Joy Batchelor Movies

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and...

This highly entertaining animated film begins as a young girl settles down into bed to sleep after coming home from a party. One of her feet...

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

A BAFTA nominated specialized film

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of...

A BAFTA award nominated animation looking at the development of oil prospecting techniques since the 19th century.

An introduction to the life and work of Joy Batchelor on the hundredth anniversary of her birth. Joy was a director, animator, producer and designer...

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...

A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.

This cartoon propaganda short by Halas & Batchelor sweetens the pill of post-war coal prices by promising jam tomorrow.

A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.

A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint...

a short Halas & Batchelor animation about the adventures of Bolly and his friends on imaginary planets, featuring animation by Tony Guy, animation...

A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.

Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.

Charley, a mechanic, inherits a half-share in a farm run by his cousin and he soon has his dream of an idyllic country life rudely shattered by hard...