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Early 90s for MTV Europe.

The story of the development of oil tankers during the last hundred years, produced with the co-operation of the British Tanker Shipping Organisation of the British Petroleum Company

Animated documentary about a man who recalls a near-death experience involving drowning.

Somebody broke the girl's parents. The rabbit was there when it happened. It was an awful mess.

In this anime-inspired film, a vengeful spirit tries to possess Cora's body, but over time they form a dysfunctional relationship.

An elegy to a love affair that has gone sour, a fond farewell to that most beautiful material that has subjugated our planet – plastic.

A cat goes on a journey toward spiritual enlightenment.

The story of an apology. A turbulent mother and son relationship manifests in the form of intoxication induced flashbacks, experienced by the son while dancing away the heartache and guilt on the dancefloor of the city's dingiest nightclub. Regardless of his attempts to escape from the consequences of his actions, he is ultimately faced with a choice in order to accept the past and repair the relationship.

Richard D'Oyly Carte, the theatrical impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together, is tormented in a dream by his memories of this most tempestuous partnering.

Animated short made for MTV.

Many animals in zoos, circuses and dolphinaria suffer in lockdown every day. They're trapped thousands of miles from their natural homes. Stripped of a life in the wild. And locked up for life. Almost all will die in captivity.

What would you do for some pizza? Tim would do anything.

A pink creature's loving wife tries to help her husband, who suffers from short-sightedness, but doesn't have a nose to put glasses on.

A little girl stumbles into an ancient bee temple where the last of the mystical "bee-folk" has turned to stone. It's up to her to save them and the environment.

Demmo descends deep into his building's maintenance level in order to restore power to his aprtment. Will he ever finish his Dark Void for Playstation 3 video review?

A dystopic future reimagines the impact of Thatcher's section 28 on queer people.

Three animators struggle to make a film as the deadline rapidly approaches.

Autobiographical, emotional journey through the past up to now.

Bruce the gritter unwittingly makes an enemy as he carries out his job, clearing the roads of snow.

Constable's famous painting "The Haywain" seems like a good place for a picnic until the town planners move in. The painting turns into a nightmare of urban tourist resort exploitation.

A married couple on a road trip discover they're not quite where they intended to be...

A wartime public information film about the history of blood transfusion and how blood transfusion is being used to treat wounded troops. Blood groups and the makeup of blood are explained, the development of a blood transfusion service in the UK and in other countries is detailed, and the work of the British Red Cross and the Army Blood Transfusion Service is seen.

A two-minute computer animation of a fantastical centipede having a spot of bother with a mischievous segment.

A young man with sensory processing difficulties faces his biggest challenge yet.

Made in 1973 as an early experiment in 3D animation using Super 8 film. Sheila loved the song, so timed it with a stop watch frame by frame, and animated to the timings at 24 frames per second. The section of Little Jackie Paper growing up gained approval from her local cine club, encouraging her to go on to make a lifetime’s career from animation.. but unlike Jackie she kept her love of Dragons and Fun!

An animated fable about the UK housing crisis.

Part of the Operavox series.

Based on themes arising from real life interviews, Touch Wood looks at the nature of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The action takes place over one night where we see a man preparing for bed. However instead of falling asleep he spends the time checking and rechecking lights, doors and clocks, obsessively securing the house for his night’s rest. Stylistically the animation highlights the divide between the character and his attempt to control his increasingly malevolent environment. The film explores the uneasy balance between the man’s desire to control his life and the compulsions that try to possess him.

LaptopGirl goes on a quest to save Felicity The Triangle Lady.

The legendary Happy Monday’s Shaun Ryder tells the true story of when the Sioux First Nation tribe arrived in Salford.

Longley's graduate film, CLAWS, utilises cuts and collages of scanned recycled and archived print to bring the tale to life. The animation drew inspiration from iconic pop culture references, including the chase in JAWS and the playful antics between Tom and Jerry. The sound was designed by Alex George and nods to Henry Mancini’s theme for The Pink Panther. The animation’s goal was to combine a timeless narrative using classic 2D animation techniques and attentive craftsmanship. Through this work, Nim aimed to showcase her artistic vision while staying true to the essence of traditional animation.

Mr Copycat travels to Paris to meet new people and taste delicious French food, but nobody could understand his manner of repeating words and actions. A tribute film celebrating 50 years of the Mr Men.

It's not just black men who need support, but also the black females who support them more than many realise! Using footage from the Mental Roots Podcast, Black Female Living is an animated documentary following two young black women's real stories of childhood, adolescence and learning self care.

Made as one of a four part series exploring different aspects of women and the law, on which all the women animators involved researched and worked as a group, before then making individual films, each quite different in content, tone and style. Based on a real case and devised as a 'melodrama' set in a Crown Court.

Using a smudge-and-click pastel animation technique, traces the history of a life from cradle to grave.

