Rentals
Animated Britain
Paddington 2Paddington 2
Children's 2017 103 minsDirector: Paul King
Britain’s favourite bear returns for another adventure. Porridge rather than marmalade looks set to be Paddington's new staple after he's framed for a robbery, unless the Brown family can help solve the mystery.
PaddingtonPaddington
Children's 2014 95 minsDirector: Paul King
Unexpectedly beautiful and bewitching return for the marmalade-loving bear with a sense of adventure.
When the Wind BlowsWhen the Wind Blows
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1986 84 minsDirector: Jimmy Teru Murakami
A middle-aged couple prepare for nuclear war in this humorous and macabre cautionary tale, adapted by Raymond Briggs (The Snowman) from his best-selling book.
Chicken RunChicken Run
Animation & Artists Moving Image 2000 84 minsDirector: Peter Lord and Nick Park
Mel Gibson’s Rocky the rooster helps the chickens escape from fascistic farmers in Aardman Animations first foray into feature films.
Shaun the Sheep MovieShaun the Sheep Movie
Animation & Artists Moving Image 2014 85 minsDirector: Richard Starzak and Mark Burton
Aardman returns with another delightful animation for young and old, telling the story of Shaun’s adventures in the big city after Farmer is led astray.
Men of Merit (a Lantern Lecture)Men of Merit (a Lantern Lecture)
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1948 4 mins
Vibrant, progressive animation contrasts with some outdated attitudes in this Electricity Council cartoon on energy usage
Do I Detect a Change in Your Attitude?Do I Detect a Change in Your Attitude?
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1980 7 minsDirector: Vera Linnecar
An alternative cartoon cat and mouse chase produced by a trio of pioneer women animators
Be Careful BoysBe Careful Boys
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1964 11 minsSilentDirector: Vera Linnecar, Nancy Hanna and 1 more
As cartoon musical training films about fruit packer’s go, this ones a real peach
The TrendsetterThe Trendsetter
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1969 5 minsDirector: Vera Linnecar
And you thought followers were a good thing… This cartoon on innovators and imitators is a colourful delight as well as cautionary tale
Filmed in SupermarionationFilmed in Supermarionation
Documentary 2014 118 minsDirector: Stephen La Rivière
The definitive documentary chronicling how Gerry and Sylvia Anderson pioneered their trademark animation style, ‘Supermarionation’.
Hell UnltdHell Unltd
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1936 19 minsSilentDirector: Helen Biggar and Norman McLaren
Norman McLaren and Helen Biggar’s urgent work of animated agit-prop uses rapid editing to create an incisive polemic against arms spending.
Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire!Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire!
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1968 2 minsSilentDirector: B.S. Johnson
Invited to imagine how Apollinaire would have worked with modern technology, writer/director B.S. Johnson turned John Furse's drawings into an animation that is equally elegant, explicit, surreal and hilarious.
The BeardThe Beard
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1978 10 minsDirector: Ian Emes
An animated antidote to the hipster beard trend, offering a stark warning not to let your face fur get out of control.
RootedRooted
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1997 4 minsDirector: Victor Olusola Opeyokun
Animated awakening: a young black man in an oppressive urban environment finds a new outlook by embracing his African roots
The Hunting of the SnarkThe Hunting of the Snark
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1967 24 minsDirector: Diana Potter
“Live animation” of Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem adventure from the maker of Captain Pugwash
Animal FarmAnimal Farm
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1954 72 minsDirector: Joy Batchelor and John Halas
Sixty years young, this British cartoon of George Orwell’s political ‘fairy story’ is still the most abiding adaptation of this powerful, cautionary tale for all ages.
Hercules: Lion CubsHercules: Lion Cubs
Advert 1956 1 mins
A pair of cheeky lion cubs star in this animated advertisement for the 'Finest Bicycle Built Today'.
AquariusAquarius
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1966 8 minsDirector: Nancy Hanna
If 2001’s Star Gate sequence was a bit more laid back and accompanied by lift music, it might look a little something like this…
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