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The Sparky Book Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish tells us the poignant story of his best friend, Sparky the dog, and Sparky's owner, a young girl suffering from a serious illness.
A Prairie Story Trailer (2006)
29 July 2006
A prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis: rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia. Director Anne Koizumi laments the changing face of her hometown of Calgary in this critique of the bacteria-like spread of suburbia and exurbia.
Bone Mother Trailer (2018)
14 October 2018
A vain and arrogant youth dares to enter Baba Yaga’s living house of bones. What emerges will forever fill our nights with terror.
Waseteg Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
The story of a young Mi'kmaq girl whose name means "the light from the dawn."
The Roommate Trailer (2014)
01 January 2014
Fed up with her roommate’s incessant shopping and hoarding, a girl takes matters into her own hands in this comical take on vlogging and the art of co-habitation.
Land of the Heads Trailer (2009)
01 March 2009
Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes wrinkles, in the most extreme way.
Sainte Barbe Trailer (2007)
28 March 2007
Little bald Léon loves his grandfather. He loves the old man's bushy black beard, which seems endowed with magic powers.
Stationery Trailer (2004)
25 July 2004
A woman must find paperclips for a report to be presented in the morning.
False Saints Trailer (2003)
16 January 2003
This experimental animation film examines society's deification of architecture and urbanization in the modern world and the impact on our relationship to nature.
John and Michael Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
A gentle tale of love told in halting words. A film about healing after profound loss. John and Michael pays homage to two men with Down's syndrome who shared an intimate and profoundly loving relationship that deeply affected the filmmaker.
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming Trailer (2017)
10 March 2017
A young Canadian poet with Chinese and Persian parents travels to Iran to perform at a poetry festival.
Submerge: Kami No Yu Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
A “water poem,” set in a Japanese ofuro hot bath. It explores water as a medium and repository for collective stories and was created in a hybrid new media form using animation, video and split screens.
Immersion Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
Megann Reid evokes the solitude and warmth of a bath. Drawn with water colour pencil crayons on frosted acetate, the animation was done under a digital camera.
BAM Trailer (2015)
10 September 2015
A modern adaptation of the myth of Hercules, BAM tells the story of a young boxer struggling to negotiate between his shy, bookish nature and a divinely violent temper.
An Aqueous Solution Trailer (2003)
16 October 2003
This short animation is bleak and apparently grim, but it is an assertive statement on self-determination and the fundamental need for both dark and light.
Understanding the Law: The Worm Trailer (2000)
20 September 2000
In this animated short, Mrs. Popcorn is shocked to discover a worm in her canned drink. When the beverage company refuses to accept the blame, she's outraged! An intrepid consumer, Mrs.
Flutter Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
In this short animation, a young boy takes a flying leap away from normal, waves goodbye to his classmates, and disappears into the cityscape and beyond.
cNote Trailer (2005)
12 May 2005
In this animated short, filmmaker Chris Hinton and composer Michael Oesterle leap back and forth between picture and sound.
Giant Bear Trailer (2019)
26 September 2019
Centered on a confrontation between the last monster bear and an Inuit hunter, Giant Bear is a chilling short that brings an ancient story out of the North.
Maybe Elephants Trailer (2024)
10 June 2024
Three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in Nairobi.
Bones & Boats Trailer (2004)
14 January 2004
A tale of Victorian-era folly ends in tragedy. Kevin Langdale's graphic style brims with the majesty of human ambition and the indomitable and sometimes destructive power of the natural world.
Eaude Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
Thea Pratt explores the exhilarating moment of a poetic dive. The movement of the puppet diver is influenced by Norman McLaren, Leni Riefenstahl and Busby Berkeley.
Feather Trailer (2006)
01 June 2006
A little creature watches the transformation of a feather and follows a whale to where icebergs melt, leaving birds with nowhere to land.
System Error Trailer (2003)
15 January 2003
A pithy critique of society's commercialization of water, abetted by an utter disregard for the future.
Vive la rose Trailer (2009)
09 October 2009
The tale of a tragic love story set in Newfoundland. When illness takes the woman he loves, a simple man raises his voice in melancholy song as a last farewell.
Thanadoula Trailer (2020)
23 September 2020
Layering real-life details with an otherworldly magic, Thanadoula recounts the story of an end-of-life doula brought to her calling through the loss of her beloved sister.
Roots Trailer (2005)
03 March 2005
Roots is a one-of-kind produce's-eye journey through a supermarket-and through the highly sensitive issue of adoption disclosure.
Swims Trailer (2006)
31 January 2006
A figure floats in landscapes and spaces without a ground plane. There is only water. The reflected skies are endless and mirrored interiors are doubled in height.
