AeldSidhe Films - contact Carrie at [email protected] Name Description (truncated) Year Color Reel Length Alexander and the Sleep People Color 800 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Based on the book by Judith Viorst. Alexander knew the minute he woke up with gum in his hair that it was 1988 Color 500 Day going to be a very bad day. He has a day filled with mishaps, embarrassments, disappointments, and Animal Farm (5 copies - all are faded and beat up) George Orwell's classic. Animated version of George Orwell's political fable about farm animals who rise up 1955 Color 1,800 against the cruelty of a drunken farmer and then find themselves living under equally terrible conditions when Animal Land When spring floods threaten the homes in Animal Land, all pitch in to help except Hammy the Hamster. This 1951 B&W 400 selfish creature drowns just when he thinks he is most secure Art Now On Filmed at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, this film traces the evolution of art and philosophy of art through Color 800 creative animation and other provocative techniques. Baby Story The story of conception, told in animation with wit and charm Color 400 Bambi: A Lesson in Perseverance An exerpt from Disney's "Bambi" with live-action, modern day scenes inserted to illustrate a point Color 400 Bear and the Mouse, the A variation on the Aesop's fable, in which live animals do exactly what the script requries as though they were 1966 color 250 real actors. In this film, a huge trapped bear learns that even the smallest animals can be of great help Bearskin Bearskin is a story about endurance, force of character in adversity and spiritual transformation through 1983 Color 800 suffering. It is set after the end of the Civil War. After making a bargain with the devil, a young man has Beauty and the Beast - one copy left, but with lots of Puppet animation tells the tale of a young girl whose love for an ugly beast releases him from an evil spell and 1978 Color 800 emulsion lines turns him into a handsome princee Birds, Bees, Stork, narrated by Peter Sellers Peter Sellers provides the voice of a father telling his son the facts of life; embarrassed, he manages to say very 1968 color 400 little Blessings of Love With delicate thin-line animation, soft background music and no narration, this film traces a man and woman's 1972 color 400 relationship from their first meeting through their marriage and aging to their deaths Boomsville A conquistadore buys land from the Indians, builds a fort; the Indians attack, the fort burns; on the ashes 1968 Color 400 another fort and town is built by the Dutch, and so it goes, until the whole land is covered with civilization, Boundary Linesm by Philip Stapp Animation by Philip Stapp. Done in an abstract style. The animated short delivers a beyond-borders message 1946 Color 800 with its discussion of the human concept of the dividing line and how it leads to envy and destruction-- Caterpillar Czechoslovakian. An animated tale of a boy and his dancing caterpillar, who becomes a phenomenal 1971 Color 800 commercial success only to disappear in the spring and re-emerge as a butterfly. A comment on the Cave, the, narrated by Orson Welles Based on Plato's seventh book of the Republic. Uses animation to present a hypothetical situation in which 1973 400 four men chained in a cave mistake shadows for reality. Narrated by Orson Welles. Page 1 of 11 AeldSidhe Films - contact Carrie at [email protected] Name Description (truncated) Year Color Reel Length Charlie Needs a Cloak Through the use of animation, the film tells the story of a shepherd who must make a new cloak for himself. 1977 Color 400 Follows him through the steps of shearing the sheep and fashioninghis new garment from the wool Chinese Nightingale A Chinese emperor is gladdened by the song of the nightingale and is moved to play his own song. One day, 1935 B&W 400 the Japanese send a music box with a mechanical bird; the nightingale feels rejected and leaves. But soon, the Chromophobia Belgian, directed by Raoul Servais. Uses animation to present the dilemma of a society caught in a militaristic 1966 Color 400 dictatorship, and to show the eventual victory of its free spirit. Stylized animation. No narration or dialogue, Chuckie Colorfully animated story of a little girl who resents her new baby brother. Helps children explore the 1987 Color 600 emotions they naturally feel when a newborn younger brother or sister joins their family. Based on the book Circus, the Presents a variety of enchanting, thrilling, or amusing aspects of circus life through use of animation 1961 Color 600 employing children's art