2019. The Earth is on the brink of destruction, Tokyo shimmers with post-punk fetishism, gangs of cyberpunk bikers and rioting crowds are on the streets of the post-atomic city. The scene is set for comic-book ultra-violence in this remarkable animated nightmare of hyper-reality. find out more...

Orwell's classic satire on Stalinist Russia as done by Jim Henson's workshop with added digital animation technique. find out more...

The creatures outside look from pig to man and from man to pig and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which. The first full length cartoon ever made in the UK was financed by the CIA and, except for the more up-beat ending, sticks faithfully to the plot. Based on Orwell's profoundly wrong view of the Soviet Revolution. find out more...

Hiro is a something of a tech kid prodigy but, having just showcased the merits of micro bots, finds someone else has decided to use them for evil. With the help of an unlikely big white health robot called Baymax and a bunch of enjoyably quirky sidekicks, Hiro takes on the forces of evil in an effort to save the day. A fun film with some good gags, great robots and swell animation.

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Shin Dong-Huyk was born as a political prisoner in a North Korean re-education camp from where no-one leaves alive. Forced to labor in the mines from the age of 6 years he suffered from beatings, torture and permanent hunger, always at the mercy of the wardens and unaware of a life outside the barbed-wire fences. At the age of 23, encouraged by a recently interned work-mate and in order to find out what meat tasted like, he escaped. Staggered by the clothes and freedom he saw that other North find out more...

Fantastic Planet tells the story of "Oms", human-like creatures kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called "Traags". Widely regarded as an allegorical statement on the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, Fantastic Planet was five years in the making at Prague's Jiri Trnka Studios. The incredible art of Roland Topor and Alain Gorauger's brilliantly complementary score (much sampled by the hip-hop community) all combine to make Fantastic Planet a mind-searing experience. Ren find out more...

An animated documentary telling the true story about a man's need to confront his past in order to truly have a future. Amin arrived as an unaccompanied minor in Denmark from Afghanistan. Today, at 36, he is a successful academic and is getting married to his long-time boyfriend. A secret he has been hiding for over 20 years threatens to ruin the life he has built for himself. For the first time, he is sharing his story with his close friend.

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10 years have passed since war changed the face of Japan, which now burns with the fire of civil unrest, and a well armed anti-government group has risen amongst the people, which in turn has initiated the formation of an elite troupe of government soldiers, the feared 'Wolf Brigade', trained like dogs these men are to combat the rebels with extreme and severe prejudice. When Constable Fuse hesitates to kill a young suicide bomber, he is sent to a retraing camp where he is forced to face his own find out more...

A wonderful tale of a girl's passage from childhood to adulthood, a time that coincided with the overthrow of the Shah of Iran and his replacement by the tyranny of a fundamentalist theocracy. find out more...

From executive producer Angelina Jolie and the creators of the Academy Award-nominated The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner is the highly-anticipated animated feature based on Deborah Ellis’ bestselling novel. The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wron find out more...