Halas And Batchelor Cartoon Films Movies

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and...

A project assembled to musically support William Plomer's (1903-73) book of poems called 'The Butterfly Ball and Grasshoppers Feast'; in which Alan...

Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

Roger Glover puts on a star-studded concert at the Royal Albert Hall for his concept album "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast".

A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint...

A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community. A...

An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower...

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of...

An animated visual interpretation of the song "Autobahn," by German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk. A fast-paced experimental film which proved to be...

Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole...

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

A powerfully graphic piece of animation that best expresses John Halas' own feelings about mans universal quest for freedom.

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

The Shorts and the Talls just can’t see eye to eye until a mediating fairy arrives to help them make ends meet.

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

This a story of a violinist, pianist and cellist as they perform from place-to-place, under very unusual conditions. Every time they play, they...

A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.