An animated short depicting aspects of London life set to traditional tunes and popular standards. Part of the J Arthur Rank Musical Paintbox series.

Three characters, three perspectives, three directors. A session between a psychiatric, a schizophrenic patient and his mother.

A parody of the spy mission genre, where Gummy and his friends, Kala and Harry, are taken on by a Covert Government Agency to defeat a set of nefarious villains, led by Dr Verde, who is determined to erase the colour green from the planet, while Gummy thinks he is merely testing cotton candy flavors.

Dr. Platypus, Whiskers the Rat and Flaps the Flying Fox were finishing off some work in Dr. Platypus' laboratory, when they heard some strange messages from deep space on their radio.

Invocation originated as a sequence within the documentary Orpheus Through the Ages made by Pelicula Films to accompany Orpheus and Eurydice. It was designed to illustrate the Ancient Greek myth of the Creation of the world. It was shot on 16mm and subsequently enlarged onto 35mm for festival screenings. The techniques employed were a test run for those which ultimately were used within Ra; the Path of the Sun God. Two versions exist; one with narration and one without.

Children play with their toys while Grandpa dozes. He dreams that the doll's house catches fire and the toys rush to put out the flames. He awakens to find the children squirting him with water.

An enchanting story of two teddies who magically come to life when their human "Huggy Friends" go to sleep, Once 'awake', Max and Mimms make their way to the children's toy box which, when opened, reveals a magical staircase to a world full of Nursery Rhymes and adorable teddy bear characters.

We are bound to the choices we make. What goes around comes around. A take on the legacy of ocean pollution.

An aging alien and a love-struck grandma find romance, but just as they're about to get groovy, army intervention spoils the fun.

When Za-za gets a baby brother, all is not well in the zebra household. When Mum returns from hospital, she's tired, and Za-za is looked after by Granny. When the new baby arrives, it gets all the attention from visitors and Mum and Dad. They're so busy that there's no time for toys or stories. Za-za, feeling neglected, demands a cuddle from Mum. "Why don't you cuddle the baby?" says Mum. And Za-za does, and enjoys it! When the baby goes to bed, Za-za finally gets the attention she wants and is read a bedtime story.

Algren and no De Beauvoir makes Nelson a sad boy in these letters from America. An affair to remember, with distance – initially – no object (plane mailing in fact) in these continental correspondences, monochrome messages that style the times and texts of greats.

Wanking and fairy tales make an interesting mix in this short sharp cartoon.

An online gamer encounters a troll online. He goes to seek vengeance by promising to sexual intercourse the troll's mother.

The film examines the divine female figure in West African sculpture through an exploration of the director/animator’s Bété ancestry, drawing upon the spiritual iconography of the Bété people and other tribal groups on the Ivory Coast.

Frozen within the memory of a single violent moment, a woman describes the events, thoughts and feelings that led her to this place.

An animated short film about the struggle to reach out for help.

This World War II propaganda short encourages British people to "dig for victory," by planting vegetable gardens.

A behind the scenes look at the comedy programme Angry Kid.

Hand painted directly onto film stock by Margaret Tait, this film features animated dancing figures, accompanied by authentic calypso music.

Alice Prin is big-hearted but tempestuous, and falls on hard times in postwar Paris after knocking out her boss in a flash of temper. Her luck changes when she falls in with a band of artists and becomes the most popular and lively of models, and with success and notoriety transforms herself into Kiki. After initial misadventures in love, she meets photographer Man Ray, an American in Paris, and becomes his subject and lover for 6 heady and stormy years. She appears in iconic photographs, Dada films, nightclubs and parties, affections and beds, brawls and prison to become Queen of Montparnasse just as their relationship crashes, along with Wall Street, and the era comes to an end.

Documentary behind the creation of Aardman's mascot for Lurpak.

In a town overrun by grumbling citizens caught in clouds of complaint, a hopeful hero and his trusty dog hatch a plan to encourage a return to better days. However, things seem to backfire... until disaster strikes, and a surprising twist unites the masses in unexpected solidarity.

In his new video work, Atkins plumbs the corporeal depths of digital moving imagery. Computer generated animation, emo musical theatre, collaged stock imagery, field recording, performance capture, disease, motion graphics and starless humour muster within his videos. Atkins’ unique visual language, both melancholic and absurd, confronts the viewer with intimate, arcane visions that seem caught in a purgatory of afterwards.

Part of George Moreno's 'The Merry Music Shop' series.

This short comedy poetry film is about me, my partner Alex and Rufus, the dog we dog-sit who intrudes somehow in our relationship. I share my experience of me almost sharing Alex with Rufus whenever he is around with Rufus dominating and me battling this creature by me becoming him by me dressing up in a dog costume. The poem is humorous in tone and uses end of sentence rhyming couplets for poise and wit to dramatic effect.