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Why don’t we do it in the road? Which camp do you fall into – Beatles or Stones fan?

Two wrestlers approach each other to battle for male dominance, but soon the fight descends into something even more animalistic as hyper-masculinity clashes with desire.

This cartoon from the Great War of 1914-18 isn't quite what the opening would lead you to expect, and the message of the finale isn't quite what the propaganda slant of the middle section has led you to expect either!

Strange short animation.

A saloon pianist in the wild west dreams of playing classical music.

On Mars, a sight-seeing couple visit the only relic of extra-terrestrial life.

Set in the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Checkpoint follows eleven-year-old Leila, who wakes up before dawn every morning to try to get through the military checkpoint between her and her school on time.

Left Unsaid is an experimental animated film about cultural dysphoria and the disconnect between grandfather and grandchild caused by an ever-growing language barrier.

“Secrets are such ugly, poisonous seeds hiding in the pit of your brain.”

“My name is Klementhro. Without my paddle, I have nowhere to go”. Klementhro may not have it all, but at least he has his paddle to direct him through the world. What happens if he loses his dear paddle? It is not easy to navigate with empty hands.

Time chicken is a clay animation stop-motion short film by Nick Black. In a bid to heal the rift in society, a plucky chicken sets out to find an answer to the ultimate question.

One day in Jolly World something very strange happens. It begins to snow. Strum, Bouncey, Amber and friends, have never seen anything like this before and are most perplexed. Things get even stranger when a jolly old man with a white beard and red suit turns up. Who is he? What does he want with them? What does 'Ho ho ho' mean?

It’s Halloween night, and 13-year-old Blair has just moved into a new neighbourhood. She carves a pumpkin who magically comes to life! They go out on a fun adventure filled with tricks and treats. However, her anxiety gets the better of her when it comes to making new friends.

This exhibition is a unique opportunity to see ‘frame by frame’ into the world of director / animator Kayla Parker. Her films have been shown on Channel 4’s Four-Mations and The Dazzling Image series, on ITV and on BBC2’s The Late Show, as well as in many festivals and exhibitions worldwide. The exhibition includes artwork from Sunset Strip and features video installation, animation drawings, props and photographs from recent films.

Find out how silage is made on the farm. Meet Tractor Ted and Farmer Tom as they see tractors and forage harvesters hard at work in the fields cutting, raking and collecting the grass. The children and Midge the dog tease Les when they hide in the long grass. Poor Les!

A proud chef is cooking a fancy meal and is forced to fight a mischievous cat who will stop at nothing to steal the food he is cooking.

Fantastic fun film showing how girls get to be one of "Cochran's Young Ladies".

A decade after "Back to the Start" changed the global conversation around animal welfare, Johnny Kelly returns with a continuation of the farming family epic with the focus this time on human welfare.

With Santa retired to the Bahamas, Christmas is now run by Christmas Incorporated, a glossy, corporate empire led by eccentric billionaire Jerri Ronson, who is set on modernising, streamlining and optimising the festive period. Eager to prove herself, Goldie, Jerri’s ambitious elf assistant, is sent from sunny California to shut down the world’s last traditional toy workshop, hidden deep in the rainy British countryside. There, she discovers a chaotic world of handmade toys, misfit elves and unexpected heart, and begins to realise what really makes Christmas special. Now Goldie must decide where she stands before Christmas loses its magic for good.

An embroidered stop-motion animation using old scraps of fabric found in the home attic and charity shops. It tells a story of leaving home and creating your world from scratch. While it celebrates the thrill of new beginnings, it also acknowledges the comfort found in familiar bittersweet memories.

An animated short film about two boys playing football, when John kicks it too hard it goes to the trees, and Robert must collect it.

The film focuses on themes of parental love, and time and decay. The film's moral is centred around a mother's love for their child with its anime-inspired visuals and Hong Kong styled landscapes.

Directed by John Latham.

An animated short film that follows a man and his struggle with his identity, projected anxieties and relationships over the course of an evening. He has to contend with his insecurities with being seen with another man and his fear as feathers start to grow from his body.

Amature filmmaker Yellow attempts to create a television show that'll jump start his directorial career.

Zombie Lee has an outrageous hunger that won't be silenced by food alone.

A young polar bear fights to survive the melting Arctic environment.

Stop-motion and lightning sketch animated propaganda short from World War One, notably featuring a caricature of Chaplin defeating a zeppelin.

