Shell Life

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

September 1944 •English

The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad Wolf. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.

22 vs. Earth

April 2021 •English

Set before the events of ‘Soul’, 22 refuses to go to Earth, enlisting a gang of 5 new souls in attempt of rebellion. However, 22’s subversive plot leads to a surprising revelation about the meaning of life.

1884

October 1983 •English

The Monster of Nix

June 2011 •Dutch

Life is good in the idyllic fairytale village of Nix... until an all-devouring monster appears. Young Willy has to fight it. Alone.

Science Please! : Slippery Ice!

January 1999 •English

A clip in the Science Please! collection, Slippery Ice! uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain why we slip on ice.

Politique-ment correct

January 2017 •French

The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers

January 1992 •English

The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers When Papa Bear tells the cubs they should never talk to strangers, Sister begins to view all strangers as ominous, until Mama brings some reassuring common sense to the problem. Story and teleplay by Stan and Jan Berenstain

In a Heartbeat

June 2017 •English

A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.

Sugar Sugar Rune Les deux sorcières

July 2025 •Japanese

A prequel short film set prior to the events of the manga to commemorate the 20th anniversary of SUGAR SUGAR RUNE.

Silent Tears

December 2014 •Tamil

An innocent father and his blind daughter with a doll spend their days within the walls of a bunker during the final stages of civil war in Sri Lanka. The surprising third character connects the father, daughter and the doll in a sorrowful manner. The blood tears they shed during the darkest hours are unheard by many. The characters represent the current stages of the tamils in Sri Lanka. The ones who died, disappeared and the living dead.

Faroe Islands

January 1989 •English

Featuring the voiceover of Sir Anthony Hopkins, this public information film from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society starts out rather innocently with beautiful hand-painted animation. It describes how once a year a large group of pilot whales swim to a small group of islands known as the Faroe Islands.

Trolls Holiday in Harmony

November 2021 •English

Queen Poppy plans the first annual Trolls Kingdom Secret Holiday Gift Swap, but things don't go quite as expected.

17 Years and a Day

January 2013 •Persian

Reality and expectation collide as Mona delves into her past and prepares to meet her estranged Iranian father.

Wild Life

February 2011 •English

An English dreamer experiences both the beauty and harshness of nature when he relocates to the Canadian prairie.

A Morning Stroll

February 2011 •English

In three distinct eras, a man walking down the street has an unexpected encounter with a chicken.

Libido of Benjamino

January 1994 •Russian

A surreal film with a Freudian theme.

Edge of Alchemy

April 2017 •English

Edge of Alchemy is the third film in a trilogy examining the psychological terrain of women's inner worlds. In this handmade film, assembled from over 6,000 collages, the actors Mary Pickford and Janet Gaynor are lifted from their early silent features and cast into a surreal epic with an unending of the Frankenstein story and contemporary undercurrents of hive collapse.

Dinosaur's Hill

June 1967 •Russian

Three Little Bops

January 1957 •English

Three hip, Little Pigs are travelling entertainers, moving from straw to wood, to brick nightclubs, playing swinging tunes for high-class, "with it" crowds, but an uncool Big Bad Wolf keeps intruding on their act with with his "corny horn" and uses it to blow their nightclubs down when they throw him out- until they are playing in their brick club and the Wolf tries a more drastic, explosive method for destroying the "House of Bricks".

Abracadabra

January 1970 •French

The story of four children from around the world who try to rescue the sun from an evil sorcerer.