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Four popular songs with animated backgrounds, sung by the Four Gentlemen Quartet: Oh Susanna, with a short cartoon sequence of two couples in a square dance, Carry On, Short'nin Bread, and Pack Up Your Troubles.
A hungry rabbit tries everything, to pull a big carrot out of the ground.
Produced as part of the National Film Board’s Five Feminist Minutes, this collaborative work between Gwendolyn and fellow sex trade workers is an examination of police harassment, safe sex education and sex worker’s rights. Well received by the public and the critics, the film also won the award for Best First Short Film at La Mondiale de films et vidéos réalisés par des femmes in April 1991.
An utterly charming zen mix of animating and hands-on music.
Remember Tim Burton’s homage to Vincent Price, "Vincent"? 30 years later, Canadian animator Ken Turner returns the favor in this cute stop motion tribute...
Video Painting Series
A woman's life plays out in this animated short by Khoebe Magsaysay.
Explores how Iranians use blogs to express their ideas and feelings despite the restrictions imposed by their government.
A sexy and sinister allegory about the man who neglects to puts his house in order; live action and animation.
A woman sends a voice memo to a friend about the unexpected upheavals of her transition to motherhood. Matrescence blends visual exploration with scientific insight to examine the neurological, identity and cellular transformations that occur during pregnancy. A bold, intimate short film that illuminates the immense power of this journey.
Performances of two contemporary dancers are juxtaposed and reassembled in a frame by frame investigation, probing the self-perception of attraction and repulsion.
An outlaw named Skaz gets dragged into a fight with a group of hunters after his bounty. In his attempt to escape, his beloved horse Jolene gets shot and killed in the crossfire. Skaz will try everything he can to bring her back, even dabble in the dark ways of necromancy.
Soon-ee learns about the cruel fate her beloved sister has faced, and storms out into the ocean to find her.
five clowns looking for love on halloween.
Alyss runs bare, exposed to the environment and affected by its surrounding elements. Their exhausting journey becomes a pretext to reflect on a quest for personal authenticity.
Looking for a way out... On the other side of the daily grind of modern life... Is there still some message to be heard? Will we succeed or remain disconnected?
The Thing Is Lost is an abstract audiovisual experience inspired by the ever monotonous, oppressive and omnipresent existence of inner dialogue. This film is an emotional journey through expressions, confusions, colors and affections. A journey in the hope of “finding” or “being found.”
The chromatic components go through a phase shift, the interference of the gradients alters the linearity of the optical flow, the modal structure implodes into a heuristic folding of opposing intensities.
Mycelium invites you to a journey into an imaginary and psychedelic world where nothing makes sense. Follow the adventure of a mushroom through all sorts of fairy tale references that were part of our childhood.
Three strange cats, having a good old medieval time! A tapestry full of silly and absurd moments, inspired by the fascinating world of animals in medieval art. A tribute to the colorful way characters are depicted in old manuscripts, in all their perfect imperfection.
After an encounter with an angel, a young girl embarks on a series of changes. Enamoured by aesthetics she finds herself dreaming of being divine.
A bounty hunter chases after their target somewhere in the West.
Raven, a high school senior, has a split life of a student and a magical girl. Her best friends are her classmates, Berrycream Frosting and Dark Shi. This year, a school down the road blew up and its students had to transfer to her school, bringing many new faces to their lives with new potential friendships to form. Raven's biggest goal is to have the most perfect school year for herself. Unfortunately, someone with more sinister motives has her eyes on her, with the wish to ensure they get the best school experience instead.
The relationship between a daughter and her father is drowning along with the lack of communication between them. The water begins to invade the house until it seems impossible to keep it from entering.
Desires of the unconscious mind.
A cold-blooded contract killer known only as Deadsight executes without hesitation in order to clear his criminal record.
The memories of the first flower he gave his wife make a lonely old man emotional.
On a sheet of paper, crumpled with time, a young woman pays tribute to her mother.
