Animated Movie Trailers

Canada Vignettes: Trees Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

Life in Canada is reflected by people's comments on trees as a tree is shown undergoing seasonal changes.

Ni scène ni coulisses Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

Three dancers, alternately disembodied or discernible, move through abstract motions. Sometimes they move against backgrounds, sometimes they incorporate them.

Canada Vignettes: December Lights Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

Animated film of a traditional Franco-Manitoban tale that resembles the story of the first Christmas.

Canada Vignettes: Dancing Dolls Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

An animated vignette. A lively dance of painted wooden dolls that twirl, swing and sway to gay music.

Canada Vignettes: Klondike Gold Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

This animated film illustrates the terrible journey, the back-breaking work, the exotic and gaudy city of Dawson, and the turmoil and triumphs of the 1898 Klondike gold rush.

Canada Vignettes: Melvin Arbuckle, Famous Canadian Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

W.O. Mitchell recounts Newton's Law of Falling Backhouses, a story based on the youthful pranks of his prairie childhood.

The Day Off Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

A day off allows us a break from routine existence, but it also prepares us for re-entering the workaday world.

Canada Vignettes: Bridging the Gap Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

An animated allegory demonstrating the need to integrate the disabled into general society.

Canada Vignettes: Countdown Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

This vignette illustrates the variety of professions, people and technical procedures required by the filmmaking process.

Canada Vignettes: Ice Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

Ice cutting on the St. Lawrence River in the 1860s is illustrated in song and animated graphics.

The Trout That Stole the Rainbow Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

The vibrant images of this beautifully illustrated animation film will captivate all audiences, and will be particularly useful in the classroom to teachers of art and language arts.

Opéra zéro Trailer (1984)

11 January 1984

Life is "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." William Shakespeare, with words written four centuries ago, inspired animator Jacques Giraldeau to dwell on man's passion for life, and his propensity to destroy himself.

Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World: The Subway Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

In this animation film without words, filmmaker Pierre Hébert and musicians Robert Lepage and René Lussier worked together, and separately, in their respective media.

Canada Vignettes: Catapult Canada Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

This model-animation vignette takes a humorous look at the theme of transportation.

Kaspar Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

Kaspar is drowning. Several people who want to save him rush forward. Some of them are filled with good will, others are pumped up with pretentiousness.

Summer Legend Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

Silas Rand and Charles Leland first wrote down the legends of the great spirit Glooscap before the turn of the century.

Of Lives Uprooted Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

The civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala are described by the children of those country through their words and drawings, based on their experiences in their home countries and the refugee camps.

La Lettre d'amour Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

Such diverse modes of expression as dance, music, poetic narration and images drawn directly on film combine to tell the story of a letter and the joy it carries to its destination.

Raven's Feather Dance - A Creation Legend Trailer (1990)

01 January 1990

When humankind is wiped out by a cosmic disaster, Raven sets out to right this wrong by finding out from the other animals how to re-create the human race.

1, 2, 3, Coco Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

An animated film for five- to eight-year-olds on children's right to receive an education. A teacher gives extra, individualized help to a student who is having difficulty with arithmetic and helps her find fun in numbers.

Second Début Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

"Sophie, you can go home now and enjoy your old age," her boss announces as the confetti settles at the retirement party.

Seurat: The Realm of Light Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

Paris in the 1880s. The Impressionists dominate the art scene but a brilliant new talent is about to emerge.

A Family For Maria Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

An animated film for five- to eight-year-olds about international adoption and the difficulty of adapting to a new environment.

Baroque'n Roll Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

A young immigrant is rejected because of his different ways and unusual clothing but is eventually accepted by the other kids when he impresses them with his bravery and resourcefulness.

Henry Settles in Upper Canada Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

After a long, hard ocean voyage across the Atlantic, twelve-year-old Henry and his mother arrive in Upper Canada.

Jump-up: Caribbean Carnival in Canada Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

A multicultural story that centres on the growing friendship of a newly-arrived West Indian child and a Canadian girl as they both discover how the black community organizes a yearly festival featuring costumes, music and a little history.

Jamie Really Liked to Eat Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Jamie Really Liked to Eat shows the life of a young boy living on a homestead around 1830 and how many pioneer parents depended on their children to help them gather and prepare the family's food.

