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Starting at the atomic scale, we discover how earth was formed, its mis-spent youth, its adventures in parenting and its feelings towards us.

Immerse yourself in sunny memories of the Côte d'Azur with Méditerranée, the new animated video from the group Juniore, directed by Clément Soulmagnon. Singer Anna, nostalgic for her carefree days in Nice, takes us to a lively Mediterranean cove. Through vibrant illustrations and a summery atmosphere, follow a woman on a bicycle as she discovers the magic of the sea, all the way to a solitary swim. An ode to the beauty and tranquility of the Mediterranean, born of an exceptional artistic collaboration.

When nine-year-old Lottie discovers an opulent dollhouse in her attic, it looks a little too familiar…

A man discovers there’s another meaning for “recycling” in this ingenious fusion of mock doc, workplace satire, and stop-motion animation by Trinidad Plass Caussade, Titouan Tillier, and Isaac Wenzek.

One day, a little mole discovers that all of the other animals have a friend of their same species to play with, but the mole is all alone and very sad. To make matters worse, all the food is starting to rebel. A fat earthworm escapes in a hurry, right under the mole's nose. The hunt inside the tunnels begins! Finally the earthworm is caught, but just as the mole is about to bite down, he realises that it's not an earthworm but another mole's tail. Now that they've found each other, there's a happy ending under the molehill.

One man faces off against the world’s worst coffee round.

Three baby birds, one big challenge—their first flight! But as the frogs begin their peculiar performance, the sky turns into a whirlwind of improvisatio — some birds twirl, some hover, and others just hope for the best.

A girl spends her day running away from the personification of her own mental struggle.

Marionette parody of Buster Keaton.

A short animated film by Leeds Animation Workshop which illustrates problems faced by young people at school as a result of gender stereotyping and bullying. Classmates Darren and Sharon are each keeping a video diary. The results show them the different worlds girls and boys live in, and the different anxieties they experience.

In an ancient world, a Shaman is overwhelmed by the death of his wife. He needs to release her soul into the Aurora Borealis, as the very old tradition requires. As a dark entity burst in his life to feed on his wife soul, he won’t have any other solution to go for it.

A reflection on art during the destruction of a post-atomic society.

Territory can be found in many different forms, from boarders to fences, and in summer - even towels. When boundaries are crossed on a beach, two strangers become enemies and war breaks out.

St. Francis (also known as Nightmare and Dreams and Saint Francis: Dreams and Nightmares) is a French 25 minute anti-war film directed by Berthold Bartosch. Partially financed by Thorold Dickinson, Bartosch worked on it from 1933 to 1938. Very little is known about it, to the point where there are conflicting reports on whether it was in color or in black and white. When the Nazis invaded Paris, the film was still in the editing stages. Bartosch deposited the film at the Cinémathèque Française, where it was destroyed during the Nazi occupation. Reportedly, a few still images have survived, but they are incredibly rare and aren't available online.

The story of a boat that docks in a port. Sailors, a bar, a woman in a red dress, a yellow dog.

In the 1950s, Paris is the capital of the liberation of the arts and music. A jazz audition brings together two rival musicians who will try to impress the jury.

Mish Mish, the Egyptian cartoon star, is now French and named Mimiche. Mimiche strolls into town atop his donkey with his dog in tow. A local takes issue with the noise they make.

To save the tranquility of his idyllic Mediterranean island, threatened by the noise of boats, Marcel embarks on a relentless battle that will shatter the ears of many. But he will get carried away, causing the destruction of his entire environment.

A man begins to feel trapped in his small apartment.

If you haven’t already been diverted by the history of John Gilpin, or would like to venture that way again, you couldn’t find a better accompaniment than the drawings of Ronald Searle. The BFI commissioned four films from Halas & Bactchelor to be screened in the “Telekinema” for the Festival of Britain. Pitched as an experiment in combining verse with illustrations, this fourth and last edition was the only one that contained a single work, with plenty of room to breath.

A clown dreams of being a circus artist, but soon learns that practice makes perfect. This short film, directed by Robert Brown, belongs to the Official Selection of the 2023 Taxco International Film Festival.

A young man pours out his morning cereal, He gets more than he bargained for when his free gift emerges from his breakfast and goes on an eating spree.

