The Mysterious Old Man

Murphy's Irish Stout: Last Orders(en)

Six samurai traverse a futuristic megalopolis to get to their favourite pub in time for "last orders". Commissioned by the famous Cork-based Murphy's Brewery, to promote their Irish Stout, "Last orders" was made by Production I.G, the Japanese animation studio behind "Ghost in the Shell", and Directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo (Blood: The Last Vampire, Golden Boy, Roujin Z)

Dolly, Put the Kettle On(en)

Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.

Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity(en)

Christmas 2015 saw Judith Kerr's family favourite literary character, Mog, reimagined in her first-ever animated foray.

Fable of the Fabrics(en)

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 concept for a cartoon washing powder commercial can be credited to Alexander Mackendrick, who worked at the J Walter Thompson advertising agency before making films at Ealing and then Hollywood.

Logorama(en)

Two cops portrayed by Michelin Men chase an armed Ronald McDonald through the streets of a fictionalized, stylized city.

Score(pl)

Satirical animation showing the influence of alcohol brands on sports.

Swan Song(en)

A love story by PES. Announcing the new citizenM Hotel in Times Square, New York City.

Baby I Love You da ze(ja)

An aloof junior high school boy meets a cheerful high school girl inside a Lotte shop where they both reach for the same chocolate bar. Before he can react, she takes a different candy instead and leaves with her purchase. Continuing to dwell on the missed connection, the boy hopes that he can meet the girl again and gift her the sweet she originally wanted—with the addition of his feelings.

Nočná romanca(sk)

Tea Time(en)

A grand-mother replaces her old companion robot by a more recent one. But things won’t go as expected…

What Is Missing?(cs)

A stop-motion advertisement for shoe company Baťa. Depicts shoe repair as surgery.

Together Again(en)

Together Again is a three-minute film featuring a husband trying to reach his wife, who has dementia, by navigating a stormy sea. With him is another person who represents Admiral Nurses, whose specialist knowledge and skills are used to help keep families that are affected by dementia closer.

Insect Dance(pt)

In a rural area, an insect receives a letter with an invitation to participate in the Insect Ball, to be held in the city and with no end date. There, flies, mosquitoes, mosquitoes and cockroaches have fun and dance, until a robot, named Detefon arrives to end the party, pouring an insecticide, exterminating all the insects. Animated advertisement for the insecticide Detefon entitled "Baile de Bugs", directed and animated by Eugenio Marcus and produced by the company Rex Filme.

South Sea Sweethearts(en)

Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.

Radio RCA(es)

Broadcast music evokes erotic and racial fantasies in this commercial.

Not Just on Earth...(cs)

A scientist observes the sky through a telescope. He is discontent because the Moon has a delay. The scientist thus uses his telescope as a canon and shoots to alert the Moon in a house in the sky that something went wrong. The upset Moon charges his wife to find out what the correct time of moonrise was. And because it has indeed overslept and is behind the times, it rushes into the sky to rectify his mistake. On the way, he mightily puffs from his pipe, which provokes St Peter's disapproval - for the saint would not tolerate so much black smoke in the sky. He therefore strikes the Moon with lightning and the Moon, falling, loses his pipe. St Peter then recommends him to smoke cigarettes made with Abadie paper tubes.

Love on the Range(en)

Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.

Stitch and Save(en)

This brief animated film was designed to promote the remodelling of old clothing as part of the World War II effort.

Got Milk - Sandwich(en)

Animated 15-second short commercial by Raimund Krumme.

Doomsday for Pests(en)

Facing mounting insect deaths, concerned bugs view a documentary film about Sherwin-Williams's lethal new PESTROY pesticide coating.