The Ladybug
A chance encounter
Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.
A chance encounter
01 Oct 1997
Six samurai traverse a futuristic megalopolis to get to their favourite pub in time for "last orders". Commissioned by the famous Cork-based Murphy's Brewery, to promote their Irish Stout, "Last orders" was made by Production I.G, the Japanese animation studio behind "Ghost in the Shell", and Directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo (Blood: The Last Vampire, Golden Boy, Roujin Z)
16 May 2009
Two cops portrayed by Michelin Men chase an armed Ronald McDonald through the streets of a fictionalized, stylized city.
12 Jun 1987
Animated characters introduce a compilation of George Pal replacement animation Puppetoon short films from the 1930s and 1940s.
01 Jan 1942
A particularly vicious Father Time with a hit-list in his Book of Doom seeks to wipe out characters brought to life from fabric patterns. This neat concept for a cartoon washing powder commercial can be credited to Alexander Mackendrick, who worked at the J Walter Thompson advertising agency before making films at Ealing and then Hollywood.
03 Sep 2015
A grand-mother replaces her old companion robot by a more recent one. But things won’t go as expected…
01 Dec 2015
Christmas 2015 saw Judith Kerr's family favourite literary character, Mog, reimagined in her first-ever animated foray.
01 Jan 1938
Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.
01 Apr 1947
Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.
26 Jan 1942
In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), a young Dutch couple find their idyllic countryside being overrun by unfeeling, unthinking mechanical men and machines that lay waste to everything in their path. In 1997 this film, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
03 Apr 2014
A love story by PES. Announcing the new citizenM Hotel in Times Square, New York City.
01 Sep 1949
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14 Mar 2018
Together Again is a three-minute film featuring a husband trying to reach his wife, who has dementia, by navigating a stormy sea. With him is another person who represents Admiral Nurses, whose specialist knowledge and skills are used to help keep families that are affected by dementia closer.
12 Dec 2018
An aloof junior high school boy meets a cheerful high school girl inside a Lotte shop where they both reach for the same chocolate bar. Before he can react, she takes a different candy instead and leaves with her purchase. Continuing to dwell on the missed connection, the boy hopes that he can meet the girl again and gift her the sweet she originally wanted—with the addition of his feelings.
13 Oct 1944
Jasper goes to heaven in this George Pal Puppetoon.
Animated 15-second short commercial by Raimund Krumme.
04 Jul 1951
Let's All Go to the Lobby (officially known as Technicolor Refreshment Trailer No. 1) is an American animated musical advertisement that was produced in the mid-1950s for Filmack Studios. It was played in theaters before the beginning of the main film or before intermission, and features animated food items urging the audience to buy snacks sold in the theater lobby. It was directed by Dave Fleischer with lyrics by Jack Tillar.
11 Jul 1947
In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), Tubby the Tuba is disappointed that his sound limits what he's permitted to do in an orchestra of self-playing instruments that, unlike him, get to play pretty melodies. A chance meeting with a bullfrog changes everything.
25 Sep 1943
The Great Maestro gets to conduct more than he can compose himself to. A Puppetoon animated short film.
27 Jun 1941
Jim Dandy lands on a tropical island and falls in love with a beautiful maiden. A Puppetoon animated short film.