A very special double-bill to launch our family programme. Firstly there’s a performance by The Paper Cinema, who use cut-out drawings to make a film before your very eyes. The story is called Night Flyer, about a boy on a bike, with live music provided by Kora.

Then we go from bikes to balloons, and a film made in Paris fifty years ago...

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...

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...

We’ve already had cats and mice, and now here’s a whole herd of animal films...

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...