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...

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

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...

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.

A BAFTA nominated specialized film

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

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

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

The Baronet of Ruddigore, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, has inherited a family curse which forces him to commit a crime every day — or die in agony....

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

Hamilton the elephant loves playing music with his trunk. When he is fired from the circus he does odd jobs till he gets his big break.

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

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

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

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...

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.