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  • Emerald Kenny
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Zootopia. Dir. Byron Howard and Rich Moore. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. 2016.
Zootopia. Dir. Byron Howard and Rich Moore. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. 2016. 150 150 Emerald Kenny

Zootopia [1] presents a story about the first rabbit police officer teaming up with a fox confidence trickster to stop their city descending into anarchy. The film is a modern…

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Animal Farm. Dir. John Halas, Joy Batchelor. Pathe, Universal, RKO . 1954.
Animal Farm. Dir. John Halas, Joy Batchelor. Pathe, Universal, RKO . 1954. 150 150 Sophie Lidyard

Halas and Batchelor’s 1954 Animal Farm holds a firm place in cinematic history as Britain’s second animated feature.  The film is based on the 1945 novella by George Orwell and is often…

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  • Anna Davies
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Aladdin. Dir. Ron Clements and John Musker. Disney Studios. 1992.
Aladdin. Dir. Ron Clements and John Musker. Disney Studios. 1992. 150 150 Anna Davies

Ron Clements’ and John Muskers’, Aladdin (1992) [1]  follows the life of a poor street dweller and his sidekick monkey, Abu in the fictional city of Agrabah. After being coerced into…

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  • Laura Bell
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Shaun the Sheep The Movie. Dir. Mark Burton and Richard Starzak. Studiocanal. 2015.
Shaun the Sheep The Movie. Dir. Mark Burton and Richard Starzak. Studiocanal. 2015. 150 150 Laura Bell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQeI4i2Nzw8&feature=emb_title Restaurant scene Starzak and Burton challenge our perceptions of human and animal intelligence in Shaun the Sheep The Movie. Aardman excel in casting the animals as intelligent and exasperated by…

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  • Laura Bell
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Shaun the Sheep The Movie. Dir. Mark Burton and Richard Starzak. Studiocanal. 2015.
Shaun the Sheep The Movie. Dir. Mark Burton and Richard Starzak. Studiocanal. 2015. 150 150 Laura Bell

Shaun the Sheep The Movie trailer Following his introduction in Nick Park’s Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave, the woolly star, Shaun the Sheep, received his own spin off show creatively…

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Babe. Dir. Chris Noonan. Universal Pictures. 1995.
Babe. Dir. Chris Noonan. Universal Pictures. 1995. 150 150 Amelia Eckersley

 Babe’s belief in his capability to function within his new identity role as sheep-pig is shattered when he learns his true purpose as bacon for the farm. Deflated of self-worth…

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  • Harry Overend
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Sweetgrass. Dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash. Cinema Guild. 2009.
Sweetgrass. Dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash. Cinema Guild. 2009. 150 150 Harry Overend

Spend three years following some Montana shepherds, then five years editing over 200 hours of footage, and you end up with Sweetgrass.1 This documentary film examines the reality of the human-animal relationship…

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  • Sian Oliver-Waters
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Charlotte’s Web. Dir. Gary Winick. Paramount Pictures. 2006.
Charlotte’s Web. Dir. Gary Winick. Paramount Pictures. 2006. 150 150 Sian Oliver-Waters

Based on the classic children’s story by E. B. White, Charlotte’s Web (2006) follows the journey of a runty piglet, Wilbur (Dominic Scott Kay), saved by the farmer’s daughter Fern (Dakota…

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How to Train Your Dragon 2. Dir. Dean DeBlois. 20th Century Fox. 2014.
How to Train Your Dragon 2. Dir. Dean DeBlois. 20th Century Fox. 2014. 150 150 Rebekah Green

Five years after Hiccup successfully ended the war between humans and dragons, he faces many new conflicts. He and his village of both species are living happily until they learn that…

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  • Madison Yeats
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Belle and Sébastien. Dir. Nicolas Vanier. Gaumont. 2013.
Belle and Sébastien. Dir. Nicolas Vanier. Gaumont. 2013. 150 150 Madison Yeats

Belle and Sébastien is an action and adventure children’s film that touches on animal bond and servitude. During the era of German soldiers raiding French towns for Jewish refugees, the…

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