November 25, 2025

Bob Stenhouse worked largely solo to create this luminously-animated tale of a shepherd haunted by the devil’s daughter. Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Short in 1986, it was later judged one of the century’s best at Annecy. A ‘making of’ clip…

Notes From a Fish, described as a “sleeper comedy hit”, is about an aspiring novelist on the verge of a publishing breakthrough who relies on a creative muse in the shape of a tropical fish called Kirby. “When the fish…