Hand Drawn Animation Movies

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

A socially awkward girl uses the local swimming pool as a wormhole into fantasy. She dives underwater where she imagines herself as a marine...

The Flying Sailor is based on the Halifax Explosion of 1917 when two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour causing the largest accidental explosion...

In this charming animation, lovingly drawn ink-to-paper over 4 years, a man is driven to insanity by the constant barking of the dog next door. As...

Bingo, a cartoon dog, lands in the jungle after a hot-air balloon accident.

The train just runs. A collage of various images, including cel animation and drawing, animates smoke emitted from trains. The title comes from...

Experimental animation made entirely with tinfoil. This film depicts a dream-state imagination of bodies moving and people passing.

An art student faces an art block while deadlines are getting closer. Through her frustration, she's going to dive into the psychological issues that...

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

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

Tune in to the blind date woes of Rick and Becky.

In a return to the Out of the Inkwell format, Betty Boop invents a pep formula to speed up lazy Pudgy, but it escapes into the real world with rapid...

A meditation on childhood, loss, and the desire to recreate one’s innocence; the recalling of memories.

Jasmine, a young Syrian artist, is preparing a meal with her mother when a bomb goes off, destroying their home and all their belongings. After a...

A little girl arrives to a giant swimming pool filled with big characters. She decides to dive and swim despite her fears.

A deformed prince is forced into a life of sexual servitude and then becomes the rising symbol of the sexual freedom movement.

A child is watching a music video on his television screen.

While comically depicting the fragility of the end of summer from the perspective of popsicles, this work conveys the smell of the Showa era and the...

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 spooky and campy descent into atmospheric madness. This take on an old classic story may or may not answer that age old question: What’s...