work Corduroy Story of a lovable stuffed bear who waits patiently on a department store shelf for somebody to take him 1984 Color 800 home. At last he finds his long-sought home with a young, affectionate girl. Adapted from the book by Don Cosmic Zoom - very beat up, lots of lines The zoom, a rapid focus from one point to another goes from a boy fishing on a river to the most distant point 1968 Color 400 in the universe, then back again and into a final infinity - the atom of one living cell within the boy. This non- Courtesy: A Good Eggsample Eggs play the starring roles in this film about courtesy and rules at school. Eggbert is a good egg who helps Color 400 his mother before leaving for school, apologizes when he bumps into Mrs. White, and politely takes his place Crow Boy Iconographic. Crow Boy, a friendless boy considered stupid, has special qualities Color 600 Curious Alice A present-day Alice in Wonderland follows the White Rabbit into a strange world where she gains insight into Color 600 the facts and issues about drugs and drug abuse by meeting the famous characters in new roles as drug Dance Squared Uses animation to present the geometry of the square and its related parts, with geometric shapes dividing, 1961 Color 200 sub-dividing, and gyrating, as people do in a square dance Diary of Adam & Eve, based on story by Mark Twain From the story by Mark Twain. Very humorous. Claymation figures tell the story from a "he said/she said" 1980 Color 1,100 (claymation) point of view. Dick Whittington and his Cat This timeless story of the poor boy whose affection for a stray cat leads to wealth and fame is beautifully 1965 Color 650 filmed in an animated puppet technique. Dimensions Directed by Bernard Longpré . A film without words in which simple actions achieve surprising and 1966 Color 650 surrealistic results. A man wants a door in a wall; he draws a rectangle and, presto, there is an opening. In the Dorothy and the Flame Dorothy is doing what no kid is supposed to do: playing with matches. She makes a small flame which soon 1976 Color 400 turns into a big and dangerous fire. Dorothy is saved by her parrot friend Koko. Czechoslovakia Dragon, the The story of a young boy who frees his people from the tyranny of a dragon. Highly interesting. Color 800 Page 2 of 11 AeldSidhe Films - contact Carrie at [email protected] Name Description (truncated) Year Color Reel Length Eggs, by John and Faith Hubley Music by Quincy Jones. The Goddess of Fertility and her partner Death fight over the future of humankind 1970 Color 250 until a whimsical Supreme Being intercedes. The Goddess and Death sound like an old married couple El Perico (the Parrot) This fully-animated film exemplifies the full potential of the modern audio-lingual method of foreign language Color 400 learning. Pedrito, the clever parrot, is abducted by a travelling magician, who returns him to his rightful Elmer Elephant, by Disney All the animals at Tillie Tiger's birthday party laugh at Elmer's ears and trunk,and cruelly tease and torment 1936 Color 400 him. He meets a crotchedy old giraffe, who shows him a couple of funny-looking pelicans (who do a Jimmy Every Child Direction and animation by Eugene Fedorenko. Produced at the invitation of the United Nations 1979 Color 200 Organization to celebrate UNICEF's Declaration of Children's Rights, this film is the Canadian contribution to Family Planning, by Disney A charming and informative presentation of the components in the problem of population control and one 1967 Color 400 solution - family planning. Presented by Donald Duck in elementary, straight-forward style Fiddle-Dee-Dee, by Norm McLaren Presents an experiment in animation by Norman McLaren, who paints directly on the film. Uses color, abstract 1947 Color 200 lines and forms to interpret the music, Listen to the Mockingbird, performed by violin and string orchestra. Fir Tree, the An animated adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's story about a fir tree that watches the woodland activity 1984 Color 600 and longs to play a part in the world beyond. Fire Flowers of Yet Sing Lo Presents an animated story about a little boy named Yet Sing Low who befriends a sneezing dragon on the eve Color 400 of the Chinese New Year. Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, by Dr. Seuss Try as they might no-one can get rid of the hats from Bartholomew's head until number 500.. A George Pal 1943 Color 400 Puppetoon Freckle Juice, by Judy Blume Andrew Marcus wants freckles. He doesn't want them because he wants to be noticed -- he gets noticed Color 800 enough, but for the wrong reasons, he often daydreams; he isn't prepared.