Nine Nation Animation

Animation fans only familiar with the likes of Pixar and DreamWorks will see an entire world of creativity opened up to them with this collection of animated films from around the world. A Royal Air Force veteran reminisces with family, in Britain's "Home Road Movies" (2002); watch "Flatlife" (2004) go by in a Belgian apartment house; from Sweden comes a short about losing one's virginity, in "Never Like the First Time!" (2006); Norway's "Deconstruction Workers" (2008) face chaos on a construction site; plus five more shorts from Croatia, France, Ireland/Germany, South Africa, and Turkey. 82 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English, Chinese, Farsi, Norwegian, and Swedish; Subtitles: English; bonus short "The Runt" (2006); theatrical trailers. In English, Chinese, Farsi, Norwegian, and Swedish with English subtitles.