2003 - 2005 (work-in-progress)
2-D digital animation. Color.

Awards: ASIFA-East 2005 - Award for Excellence In Design
ASIFA-East 2004 - 2nd Prize, Independent Films

Festivals: Artwallah 2005 (Los Angeles South Asian Arts festival), Red Bank Film Festival 2004

2002. 2-D digital animation. 4.5 minutes. Color. Dialog. Video.

Synopsis: Cancer cells discuss the environmental issues of the day.

EarthVision Environmental Film Festival, Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival

2002. 2-D digital animation. 3 minutes. Color. Video.

Synopsis: Artificial insemination made E-Z.

EarthVision Environmental Film Festival, Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival, CineFemme

2002. 2-D digital animation. 2 minutes. Clay animated on glass. Color. 35mm.

Synopsis: Really not a good film, I'm kind of embarrassed to have included it on my DVD, NinaVision. But this is a filography, so we gots to include the bad with the good.

EarthVision Environmental Film Festival

2002. 2-D computer animation (Flash/Photoshop/Final Cut Pro). 3 minutes. Video. Color.

Written, directed, produced, animated, designed, etc. by Nina Paley. Music by Edvard Grieg

Awards: First Prize, EarthVision Environmental Film Festival, Santa Cruz 2003

Festivals: Sundance Online Film Festival 2003, Anima Mundi (Brazil), MoCCA Art Festival (NY), Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival, Anima Mundi, Weston Art Gallery (Cincinatti Arts Assoc), Caroline's Comedy Club Funny Film Festival

2001. 2-D computer animation. 4.5 minutes. 35mm. Color.

Written, directed, produced, animated, designed, etc. by Nina Paley. Music by Nik Phelps and the Sprocket Ensemble. Sound by The Stikman/Polymorph Recording.

Synopsis: A man loses perspective while playing with his dog; a chase through a world of optical illusions culminates in an epiphany that opens his third eye.

Awards: DirectTV/Level13.net Animated Film Festival, 2001: 2nd Place, 2-D
Children's Jury First Place Award, Nisan Kinderfest 2005

Screenings and Festivals: Ottawa Animation Festival 2003, Olympia Film Festival, Northwest Childish Film Festival, BAM Children's Film Festival, Jacob Burns Film Center, Adelaide International Film Festival, Chicago Int'l Children's Film Festival, Melbourne Int'l Film Festival, Berlin Interfilm festival, KROK (Russia/Ukraine), Film Arts Festival, Stuttgart Film & Media Festival (2002), Exploratorium Film Series, Hollywood Shorts Animation festival Broadcast: KQED TV, San Francisco, September 2002; GamerTV (London) 'Evolver' TV show, 2003

2000. Drawing directly on film. 3 minutes. color. 15perf/70mm (also known as "IMAX"); 35mm printdown for festival exhibition.

Directed, drawn, produced, etc. by Nina Paley. Music by the Revillos. Sound by Jeff Roth / Focused Audio.

Synopsis: A contemporary interpretation of the myth of Pandora's Box. Completely cameraless, this film consists of over 2,500 individual images hand-drawn, scratched, and rubber-stamped directly on 70mm clear leader and junk footage.

Screenings and festivals: 2001:Anima Mundi (Brazil), New Zealand Int'l Film Festival, Paris Film Festival, Hi Mom (North Carolina) Film Festival; 2000: Ottawa International Animation Festival; Bilbao, Spain International Short Film Festival; Hamptons International Film Festival; KROK Animation Festival (Russia); St. Petersburg 'Message to Man' Film Festival; Berlin Interfilm Festival; Film Arts Festival, San Francisco; Kiev, Ukraine, ³Molodist² Film festival; Ideas In Animation - Rafael Theater; Large Format Cinema Association Conference 2000 (Los Angeles / California Science Center IMAX theater); Giant Screen Theater Association 2000 (Frankfurt, Germany IMAX theater); LFCA 'One Big Night At The Movies' (San Francisco, Sony Metreon IMAX theater)

70mm Screenings and Festivals: Berlin Cinestar IMAX Theater, Winter 2000; Large Format Cinema Association Conference 2000 (Los Angeles / California Science Center IMAX theater); Giant Screen Theater Association 2000 (Frankfurt, Germany IMAX theater); LFCA "One Big Night At The Movies" (San Francisco, Sony Metreon IMAX theater)

Awards: Louise White Prize, Veyrier (Switzerland) 2000

1998. Clay animation. 3 minutes. 16mm. Color.

Directed, designed, animated, sculpted, produced, edited, etc. by Nina Paley. Original Music by Nik Phelps and the Sprocket Ensemble.

Synopsis: Plastina leaves her beloved cat with her boyfriend, Clay. Demonic feline antics ensue.

Screenings and Festivals: Film Arts Festival, San Francisco; Olympia Film Festival, Washington State; Portland Film Festival, Oregon; Ideas In Animation US tour; San Francisco Bay Area venues including the Roxie, the Exploratorium, the Fine Arts, the Red Vic, New Nothing Cinema, and the Minna Street Gallery.

Awards: Audience Choice "Golden Oly" Best Short Film, Olympia Film Festival, 1999

1998. Clay animation. 3.5 minutes. Beta SP / Super-8. Color.

Directed, designed, animated, sculpted, produced, etc. by Nina Paley. Sound and music by Jason Lopez. Edited digitally by Mike Cavanaugh.

Synopsis: A tale of love, betrayal, and revenge as depicted in clay.

Screenings and festivals: Berlin Interfilm Festival; Film Arts Festival, San Francisco; Fantoche, Switzerland; Ideas In Animation, US tour; San Francisco Bay Area venues including the Exploratorium, the Roxie, the Fine Arts, the Red Vic, New Nothing Cinema, and the Minna Street Gallery.

1998. Drawing directly on film. 2 minutes. Color. 35mm.

Directed, drawn, produced, etc. by Nina Paley.
Music by the Del Rubio Triplets. Separate score by Nik Phelps and the Sprocket Ensemble.

Synopsis: An experimental art film dealing with themes of cancer and mortality. Drawn and scratched directly on 35mm clear leader and old junk footage.

Screenings and Festivals: Ideas In Animation US tour; San Francisco Bay Area venues including the Exploratorium, the Roxie, the Fine Arts, the Red Vic, New Nothing Cinema, and the Minna Street Gallery.