Niebla (Fog) Emilio Ramos, 2006

Mahagiri, Kireet Khurana, 1994

Charming animation from India about an elephant with a hand on its trunk. Sorry, no subtitles.

Wind Along the Coast, Ivan Maximov, 2003

Innocent, lovely surrealism from the always wonderful Ivan Maximov. Music by Chick Corea.

The Ladybugs' Picnic. Bud Luckey, 1971

Drux Flux, Theodore Ushev, 2008

The Monk and the Fish, Michael Dudok deWit, 1994

Prophet and Loss, Jonathan Bairstow, 1988

Home Honey, I'm High! Kevin Kalliher, 1994

Satiemania, Zdenko Gasparovic, 1978

Passion, Jozsef Nepp, 1961

Hungarian short regarding a man exiled from Flavor Country.

Note the amazing Marcell Jankovics is one of the animators.

Zoopsie,Jacques Giraldeau, 1973

Experimental stop-motion strangeness.

Fallen Art, Tomek Baginski, 2005

A genuinely disturbing piece from Polish director Tomek Baginski.

Fallen Art

Elephant and Pug, Panteleimon Sazonov and Lamis Bredis, 1941

Early Disney-inspired animation from Soyuzmultfilm.

The Bats, Jim Trainor, 1999

Ah L'Amour, Don Hertzfeldt, 1995

For Valentine's Day, an appropriate cartoon from the always cheery Don Hertzfeldt.

Battleground, Mikhail Titov, 1985

Stylish interpretation of a short story by Stephen King, from Ukranian studio Kievnauchfilm.

About Crayfish, Valentin Olshvang, 2003

If you are the sort that watches cartoons while you are at work (and I bet you are, you naughty person) be advised that this animation contains nudity.

Lovely, painterly nudity, but I wouldn't count on your HR department to make that distinction.

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Riki-Tiki-Tavi, Chuck Jones, 1975

One more and I'll stop.

Another childhood favorite, despite the fact that I love snakes. Based on a story by Rudyard Kipling.

High Note, Chuck Jones, 1960

A more traditional Warner Brothers cartoon that still shows off his visual talent.

Jones was an incredibly versatile visual director. The cleverness of his characterizations is so compelling that you don't often hear about how absolutely great his cartoons looked, which is something I'm a bit enamored of at present.

In case you couldn't tell.

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics, Chuck Jones, 1965

I'm gonna change things up here and post some Chuck Jones.

The Bear That Wasn't, Chuck Jones, 1946

More Chuck Jones!

Now Hear This, Chuck Jones, 1962

Peter and the Wolf, Suzie Templeton, 2006

Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film, 2008

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(Thanks, Betsy!)

Invention, Alexander Andranikian, 1989

Linda und Lorna in Morgen Roete, Mariola Brillowska , 1999

If you need more of Mariola Brillowska, you can purchase a DVD here.

Agonie, Benedict Rugar, 2009

Perfectly normal black and white short by Benedict Rugar.

La Prisonnière, Rene Laloux and Phillipe Caza, 1988

this lovely short was meant to be a sketch in preparation for a feature that was ultimately never produced.

Ad Rem, Ferenc Cakó, 1989