David Verrall Movie Trailers
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Roses Sing on New Snow Trailer (2003)
06 December 2003
Maylin cooks mouth-watering meals at her father's restaurant in Chinatown, but her father and brothers take all the credit.
Ice Ages Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
Seeking shelter from a thunderstorm, a man sits in a pub watching the ice in his glass melt away. Howie Shia marries his graphic illustration style with subtle animation and a haunting soundtrack to conjure up anxiety and foreboding.
Alchemists Trailer (1991)
07 May 1991
This short animation is a visual fantasy, a gripping tale that is "larger-than-life" in its themes: life, death and rebirth; creation and destruction; permanence and impermanence, spontaneity and control.
When the Day Breaks Trailer (1999)
21 February 1999
A rooster has his last biscuit for breakfast and goes grocery shopping. A pig prepares her breakfast (potato peelings, with the potatoes thrown in the trash) and discovers she needs more milk.
Vignette: Para Sight Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
An active organism leaps and quivers in this bouncing one-minute vignette.
Come Again in Spring Trailer (2007)
27 August 2007
When an old man is visited by Death at his home in the meadows, he has to delve deep to secure more time for himself.
Canada Vignettes: Instant French Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
This film promotes, in the best K-Tel tradition, a new device used to speak French.
Elephantrio Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
In this zany tale, three storybook characters experience the dangers and temptations of life while trying to maintain physical and moral integrity.
Aquasnazz Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
A marvellous example of extreme animation. Jacob Bauming shows us a whirling dervish of sensory overload, with a tenuous connection to snazzy “aquatics,” using them as a trigger for his wild and manic imagination.
Square Roots Trailer (2006)
19 January 2006
A robot rambles about frenetically, receiving countless electronic messages through his antenna every second.
Narcissus Trailer (1983)
18 August 1983
In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a trapped existence.
Frank the Wrabbit Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
In this animated short, Frank proves he’s no ordinary rabbit. He's a highly intelligent "wrabbit" with a philosophical world view that affords him great comfort.
The Sweater Trailer (1980)
23 August 1980
Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket" Richard and wore his number 9 Canadiens hockey jersey, the boy was mistakenly sent a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey from Eaton's.
Real Inside Trailer (1984)
01 October 1984
Hopeful job candidate Buck Boom is dynamic, forceful, confident and creative. But can he convince Mr. Mudgin, the personnel manager, to hire him?
Interview Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
A freewheeling cinematic experience, this film is the work of two filmmakers who relate their perceptions of each other through their respective animation techniques.
Creative Process: Norman McLaren Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of styles and techniques, collecting over 200 international awards, and world recognition.
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square Trailer (1998)
16 October 1998
This film illustrates the life of the film director, Shui-Bo Wang in The People's Republic of China. We learn of the life of the director in his own words and images from a child steeped in the values of Chinese communism exemplified by Chairman Mao, to a young man striving to live up to those ideals both as an artist and a soldier.
Canada 3-D Trailer (1999)
01 January 1999
Canada 3-D is a 60 second video, 3-D whirlwind tour of what it means to be Canadian, through the lens of director and animator, George Geertsen.
Maq and the Spirit of the Woods Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
When an elder in the community offers him a small piece of pipestone, Maq carves a little person out of it.
Shyness Trailer (1996)
13 August 1996
This animated short is a parody of the Frankenstein story. Dr. Frankenstein creates a monster only to find out that his creation is too shy to go out and frighten anyone.
I Want a Dog Trailer (2003)
25 October 2003
A young child tries to convince her parents to get a dog.
Lights for Gita Trailer (2001)
01 January 2001
This animated short, based on the book by Rachna Gilmore, is the story of Gita, an 8-year-old girl who can't wait to celebrate Divali - the Hindu festival of lights - in her new home in Canada.
Canada Vignettes: Dance Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
The metamorphosis of a map of Canada into human forms who share the natural resources to the rhythm of a dance.
Meta Pre Ptolemy Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
In this whimsical animated short, filmmaker Rachel Peters asks: "what if the laws of physics suddenly ceased to apply?" Peters explores this question through the tale of a man and his two goldfish as they prepare for the end of the world.
My Little Underground Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
In this autobiographical animated short, Elise Simard crafts the story of a young girl seeking self-discovery and rebirth.
Oedipus Trailer (2011)
01 January 2011
“Psychoanalysis is, in it’s entire spectre, an eminently POP discipline: anybody can relate to it without having studied and/or understood it.
The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg Trailer (2000)
21 October 2000
A short animation about a boy who sees an iceberg coming. Will he be in time to warn the captain?
Of Dice and Men Trailer (1988)
19 June 1988
Using splashy hand-drawn animation, the story about a man who ends up in the hospital and probability theory is illustrated.
A Single Tear Trailer (2004)
13 January 2004
An “epic” adventure and a magical environmental fairy tale. Amy Lockhart uses cutouts, drawings and collage (captured and manipulated as digital multi-plane animation) to conjure up her whimsical world.
Canada Vignettes: Port Royal Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
This is the story of the first French settlers in North America, who spent their first winter on an island in the Bay of Fundy.
A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.
Dinosaurs: Piecing It All Together Trailer (1994)
17 January 1994
A film on the work of artists and scientists, how they go about reconstructing a world that has long since vanished; and, how they imagine what dinosaurs really looked like.
Forming Game Trailer (2010)
08 June 2010
This animated short from Malcolm Sutherland is an engaging dance of shapes and sounds. The "game" is played by opening the box, unfolding the board and placing shapes on it that you manipulate with your hands.
Spare Change Trailer (2008)
01 October 2008
This animation short by Ryan Larkin recounts some “comical experiences” Larkin had during his many years as a panhandler in Montreal.
Six: Inside Hothouse 5 Trailer (2008)
01 January 2008
Director Carrie Haber delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animation filmmakers.
Peggy Baker: Four Phrases Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
“A primary metaphor for dance is simply transformation,” explains Peggy Baker as her image dissolves into a flurry of loose contour drawings and ink splatters.
Canada Vignettes: Trading Post Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
An animated film about the Hudson's Bay trading post, and the relationship between fur traders and Indians.
Inside the Hothouse Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
Inside the Hothouse takes an informal look at this NFB experiment, Animation Hothouse, at its halfway point.
The Fifth Province Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
The search for paradise is one way we express the human journey, a journey marked by turning points, watersheds.
Anniversary Vignette Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
In sixty seconds, animated images representing historical, sports, dramatic, documentary and animation films are woven together to illustrate the National Film Board's journey through fifty years of innovative filmmaking.
Inside the Hothouse 3 Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
A look into the creative process and frenzy behind the third edition of the NFB Animation Hothouse. This zippy, mini-documentary reflects the youthful iconoclasm of the six emerging filmmakers and Jason Lee, the documentary director.
Inside the Hothouse 2 Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
An informal look into the personalities and frenzy behind the second edition of the NFB Animation Hothouse.
Scant Sanity Trailer (1996)
01 January 1996
An exploration into the nature of the mind, the brain and reality. A person seeking job counselling receives psychiatric treatment instead, and thereupon becomes convinced of the reality of his own internal world.