Cute Animated Short THE BALLAD OF NESSIE Photos

Check out photos for the hand-drawn animated short THE BALLAD OF NESSIE directed by Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters. You can read all our coverage of The Ballad of Nessie here.

The Ballad of Nessie Synopsis: Set in the “bonny blue highlands” of Scotland, “The Ballad of Nessie” is a whimsical and colorful tall tale about the friendly Loch Ness monster, Nessie, and how she and her best friend MacQuack the rubber duck came to live in the moor they now call home. Setting the adventure into motion is a greedy land developer named MacFroogle, who decides to build a mini-golf empire on top of Nessie’s home.

The Ballad of Nessie will be released to theaters with Winnie the Pooh, which opens in theaters in select international markets in Spring 2011; the U.S. release date is July 15, 2011. Check out the photos below.