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A satirical film about modern British politics and tactics of distraction.

Agony Aunt Margery Boobs (based on real life newspaper correspondent Margery Proops) has heard it all when it comes to sexual fantasies. Still, she finds her match in the unlikely “worried Streatham” when his sex life and weird obsessions call for expert advice.

An animated riff on Melies wherein an animated face keeps transforming into different homages.

Bonzo goes to work in an old curiosity shop. He ends up flying out of the shop thanks to the spring of a clock turning into a propellor. He becomes trapped on a chimney, plays a joke on a sleeping man with two alarm clocks, then lands on a policeman.

A young soldier's fear during an artillery attack becomes an unbearable wait followed by a swift, horrific end.

A humorous introduction to problem analysis and programming.

A little boy is bedeviled by recurring nightmares of a monster that just won’t go away.

A short film about toothpaste.

The Animanimals want to do a big musical performance but somebody got the wrong notes.

Abstract animated short.

A colourful yet sinister mix of painting, puppets, and real people. A puppet maker shrinks people, then sends them down a conveyer belt to be married and later used as figures on a wedding cake. Our minds, although not clock-work, are forced to live in manufactured time. If we can stop just for a moment , we will see the magical place outside of time.

A team sent by the government is here to protect humanity from tornadoes. Bruce, Walter and Barrett are part of the Anti Tornado Squad and are ready to deal with that one-of-a-kind mission.

The bond between a farmer and his cow is unlike any other and it would take some out of this world forces to separate them.

A short film about a boy, Cozmo, who feels uncomfortable being in public with his boyfriend. After realizing he is not the only one affected by the situation he decides to overcome his fears

Mapo's experiences on the Camino de Santiago, or St. James Way. On this legendary route, he will pass through villages and meet other pilgrims who, like him, are seeking new experiences and emotions.

Animated colors crazy to No Sound. This was one of the animations to be painted directly onto the film.

Lou suffers from social anxiety and longs for acceptance and belonging. As he tries to fight his insecurities and integrate, his body becomes a manifesto of his inner conflicts.

Perfectionist Lee must adapt to the imperfect reality of living with an illness – brought to life as her chaotic supernatural flatmate Bug.

The dignitaries who are about to sign the peace treaty cannot open the pen box. A young boy is sent to fetch the key. Meanwhile, discussions in the conference room become complicated...

A young soldier without experience is sent to a surveillance post in the middle of the desert.

3 cartoons were made in 1918 by O'Galop, the designer of Bibendum Michelin, to warn the post-war population of the ravaging effects of alcohol and tuberculosis. This public health campaign seems far removed from our present-day concerns. Over time it has acquired a different dimension.

A burka-clad woman is refused access because of her attire, and decides to take matters into her hands and change her dress-code.

A young man catches up a train in Madagascar. We follow him through the compartments and discover the diversity of the passengers, merchandise and landscapes.

Do we really want that our Computers, toasters, fridges and routers go to war? Should intelligence agencies be allowed to turn our infrastructure into dangerous weapons?

10-year-old Firmin Cailloux has been waiting 3 years for his explorer parents to return from at sea. He lives with his aunt in a small cockle fishing village but finds it hard adapting to this humble life. One foggy day, he spots a huge creature in the waves, which is drawn to the sound of the lighthouse's foghorn. Firmin begins to communicate with it, but he keeps this to himself to save the creature from human greed.

Jack recounts his experience with ketamine addiction and the subsequent road to recovery, providing an insightful look into the realities of overcoming dependency.

A documentary essay about the unsung animation visionary, John Halas. An Animated Utopia explores his desire "to save the world using animation" and highlights his prescient and influential work in exploring new technologies. Though he, along with his wife Joy Batchelor, headed the longest-lasting and most successful British animation studio, he remains an enigma - his achievements, his influence, his success still unknown to so many. This is his story.

Between two unsolicited calls, the director’s grandfather recalls an episode from the time when he was twenty and fought in the Second World War.

An animal documentary about an endangered species.

Petunia lectures Joe on the importance of warnings about dangerous currents, whilst he is distracted by something at sea.

