Neck 'n' Neck

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

October 2008 •English

Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

January 2011 •English

"The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" is based on a Halloween children's book about how a brave old lady meets a spooky set of clothes that follow her home.

A Parcel From Bombay

February 1983 •Ukrainian

A man from India was staying in one of the villages. After a wonderful time spent with the friendly owners of lands far from his home, he returned to his homeland, and to please those who liked him so much, he sent a real elephant with the help of a delivery service. What are ordinary citizens to do with this miracle that has fallen on their heads?

How the Telephone Talks

April 1919 •English

"All sounds travel in waves much the same as ripples in water." Educational film produced by Bray Studios New York, which was the dominant animation studio based in the United States in the years surrounding World War I.

The Talk

May 2022 •English

“The Talk” showcases the experiences of three LGBTQ+ youth learning about sex health under an inadequate Canadian sex-ed curriculum. Each subject opens up about their knowledge surrounding sexual health, gender identity, the not so honest information they were taught in their classrooms and its impact on their self-image.

The Rooster, the Crocodile and the Night Sky

June 2011 •Irish

A rooster has to save the abducted night sky in an adventurous way.

Mississippi Mud

September 1928 •English

This is the first Oswald cartoon to be directed by Walter Lantz who would later produce the Oswald shorts after George Winkler and Charles Mintz (the producers) were fired.

Belarusian Sayings

March 2008 •Belarusian

Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure

April 2008 •Japanese

Special "back-side" (ura) short which features the background story from the party's side instead of Jil's.

How Animated Cartoons Are Made

September 1919 •English

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.

Porosenok v koluchey shubke

February 1981 •Russian

Seeing Snowflake outside the window on a frosty day, the Hedgehog clung to the glass so that his nose looked like a piglet's. Snowflake mistook him for a pig in a spiky fur coat and invited him to play outside.

Front and Back

March 1991 •English

An educational short film featuring the character of Luxo Jr. demonstrating the concept of "front" and "back."

The Triplets of Belleville

June 2003 •French

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters—an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire—to rescue him.

L’Ile mystérieuse

January 1943 •English

Adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name.

Thumbelina

January 1982 •Japanese

A stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's Thumbelina.

Les Boys

December 1965 •English

Shorty is unable to wake Swifty for their fishing trip and finally takes drastic measures in order to ensure they both make it to the lake.

Clown and His Dogs

October 1892 •French

Short film of 300 individually painted images.

DC Nation - SHAZAM! - "Wisdom"

July 2014 •English

Billy Batson tries to use the wisdom of Solomon to pass a school test, but finds that wisdom causes squabbles among the gods.

The Vanished World of Gloves

January 1982 •Czech

Using an array of gloves in different styles and from different historical periods, the film is a short history of the cinema - from silent movies via pastiches of Buñuel and Fellini and Close Encounters of the Third Kind to a futurist junkyard where tin cans become animated police cars in a city of urban decay.

Migrants

October 2020 •French

Two polar bears are driven into exile due to global warming. They will encounter brown bears along their journey, with whom they will try to cohabitate.