Animated shorts
by max-kritzer | created - 13 Sep 2016 | updated - 18 Oct 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Paradise (1984)
15 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In this short animation film, a magnificent bird performs for the Emperor inside a glittering palace. Its plumage is a blaze of colour. A blackbird, watching enviously, strives to acquire ... See full summary »
Director: Ishu Patel
Votes: 340
2. The Danish Poet (2006)
15 min | Animation, Short, Romance
A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.
Director: Torill Kove | Star: Liv Ullmann
Votes: 2,558
3. The Romance of Transportation in Canada (1952)
12 min | Animation, Short, History
A humourous survey of the history of the development of transportation technology in Canada.
Director: Colin Low | Star: Guy Glover
Votes: 164
4. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.
Directors: Robert Cannon, John Hubley | Star: Marvin Miller
Votes: 2,084
5. Hedgehog's Home (2017)
10 min | Animation, Short
A hedgehog is made fun of by a sly fox, a greedy bear, a wicked wolf and a muddy wild boar.
Director: Eva Cvijanovic | Stars: France Castel, Rade Serbedzija, Kenneth Welsh
Votes: 182
6. How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly (1995)
6 min | Animation, Short, Family
In short: they liked jumping off cliffs, and didn't like landing, so one started flapping his arms, and it worked.
Director: Munro Ferguson | Stars: Jackie Burroughs, Liz MacRae, Mark Trafford
Votes: 62
7. Cosmic Zoom (1968)
TV-PG | 8 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
An image of a boy in a rowboat is zoomed out to the cosmic vastness of space and then zoomed into the infinitesimal microreality of him.
Votes: 169
8. Mindscape (1976)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
An artist creates a painting of the landscape he sees, then finds he can literally climb into the picture to see the fantastic world inside.
Director: Jacques Drouin
Votes: 826
9. Manivald (2017)
13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A hot young plumber Toomas breaks into the harmonious life of Manivald and his retired mother.
Director: Chintis Lundgren | Stars: Trevor Boris, France Castel, Drasko Ivezic, Tyrone Benskin
Votes: 186
10. Sleeping Betty (2007)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In a world of odd people and surreal habits, the Queen weeps and wails: her daughter Betty won't wake up. With the court looking on, the King swings into action, jiggling the bed with the ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Cloutier | Stars: Martin Barry, Johanne Garneau, Rick Jones
Votes: 567
11. Bath House (2014)
15 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Six animals meet at the swimming pool. The horse the pools manager is a dedicated, conscientious friend of order. Over the years the premises have become her whole world. Two wolves come to... See full summary »
Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr | Stars: Hugo Carlén, Carl Johan De Geer, Inga-Lill Fridberg, Johannes Nyholm
Votes: 313
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