Bitter Films Movies

Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.

A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

A life, seen through paper.

A hidden memory sends David across the far reaches of time and space to solve a deadly mystery involving his time-traveling future selves.

Emily Prime is swept into the brain of an incomplete backup clone of her future self.

A musical odyssey about generational trauma and the retreat of humanity into itself.

In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The...

Dark and troubling events force Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life.

A boy and his balloon.

A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life… or lack thereof.

A sprawling look at the evolution of humankind, over the course of a billion years.

In this clever and over-the-top satire of romantic rituals, a cartoon pickup artist is violently torn apart by the women he courts. Don Hertzfeldt's...

A blind date ends in disaster.

Nigel does his best to help with his friend's simple request.

A "trilogy" of surreal and funny cartoons, produced exclusively to book-end the first year of The Animation Show's travelling theatrical tour.

Musing on the nature of memory, Don Hertzfeldt recounts stories about a kiss from The King, a floating child in a backyard and a giant foot.

Don Hertzfeldt introduces his new film from the dark underground caverns of a strange planet.

Described as a “big” existential horror animation that Hertzfeldt has been working on for 15 years.

Dark shadows are cast over Bill's recovery.