Where 'Paris is Burning' meets Hieronymous Bosch. A dip, a shablam, a death drop is when a dancer strikes a pose and dramatically falls on their back. The higher the fall, the spicier the dip. The story follows Shesa Quinn dipping from the top of a skyscraper. Gagged by her stunt, the townsfolk bellow spiral into chaos. Will Shesa land a perfect dip?

The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.

A street musician struggles to be recognized. A car accident leaves him injured and his blood stains a tattered bag. Curious eyes consider it art, and he exploits this macabre fascination

Eerie animation about the rise of a supernatural figure with a cryptic message for mankind.

During the turbulent 2019 Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, a worried grandma stays home and waits for her grandchildren to return.

Shapes projected onto an abstract environment. The movement and scale of the forms in the film is a beautiful equivalent of the dynamics of the soundtrack

"Into All That Is Here" explores the notion of lust after times of darkness. Within her film, the artist continues the exploration of themes addressed in "Wantee" (2013), a story linked to her grandfather. This time, she focuses on digging into the subconscious of this character, deep into his fantasies, as an insect or bird is attracted to the pollen of a flower and when there by the flower indulge its with pleasure.

Stop-motion animation of a small white doll: the figure grows from a ball of modelling clay, is cut and sewn shut, and then buried and ‘reborn’, among a nest of white granulated sugar and the dark stain of slut’s wool - the fluffy dust that collects under furniture and along skirting boards.

Musical marvels from the Royal Albert Hall for the TV premiere of a new show - Wallace and Gromit at the Proms. There's specially filmed new Wallace and Gromit animations featuring the dynamic duo's backstage exploits as they prepare for the first performance of Wallace's brand new work, My Concerto in Ee Lad. On stage are the Aurora Orchestra, violin soloist Tasmin Little with conductor and host Nicholas Collon performing some classical favourites.

How the LGBTQIA+ community has been reinventing funerary and remembrance rituals to better support and reflect the way people live in community.

A young girl rescues a wild bird. She takes it back to the forest, then finds crystals in the mountain...

A film commissioned and conceived by the artist Eduardo Paolozzi using drawings and photocopies provided by him. A non-narrative film focusing on Paolozzi's themes about modern man.

Animated short film by Phil Mulloy.

The Green Lady of Caerphilly Castle, Wales, UK. A story of love, betrayal, and the afterlife.

A three-generation conflict but with more horns. Or how the daughter learns to stop copying her father’s goat-like attitude and begins to think for herself.

After remembering a family-woven island tale, young Ailsa ventures into a dreamlike world, in search of her absent father and a way to heal their hearts.

A lone astronaut is sent tumbling back to Earth after a mission to the moon ends with a nightmarish insight into the darkest recesses of the human mind.

A new way of painting graffiti was born in Sao Paulo. Hip Hop was replaced by Brazilian regional culture and OsGemeos' crew works were spread to galleries around the world. However, a new visual pollution combat act made the City Hall cover their paintings in grey in their hometown.

One of Two Evils is a horror stop-motion animation short. The film follows the story of a young boy who is currently witnessing his parents go through a divorce. Due to being lonely, isolated and ignored his imagination takes over and his version of events that happen suddenly take a sinister turn.

When a little Czech girl becomes best friends with a carp who is destined to be her Christmas dinner, she must choose between tradition and her newfound friendship.

Short film nominated for BAFTA.

Avant-garde expression of dillusion conveyed in evocative sounds and textures.

Feature-length instructional cartoon made for the Home Office and the Fire Brigade.

A hand-drawn animation odyssey through Michael Pederson’s poem The Secret Life of Balconies, where the everyday transforms into the extraordinary. A restricted primary color palette heightens the poem’s sense of wonder, guiding viewers through a circular journey—plummeting from the cosmos to Earth, diving into the smallest details of life, before rocketing back into the stars. A celebration of nature, human connection, and the magic hidden in the mundane.

A theatrical love story created by ants.

A lament for a lost land.

A short experimental film about the sensations of pregnancy. Mainly scratched directly onto 35mm. Screened at Hamburg Short Film Festival, Bradford Animation Festival. Also screened throughout England as part of Vox Pop Puella, a touring show about the seven ages of women.

"Ocean Going Figurine" is a single screen performance in which the artist records an assemblage of figurations. Screen recording software witnesses the figuring out and figuring of conversations and movements which have been pulled from a longer iterative sequence. The software used to construct the figures highlights the collaborative process.

A collection of animated visual poems that illustrate a girl's surreal journey towards facing her fear of intimate relationships and of being touched. She is seen running across the snow, hiding in an apartment and going to the sea, until her pain turns to relief.

The humorous exploits of two sailors on a remote tropical island.

Animated short film by Phil Mulloy.