Hand Drawn Animation Movies

The experimental animated short is a collaborative work between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara.

A story of love and sacrifice set in Russia. A 9-year old girl raises a young tiger cub, but as the cub grows up, trouble ensues.

Done with high school, a boy goes into exile in the mountains. His best friend, who hasn't found happiness in society, joins him.

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

This film explores the distant relationship between an elderly amateur musician, the woman who lives in the apartment above him, and the leaky...

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

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

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

Documentary about Yasuo Otsuka, famous Japanese animator and mentor of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Featuring interviews with Japanese animation...

It is Christmas Eve. Max is excited. Because he has wished for something very special – but only quietly – he did not dare to wish aloud....

An animation from Ben Holt that follows a turtle as he makes the treacherous journey along a busy street.

The animals decide they must send a representative after the three wise men begin following the star of Bethlehem. Uno, the Lion, arrogantly decides...

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

In 1934, Walt Disney set out to do what no one had dared before: transform animation, until then confined to short, rhythmic gags, into a...

The best animation compilation on this side of the thrift store! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtFTfsNnVdY

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...

The harmony performed by players who drawn by lines metamorphose.

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

1914-1923 marked the 2nd phase of the Genocide of the Greeks of the Black Sea by the Young Turks. Agapi, her family, and the whole village’s...

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...