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Three memories that become one. An attempt to merge heterogeneous materials: a film sequence shot in Rome, a photo from the 1930s, a noisy soundtrack. Fragmented lines, exploding bass frequencies and flickering.

The friendship between an unlikely pair describes a rhythm in attachment and death.

Pigeons and squirrels might not be the only animals populating the streets of London.

When two cats face off in a chance encounter, the skirmish spirals into an overdramatic montage of fight scene parodies.

My mother recalls her parents' uniquely long relationship -- one made strong by their daily habit of playing cribbage together.

A retelling of the Biblical story of Judith and Holofernes, exploring female aggression and the links between war and sexual desire.

Paul McCartney's sketched short based on the works of artist Honoré Daumier. A man in a bookstore reads an allegorical story about a wrongfully convicted man, who must feed a giant called Gargantua until salvation comes.

Pineapple Calamari dreams of being a horse racing champion. He lives with two inseparable women who share a very special connection. But when tragedy befalls this happy family, their social dynamic takes a drastic turn to the unexpected.

A 25-minute animated film without words based on the picture book by Peter Collington. The traditional nativity characters feature in the story but the setting is contemporary and the plot, touching and original.

Upon a hill grows a grand Oak tree, which also happens to be home to a playful tree Spirit. Amber, a curious youngster, befriends this Spirit and throughout the seasons they form the strongest of friendships. One night, disaster strikes and Amber must realize the importance of caring for nature.

In Candy Guard's debut film, an overweight woman with a bag on her head sits down and swears at everyone she sees.

100 years in the future, the Earth is tipped into a hostile new ice-age. Robot siblings Vera and Sprocket have just lost their creator. As they struggle to process their grief, they are left to survive the perilous world alone. Can they learn to work together weather the oncoming storm?

We follow someone who is very sensitive to sounds, seeing the world similar to how they do, where everyday objects burst and jitter with every decibel they produce.

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

Isaac weaves through various friends at a Bonfire Night, wondering whether he should send pictures to the man on his phone.

The film tells the story of Anna, Rosa and Maria, weavers from Nule in Sardinia, who are taking part in a tapestry competition. Whilst Anna and Rosa try to impress the judges making by perfect and beautiful carpets, Maria surprises the village by creating an unexpected textile. Designer, illustrator, and animator Carolina Melis' short film Le fiamme di Nule uses animation and live footage to portray the story of the three weavers in the Sardinian village of Nule. The story was inspired by a trip Meils took to the village, where she became fascinated with their traditional textile-making techniques.

Since childhood, Léa has been seeing ghostly deer looming around her. Now that she is in a relationship with Maud, the visions are getting worse. How can she prove to her girlfriend, and to herself, that this is a real problem to be dealt with?

Anson Dyer tells 'The Tale of Ronnie Rabbit' in this documentary showing the various stages of making a cartoon bunny.

Their last dinner before he leaves to join the Army. The reality of the situation begins to break in through the four surrounding walls.

First World War animated propaganda short, extolling Britain's naval history and mocking the German navy.

Two larger ladies with a love for the raunchier things in life embark on an adventure in this stop motion animated triumph.

Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.

Cowboys trade lewd stories in the spirit of one-upmanship. Beer guzzling, bestiality and hellfire: it must be a Phil Mulloy cartoon.

Valderez defied years of death threats. Van risks his life to mount undercover rescues. Maria escaped sexual slavery and now pursues the traffickers who profit from human misery. Three ordinary people with extraordinary stories - all on a mission to end modern-day slavery. Be it the Vietnamese lawyer who rescues women from China's sex trade or the Mexican survivor turned sleuth, these profiles explore the challenges of combating slavery. The pressure is high and the stakes are even higher for those dedicated to tackling the global trade in sex and labour that claims an estimated 25 million victims around the world. These efforts come at a cost - solitude, sorrow and stress - but their lives are seldom showcased. This animation series presents a rare glimpse into the lives of those who dare to take on the traffickers.

A recollection of East-African Asian displacement in the 1970s to an ambient score.

Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar quickly has second thoughts, setting several 'impossible" tasks for 'The Fool of the World' and his remarkable friends.

On the brink of signing with a major label, three rappers and their manager are transported back to 1969 where they reluctantly join one million mostly white hippies on a pilgrimage to Woodstock - rock's seminal concert and apex of the sixties counterculture.

Anson Dyer's animation of the age-old fable, made for Hepworth.

In a shadowy interrogation room, a homicide file lies open in front of two frustrated cops. Behind a one way mirror sits their main suspect, a hulking black bear named Canuck Black.

Long after debuting on British television in the 1980s, this popular cartoon series for kids -- narrated by the ghostly Willo (who is, in fact, a mere wisp) -- now enjoys a comfortable cult status among adults. Hounded by the meddlesome Evil Edna -- a wicked witch who inhabits a TV set -- Mavis, Carwash, Arthur and the other inhabitants of Doyley Woods (voiced by Carry On star Kenneth Williams) do their best to stay out of her way.

