New Animation Movies on Kanopy - Page 30

Walking

1968

Walking

1968
6.3
A cinematic portrait of people walking in their individual ways.
Why Man Creates

1968

Why Man Creates

1968
6.6
A 1968 animation/documentary that criticises the industrial system. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Exclamation Mark

1968

Exclamation Mark

1968
5
An animation with a philosophical undertone. The absurdity of human effort, whose final result does not match the actions taken.
The Film That Rises to the Surface of Clarified Butter

1968

The Film That Rises to the Surface of Clarified Butter

1968
4.9
Two artists create grotesque characters; Two-dimensional drawings which somehow have a life of their own, that exist in the same space as real objects. The film seems to ask, "Isn't every filmmaking venture a series of repeated, once-negative images displayed alongside the real world?"
The Daydreamer

1966

The Daydreamer

1966
4.6
A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and The Emperor's New Clothes.
Alexander the Grape

1965

Alexander the Grape

1965
6
ALEXANDER THE GRAPE, an unfinished cut-paper animated short from Jim Henson from 1965, relates the fable of a young grape with big ambitions who learns that it is better to accept yourself than to try to be something you are not. The short was reconstructed from film and audio elements; images from Jim’s storyboard fill in missing segments of the animation.
Flatland

1965

Flatland

1965
6.3
A short, animated film based on Edwin Abbott's 1884 satirical novella, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.
The Snowy Day

1965

The Snowy Day

1965
A small boy's enchantment with a city's snowfall has him making snow angels and snowballs, sliding down snow mountains - and looking forward to going outside again.
Whistle for Willie

1965

Whistle for Willie

1965
For Peter, learning to whistle means being able to call his dog, Willie, and being a bit closer to those two magic words: grown-up.
Christmas Cracker

1963

Christmas Cracker

1963
7
Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells," stop-motion animation of toys come to life, and cel animation of a man who seeks the ideal star to top his Christmas tree.
My Financial Career

1962

My Financial Career

1962
6.7
A neurotic man relates his unsuccessful attempt to open a simple savings account at a bank.
The Frog Prince

1961

The Frog Prince

1961
6.5
A princess's ball falls into a well and is rescued by a frog but she has to make a promise before he gives it back.
Sleeping Beauty

1959

Sleeping Beauty

1959
6.9
Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.
A Chairy Tale

1957

A Chairy Tale

1957
6.8
An ordinary-looking chair refuses to be sat upon.
Neighbours

1952

Neighbours

1952
7.6
In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

1948

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

1948
6
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a timeless family holiday classic.
The ABC of Internal Combustion Engines - The Automobile Engine

1948

The ABC of Internal Combustion Engines - The Automobile Engine

1948
The second of the Power Primer series of GM American Industrial Films, this one looking at the automobile engine.
The ABC of Internal Combustion Engines

1947

The ABC of Internal Combustion Engines

1947
Another of the Power Primer series of GM American Industrial Films, this one looking at the internal combustion engine.
Winning the West

1946

Winning the West

1946
The big bad cats are the villains/Indians, and the little mice are the settlers going west in their little covered wagons, and the Indians are on a rampage about it. Things look dark indeed for the settlers when the likes of Buffalo Bill, General Custer and Daniel Boone are unable to defeat the attacking cats but...wait...up in the sky...here comes the singing, flying mouse...Mighty Mouse. Not recommended for Revisionists.
Filling the Gap

1942

Filling the Gap

1942
This World War II propaganda short encourages British people to "dig for victory," by planting vegetable gardens.