All of these short films, except the first one and those with no words, are in German with English subtitles. Enjoy the variety!

Apparently, rocks are having conversations all around us, but they talk very, very slowly. Das Rad is, at times, quite funny (Hew, the larger of the two rocks, spends several millenia dealing with an algae “rash”), but the most impressive thing about this 9-minute short (aside form the animation, which is phenomenal) is the way it handles the passage of time.

Kurz & Gut Macht Schule II: Animation is a useful and creative resource for instructors and learners of German. The DVD is a compilation of eleven animated short films ranging from four to fifteen minutes in length, which is a perfect amount of time for use in a classroom setting for learners of German as a foreign language.