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Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
2000.
Description
An Oscar and BAFTA Award-winning film (Best Animated Short), this bittersweet tale explores the deep bond between father and daughter. Set against a wide landscape, a father bids farewell to his young girl. Through the seasons, the girl matures to a woman, raising a family of her own, yet the love for her father remains with her always.
Publisher
Ouat Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
All that is outsourced and kept out of sight, gets back to us in this consumerist nightmare. On a global playground the cat's body is devoured. Objects are fetishized & subjects made into things. They are the natural resources of a luxury they'll never know. The bodies reveal the causes and effects of power, pleasure and hate.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
An imaginative, reflective animated film from France about an old woman and her adventures in a small abandoned seaside resort town when the weather takes a turn for the worse. Fragile and coquettish, not nearly as well-prepared as a would-be Robinson Crusoe, Louise isn't likely to make it through the winter. Yet, Louise takes her abandonment as a challenge. She's going to survive, confronting the elements as well as her memories, which have found...
6) Guard dog
Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
This Oscar-nominated animated short asks the eternal question: Why do dogs bark at such innocent creatures as pigeons and squirrels? What are they afraid of?.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Six works of animation: Gaumont's Fantasmagorie (1908); three Fleischer Studios cartoons--Cartoon factory (1924), Ain't she sweet (1932), and Play safe (1936); Ub Iwerks' Balloonland (1935), featuring a new color restoration made from the original negatives; and a filmed performance by puppetry pioneer Tony Sarg.
9) Persuade me
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Eleven films designed to influence, including a vintage promotional film of a French-dubbed Laurel & Hardy, theatrical advertisements featuring Michel Simon and Jacques Tati, a 1938 George Pal puppet animation, three WW-II era musical shorts, two political campaign films, and the National Film registry selection Master Hands, a paean to the 1936 Chevrolet automobile.
11) Chicken Little
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Chicken Little causes widespread panic about the sky falling but townspeople think it was just an acorn hitting him on the head. When a real piece of the sky lands on his head, Chicken Little and his band of misfit friends, Abby Mallard (aka Ugly Duckling), Runt of the Litter and Fish Out of Water, attempt to save the world without sending the town into a whole new panic.
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This collection contains four animated films by writer, educator and anthropologist, Robert Ascher. These films were created using a technique called "direct animation" drawing with pen and ink directly on 35mm film. Films in this compilation have been included in the permanent collection of Museum of Modern Art, the New Zealand National Art Gallery, the Jewish Museum, NYC, and the Israel Film Archive.
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
The Academy Award nominated A CAT IN PARIS is a beautifully hand-drawn caper set in the shadow-drenched alleyways of Paris. Dino is a cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with Zoe, a little girl whose mother is a detective in the Parisian police force. But at night Dino sneaks out the window to work with Nico - a slinky cat burglar with a big heart, whose fluid movements are poetry in motion as he evades captors and slips and swishes from...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Spaceships soar into space. Dots dance on a page. Rocks and twigs transform into expressive faces. Kids can easily create this kind of magic themselves, and all they require are a few simple tools. Divided into four short, easy-to-understand chapters, Animate Everything introduces basic concepts of animation to a young audience. Explaining visually with colourful images, siblings Lindsay and Will demonstrate how to bring everyday objects to life ...
16) Toy story
Series
Formats
Description
A boy's favorite toy feels threatened by the arrival of a new birthday present, a high-tech spaceman model advertised on TV. Clever, incredible-looking animated film, produced entirely on computer. A grownup story masquerading as a kid's film, this story of friendship, fickleness, and the need for acceptance features a colorful cast of characters led by Woody and his rival, Buzz Lightyear.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Out for revenge against his double-crossing former partner, the roguish German Shepherd Charlie, finds himself guardian to a lonely little orphan named Anne-Marie. Her astounding ability to talk to animals leads this unlikely pair on an adventure packed with thrills, laughter, tears, and true love.
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