Azur is the blue-eyed fair-haired child, Asmar his olive-skinned soulmate, one wet-nursed by and the other the natural child of an Arab slave in the Christian West. After years of seperation, and as young adults, the two meet again, this time in an Arab world of souks, vivid textiles, beautiful gardens, technology, elaborate palaces and smiling people. Now they both seek the same goal, to rescue and marry the legendary Djinn fairy. 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...

When Coraline's parents move to the back of beyond and bury themselves in their work their seriously bored daughter decides to go in search of her own entertainment. Coraline stumbles upon a small portal that introduces her to an alternative world where her mum and dad care and the shabbiness of her real existence has been transformed into a wonderous place of beauty and adventure, but perfect places can sometimes hide a dark secret, as our heroine soon begins to discover. Directed and created b find out more...

The far out adventures of the cat who became a counter-culture hero. He smokes weed, he chases women, he hangs out with the street crowd and he's a dude. Based on the cartoons of Robert Crumb this was one of the cult comedies of the late hippy era. find out more...

Harvie Krumpet is the story of an Eastern European immigrant's life of incredible bad luck. Home-educated by his deranged and illiterate (yet beloved) mother, Harvie's life is dedicated to the accumulation of 'Fakts', until he meets the love of his life and has a beautiful and intelligent daughter. These two women are, however, the only relief in Harvie's relentless misfortune, which includes, in no particular order; testicular cancer, deranged Scotsmen, geriatric nudity, bald parrots, fatal f find out more...

A beautiful elaboration of a Senegalese folk tale; Kirikou summons himself from his mother's womb, only 10 cms tall, but walking, talking, questioning and quickly setting out on a quest to defeat the wicked sorceress who has cursed his people. Kirikou is a beautifully rendered tale with African art as its benchmark and using a flat two-dimensional look. A delight for the children and one that us older, saggier ones can enjoy as well. find out more...

From the creators of Toy Story comes the third instalment of their groundbreaking animation. Sulley and Mike work at Monsters Inc, a huge factory in Monstropolis that turns the screams of children into energy, the two of them are very good at their job, i.e. terrifying kids, but when one little girl returns to their world all hell breaks loose. Monsters Inc is not up there with the Toy Story films, it lacks the adult wit of the first two and indeed the depth of character, but that said it's stil 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...

One of the great Disney cartoons - fabulously funny, great music, and fantastic entertainment for all the family. The Nottingham outlaw gets the Disney treatment with all the legendary characters being memorably transformed into animals. find out more...