ghosts of Mars
IMDB 5.1 | Aug , 2001
In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find the post deserted and something far more dangerous than any criminal — the original inhabitants of Mars, hellbent on getting their planet back.Centennials
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2023
A duo of time-thieves', living in the thirtieth century, are visited by a future computer man with a warning regarding an attack on a relative in the past.