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Red Iron Road is an animated horror anthology series, based on the works of famous European authors. Each of the episodes are between 10-20 minutes, produced with different creative partners in unique visual styles to suit each story.

"Lost and Found" is a film project for which six young filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe have each developed a short film on the theme of "generation". Together, these six short films make a whole cinema evening. Unique thereby is the selection of young directors, who are currently among the most talented in the Central and Eastern European region. Also special is that five of the short films (four short narrative films and one short documentary) are visually framed by an independent animation story. The filmmakers made their films with local producers in their home countries; post-production was carried out in Germany. The theme "generation" is the thread running through the whole film. It mirrors a new self-understanding of young filmmakers in Central and Eastern Europe. Traditions and national history are viewed in a new way and cinematically narrated. The concept of generation was not intended to neutralize the differences between the countries, but to create a fascinating frame for comparison. The stories were written in accordance with this thematic guideline especially for this project.

Every ship deserves its captain.

A love triangle between an artist, picture and sculpture.

Our bodies remember more that we can expect and imagine; our bodies also remember the sorrow and pain of our predecessors. Our bodies sustain the stories of our parents and grandparents as well as they ancestors. But how far back is it possible to go in body memory?

It is a parody of a classical action film. The sequence of events is launched by a huge cabbage growing on a plot of land that belongs to a poor Estonian peasant woman. This super-cabbage attracts adventures from America, China and Soviet Russia. Against a background of chasing and hunting two young people find their love.

The heroes of the film are three bear cubs from the cult painting by Ivan Shishkin, "Morning in a Pine Forest." After losing their painter mom, three brothers--Henry, Vincent, and August--appear in Paris, the City of Light every creator dreams of. All attempts to earn their living as artists fail. Their impressionistic "collies" won't be acknowledged. Under cover as circus lions, the bear cubs travel back to Russia to find their mother's heritage.

A tale of freedom and compassion, set in the 1980s Soviet Estonia, as experienced by a cat and recounted by its owner. Cat Teofrastus lives a homeless life until one day, he is offered a home, but this doesn't mean a lifelong happiness.

A fairytale about the mice and the raven, which is stronger and which is cleverer.

Is it possible to reach the moon in one breath? Yes, it is if you have the will to fly and the appropriate training. This is the case with postman Rain. This is not simply the journey of a postman to deliver the package to the Moon. It is also a philosophical journey in time and eras, through people and their characters, through thaugths and imagination. This is a visual version of thoughts and imagination of a postman who is fulfilling his task in spite of all problems and distractions.

Miaiam, the Hen and Little Brother watch a performance of Little Red Riding Hood. They are emotionally involved in everything, especially fearing the appearance of the wolf.

There is no triangle without corners. There is no direction without a triangle. There is no movement without a direction.

Ills of fortune have deported a ballet dancer Sergei to a suburban kolhoz. Here he's having his mundane fights against routine, domestic animals and alcohol.

It is a political parody film against totalitarian system of violence, about the careless game of power that has been played with the world and peoples. The film creates a model situation in which a lumpen gambler, playing with a slot-machine and thinking he is the master of the situation, turns out to be just a little screw nut in the machinery of the game of power. There is an actor used in this film.

This 3D animated opera deals in a socially critical manner with the topic of illegal immigrants fleeing from Africa to Europe and it is also a story of impossible love between orange boy Maroc, a singing boat refugee, and lemon girl Lisa, who collects singing seashells and dreams about love. Maroc is the brave hero-type, bound by prejudice and poverty. Lisa is the daughter of a rich businessman and tomato ketchup plantation owner. Here we have the fruitier version of Romeo and Juliet - a 3D animated operatic extravaganza!

Fearing for their lives, the entire population of the Estonian island of Ruhnu left their homes, fleeing the war in 1944. Decades later, they had a chance to return, but it turned out that strangers had already settled on the island. Beyond its intricate story, 'Til We Meet Again explores the meaning of home - is it just a place to live or a place that brings peace of mind?

In the high seas, a legless Fisherman meets a big two-headed Ship, where weird handless Creatures are dancing around their big Goddess. She gives birth to a child while the battle between their Ship and Fisherman is going on... The ship sinks and Fisherman's Iceberg-home sinks too. Somewhere life goes on, surrounded by a wedding-car's music: Beach Boy's "Surfin'USA"!

Freedom is looking for a form to manifest itself. An allegoric story of Architect-Matchstickman who helps to give the life for the new Generation.

Miriam's parents are not at home. She, her little brother and the Hen are watching swimming ducks on TV. As the Hen becomes jealous, Miriam decides to bath it in the bath-tube. This triggers a dangerous adventure which, luckily, has a happy ending.

Helpful Miriam builds the Gnome a cart so that it would be easier for him to bring presents. But do the gnomes really exist?

Watchmaker controls the time, but the mouse living in the watchmaker's workshop controls the clocks... This is a film about time and its ephemeral nature.

A puppet game between an Angel and a Devil grows over two opposing power-the Masters and the Miller - into a battle which proves to be a test of strength between the two puppets. A Girl one of the film's most essential though overshadowed characters, observes the entire affair. This film which includes both human and puppet characters speaks of hidden forces within us, both good and evil, and of the balance between them.

A documentary with the elements of animation about 85-year-old Elbert Tuganov and 80-year-old Heino Pars - two animators and artists who despite changing times have become masters of their domain... The time of occurring of the real events is in a documentary "The Kings of Time" is not actually essential. It may be yesterday, today, tomorrow... And it may happen to you... and to me... However, in the film, it all took place in the 1950s, the time when the first Sputnik was launched to the space, rivers were reversed and hydraulic power plants built. At the same time, in a far corner of the Soviet Union, two Estonian men started to play with puppets. Why? The protagonists of the 72-minute documentary are two different film directors, two different creators: Elbert Tuganov and Heino Pars, who, in spite of the changing times, have established themselves as the kings of time... and, quoting the chronicle films of their time: "were the first Estonians who have flown all the way to the roof of the World cinema..."