Movies: Puppetry

The Puppeteer is a powerful, moving glimpse into the art of puppetry and the passion of a brilliant artist. The film treats viewers to Igor's street corner magic and following a dramatic turn of events, leaves us to reflect on life, art and the pursu...

Connor, the new kid in school, is a lonely boy whose only friend is a stuffed toy named Beadie. When Conner brings Beadie to school, despite his father's warnings, a run in with a bully leads to horrific consequences....

A lonely creature learns patience when it comes to making a friend....

This unaired pilot, produced by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl, was shot in Atlanta in the summer of 1962. The pilot featured Kermit the Frog, Taminella Grinderfall and King Goshposh, characters who would all reappear a few years later in the Tales From M...

Timmy and his friends go to the beach, but there is just one problem: Timmy cannot swim, and neither can Waxie! Timmy then imagines himself as a lifeguard, and his friends are competing in a surfing competition against the notorious cheater Goon Dogg...

Now that the 3 suns have aligned and the last surviving race of Syentees has died it is up to the Eneber priests to bring back magic to the land of Sablewood....

The story of the acquaintance of two dads - a boy and a teddy bear. One dad did not have time to buy a Christmas tree and went to the forest to get it, and dad-bear went to the city to look for toys for the forest Christmas tree. That's how they met....

Set in Flossmore Valley and Egypt, Timmy, Brushbrush and Bubbles visit the pyramids on their official pyramid investigation business as they explore the pyramid of King Tooth Uncommon....

In 1992, an independent South African puppetry group, the African Research and Educational Puppetry Program, were invited by OXFAM (Canada) to bring their highly successful educational program 'Puppets Against Aids' to tour rural and regional Canada ...

Set to the song Paranoimia by Art of Noise, Misha struggles to fall asleep until two unseen helpers arrive....

Two strangers. Two personalities. One hand-made secret....

The film focuses on Ernesto Rossi (1897 – 1967), who was imprisoned by the fascist regime between 1930 and 1943 for his political ideas. Exiled on the island of Ventotene, he co-authored the Ventotene manifesto....

Puppeteer Chen Hsi-huang establishes his own troupe and moves out from under the shadow of his father, the legendary Li Tien-lu....

A monkey who works as a private eye picks up his next big case. Will he crack it, or will it crack him?...

After a series of failed pitches, a has-been TV presenter's attempts to get his old show rebooted are stifled after his puppet goes missing....

Staged by the Salzburger Marionettentheater. Wagner's great epic condensed into two hours — compact, humorous and very exciting! Marionettes encounter actors and take us into a time tunnel of mythological entanglements....

Aldo has always felt like a being from another planet, stranded on Earth. His autism and long struggle to speak fluently alienated him from others. Now, he searches for meaning in the esoteric and for connection with people like himself....

When Stick Stickly learns of his long-lost twin brother Wood Knot from his mother, he heads to New York City in order to find him. Will they ever reunite again?...

Several puppets convene at a wooded retreat for a weekend-long writing workshop in which secrets are spilled and lives changed....

Sure we’re interested in Jim Henson’s work as a filmmaker and creative innovator, but his brilliant talents as a performer are often overlooked. As a puppeteer, he created such indelible characters as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, Ernie, and the Sw...