Mr. Christie is the head of the Christie household, a family in the British suburb of Wellington Green. When his wife is seduced by the mysterious French sailor Ramon, he decides to investigate, only for himself to be seduced, leading to gay sex on a live television documentary about his talking dog. In his shame, he starts to dig a hole from his home in the UK to Australia, abandoning his family, the local priest, and his morals... First part in a feature-length trilogy based on Phil Mulloy's "The Christies" shorts.

Experimental art / moving image film by Tony Donoghue.

A man made of newspaper waits and waits by the telephone.

A woman travelling on the underground is bedeviled with images of desire. What She Wants – wholly created on an Amiga 1500 home computer – is a film about sex and shopping, the social deployment of sexuality, and capitalism in detumescence.

Dark gothic puppet animation based on a section of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy, Titus Groan.

A light hearted look at the various instruments of the orchestra, based on the original cartoons of the late Gerard Hoffnung, satirising musical pomposity.

Who are the queer heroes walking amongst us now or in recent times? A celebration of LGBTQ+ figures who have helped push forward culture and society a little more for the rest of us. A collaboration during the 2020 quarantine between 14 LGBTQ+ identified animators around the world, the structure is based on the old Surrealist drawing game Exquisite Corpses.

The story follows a witch who, in order to save her village from extinction, alters her state of consciousness to collaborate with a scientist from another time and space. In the end, what fate awaits the two of them?

King Edward I has launched a full invasion of Scotland. His next move is a siege of the Urquhart Castle, by Loch Ness. Scottish Governor Alexander De Forbes must defend the castle from the invaders. But the commotion of war will come to a halt when a slumbering ancient power is disturbed: the Loch Ness Monster.

Mass: abstract gravity. Experimental art film created with partially lit paper relief.

A lonely woman sends off for a special mail-order package.

Bonzo borrows a scout's hat and does a series of disastrous good turns.

Percy works in the maintenance department of Crumbs Custard Factory. He likes custard so much that he has his own private custard-making machine at home. One evening, Percy fails to notice that his vat has sprung a leak, and is spurting custard on a courting couple outside his apartment. A mob breaks into his room, smashing up his vat. Driven to revenge, Percy decides to flood the city with custard.

Too Much Sweets have taken their toll on Pog so Pib Resorts to Dentistry, By Removing Pog's Rotten tooth, then Fills Pog's mouth shut.

An artist returns to his work after suffering a mental breakdown.

The engines on the Island of Sodor find themselves in some sticky and slippery situations! Thomas and Butch are stuck in a bind when they don't fully listen to directions. Spencer gets lost in the fog but learns he can actually be Spencer the Helpful. Gordon must swallow his pride after dropping the Lion of Sodor in the mucky, muddy river and Edward shows Charlie there's a time to be Really Fun and a time to be Really Useful. All aboard for fun-filled tales as friends help each other through all kinds of sticky situations!

Surrealist stop motion M.U.S.C.L.E. animation.

Based on Mozart’s The Seraglio.

The inhabitants of a Spanish village gather for the visit of a death defying tightrope walker. He comes with his own attractive aura of danger and drama, and the crowd are not disappointed. Animated in a sketchy style on paper, this film powerfully uses the graphic freedom of this technique to select and embellish, to swoop and wander around the village. Austere sound effects and an Albeniz guitar piece are used to heighten this charmingly modest drama in which ordinary things – a hammer driving a nail, a flock of birds wheeling in the sky – are given their due.

Through a nonlinear, abstract and surreal form of storytelling, this film follows a protagonist through a labyrinth of physical and emotional situations, set in a house which acts as both the set for the story and a metaphor for the mind. The techniques used in the film are a mix of analogue and digital: actual painting in the house, digital rendering and avatars, stop-motion painting, drawing, and collaging, with the majority created in Detroit and subsequent scenes finalised in London. With an original score by Susanne Deeken in collaboration with experimental and jazz musicians from Detroit.

An enigmatic man journeys back in time to find his younger self, seemingly to revisit the nostalgia of trading cards. An exploration of identity, mental health and the erosion of childhood innocence, Trading Cards is a dark fantasy animated film about the weight of living with Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Enter the bizarre world of Strangers in Paradise: a felt animation that takes place in a strange aquatic world - a surreal and loose take on Adam and Eve - if their sin was a shopping centre.

A man with a truck full of meat attempts to sell his wares in a trailer park.

An onion talks about their dreams. Final piece at Aardman Academy. Audio from Aardman Archives.

A mouse feels small and insecure and determines that what he needs to do is learn how to roar like a lion. He knows he has to act brave when he approaches a lion to learn how. In a hilarious turn of events, the lion is afraid of mice!

A young kitten explores the world, learning about the history of cats, and showing humans the best ways to care for their feline friends.

An encounter in the woods is captured on a trail cam.

Pvt. Sam Small is awarded a medal after Waterloo for saving his Sgt. Major's life. The truth emerges that he was actually saving a jar of rum. Asked would he have done it without the rum, Sam says "Like Hell!". He loses his medal.

Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.