Animated puppets. Japan, represented by a soldier, approaches a Chinese man and cuts a piece of his tunic symbolizing Manchuria. The Chinese man runs to complain to the League of Nations. But the League of Nations is only a pasteboard set.

Direct-to-video animation transposition of Jules Verne's novel

In this endless pandemic area, where our sexuality has sometimes had to evolve, has been tested, women from different backgrounds offer their intimate testimonies, addressing their desires and pleasures alone.

Cuties explores the elusive beauty in how we as a species continue forward in spite of our proclivity for destruction.

A cartoon parody of Sanders of the River, placing the horse and his rider from the Sunday Express comic strip "Come On Steve" in Africa, where they must escape local cannibals

Margaret Tait described this title as 'An eightsome reel played by Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society, recorded in about 1955 - 1956, later transferred to 35mm optical stock with clear picture and gradually painted over the years. Eights of different things - figures, antlers, or sometimes just blobs in tartan colours - dance their way through the figure of the reel.

The characters of this animation are little creatures looking like people without faces, clothes or emotions. They swim between strange islands and discover new lands lighting their way with drifting eyeballs.

Who’s hiding behind the windows of the neighbouring flat? Who hasn’t closed their curtains? And who’s lurking at the school gates in the next village? Let’s skedaddle, so that we don’t meet them! An animated poem about how mistrust of others is drilled into us from childhood.

Shaun always feels separate and isolated from the confident, happy world around him. Whilst waiting for his parents in a busy pub, Shaun struggles valiantly to join in with the admirably happy people in the crowd, but the more he tries, the more he goes awry. As everything in the pub goes from bad to worse, Shaun finds himself confronted by the painful memories that made him who he is. His feelings, memories and desires overwhelm him and by the end of the evening he is ready to explode...

The protagonist "Choir" needs to save the world from a robo-apocalypse before it's too late.

At the party, humans, animals and other-worldly beings dance the night away.

In his multimedia practice, Berlin-based artist Oliver Laric responds to the internet as a mass medium with deep and wide cultural reach, exploring how images have been created, circulated, and repeated both in our time and across history. In the latest installment of the New Media Series, the Museum presents Untitled, 2014-2015, a video work that examines the art of animation and transformation.

Stop motion animation by Ericailcane

One-minute film on the theme ‘Window to the future’.

Narrated in first person, this film explores the impact of anxiety and how it can affect your life. Aneeka and Sam’s testimony is open and honest, and creates an intimate portrait into what it is like to live with severe anxiety, and what might cause it.

This is the reminiscence of two souls, narrating in memory their own truths and fantasies of their stories together.

The mythical mountain of Monte Adrion (Biokovo) shows us pictures from your life.

Set on the seabed, the spirit of young woman emerges from the sand and dreams of the life she might have had. The animation is projected on to sand and the dancers.

The love story between Giovanni Boccaccio, the son of a Florentine merchant who would become the most important poet of his era, and Fiammetta, the illegitimate daughter of the King of Naples Robert of Anjou. Boccaccio and Fiammetta fall madly in love on Easter Day in the church of San Lorenzo Maggiore. But fate does not seem to help the two young people's love. Princess Giovanna, in order to avoid getting married to Andrea of Hungary, devises a plan to poison him, placing the blame precisely on Fiammetta, who had meanwhile been hired at court as a servant. Boccaccio, with luck and daring, manages to prevent Fiammetta from being blamed. Princess Giovanna will marry the prince of Hungary, and Fiammetta, finally recognized as King Robert's daughter by her natural mother, will be able to crown her dream of love with Boccaccio.

It’s 1989 and rave culture is at its pumping peak in Britain. Illegal raves are being held around the country in abandoned warehouses and other remote locations. A cat-and-mouse game develops between the organizers and the police: once a rave is underway, there’s no way for the police to stop it.

After a lightbulb gets tired of their daily routine, they lose their spark. Now they have to figure out how to get it back.

Layla fights daily against urges and compulsions, until challenged to face her darkest fears

A drunken night out at a nightclub, told through frenetic, morphing animation.

And here is an early success as he puts the viewer in the mood of a little boy, playing with his toys, running them through the paces of his little circus.