Much Ado About Nutting

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

January 1999 •English

An animated short film based on a 1989 wordless picture book by Bill Martin Jr. "In this lively alphabet rhyme, the letters of the alphabet race up the cocunut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no - Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom!" -- Amazon.com

Sleepy-Time Squirrel

June 1954 •English

Barney Bear is forced to give hibernation lodgings in his home to his neighbor Jimmy Squirrel, who makes it impossible to get any sleep.

One, Two, Altogether!

April 1967 •Russian

Elk, who ran through the forest during a thunderstorm, was crushed by a fallen tree. A brazen and treacherous magpie told the wolves about it all through the forest. Good forest animals decided to help to free the elk. The first was a hedgehog, then a hare and his mom, a family of squirrels, a mouse, a frog. Decisive in saving the elk from the wolves was the contribution of the smallest character - an ant.

Granite Hotel

April 1940 •English

It's just another day at the Granite Hotel.

Buscando a Perico

March 1982 •Spanish

Peace on Earth

December 1939 •English

Two baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when he comes in singing "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war. This classic animation short was an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee.

The Uninvited Pest

July 1943 •English

Barney is settling in for his hibernation when a squirrel spots his bedtime snack: a bowl of walnuts. The squirrel sneaks in and wakes Barney up. Barney chases out the squirrel, who proceeds to drop first the nut, then himself, down Barney's noisy tin roof.

Trouble in Paradise

Invalid date •English

A crab on a deserted island comes across a coconut.

Lonesome Lenny

March 1946 •English

Screwy Squirrel becomes the playmate of Lenny, a lonesome, dopey, but strong dog, in this broad parody of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".

Happy-Go-Nutty

June 1944 •English

Screwy Squirrel escapes from the nut house and leads the guard dog on a long and ridiculous chase.

The Screwy Truant

January 1945 •English

The truant officer is after Screwy Squirrel for not going to school.

I don't eat strawberries, I don't like the color

July 2022 •English

Man and boy play a futile game of chess in the middle of nowhere. An internal struggle between what is and what can no longer be.

Now That Summer Is Gone

May 1938 •English

Summer is gone, and throughout the forest young squirrels are working hard gathering acorns for the long cold winter ahead. But one such squirrel has a better idea: winning acorns by shooting dice.

Last Chance: The Moment I Finally Embraced the Futility of Existence

May 2019 •English

When an outrageously absurd event results in the world having only 2 hours left before nuclear annihilation, a group of amateur student filmmakers decide to make one last film to consecrate human existence.

O COCO

October 2023 •Portuguese

Ginger Nutt's Christmas Circus

January 1949 •English

Squirrel Ginger is the ringmaster for an animal circus. A parrot has snuck in using a weasel's ticket. The weasel keeps trying to enter as well, but keeps getting thrown out.

Ginger Nutt's Forest Dragon

April 1950 •English

Forest animals attempt to show up squirrel Ginger Nutt's claims of bravery by creating an imaginary dragon.

The Lost Chick

March 1935 •English

A chicken has hatched seven chicks. She locates six of them, but the other, Eggbert, is missing.

Robin Hood Makes Good

February 1939 •English

A fox captures two young squirrels while they're playing "Robin Hood". Their small younger friend uses his ingenuity to try to rescue them.

The Trenches

June 2010 •French

This animated short by Claude Cloutier is a pictorial account of an attack on Canadian soldiers during WWI. On the edge of the battlefield, recruits are dreading the order to attack. At the signal, a young soldier leaps into a hell of fire and blood where the earth engulfs both the living and the dead. Blending archival images and Cloutier’s hypnotizing brushstroke, the film is a dazzling illustration of the futility of war.