The Ballad of Nessie is an animated short that was released theatrically with Winnie the Pooh. It premiered on March 5, 2011 at Anima 2011, an International Animation Film Festival in Brussels, Belgium before its full theatrical release with Pooh. The short was directed by Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters and the short itself is narrated by Billy Connolly.