The Maker, an animated film directed by Christopher Kezelos, is a short story about the present and the eternal, about trying to understand oneself and the world, about the meaning of life and the transience of time. The story, in which a strange race of creatures resists time to create the most important and beautiful creation of their lives, closely resonates with the moments of many artists that create their own worlds, ....

A film by Polish director Grzegorz Jonkajtys. In 2007, it was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, won the Ars Electronica 2007 Award for Excellence and won Best Film at the SIGGRAPH 2007 Festival of Computer Animation. An unknown virus has decimated almost the entire human population. Ignoring the true nature of the disease, the only survivors escape to the sea. ...

"Jolly Little Elves" is a 1934 animated short film directed by Manuel Noreno and co-written and produced by Walter Lantz, part of the Cartune Classics series. A screen adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a poor clog maker and his wife who are knocked at the window by a little elf who is cold and hungry. The shoemaker shared with him the last bun he had, and the elf thanked him for ...

In his first feature film, Lamb Shaun, the world's smartest sheep, ends up in an animal shelter and has to fend for himself in a gourmet restaurant. Before filming begins, storyboard artist Michael Salter creates the characters and their environments. A set of mouthpieces is prepared for each character so that different facial expressions are available. Fashion designer Elinor Weston and Gary Roberts ...