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On the outskirts of London, a family of three set off into the countryside, The child is embarking on a journey of such horror that it will change his life forever.

An everyday tale of small town life, stepfathers, and aliens.

Directed by Phil Mulloy.

An animated cartoon of the Greek legend, which interprets the mood and style of Robert Garioch's poem.

A fish gets washed up onto the beach where a group of hungry seagulls await...

It's one of those nights you never want to end. Will braves the past of his school reunion but when it goes better than expected, instead of savouring the memory on the way home, he foolishly restarts the party all over again. And again. But the more you try to recapture a moment exactly as it was, the more you destroy it and he becomes trapped in a nightmare of his own making.

Cel-animated cartoon made by George Pal for Lever Brothers Rinso Soap Company loosely borrows from the English nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence" where the Queen's Maid must "Stop her lazy tricks and get the washing done by 6."

Animated short based on the biblical tale.

Animated short film

Are you a dog or a cat person? If you favour the felines then this animated meditation on cats of all shapes and sizes is for you. The film grew out of industry veteran Vera Linnecar's play with applying mottled coloured paints directly onto animation cels. Paired with the piano music these scenes are a playful experiment, mixing abstraction with careful observation of cat behaviour. Vera started her animation career at the Halas & Batchelor studio in 1940, as did Elizabeth Horn, who also worked on this film. Moving from tracing, to inbetweening, to animating, Vera became one the company's principle artists. In the late 1940s she moved to the Larkins studio which better suited her experimental spirit. In 1957, along with Nancy Hanna, she joined Bob Godfrey and Keith Learner at Biographic, and continued innovating there until she retired in 1983, after four decades in the business.

Where do eggs come from? Do you know? Chickens!!! Tractor Ted is off to the farm to see them with his friends Farmer Tom and Midge the dog. Sing along as Farmer Tom fills up the hopper with food for the chickens and watch with Tractor Ted as the farmer checks the engine on the huge tractor with caterpillar tracks. Tractor Ted has fun spinning around in the field with it too! At the end of the day Tractor Ted and Midge tell the children all about it and see the eggs that they have been busy painting.

Join Jill and Jack, two young shad as they journey up river for a shadventure on the River Severn! Learn all about the problems that weirs cause for this rare migratory fish and how a fish pass can be the solution to get them back up river to spawn!

A BAFTA award nominated cartoon in aid of National anti-litter week.

A fisherman takes his boat out on the river. While he and his surroundings are in a constant flow, the viewer observes the passing of time, watching everything go through movement and change. In an ever-flowing cycle, things come to be, change, evolve, and pass on....

"Outsourcing (My Desires to Avatars)" is a machinima and experimental video created by video artist Jamie Janković and writer, poet and director Deborah Findlater. The work is part of an ongoing project addressing the intersectionality of responses to female characters in video games; formally speaking, the work is presented as an audio-visual poem, accompanied by voice over. According to Janković, this work is meant as a response to found footage material of the character Christie from the popular fighting game series "Dead or Alive" (1996 – ongoing). Moreover, the examination of the role of female characters in "Outsourcing (My Desires to Avatars)" is part of a larger project titled "The identity quest series," in which the artist addresses a multiplicity of responses to female video game characters, following engagement in interviews with queer people within the gaming industry and exploring their own views on gender in game design.

Isaac dreams of pigs encircling. He departs the security of his home town and voyages beyond the realms of dreams to an underbelly of stone magic, rogues, pirates, sea monsters, storms and the occult.

Cartoon featuring the characters "The Colonel and Willie (the Worm)", with the colonel attempting to catch the Loss Ness monster.

Conversations explores the colors of the landscape through the palette of digital color, and is a reconnection with my past narrative films. A mix of home videos, captured sounds, and unpublished films are assembled here to make a digital mural. As the date suggests, I have no plan yet to end the work.

“The Landscape is a film on moving, being held and being placed in places and in between places. There is no explanation on the story behind it. There is no deeper thought or symbolism behind it. Like driving, listening to the music and looking at the landscape. All passes by”. – KG

It is here, on this connected Earth, that we re-discovered peace. A youthful Gaia recounts the struggle and determination that made this possible.

Avant Kinema’s Flow State is inspired by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi’s theories of flow, and takes full enjoyment in the process of scratching, animating and hand-processing Super8 film partnered with an improvised soundtrack of guitars and percussion. In this immersive trip, process is key.

Under the sea a whale tries to help the smaller creatures who are struggling with plastic waste. On land a young girl seeks help to clear the sea in her area. But neither the girl nor the whale can succeed on their own.

Perforations made directly into 16mm black leader attempt what Sitney describes in relation to Breer’s 70 as ‘five-frame holds’, whereby methods used to control the movement of onscreen forms have the effect of retarding motion. Small Things confronts the purely plastic problems that persist in the manually made film, of registering marks in the same place over a series of frames. At the same time it does not discourage the interpretation of these forms as a gathering, not so much of particles, but rather of a swarm or a murmuration.

From literal loss, to masking identity struggles, anxiety and depression… This is a film that illustrates the combustion that happens when you try to hold something in.

