videos.antville is a collective music video blog which we’ve been plundering for some time in search of promo gold. As with many web communities there can be a certain amount of vitriol, but plenty of industry folks dally there and you...

It’s Friday night. To mark this momentous occasion, Floodgate Kino will be opening its doors for an evening of performance, film and music to shake your very foundations. We welcome two very special guests:

PAPER CINEMA & KORA...

After being given a camera, Komaneko discovers that animation can be really fun; and hard work too. Later on she takes her camera out into the woods near her house and tries to get a shot of the Bigfoot that lives there.

The name apparently...

Last year 7 Inch Cinema were invited to come up with something crafty to complement the ‘Fabric of Myth’ exhibition at Compton Verney, and Knitflicks was the result. Traversing the globe, all 15 shorts, animations and music...

Films you can dance to! A selection of short films and TV clips which all feature great music, starting with a classic Bagpuss story. Emily brings a dirty old ballet shoe back to the shop...

This personal selection is inspired by animator David O’Reilly’s stay at Fabrica in Italy. He befriended a security guard and gained access to a private cinema after hours, discovering a huge range of classic and contemporary filmmaking...

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in partnership with ScreenWM is proud to present a screening of the nominated short animated films from the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2009. The award is open to entries from the UK only, with hundreds of short...

A special Flatpack edition of Shorts on Walls, an occasional gathering convened by Animation Forum WM where animators from the region have a chance to chinwag and introduce examples of their work. Choice titles include a selection from the recent...

Here’s one way to get over a relationship. Dumped by her boyfriend after he met someone else on a business trip to India, comic-strip artist Nina Paley spent five years on her PC crafting this tale of man-troubles across the ages. In...

When not designing things like the Flatpack brochure Dave Gaskarth puts on events as part of the Cyrk collective, exploring the outer reaches of noise and computer music. This programme, exploring the intersection between experimental film...

A volcano erupts in Moomin Valley and heavy floods force the Moomin family to leave their house. They hitch a ride on a mysterious building which turns out to be a floating theatre. Meanwhile Snufkin goes into battle against a grumpy...

As with the last Flatpack, we close the lid on our shorts programmes with a round-up of some of the best animation we’ve come across recently...