Le Balayeur, Serge Elissalde, 1990

The good news is...There are subtitles!

The bad news is... They're in Spanish.

The good news is... You probably don't really need them.

The best news is... it's a cartoon. Watch the cartoon.

Charged,Collin Tsandilis, Trent Correy & Mayrhosby Yeoshen, 2009

The Pig Farmer, Nick Cross, 2011

La Memoria Dei Cani, Simone Massi, 2006

The Thomas Beale Cipher, Andrew Allen, 2010

Using pioneering animation techniques to create a look never seen on film before, his 10-minute award-winning film tells the true legend of history's most challenging cipher. Professor White, cryptographer extraordinaire, is on the trail of the notoriously uncrackable Thomas Beale cipher—a century-old riddle hiding the location of a fortune in gold that has tormented its pursuers since inception. But White is not alone—shadowy forces are tight on his tail.

The film contains 16 hidden messages that reveal the larger story at play. Eight are fairly easy and require only a close eye. Six are moderately difficult using various encryption methods. Two are extremely difficult and will require a genius mind to decrypt.

If you have a genius mind (and I will assume you must, seeing as how you have such impeccable taste in entertainment) and wanna do this, knock yourself out. I'm a bit daft, myself, so I'm just gonna enjoy the pretty pictures.

If you DO figure it out, feel free to brag to us in the comments, genius.


Also.

Day and Night, Teddy Newton , 2010

Day and Night is a nominee for the Academy Award in the Best Animated Short Film category.


Here's an HQ preview:



And here's a less HQ version of the whole thing.

A Corny Concerto, Bob Clampett, 1943

Camilla, Julia Arnova, 2008

The Possum, Chris Choy, 2006

Ryan, Chris Landreth, 2004

Chris Landreth's short animated interview with gifted animator Ryan Larkin.

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, 2005.

Body Beautiful, Joanna Quinn, 1990

The

Achilles, Barry Purves, 1995

Deadsy, David Anderson and Russel Hoban, 1989

Cat's Cradle (Au Bout du Fil) Paul Driessen, 1974

Toys, Grant Munro, 1966

Hidavatas, Marcell Jankovics, 1969

Thanks to Chris for this gem, and for generally being informative and cool.

Vicenta, Sam Orti, 2010

Via

The Rich Have Their Fancies,Victoria Barmina, 1997

Man in the Frame, Fyodor Khitruk,1966

Crane Feathers, Ideya Garanina, 1977

Hunting Season, Aleksandr Viken, 1981

Conflict, Garri Bardin. 1983

Goofy Goat, Ted Eshbaugh, 1931

This cartoon was originally made in two color Technicolor, but no color print is known to exist.
Official Films offered 16mm B+W prints of it in the 40's and changed the name to 'Goofy Goat Antics'. - zootsmcgurn

Who Killed Who, Tex Avery, 1943

Keep In A Dry Place Away From Children, Bolex Brothers, 1997

The Creation,Thomas Meyer-Hermann , 1994

Sensology, Michel Gagne, 2010

Sensology is a short animated film by Michel Gagné that visualizes in abstract form, an improvised musical session by two leaders of the avant-guarde jazz movement, Paul Plimley (piano) and Barry Guy (bass). The music was recorded on November 9th, 1995, at the Western Front in Vancouver, Canada

To me, it brings to mind the work of Norman McLaren.


It's also on the short list of possible Academy Award nominees. Good luck!

Alexander VIII, Alexander Krahmtsov, 1995

The Returned Sun, Olga Khodatayeva ,1936

Train of Thought, Leo Bridle and Ben Thomas, 2010

Train of Thought is Leo Bridle and Ben Thomas's graduation film from The Arts Institute at Bournemouth.

Although we used digital compositing software, all the animation and models were done by hand, not with CGI. The film took approximately 9 months to complete, from storyboards through to the final edit.

Something, Cyriak Harris, 2010