Animations from Cape Dorset
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Canada, collage, Color, Cutout, Experimental, hand-drawn, National Film Board of Canada, Papercut, Racial representation, Short Collection, Stop Motion, 1973
Producer(s): Joanasie Salamonie, John Taylor
Release Date: 1973
"Animation from Cape Dorset is a 1973 experimental animated short film made by a group of artists in Kinnigat, Nunavut (formerly Cape Dorset.) The film combines seventeen pieces made by six Inuit animators, including Solomonie Pootoogook, Timmun Alari..."
Dog Gone
Filed under: animation, 1920s, black-and-white ink, Charley Bowers, Mutt and Jeff, Mutt and Jeff, Short Collection, Silent, U.S.A., 1926
Release Date: 1926
"Part of the popular Mutt and Jeff animated series (1916-1926), Dog Gone (1926) is a short comedy where Mutt convinces Jeff to dress as a dog in order to enter a dog competition. A comedic chain of errors is set off when Jeff leads a group of street d..."
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – Prince Adam No More
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Action, Adventure, Color, Fantasy, Filmation, He-Man, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Rotoscope, Sci-fi, Superhero, U.S.A., 1983
Producer(s): Lou Scheimer
Release Date: 1983
"With only his closest comrades privy to his dual identity as both Prince and Defender of the Castle Grayskull, He-Man's double life seems an allegory for the closet. This episode, dubbed “Prince Adam No More,” is relevant to queer experience, com..."
Kaleidoscope
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Color, Direct Animation, Dufaycolor, Experimental, Gasparcolor, GPO Film Unit, Latin, Len Lye, London Film Society, New Zealand, Painted Animation, U.K., 1935
Producer(s): Gerald Noxon
Release Date: 27/10/1935
"Premiered at the London Film Society in 1935, Kaleidoscope is an early example of experimental animator Len Lye’s pioneering direct or “cameraless” animation techniques. The film’s notable use of stencil work illustrates Lye’s textile-like ..."
Madeline
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Children's film, Classical, Jazz, Madeline, Technicolor, U.S.A., United Productions of America (UPA), 1952
Producer(s): John Hubley, Stephen Bosustow
Release Date: 27/11/1952
"An adaptation of Ludwig Bemelmans’ 1939 children’s novel of the same name, Madeline is a light-hearted animated short that follows twelve little girls attending a Paris boarding school under the care of a strict but well-meaning nun, Miss Clavel...."
Mother Hen’s Holiday
Filed under: animation, 1930s, A Color in Rhapsody, Columbia Pictures, Joe De Nat, Short Collection, Technicolor, U.S.A., 1937
Producer(s): Charles Mintz
Release Date: 1937
"Mother Hen’s Holiday is a short musical animation from Columbia Pictures’ A Color in Rhapsody series. It follows an overworked mother hen whose rowdy children try to make her a gift to show their affection on Mother’s Day."
Põrgu (Hell)
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Estonia, Experimental, hand-drawn, Horror, Joonisfilm, Painted Animation, Rein Raamat, Talinnfilm, 1983
Producer(s): Rein Raamat
Release Date: 1983
"Põrgu/Hell is a 1983 animated horror short directed by Estonian animator Rein Raamat. It depicts a party held by a group of wealthy people that soon dissolves into sex and violence, desire and torment. (Porgu/Hell) In this short, Raamat adapts engr..."
Pussy Pumps Up
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Animation Types, Antoinette Starkiewicz, Australia, Color, Experimental, hand-drawn, 1979
Producer(s): Antoinette Starkiewicz
Release Date: 1979
"Pussy Pumps Up (1979) is a musical short by the Australian animator and artist Antoinette Starkiewicz. The film uses shifting linework to depict female sexuality and gender fluidity. (Quigley)"
Sen noci svatojánské (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Classical, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Fantasy, Jiři Trnka, Jiří Trnka Studio, Puppetoons, Stop Motion, Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu, Válclav Trojan, 1959
Release Date: 25/09/1959
"Sen noci svatojánské directed by Jiří Trnka, is a Czech animated puppetry film based on Shakespeare’s famous comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The film was the last feature-length film directed by Trnka, but one of the most remarkable (Osmon..."
Somewhere in Dreamland
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Color, Dave Fleischer, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Mae Questel, Max Fleischer, Short Collection, U.S.A., 1936
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 1936
"Produced by Paramount Pictures and directed by Dave Fleischer and Seymour Kneitel, Kids Escape Poverty is an animated short that was Fleisher Studios’ first technicolour animation. A part of the Color Classics series, the short was produced and set..."
Verwitterte Melodie (Weather-beaten Melody 1943)
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Animated film history and criticism, Children's film, Germany, hand-drawn, Hans Fischerkoesen , Propaganda, UFA Film GmbH, World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1943
Release Date: 04/06/1943
"Weather-beaten Melody follows the main character, a female bee as she wanders through a sunny meadow. Her character is provided autonomy and depth of character that is rare to find in animated media in the 1940’s. (Mortiz, 1..."