time out’s top 30 greatest animated short films
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- DirectorUb IwerksWalt DisneyStarsWalt DisneyMickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.
- DirectorTerry GilliamA bizarre comedy short by Terry Gilliam telling various absurdly comic stories.
- DirectorPaul DriessenA train runs through an old couple's home, constantly disrupting their peace.
- DirectorCordell BarkerStarsRichard CondieA pesky yellow cat becomes the bane of Mr. Johnson's life as it constantly outsmarts his increasingly desperate attempts to get rid of it.
- DirectorJohn LasseterA snow globe snowman wants to join the other travel souvenirs in a hot party, but the glass dome that surrounds him gets in his way, despite all his efforts.
- DirectorDavid FineAlison SnowdenStarsAndy HamiltonAlison SnowdenHarry EnfieldA devoted and happily-married housewife organises a surprise party on the occasion of her husband's birthday, unbeknownst to her that her dentist spouse is experiencing a sudden mid-life crisis at his office.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.
- DirectorSylvain ChometStarsJames PidgeonMichoue SylvainAndrea Usher-JonesIn seductive central Paris, an undernourished gendarme willing to go to great lengths to feed himself hatches a desperate, yet utterly cunning plan.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraStarsTakeharu KunimotoBruno MetzgerA sad rakugo of a stingy old man experiencing the unforeseen consequences of eating a few cherries whole, without throwing the pits away.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsMurwarid AbdianiJaden AlexanderLance AndersonThe evolution of humanity, through countless eons.
- DirectorWei TeA group of lost tadpoles search for their mother.
- DirectorJirí TrnkaA delicate and secluded ceramist sees his orderly life turn upside down, when a gigantic hand in a white glove invades his space, demanding that a sculpture of itself is made. When will the hand's obstinate demands stop?
- DirectorCaroline LeafStarsMort RansenSarah DwightJohn HoodThis film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he was promised as soon as she kicks the bucket.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsAleksandr KalyaginDistant, well-worn memories of childhood are inhabited by a little gray wolf. Through astonishing imagery, the memory of all of Russia is depicted.
- DirectorAlison De VereA woman travels through her fantastical dreams accompanied by her dog.
- DirectorFrédéric BackStarsPhilippe NoiretChristopher PlummerThe story of a shepherd's single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.
- DirectorMark BakerStarsAnnie GriffinDave WesternJames BakerA village is ruled by the church, but it filled with hypocritical sinners who constantly spy on each other.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsGordon PinsentKevin DuhaneyYôji MatsudaAn old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.
- DirectorAmanda ForbisWendy TilbyA chance encounter, a juicy yellow lemon and an unfortunate twist of fate will reveal that the symbiotic relationship between people is inextricable.
- DirectorMichael Dudok de WitStarsJames LauferA father says goodbye to his young daughter. Time passes and the daughter moves through life age by age, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancThe short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsMargaret MercierVincent WarrenTwo ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal multi and after-image effect visuals.
- StarsCarlo BonomiOsvaldo CavandoliBruno BozzettoWhen artist draws a magic line, it takes on a life of its own, becoming a silhouette of a living hot-tempered person. This "Mr. Linea" wants more things drawn so he can enjoy himself, but the artist loves having fun on Mr. Linea's account.
- DirectorGeorge DunningThis short uses an experimental form to illustrate a poem by Andrew Marvell.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerThree surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.