Vimy-Ridge Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
In this short animation Damien Hess attempts to connect with the tragedy of the First World War, a conflict that helped define Canada.
Glou Glou Trailer (2004)
15 June 2004
Marielle Guyot uses her computer skills with great artistic sensibility to bring the sea to life, death, and hopefully, life again.
Don't Blink Trailer (2003)
15 January 2003
This is a combination of stop-motion puppet and drawn animation. We observe a forlorn woman on a Halifax dock, whose loneliness is lifted by the passing of a fishing trawler.
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.
Hedgehog's Home Trailer (2017)
14 January 2017
In a lush and lively forest lives a hedgehog. He is at once admired, respected and envied by the other animals.
Muybridge's Strings Trailer (2011)
17 September 2011
Koji Yamamura's allegory the immutability of time, love and devotion, and the unbreakable nature of the parent-child bond, into interlacing story.
Balloons Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Two little men float into the deep blue sky, tied to balloons. But then each decides the sky belongs to him.
Affairs of the Art Trailer (2021)
29 January 2021
Look out: Beryl's back. With Affairs of the Art, British animator Joanna Quinn recounts another gloriously unhinged chapter in the adventures of Beryl, the comic everywoman she unleashed upon the world with her debut film, Girls' Night Out, which took home three major awards from Annecy in 1987.
The Fourfold Trailer (2020)
01 June 2020
Based on the shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, this is a testament to the need to reclaim the ideas of animism for planetary health and non-human materialities.
Animal Behaviour Trailer (2018)
04 June 2018
Five animals meet regularly to discuss their inner angst in a group therapy session led by Dr. Clement, a canine psychotherapist.
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.
We Drink Too Much Trailer (2017)
20 January 2017
An unapologetic take on the vicious cycle of earning too little and consuming too much.
Manivald Trailer (2018)
16 June 2018
Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing machine.
Blood Manifesto Trailer (2015)
01 September 2015
Director Theodore Ushev uses his own blood to animate struggles with injustice in the world.
Meltdown Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
A polar bear must try his luck finding a job in the big city when the last of his Arctic ice environment disappears.
The Mountain of SGaana Trailer (2017)
28 May 2017
As a young fisherman cruises along a rugged shoreline, a tiny mouse in Haida regalia appears and starts to knit a blanket.
Square Roots Trailer (2006)
19 January 2006
A robot rambles about frenetically, receiving countless electronic messages through his antenna every second.
Miserable Miracle Trailer (2023)
17 September 2023
Directed by Japanese filmmaker Ryo Orikasa, this animated short was inspired by Henri Michaux’s book of poetry and drawings of the same name, about his experiences with mescaline.
From Far Away Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
This short animation tells the story of Saoussan, a young girl struggling to adjust to life in Canada after being uprooted from her wartorn homeland.
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics Trailer (2021)
11 September 2021
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics dives deeply into the innate contrast between the Seven Deadly Sins (Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Pride and Envy) and the Seven Sacred Teachings (Love, Respect, Wisdom, Courage, Truth, Honesty and Humility), as embodied in the life of a precocious Métis baby.
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.
Shannon Amen Trailer (2019)
26 September 2019
Shannon Amen unearths the passionate and pained expressions of a young woman overwhelmed by guilt and anxiety as she struggles to reconcile her sexual identity with her religious faith.
The End of Pinky Trailer (2013)
11 September 2013
Claire Blanchet directs this visually stunning stereoscopic animation, adapted from Heather O’Neills eponymous slice of Montreal noir.
Two Apples Trailer (2023)
11 May 2023
In pursuit of a better future, a young girl decides to emigrate. She leaves her homeland behind along with her belongings and her loved ones.
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.
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer Trailer (2014)
07 September 2014
This short animation presents the haunting story of two brothers who share the scars, though not the memories, of an untold history that has driven them to existential extremes.
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.
A Change of Scenery Trailer (2019)
18 April 2019
Meet Annie, a woman who, despite being caught up in the circus of everyday life, finds her balance. Using live-action footage and traditional animation, filmmaker Anita Lebeau takes us on a whirlwind tour through Annie’s busy world and shows us the power that lies in the small choices we make every day.
Walk In The Forest Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
Diane Obomsawin's whimsical animated short follows medicine man Walk-in-the-forest on a walk in the woods that leads to the discovery of an intriguing secret world.
Minoru: Memory of Exile Trailer (1992)
03 March 1992
The bombing of the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, by a nation he knew only by name, thrust nine-year-old Minoru Fukushima into a world of racism so malevolent he would be forced to leave Canada, the land of his birth.
