Experience the world’s first hand-drawn film animation
An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton and the Incoherents of club Hydropathes, the film, with all its wild transformations, sees our protagonist materialize a movie theatre, meet an elephant and escape from jail; A morphing, stream-of-consciousness delight.
Fantasmagorie (1908) is a animation and comedy film directed by Émile Cohl, released on August 17, 1908 with a runtime of 2m. Viewers rate it 6.6 out of 10 across 157 ratings.
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Average viewer score of 6.6/10 from 157 ratings.
Imagine for a moment what it meant for people at the time to see this.\ Today, to our eyes this film may seem like a mere short without value, lasting a tik tok video; but for those who crossed the threshold of the cinema more than a century ago to see these two minutes of animated images, this film represented the progress; images that move with a life of their own. Something that until recently was unthinkable…
Reviewed on August 1, 2026
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Fantasmagorie was released on August 17, 1908 and runs for 2m.
Fantasmagorie (1908) holds an average rating of 6.6 out of 10 from 157 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy animation and comedy films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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