In the brutal chaos of life on the London roads, cars clash, flirt, and fume in this savage reflection of humanity’s impatience and absurdity.

A young boy named Daniel innocently paints his nails at school before a big exam, however he discovers the struggles of self expression when teased by others.

Living life in isolation, a girl dreams of luxury and beauty, fantasising about possessing the looks of her celebrity idol and and winning the heart of her unrequited love. In a surreal, dreamlike turn of events she discovers that she should have been more careful what she wished for.

A hungry raccoon crosses paths with a baking, chainsaw wielding lumberjack.

Animation featuring Bonzo the dog.

After being separated from their flocks, an Auk and a Gannet form an unlikely friendship in order to survive an ocean filled with pollution.

Two characters meet and fall in love, sharing pieces of themselves with each other, but soon find the fragility of their connection and themselves.

Whale Fall is a 2D animated short about the strange creatures that inhabit the bones of a whale, deep in the ocean.

This film is about a bewildering fantasy journey of a person and a frog.

Our story follows Stevie, a man with a TV for a head but without a remote to help, as they struggle to get through their day at work.

Highlighting the unique challenges faced by non-binary parents in the UK’s outdated adoption process, KINDRED tells the incredible true story of the brave non-binary parent who helped redefine the meaning of family in this country.

The process from knowing yourself to accepting yourself can be a long journey and one that loops around and around and around.

Short by Vera Neubauer.

A representation through colour reflecting weather and mood, depicted over the course of 365 days.

In this haunting stop motion animated black comedy a man attends a séance but is sceptical about such nonsense. Will they really contact spirits from the other side? Or will they find other skeletons in the closet in this harrowing tale of terror and mystery?

A descent into the worlds of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and the analysis of dreams.

There’s lots of instruments everywhere. And there’s a guy and he looks a lot like the guy in the last film, who was definitely not me. So perhaps this definitely is not me. Then there’s a girl. Who’s definitely not the same girl as last time. Or maybe she is? Then there’s a motorbike for some reason and lots of words and some narration.

"Night Song" is a wall-based installation that includes a video collage incorporating stop motion animation and hand painted video stills. It explores ideas behind the theme of insomnia. Filmed after dark, the multiple layering of images and sound draws the viewer into the unsettling emotional world of the insomniac. The soundtrack is made from recordings of a beautiful dawn chorus that has been slowed down and reversed to create a wakeful nightmarish lullaby. The hand painted video stills create a further dimension, taking the painterly process in the film making off the screen, back on to paper and reworked using oil paint.

Many different flowers are growing beautifully and strongly in this world. Taking their roots in the earth, sprouting, blooming, pollination by birds and insects, living on in spite of rain, wind and storms. They pass on the baton of life, rebirth and decay. Everything is so in a continuous, endless cycle. This is the story and message of this animation.

cartoon about the adventures of a teddy bear, a parrot and a pig

There are always some moments you don’t want to say a word. The world is silent and you turn silent.

Kokosmos is a purely visual, experimental piece inspired by space and our fascination with the unknown. A surreal fantasy, aimed to extend our perception of reality by letting us wonder over the existence of a higher being and our connection with her.

This beautiful short, commissioned by UCLan’s Creative Innovation Zone, is an intricate hand-drawn journey through the life of a local activist, George Dewhurst. An ordinary working man from Blackburn, George was charged with High Treason, shortly after The Peterloo Massacre in August 1819, for speaking at a gathering of workers in Burnley. Narrated by one of George's descendants, 8-year-old Monty Speed, this beautiful animated montage depicts events in George's life in the year 1819, following a quest by descendants to uncover his grave and raise awareness of his story.

There are lots of great foods out there but nothing compares to bibimbap.

Bonzo the pup has adventures at the zoo with a zebra, tiger, elephant, and pelican. The pup is mistaken by the keeper for a "striped bonzosaurus." Shorter version of ‘Bon-Zoo’.

When an old hermit monk has his day interrupted by an uninvited guest, he is unwillingly taken on a journey to discover the true meaning of companionship.

Inspired by real events, the film explores a mother's realisation behind her son's psychological thoughts, moments before a tragic event.

A woman with a troubled past struggles to shake the memories, nightmares and regrets that haunt her, when she is forced into early retirement.

A rude and angry parable of woman's disenchantment with men who only want to finger her flower.

Charlie Chaplin finds a genie who grants him his every wish.

Portal is a short film that experiments with both the 3D environment it inhabits and the digital subconsciousness it suggests. The Portal is intended as an abstract gateway to the mind, body and soul elements of existence. Each of these are depicted by an arm on the Portal, each with it's own individual visual contribution of binary code and morphing texture maps. The result is a 2 minute journey, in, through and around The Portal.

Young duckling Floating Duck Face, fancies cake for breakfast, however it seems like fate disagrees.

Two kids dive into the realm of their imagination to find a real-life miracle.

Stroke survivors share their stories about the mental and physical struggles they face and the importance of community within their recovery.

Forecasting a layered sci-fi narrative, imagining a future world where technology has moved beyond the control of humans and operates as a distant but authoritarian force.

Two friends have a run in with an ancient creature of the woods.