What goes around comes around: the daily cycle of home-work-home illuminated in collage, Hi-8 and paint. Layered and luminous with in-sight. An account of a journey from home to work as seen through the filter of the conscious and subconscious mind. Through the use of moving collages and painterly animation laid over Hi-8 footage, the viewer is able to share the traveller’s experiences and his mental reactions to the trials and triviality of urban existence. An animated account of a two mile journey made from home to work on foot. Hi-8 video footage digitized and printed out using an inkjet printer is combined with drawings, text and paint. A subjective representation of how visual information is filtered and processed by the conscious and subconscious mind. We share the traveller’s experiences: his idle thoughts and repetitive neuroses and see his mental reactions to the trials and triviality of daily life.

Pigly, a little pink pig, wants to rob a supermarket. But he better be careful, because the robot guard is won't let him do it.

This 14-minute film, inspired by Franz Kafka's last short story, "Josephine the Singer," and produced in collaboration with Maestro Broadcasting, is directed by Scottish Opera's resident filmmaker, Antonia Bain, and composed by former Emerging Artists resident composer Samuel Bordoli, with a libretto co-written by both. The soundtrack features Emerging Artist (2022/23) Zoe Drummond, a choir, and the Scottish Opera Orchestra, conducted by Susannah Wapshott.

An animated retelling of the fairytale. Entry in the Four4 Very Short Horror Film Competition, 2013.

This is the story of a man whose coat never stops growing. Isolated from society because of the unbearable burden, and once he has realized there is no way to get rid of it, he sets off to a journey in search of a peaceful place to live.

Film sketches compete for the filmmaker's attention, scenarios push each other out of the way. Too much distraction, all the time. A feverishly associative animation about a neurodivergent mind.

Six year old orphan Kenta and his ten year old friend Makoto team up to search for Kenta's mother, but their journey becomes a test of their extraordinary bond when they discover that the reunion may come at a cost.

The Flower reflects the director's experience of living in a totalitarian communist state and pays homage to Trnka’s film Ruka, The Hand, made 3 years before the Soviet tanks rolled into Prague in 1968.

A short animation about the aberrations and confusions of love.

Hitler is portrayed as a hyena, the willing average German citizen is embodied as a hare. Dob, the stable bunny, is unscrupulously exploited as a worker in the factory. (Images are reminiscent of "Metropolis") When the war is over, he doesn't even realize it.

On a volcanic planet, a queen, having lost her beloved king, resurrects by mistake the statue of the king lying on the tomb. An impossible love story begins between the queen and the statue.

Mina would like to drive the family car on the sunny beach car park. Faced with her older brother's categorical refusal, an argument breaks out. It takes an unexpected turn when a gigantic creature falls from the sky.

There's excitement on the farm where the Ugly Duckling lives, because a very special competition is about to take place. It's the Big Race, and all the best runners are going to compete, like Mariano the rooster, always full of fun, the motorized tortoise, sneaky old Apolo, and, last but not least, the Ugly Duckling, ready to surprise us all. The contestants are under starters orders for a race packed with challenges and adventures. Who will be the winner?

Rhino is looking forward to his date, but doesn’t anticipate the problem right in front of his nose.

Illustrator, comic author and animation director Martin Romero takes the allusion to the famous Shakespearean phrase as a starting point to propose a critical look at today's world based on tragicomedy and the grotesque. "To bird or not to bird, that is the question".

Experimental short film featuring artwork by Daisuke Ichiba.

A stop motion short film shot with a stills camera in the ceiling pointing straight at the floor.

Three different levels of skin working with film / film working with skin: - fingerprints on clear leader - carefully arranged successive skin prints - snapshots of light-painted skin becoming leather The images are accompanied by soundscapes using aural skin scans performed by the cartridge of a record player.

After being dumped by princess Margaret, prince George leaves for a heroic quest, hoping to move on. Lost in the faraway mists, he faces a dragon, guardian of a tower holding princess Anura.

Cartoon featuring Bonzo the dog; possibly a lost film.

A short film about connection, loss and grief.