Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release Date |
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1917 |
The Apostle El Apóstol | ARG}} | Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/Cutout | The first animated feature ever made, and in Argentina, but it is considered a lost film. | 1917|11|9|}} |
1918 |
Without a Trace Sin dejar rastros | ARG}} | Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/Cutout | lost film | 1918}} |
1926 |
The Adventures of Prince Achmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed | Weimar Republic}} | Lotte Reiniger | Silhouette | The oldest surviving animated feature. First animated film made in Germany | 1926|2}} |
1930 |
The Tale of the Fox Le Roman de Renard | FRA}} | Ladislas Starevich | Stop motion | The first animated film to be made in France. Although completed in 1930, because of problems with the original soundtrack in French, it was not released. It premiered in Berlin 1937 with a German soundtrack, and was released with a new French soundtrack in April 1941. | 1937|4|10|Germany|1941|4|10|France}} |
1931 |
Peludo City Peludópolis | ARG}} | Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/Cutout | lost film and the first animated feature film with sound | 1931|9|18}} |
1935 |
The New Gulliver Новый Гулливер | USSR}} | Aleksandr Ptushko | Mosfilm | Stop motion/Live action | Combines live-action with animation, and the first animated feature film to be made in the Soviet Union. | 1935|3|25}} |
1936 |
The Adventures of Pinocchio Le avventure di Pinocchio | ITA}} | Umberto Spano Raul Verdini Romolo Bacchini | CAIR | Traditional | Lost film, First animated feature to be made in Italy, production never completed. | 1936}} |
The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda Сказка о попе и о работнике его Балде | USSR}} | Mikhail Tsekhanovsky | Lenfilm | Traditional | Lost film, only a short scene from a nearly finished film survived the fire caused by the 1941 bombings of Leningrad. The 50-minute score composed by Dimitri Shostakovich specifically for the film was also restored and released in 2005 on its own. | 1936}} |
1937 |
Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons | USA}} | Burt Gillett Wilfred Jackson David Hand | Traditional | Package film | 1937|5|19}} |
The Seven Ravens Die sieben Raben | Nazi Germany}} | Ferdinand Diehl Hermann Diehl | Stop motion | 1937|12|2}} |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | USA}} | David Hand William Cottrell Wilfred Jackson Larry Morey Perce Pearce Ben Sharpsteen | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | The first animated film to be made by Walt Disney Animation Studios, the first in the United States, and the first to be presented in Technicolor. Won a special Academy Award for the first animated feature. | 1937|12|21|Premiere|1938|2|4|United States}} |
1939 |
Gulliver's Travels | USA}} | Dave Fleischer | Fleischer Studios | Traditional | The first American animated film not to be made by Disney. Also first animated film made in World War II | 1939|12|22}} |
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