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An exploration of the relationship between a young girl and the forest spirit she awakens.

Amateur astronomer Len is over the moon when he discovers a new comet. But, a disdainful colleage is not so sure this heavenly body is all it appears to be...

An old man relays his life story to his grandson through a moving piece of music.

The creatures of a redwood forest face-off against the forces of man in a fight for their survival.

An interview with two people on their experience of Shibari, and what it means to them.

On a wet and windy, Welsh winter night, a lone woman escapes for a moment and is lost in a steaming bowl of spicy noodles.

Three figures, each isolated from society, go on a journey of transformation. One trapped in a room of voyeuristic eyes, another whose body is changing in ways they can’t comprehend and the other hidden behind a mask they cannot remove. They each struggle to free themselves, accepting transformation; breaking the mould and becoming their true selves.

How do we create without imagination? This film aims to explain the condition of Aphantasia and ponder its subsequent impact on creativity.

A celebration of queer figures in both historical and contemporary times who have helped push forward arts, politics or science.

From a young age, Faisal has been marked by his indecisiveness. Each birthday, his mother would lovingly knit him a sweater in a different color, symbolizing the various paths he could take in life. These colorful threads tell a story of a boy growing up under the warm and watchful eye of a mother who wishes only the best for her son.

In late 19th century Scotland the Walnut man, a performer in a travelling circus, has become frustrated with his tired act. Instead he wants to perform his poems and songs to the crowds. What follows is a dark tale about entertainment, violence and greed. All made in Stop Motion animation

Megamix of tunes and FX from VR1 and VR2 - hardcore style.

An award winning animation about endangered species.

It is about a dancer in love expressed through colour, sound and movement. The dancer is a hand drawn line animation that appears and disappears in and around different colours and feelings, sometimes in the music sometimes behind it.

A loving portrait of Uganda, Duncan Senkumba’s Mother Tongue leads the viewer on an animated journey through city streets and wild landscapes to explore the fine balance between urban life and the natural world, from the bustle of Kampala’s markets to the rolling hills of the country’s national parks.

The collation and reflection of past experiences of love, the exploration of perceptions of love, and the comparison of the process of identity to the flowering process of a plant are employed to exemplify the moment when the LGBTQ community flourishes amidst the challenges posed by modern society.

Animation based on the painting by Hieronymus Bosch.

Mrs Christie accepts another bottle of whiskey.

A desperate man undergoes an experimental trial with a new technology called CORTEX, embarking on a journey through his mindscape to reconstruct his memories and modify his past trauma.

An animated short about those simple childhood memories that ensured you had the BEST DAY EVER.

The first ever successful astronaut to reach Mars arrives in Pussy Willow for the press conference.

Bongo joins the army and discovers that it's all meaningless bureaucracy, when he is asked to assemble a gun.

A visit to a very strange pub indeed. Inside, strange creatures belittle those weaker than them for their sick amusement. Dark fantasy puppet horror.

Veteran British animator Bob Godfrey (1921-2013) answers the question "What Is Animation?" His answer is by turns witty, iconoclastic and insightful and all the while is acted out by a tiny man in a bowler hat.

At the dawn of the Datacosm, data is planted, harvested, transported, stored and processed as data-feed for consumption by the data eaters. The infiltration of the data storage facility by a hacker leads to contamination by a thought virus which alters the Datacosm forever. Set in apuppet theatre, data scientists (as puppeteers) control puppets, objects and analogue data to create the narrative on the stage above. Code scrolls between the ‘real’ world of the puppeteers and the micro dramas enacted by the puppets. The film was derived from an original collaborative version of "Datacosm" which combined artificial intelligence and animation and was presented as a live performance.

A cosmic meditation on mental health as expressed by the battle between positive and negative forces.

Winter bound, a snow queen dreams of love and the blooming of spring. Through frosted rococo cartouches she sings about the virtues of true love accompanied by miniature animated sequences.

Produced in the mock-serious tone of an intra-governmental presentation Butler’s Ethical Governor uses black humor to skewer the ethical problems of autonomous drone strikes. In narrating the “advanced” capabilities of a computerized killing machine, Butler highlights how the language of Neoliberalism makes broad, cold-blooded equivalences amongst economic, humanitarian, and legal concerns in light of overriding geopolitical goals.

This is Snospis Eht: The Epic Adventure. Andy basically wanted to make sense of all the other snospis eht videos by re-editing them into one long video and adding extra scenes. And after literally hours of work.... It still doesn't make any sense!

18 year old Em goes on a journey, with biscuits from her grandmother that she eats and shares with new friends. When down to her last biscuit, Em has to make a choice: eat it, or save it as a final link to her home.

The story of a young man who “got in touch” with himself over lockdown.

A monochromatic exploration of the colour Blue.

