Animation created in Flash and After Effects looking at mans relationship with the natural world. Music: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg. A Steve Cutts directed short.

WIND is an animated short about the daily life of people living in a windy area who seem helplessly exposed to the weather. However, the inhabitants have learned to deal with their difficult living conditions. The wind creates a natural system for living. Director: Robert Löbel.

This stop-motion animation, made almost entirely with real food, tells the tale of a stalwart cupcake yearning to find something beyond his world of sugar cube skyscrapers and frosting-covered friends. When his makeshift boat crashes on foreign shores, he makes a shocking discovery that changes him forever. Please watch in "high quality" mode. By Kirsten Lepore. Music by Kirsten, Chelsea, and Megan Lepore. More animations at http://www.kirstenlepore.com

A girl journeys through a vibrant, pulsing, macrocosmic landscape, but a precipitous incident compels her to venture up a mountain in an attempt to save herself. A story about illness, perseverance, and our connection to everything around us. Directed by Kirsten Lepore. Music written & performed by Chelsea Lepore & Kirsten Lepore. Making of video here! https://vimeo.com/kirstenlepore/makingmove

The personifications of daytime and nighttime learn to get along. "Day & Night" is an American animated 2010 short film directed by Teddy Newton and produced by Pixar. The short film, attached to the Pixar film "Toy Story 3", was Pixar's first product to be designed with the native 3D, rather than applied in post-production.

A determined young boy, Ragu, is sent by his master on his final quest to become a monk. A seemingly simple task becomes an unexpected challenge for Ragu as he discovers the real value of his quest. © 2010 Brendan Carroll & Francesco Giroldini. Music by Erez Koskas. Ringling College of Art + Design.

A humorous animated 'Op-Doc' explores the rich history of adaptation, plagiarism, and other forms of appropriation in art. Written, directed & illustrated by Drew Christie. www.drewchristie.com

An animated, humorous and informative conversation between a sperm whale and a man. Each one tries to convince the other that his brain is bigger. Created by Drew Christie. Music by Spencer Thun.

Buck is an ordinary guy. Well, if you accept the "deer head" thing. Today, Buck is going to spend the afternoon with his girlfriend who's so happy to see him (she's pretty much happy all the time). But when Buck finds out that her father is not the tolerant and sympathetic guy he expected, the Sunday afternoon turns really bad. Really bad. Like baaaaaaad bad. Directed by Denis Bouyer, Yann De Préval, Vincent Esousa & Laurent Monneron

Playfully blending live-action puppetry with 2D and 3D animation techniques, Conor Finnegan builds on the visual flair and quirky storytelling displayed in his graduation film Fluffy McCloud with latest short Fear of Flying. Showcasing a more ambitious narrative than seen in his earlier work, Finnegan’s latest tale follows his feathered protagonist as he stocks up on supplies and battens down the hatches for a long cold winter.

Uplifting modern day parable about mankind getting along together. Narrated by Orson Welles. Animation directed by Sam Weiss.

Gogs, originally a TV series on Welsh television in the 90's, revolves around a family clan of dumb, primitive and socially inept cavemen in a fantasy prehistoric Stone Age setting. This short came after the original TV series and was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 1999 international BAFTAs.

A man sits down to watch a football match, which seems to consist of the players being violently mutilated in various inventive ways. The players then leave the football pitch and invade the spectator's flat... Another wonderfully weird short from Svankmajer that masterfully blends various animation styles with live action.

The Great War. The story alternates between a young North American soldier remembering being home at plowing time, enlisting, taking an ocean voyage to Europe, and going through military training - and that same man in battle, slogging through a muddy trench, enduring bombardment, being part of an assault. Death and decay are everywhere. The trenches give way to fields, the guns to plows, the soldier to soil.

This film has no commentary, but it is easy to see what it aims to show: war toys do not necessarily make warriors, but it is possible that they give a false glamor to the deadly pursuit. With toys that keep up with the times, this film creates a battle that is all too real and frightening. By Grant Munro — 1966. Production : National Film Board of Canada (nfb.ca)

A humorous animation film about that fellow we all know, who builds his house in the best suburb he can afford, and then aches to be somewhere better. He had a picture bride, a picture window, and a garden as pretty as a Better Homes and Gardens picture. But so did everyone else. He wanted something special and, like Jack and the Beanstalk, he finally got it. What he got is a moral for all. By Ron Tunis — 1967. Production : National Film Board of Canada (nfb.ca)

In celebration of the greatest athletic achievement by a man on a psychedelic journey, No Mas and artist James Blagden proudly present the animated tale of Dock Ellis' legendary LSD no-hitter. In the past few years we've heard all too much about performance enhancing drugs from greenies to tetrahydrogestrinone, and not enough about performance inhibiting drugs...

A story about karma and a guy who is stumbling through life spewing discontent and anger on everything he comes in contact with. Eventually, Pete's collective bad Karma begins to plot against him. By Billy Blob.

In this exclusive excerpt from Creativity, Inc., Ed Catmull unveils one of his key management tools-the Pixar Braintrust, which has helped the animation powerhouse score 14 box office hits in a row.

H. Jon Benjamin ("Bob's Burgers," "Archer") stars in this exclusive animated adaptation of the famed McSweeney's Internet Tendency piece, "In Which I Fix My Girlfriend's Grandparents' WiFi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero," by Mike Lacher.