Hand Drawn Animation Movies

An upcoming hand-drawn animated film about a village boy who works in a brick kiln to support his family after his father's death.

Emerging from the forest, a group of nomadic merchants march to the bank of the river they must traverse. Carrying their cargo on their backs, they...

Strange places take shape in a torch’s beam of light and the sound of water droplets hitting the ground punctuates our footsteps. In the...

An inspiring English teacher transports her class into the very heart of a Persian poem.

A windows cleaner is struggling to keep the building he is assigned to free from any dirt.

A plucky canine fends off an obese dog, attacking oysters, and a wayward killer violin bow, while trying to win the love of his heart's desire.

Several people make an apartment so they can all live together in it, but when the apartment is ready, the system breaks down around a simple toilet.

While comically depicting the fragility of the end of summer from the perspective of popsicles, this work conveys the smell of the Showa era and the...

The dog's drama tells the story of a dog on the run through the Belgian countryside, attached to an endless leash.

Disney animator Dan Lund documents the studio's decision to shut down its hand-drawn animation department and focus instead on computer-generated...

The haunting true story of a glove that’s been floating in space since 1968.

Short experimental film. A man gets possessed by a demon as it speaks to his subconcious.

A 1-minute short animation about “time for a change,” where a dagger becomes a symbol of transformation, shifting from a tool of violence...

Made by 21st Cinetics and Billy Budd Films for the Morris County, Pennsylvania Division of Drug Control and Intervention, “Holy Smoke in Three...

A young astronaut works in solitude on a spaceship, trying to avoid reminders of her life back on Earth. When an alien entity finds its way aboard...

A struggling artist going through a creative block rendering his mind void of inspiration.

On a lonely night, a girl searching for her missing dog is transported to a magical world, where she reunites with her friend in an unexpected form....

"Button Eyes" is a 2D animated short film set from the abstract perspective of a strange beast born without eyes who travels across the land hoping...

Irrational Numbers is a 2008 hand drawn animation film by artist Eric Leiser exploring hierarchies of infinite numbers and accompanying paradox's...

Two boys play poker on a dull afternoon. As one boy inadvertently touches and makes eye contact with the other, it sparks a beautiful, imaginative...