The New Schoolhouse Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

A story of village life in Ontario in the 1850s as seen through the eyes of three young children. The whole community participates in the building of the new schoolhouse and its opening day celebrations.

Pourquoi? Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Four children see images of other youngsters around the world who dream of doing great things when they grow up but whose dreams are dashed by the harsh reality of their lives.

The Tournament Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

A little deaf girl who plays against an arrogant boy in a chess tournament is unaffected by his scorn but responds warmly to the attentions of a young poet.

M.C. Escher: Sky and Water 1 Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

The art of M.C. Escher (Dutch printmaker) never fails to facinate and astound. M.C. Escher: Sky and Water 1/M.

Masks Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

The story starts with the birth of a baby, who starts crying as soon as he sees his father "in disguise.

Loon Dreaming Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

Loon Dreaming opens with loons gracefully riding the waves. Then suddenly we see the world through the eyes of one of these spectacular birds.

Point of Order Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Gnursk and Biff are father and son practitioners of the ancient Bastroonk faith; a faith with several "peculiar" practices.

The Magic Lion Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

The Magic Lion is a short animated film about an African boy who goes on a quest to save the life of his gravely ill grandfather.

Dominoes Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Dominoes animates the tiles of this age-old game to illustrate an oddly shaped domino's struggle to belong.

Krach Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Bent on scaling the profit ladder at any price, two moneymen inevitably come down hard. Incisive and succinct, Tom Tassel's Krach strikingly illustrates a basic principle: what goes up, must come down.

The Real Place Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Puccini's famous aria from the opera Tosca, Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore ("I lived for art, I lived for love") provides a fitting summation of playwright John Murrell's life and work.

Blossom Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

As a young woman journeys to a new country, the promise and possibility of her life spills out like the petals of a flower, unfurling into full and glorious bloom.

Mother's Colours Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

Judith, an artist, moves into a senior's residence, and she feels lonely and alienated. She discovers that she can escape into her painting.

Assembly Trailer (2012)

10 October 2012

A flatbed editing table is snapped on. A woman’s hands reach in and out of the frame, cutting and editing a reel of film.

PFFF Trailer (2012)

01 January 2012

A revolution is kicked off when one little cloud has enough of the sun’s tyranny. This film was made as part of the 8th edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.

Reverie.exe Trailer (2012)

01 January 2012

A sleeping computer dreams of humans forms, transforming their digital data into abstract and playful shapes.

Uninterrupted Trailer (2012)

26 September 2012

There is a savage beauty and strange hope that comes from witnessing the surge of a massive migration.

From Naughty to Nice Trailer (2014)

27 September 2014

This playful cautionary tale about Santa Claus features the work of the internationally renowned Old Trout Puppet Workshop.

Skinflick Trailer (2002)

01 April 2002

Three different levels of skin working with film / film working with skin: - fingerprints on clear leader - carefully arranged successive skin prints - snapshots of light-painted skin becoming leather The images are accompanied by soundscapes using aural skin scans performed by the cartridge of a record player.

Främmande planet Trailer (1963)

01 January 1963

The film is non-figurative, painted directly on the film strip.

Rage of Fire 2 Trailer (2017)

11 December 2017

To save his sister Gina, Axel will have to fight against the henchmen of the terrible Mr. Gun returne

Paw patrol - Questo caso fa per Marshall e Chase! Trailer (2015)

17 June 2015

Sexe Faible Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

For rent, mature woman, 47 years old, blond, 5’6″, 110 lbs., easygoing, calm, endearing, bold, thoughtful, loyal, with whom to spend quality time and company.

Lovesick Trailer (2007)

15 June 2007

Pain from the heart, never-drying tears and turned-around heads are difficult to treat, but fortunately not incurable.

Honestly It's the Story of My Life Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

A down-to-earth portrait of art school life.

Love on the Range Trailer (1939)

01 January 1939

Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.

South Sea Sweethearts Trailer (1938)

01 January 1938

Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.

La Botanique des Amours Trailer (2014)

19 October 2014

As a result of meticulous research, observers have found that plants may have an emotional life. Some even dare to use the word - love.