A celestial being falls from the clouds onto earth for reasons unknown to them. As they wonder about the purpose of their descent, they must find courage to embark on a journey of discovery.
For a young mother happiness can be an hour's stroll in the park with her sleeping infant--but happiness is short-lived when the baby begins to cry and the passers-by pause with freely proffered advice. Made of animated paper cut-outs, this film without words is a spoof about the self-styled child experts who are so caught up with their own views of what's best for a child that they fail to see the infant's real problem.
In a dystopian world, two characters flee from the authorities across the rooftops of a city, carrying a bag whose contents are a mystery.
The graceful cadence of a waltz with the frenetic rhythms of contemporary life.
In the jungle, a monstrous bird tries to seduce a female bird with an odd dance. Her initial disgust quickly turns into interest.
In a snowy forest, during a traditional hare hunt, an intrepid warrior comes face to face with a mysterious creature that stands between her and her prey.
The long-awaited brawl between the two billionaires and businessmen is finally happening. Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are engaging in a merciless battle, delivering blow after blow, gadgets, and weapons of mass destruction, annihilating everything in their path. Who will have the power to stop these two tech and jujitsu behemoths before they obliterate our world?
A summer night in Montreal.
A friendly slice of bread tries to free his friend from a toaster before he catches on fire.
By using simple pictographs, François Mercier (a regular at DJ XL5?s Zappin? parties) evokes, with both humour and intelligence, a series of cinema classics entrenched in popular culture.
A delirious, although terrifying, evocation of an America where everyone wears a gun.
In a dimly lit rec-room a group of middle-aged friends, still reeling from the loss of their beloved character, Paul, play an ongoing tabletop role-playing game. With the introduction of Bonno Eversong, a pacifist bard, skepticism hung heavy in the air. Bonno's arrival stirred doubt among the group; however, with time, his soothing melodies and quick wit began to sway their opinions. As the game progressed, the misfit band faced daunting challenges, including a menacing troll guarding a bridge and a fearsome fire-breathing dragon. Through determination, unexpected ingenuity, and Bonno's unwavering commitment to peace, they not only conquered the trials but discovered a renewed sense of unity, illustrating that strength can manifest in unconventional ways.
Experimental short film.
Educational film on animation techniques, as told from a Martian telecast by a Martian presenter -- demonstrating ink and paint on cels, stop motion (model, object, plasticine, pixilation), cutouts, and “filmography” (motion graphics).
A meditation on gendered washroom anxiety
An exploration of an immigrant's childhood memories through a creature's interactions with her home.
Distractions mount to an almost intolerable level. Produced by Quickdraw Animation Society as part of the 2023 Animation Lockdown.
A musical gardener ejects his hired hand, leading to things on his little planet going horribly astray.
An animated short film.
A young Chinese woman who is tired from her nine to five work life in the big city moves back home with her grandfather. Throughout her time at home the young woman mends not only her relationship with her grandfather but also her own sense of cultural identity.
A married woman is plagued by lost memories of her husband, which seem to be tied to a nail on the crown of her skull.
This short addresses art and men … Artists impose their view and manipulate reality (not always a happy thing for their subjects). Men objectify women (as a young woman, I was uncomfortable being the object of their gaze)
A Depression-era whiskey runner tells the harrowing tale of his ancestors’ arrival in Canada during the Great Potato Famine. Written and narrated by award-winning storyteller Mike Burns as part of the Water of Life film series.
A Dadaist adventure in a world of drawings in which two doodles unexpectedly meet a guru, swim in the river of pastel and live in the moment through the pages of a notebook.
The making of the short film Cirkus (1999).
When double subjectivity strikes, tension is created between form and matter, intellect and feeling. The terrible threat of formlessness hovers. Life as seen through an artist’s eyes.
Slides from of my parents wedding reveal another time when they are so young. Using animation, I attempt to save them from a very difficult future.