日本动画大师宫崎骏曾宣告隐退，并表示“属于我的动画时代已经结束了”，称此后每天仍会到工作室帮助后辈制作作品。7月10日，“吉卜力工作室”证实宫崎骏目前正在制作短篇动画《毛毛虫波萝》。与宫崎骏以往的作品不同，将全面使用CG制作。虽然长度只有10分钟，但完成则需要3年时间，宫崎骏对这种新挑战正充满激情。

An isolated elderly woman, in desperate need of stimulation, conjures an infestation of silk-spinning caterpillars, thus leading her to a mind-bending epiphany. 'Caterpillar' is a cerebral drama, filmed in the historical Wynkoop House, famous for housing George Washington. The crew consists of highly esteemed artists working across a wide spectrum of disciplines. This includes special effects artist, Ben Bornstein (300, The Fighter), visual effects artist Greg Silverman (Black Swan), and editor, Corey Bayes (Haywire, Contagion, The Informant, Che). From storyline through production, Caterpillar is an ode to the creative process. This film is a must-see for anyone who has ever submitted to their imagination and felt transformed by an idea.

故事以一只名叫凯蒂的毛毛虫想要出去冒险而展开，最后凯蒂终于如愿以偿成为了一只美丽的蝴蝶，故事中穿插着很多动听的歌曲，极具艺术感染力，不失为一部动画佳作。

纽约著名的戏界人士杰里，因该行业不景气，再加上资金周转不灵，剧院面临倒闭。可就在这时，怪事出现了，他碰到的亚瑟居然有一双闻歌起舞的毛毛虫，杰里觉得这简直是个神话，杰里灵感来了，他千方百计地拉拢亚瑟，骗取其信任，即而可将毛虫高价出售。由此可以挽救崩溃的剧院。于是，有了煤体大势炒作，一时间毛虫成了社会的焦点。毛虫的买卖眼看就要成了，就在这时，杰里的骗局被亚瑟识破，不想把自己心爱的宝贝卖掉，正当两人发生争执时，毛虫神奇地失踪了……

Inspired by William Blake's 'Songs of Innocence and Experience', 'The Caterpillar and Fly' was produced with school pupils based on one of their true stories of an adult's attempt to shield a child's innocence from the realities of the world. In a busy modern home, Oscar, the youngest child of three, is a shy boy who confides in his beloved pet hamster Blaze and the only member of the family who can give him any time, his grandad Stan. One day while Oscar is at school, Stan finds Blaze motionless in his cage. Stan knows Oscar will be heartbroken so conjures up an elaborate plot to protect Oscar from grief. But can we protect childhood innocence forever?

似乎每个人在小的时候都会与各种各样的昆虫有着不解的渊源。这个故事讲的是十一岁的男孩比利(卢克·本沃德)随父母搬到了有着“美国蚯蚓之都”的邓肯…

一个贫穷的女孩被诱入了犯罪的世界，并且被自己愧疚和良知的幻影所困扰。《从蝴蝶到毛虫》本质上是实验性的，它遵循传统的电影语法来反映现实生活中所有荒谬的社会规范 —— 直到它所代表的社会崩溃，它便颠覆了自己的规则。随着剧情展开，焦点开始模糊，屏幕被分割……

Misdiagnosed with a terminal illness, a computer nerd dates his hospice worker, while suspecting someone is out to get him.

影片讲述的是一个森林的一座花园里，小毛虫举行了一场拯救粪甲虫的运动的故事。然而花园被入侵了，昆虫们不断失踪。最后小毛虫赫尔蜜通过自己的智慧解除了咒语，拯救出了花园里的朋友们。