Introduction --; Defining animation --; Tracing the ancestry of the animated film --; Animation (film) as communication --; On time in the animated film ; Case study: Gone with the wind / Ülo Pikkov (2009) --; On structure in the animated film ; Case study: Little house / Kristjan Holm (2009) --; On the credibility of animated characters ; Case study: Laika / Märt Kivi (2007) --; On realism in the animated film ; Case study: In the air / Martinus Daane Klemet (2009) --; On storytelling in the animated film ; Case study: Dialogos / Ülo Pikkov (2008) --; On space in the animated film ; Case study: Divers in the rain / Priit and Olga Pärn (2009) --; On characters in the animated film ; Case study: Crocodile / Kaspar Jancis (2009) --; On sound in the animated film ; Case study: Kitchen dimensions / Priit Tender (2008) --; Milestones of animation DVD: Gone with the wind / Ülo Pikkov (Silmviburlane, 2009) --; Little house / Kristjan Holm (Estonian Academy of Arts, 2009) --; Laika / Märt Kivi (Nukufilm, 2007) --; In the air / Martinus Daane Klemet (Joonisfilm, 2009) --; Dialogos / Ülo Pikkov (Joonisfilm, 2008) --; Divers in the rain / Priit and Olga Pärn (Joonisfilm, 2009) --; Crocodile / Kaspar Jancis (Joonisfilm, 2009) --; Kitchen dimensions / Priit Tender (Joonisfilm, 2008)