13 Cantos of Hell Follow Dante through Hell in this progressive silhouette animation with a musique concrète soundtrack by talented sculptor Peter King Animation & Artists Moving Image 1955 20 mins Green Men, Yellow Woman Even Clark Gable doesn’t live up to his image in this off-beat cartoon about a woman fed up with the attentions of little green men Animation & Artists Moving Image 1973 4 mins Animated Genesis Arachnophobes beware! This colourful allegorical abstraction of life from creation to near destruction casts greed as a giant spider Animation & Artists Moving Image Fantasy 1952 22 mins Damon the Mower A stripped back animated masterpiece from the director of Yellow Submarine (1968), based on an poem by Andrew Marvell Animation & Artists Moving Image 1972 4 mins Xeroscopy If you were electrocuted by a photocopier in the 70s and your life flashed before you, it might look a little something like this… Animation & Artists Moving Image 1970 1 mins Boolean Procedure Innovative short that is equal parts Beckett, Gilliam, Orwell and life advice for the recently redundant. Yes, really. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1980 23 mins Two Faces An abstract poetic tale that tells both one and a thousand stories of love and loss, by a designer on The Beatles Yellow Submarine film Animation & Artists Moving Image 1968 4 mins The Wardrobe A fun minimalist cartoon with a delightfully absurd logic, from the director of Yellow Submarine Animation & Artists Moving Image 1958 2 mins New Computer to help Animators Character animator Chris James, a Grierson Award nominee, chats to Anglia TV at the Cambridge Animation Festival in 1981. News 1981 3 mins Painter and Poet No. 1 “An experiment in words, music and paintings” two poems are illustrated for the BFI’s contribution to the Festival of Britain Animation & Artists Moving Image 1951 9 mins The Pecking Order A beautifully painted animated critique of modern intensive farming methods Animation & Artists Moving Image 1989 5 mins Painter and Poet No. 2 Surreal journeys, stormy seas and macabre surprises await in this “experiment in words, music and paintings” made for the Festival of Britain Animation & Artists Moving Image 1951 1 mins The Mirocle It’s all me, me, me – this experimental animation on the Self wittily wraps up Jung and old philosophies in a clever Paul Klee-inspired design Animation & Artists Moving Image 1976 13 mins That Noise Fall truly, madly, deeply in love with this animated proto-music video from Godfrey, Lacey and Newly Animation & Artists Moving Image 1961 2 mins Now A film by an early British pioneer of computer generated filmmaking. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1969 8 mins Tracks A feminist collage/essay film that takes a critical look at certain feminist theories. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1989 28 mins Stanley What’s the matter, cat got your tongue? This dark, sultry cartoon encounter with a feline might leave you lost for words. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1979 4 mins Painter and Poet No. 3 Henry Moore is among the contributors to this experimental mix of verse and illustration, commissioned by the BFI for the Festival of Britain Animation & Artists Moving Image 1951 6 mins The Transformer All aboard! Step on the psychedelic animation train with this film festival promo from the artists behind Yellow Submarine (1968) Animation & Artists Moving Image 1968 2 mins John Gilpin The History of John Gilpin becomes even more diverting when paired with illustrations by Ronald Searle Animation & Artists Moving Image 1951 10 mins Up What these guys would give for a floating house and some balloons… a short, sharp, animated statement on life’s struggles Animation & Artists Moving Image 1970 1 mins Muybridge Revisited Iconic images by photo-pioneer Eadweard Muybridge come to life in this striking video collage. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1986 5 mins Football Freaks Do not adjust your set! This off-beat jukebox cartoon is definitely more freaky than footbally Animation & Artists Moving Image 1971 6 mins Time Exploring the relationship between light and shade as expressed both in Nicholas Breton's (c1600) poem Time and Chopin's Berceuse in D flat. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1990 5 mins Love Is All In a winter wonderland with Deanna Durbin and the queen of the snow. A fairytale for the future, this perfectly pitched monochrome affection will have you yearning with immaculate desire. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1999 4 mins Spirit of Place Well met by moonlight – room service for the spirit. A one-take dream in Cocteauesque monochrome. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1992 10 mins Amore Baciami Animation based on the typefaces and scripts of the 1920s and 1930s set to an Italian song of the 1950s. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1988 3 mins Family Tree Green fingers produce blue hands. A surreal, brooding animation from a future Oscar winner Animation & Artists Moving Image 1988 6 mins