A light-hearted love letter to self-expression and the journey of self-discovery every queer person goes through. The internal struggle that latches to fear, and being able to overcome whatever fear that may be.

A collaboration with a machine-learning based AI technology of next-frame prediction. The computerised synthesis of images by a neural network learns video clips and then guesses how they will continue, recreating them in the process. The reborn video images are then woven together into an audio-visual poem, revealing both computer and human cognition processes and raising reflections regarding the implications and future of this new technology.

PLAYGROUNDS is a short film that travels back to the early '90s, lost deep in the suburbs, absent parents allow forgotten kids to escape to other worlds where they can't be found.

A short film about a planet whose inhabitants chew on poisonous blue sticks.

A guide, responsible for sending fallen stars back up to the sky, encounters a fallen star that cannot return. That star changes into a creature doomed to remain on the ground. Angry and confused, it lashes out, chasing the memory of what it once was. With the help of the guide, it is able to accept its fate, and together they can guide the stars back up, brighter than before.

On his 30th birthday, a man receives a strange gift from his childhood...

Driving safe public information film

This is a super short visualisation of the heart breaking tale of Echo and Narcissus. The animation is a segment for a film commissioned by the Science Museum for a new permanent exhibition about the Echo satellite.

After a failed day of selling sculptures on the streets, a homeless woman breaks into a car to steal a bag. Later, When rummaging through the bag she finds a sketchbook, belonging to a child. After flipping through the sketchbook, she feels guilty and is compelled to return it.

Pluvius, an enigmatic figure, attempts to steal his hourglass from Death in an attempt to live forever.

In a secluded boxed home floating in the void a 'Wish you were here text' is sent. But who or what is to blame for the silence it is met with.

A man is bemused to see his pipe cleaners come to life!

Animated WWI-era comic highlights from the innovative cartoonist George Studdy, creator of Bonzo the dog.

One of several short films. Claymation that follows the misadventures of a mad anthropomorphic frog chef, often facing mishaps and disaster in his kitchen.

Animal behaviour.

A ritualistic evening of self-care spirals into claustrophobic self-scrutiny when a woman discovers a grey hair and begins to contend with the passing of time.

An attempt at a phone call with mum!

Christmas is not the most magical holiday for everyone...

A spaghetti sauce can vs. a vegetable alliance

If you follow a double yellow line far enough you will reach the traffic control HQ, a hellish place where all yellow lines are created. Greta, a not-so-wicked witch, gets a job as a traffic warden to try and uphold her old fashioned evil values. “These days it seems turning milk sour is just not enough for a witch to make a living!”

The makers of this film have spent the past 3 years and traveled to 14 countries interviewing Politicians, Clinical Psychologists from the United Nations, Spiritual Missionaries and have spoken to ordinary people who have faced extreme adversity. And the questions is posed... Where do we obtain our strength and inner power in a time of crisis? Personal stories of ordinary people from Kenya (Post Election Violence), USA (9/11 Attacks), Israel / Palestine (Political Conflict) and UK (Political Assassination) have been projected in this film in an animated form. The final message that goes in the film is: 'No matter how critical the situation of the world may be, but still there is HOPE for Peace...

After an accident, game hunting aristocrat Basil 'Banger' Peyton-Crumb wakes to find himself transformed into a pheasant, meaning he must band together with his previous prey to survive.

A modern, functional dwelling in a stunning, secure location; pefect for young families or busy professionals. But The Plot is not what it seems.

Imaginative amateur animation revisiting the famous Burns story poem. This film was winner of the Humphrey Jennings Trophy for best animation film at the 40th Scottish International Amateur Film Festival.

Draws on Old Testament text, a mix of live action and animation to tell the tale of original sin and destinies controlled by the forces of nature and man. Images of creation and destruction, of pre-history ...

Machines could take 50% of our jobs in the next 30 years, according to scientists. While we can’t predict the future, we can imagine a world without work – one where those who own the tech get rich from it and everyone else ekes out a living, propped up by an increasingly fragile state. Meet Alice, holder of the last recognisable job on Earth, trying to make sense of her role in an automated world

Join heroic Quartermain, the world's most thrilling adventure seeker, as he hunts for the treasure of King Solomon's Mines! Deep within a remote mountain somewhere in Africa lies the gold and endless riches of the legendary King Solomon. Many have tried to find the treasure - but none have succeeded! Now Allan Quartermain's determined to locate the bounty, but first he must battle the wild's of Africa and the ferocious Kukuana tribe - who are intent on keeping the treasure for themselves! It's an expedition in excitement and adventure that will have your whole family on the edge of their seats!

Over There follows a jobless woman from an ordinary family who, in a desperate attempt to survive, sells her body and uploads her consciousness to a digital world.