This film is part of Rentals
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_480x270/public/hero-images/sleeping-beauty-player-1920x1080.jpg?itok=qPJn8Hi1)
The Sleeping Beauty
The Brothers Grimm's story springs to life in intricate silhouette animation.
Director: Lotte Reiniger
Overview
"Once upon a time in a beautiful castle lived a king and a queen who were very happy." This fairy story beginning soon tilts to the macabre and grotesque when the castle falls into its 100-year sleep, awaiting the arrival of the young prince. The Grimm brothers' story stirred animator Lotte Reiniger deeply as a child, when she burst into tears at missing a cinema screening of an early version.
Related
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/Robot-Dreams-01.jpg?itok=W9QH_7U3)
Robot Dreams Robot Dreams
Animation & Artists Moving Image 2023 103 mins Director: Pablo Berger
Spanish director Pablo Berger delivers a rich and emotionally engaging dialogue-free animation about friendship, set in a bustling 1980s New York City.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/Blind-Willow-Sleeping-Woman_1920-3.jpg?itok=-FGL2AGh)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Animation & Artists Moving Image 2022 108 mins Director: Pierre Földes
Impressive and captivating animated adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short stories.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/times-for-1970-veil-woman.jpeg?itok=3cJvcV__)
Times For Times For
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1970 80 mins Silent Director: Stephen Dwoskin
Four characters go through a series of deeply emotional, psychedelic, sensual, sexual encounters, evoking the times and textures of the 1960s underground.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/Estuary%252C%2520cropped.jpg?itok=1wl4neEL)
Estuary Estuary
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1980 49 mins Director: Chris Welsby
Tides rise and fall and the landscape twists around the camera.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/belle0.jpg?itok=Ql3Idumh)
Belle Belle
Animation & Artists Moving Image 2021 122 mins Director: Mamoru Hosoda
High-school student Suzu finds her voice in an incredible virtual world that allows everyday people to become extraordinary.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/flee-2021-1920x1080-brighter.jpg?itok=0LHFCQEU)
Flee Flee
Animation & Artists Moving Image 2021 83 mins Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, Flee is a testament to friendship, family and acceptance.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/PE3O6Z9ojHeNSk7H4xMDoxOjAwMTt5zx_2_1.jpg?itok=UGwBAj_1)
Thumbelina Thumbelina
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1955 10 mins Director: Lotte Reiniger
An enchanting silhouette animation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/cinderella-player-1920x1080.jpg?itok=9BUh92WP)
Cinderella Cinderella
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1955 11 mins Director: Lotte Reiniger
A silent silhouette animation of the classic fairy tale.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/promo206027066_2.jpg?itok=nzJROhJe)
Lotte Reiniger's Art Lotte Reiniger's Art
Documentary 1970 17 mins Director: John Isaacs
The short documentary gives us a wonderful insight into the enchanting animated film world of Lotte Reiniger.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/promo207490561_2.jpg?itok=3a6x-ibf)
Snow White and Rose Red Snow White and Rose Red
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1953 11 mins Director: Lotte Reiniger
A kindly bear, an evil dwarf and two sisters populate a magical animated fairy story.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/promo207490809_2.jpg?itok=jn1tLQ3D)
Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1955 11 mins Director: Lotte Reiniger
One of the scariest Brothers Grimm tales is interpreted in delicate silhouette animation.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/promo207490561_2.jpg?itok=3a6x-ibf)
Snow White and Rose Red Snow White and Rose Red
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1953 11 mins Director: Lotte Reiniger
A kindly bear, an evil dwarf and two sisters populate a magical animated fairy story.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/PE3O6Z9ojHeNSk7H4xMDoxOjAwMTt5zx_2_1.jpg?itok=UGwBAj_1)
Thumbelina Thumbelina
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1955 10 mins Director: Lotte Reiniger
An enchanting silhouette animation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/cinderella-player-1920x1080.jpg?itok=9BUh92WP)
Cinderella Cinderella
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1955 11 mins Director: Lotte Reiniger
A silent silhouette animation of the classic fairy tale.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/promo207490809_2.jpg?itok=jn1tLQ3D)
Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1955 11 mins Director: Lotte Reiniger
One of the scariest Brothers Grimm tales is interpreted in delicate silhouette animation.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/Green-Border-01.jpg?itok=-YVcr1Za)
Green Border Green Border
Drama 2023 152 mins
Three-time Oscar-nominee Agnieszka Holland returns with a powerful, timely and unflinching exploration of the current migrant crisis.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/Our-River-our-sky-01.jpg?itok=p9xO8tL8)
Our River... Our Sky Our River... Our Sky
War 2021 118 mins Director: Maysoon Pachachi
A small Baghdad community searches for hope in the face of unpredictable violence, turmoil, and loss.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/LoveLiesBleeding-01_brighter.jpg?itok=Ji_gwS-r)
Love Lies Bleeding Love Lies Bleeding
Romance 2023 104 mins Director: Rose Glass
Rose Glass’s gripping and gory follow-up to Saint Maud finds a lesbian couple drawn into a web of violence in 1980s small-town New Mexico.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/sick-of-myself-01.jpeg?itok=6WYKe_5g)
Sick of Myself Sick of Myself
Comedy 2022 97 mins Director: Kristoffer Borgli
She just did what! Attention-seeking Signe will do anything to keep the focus on herself, in this wildly demented comedy.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/wilding-02.jpg?itok=AmImzKtl)
Wilding Wilding
Documentary 2023 75 mins Director: David Allen
A dying landscape is healed against all odds, going on to thrive in astonishing ways, in this hopeful story of ecological regeneration.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/AHouseInJerusalem-01.jpg?itok=9SyTSTlz)
A House in Jerusalem A House in Jerusalem
Drama 2022 104 mins Director: Muayad Alayan
After moving from the UK to Jerusalem, young Rebecca strikes up a mysterious and an unlikely friendship, in this poignant tale of loss and longing.