René Chénier Trailers
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Most Popular René Chénier Trailers
Total trailers found: 39
Paula Trailer (2011)
01 January 2011
Inspired by a real-life news item, this animated short paints a pulsating portrait of a mixed-use, working-class neighbourhood where young families cross paths with prostitutes, their interactions leaving unpredictable ripples in the motley fabric of urban life.
The Favourite Game Trailer (2003)
28 February 2003
As a kid, Leo thought he possessed, like a magician, the secret power to make things happen. As a young man, he certainly knows how to make things happen with women.
Hollow Land Trailer (2013)
10 June 2013
In this evocative film about the eternal human search for home, Berta and Solomon arrive in a land that promises respite from their many journeys.
Kali, the Little Vampire Trailer (2012)
01 November 2012
This is the story about a boy not like the others that dreams about finding his place in the world.
CODA Trailer (2014)
01 January 2014
This short animation draws on advanced digital technologies to offer a new vision of dance in cinema.
Kaspar Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
Living alone in darkness, Kaspar has experienced little oflife until he’s discovered by a man in black and brought outinto the world.
The Conquerors Trailer (2011)
01 May 2011
In this animated short, a young couple washed onto a strange, inhospitable shore, attempts to transform the land into an Eden.
The Barewolf Trailer (2011)
26 February 2011
The werewolves that live in this secluded place are particularly savage: when not attacking anything that moves, they spend their time arguing and fighting.
Rated R for Nudity Trailer (2011)
13 May 2011
A playful stab at mass hypnosis. Celebrating the mesmerizing power of movies, mischievous glimpses into a subconscious world inhabited by Bergman, Spielberg.
The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
This micro-epic short film is an inspired tribute to visionary avant-garde composer Walter Boudreau: his life, work, mischief, and boundless artistic curiosity.
February 15, 1839 Trailer (2001)
26 January 2001
In 1839, months after the British army has repressed the insurrection of the Patriots, hundreds of rebels are still in prison.
Romance Trailer (2011)
01 August 2011
While on an airplane, a traveller's spirit plunges into a dream world. Here, under the influence of the unknown, the logic of his desires prevails, and a romantic saga takes shape.
Yannick Nézet Séguin: No Intermission Trailer (2010)
01 May 2010
From the NFB: He is a young man; an optimist drawn to dark music and the themes of death and suffering.
Subservience Trailer (2007)
30 June 2007
The selfishness of the bourgeoisie and the dull passivity of its servants are the theme of this puppet animation presenting the tragicomedy of a society in its death throes, taking refuge in absurd behaviour.
Mamori Trailer (2010)
13 January 2010
Mamori transports us into a black-and-white universe of fluid shapes, dappled and striated with shadows and light, where the texture of the visuals and of the celluloid itself have been transformed through the filmmaker’s artistry.
It's a Dog's Life Trailer (2013)
28 June 2013
In a family with a mother, father, two daughters, and a bulldog, the dog is neglected and taken for granted.
Soif Trailer (2014)
30 May 2014
A woman plays out her existence on the screen of her life. Alcohol is the essence of her being. She imbibes her youth and becomes completely absorbed by the desire to satisfy her thirst.
Jutra Trailer (2014)
11 October 2014
Through the magic of editing and animation, Claude Jutra is seen in dialogue with himself at various stages of his life – becoming the spirited narrator of his own biography.
The Necessities of Life Trailer (2008)
25 August 2008
In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City.
Third Page from the Sun Trailer (2014)
01 January 2014
Three books: a film festival catalogue, a dictionary, the Bible. Three works whose materiality has become obsolete by the digital dematerialization.
Pilots on the Way Home Trailer (2014)
09 June 2014
Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert.
Edmond Was a Donkey Trailer (2012)
01 September 2012
Edmond is a misfit at the office. When his co-workers pull a prank giving him donkey ears, Edmond realizes his true nature: he, in fact, is a real donkey.
Carface Trailer (2015)
15 June 2015
Filmmaker and comic strip artist Claude Cloutier has made a striking satire on big oil, a musical where cars sing and dance while the planet falls into despair.
Cot Cot Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
How unbelievably boring is the life of a solitary cowboy living in the middle of a vast prairie, surrounded by stupid chickens clucking and a shapeless bovine! Not surprising then if his temper turns fowl.
Here and the Great Elsewhere Trailer (2012)
01 November 2012
This abstract yet compelling philosophical tale uses the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen as a metaphor for the particles that make up the universe.
The Trenches Trailer (2010)
02 June 2010
This animated short by Claude Cloutier is a pictorial account of an attack on Canadian soldiers during WWI.
The Necktie Trailer (2008)
28 August 2008
A solitary man works in a tall office building. The only moment in his drab life that's out of the ordinary each year seems to be opening the birthday card and gift from his mother.
Denis Marleau Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
This tribute to Denis Marleau takes a simple and forthright approach to one of the major themes of his work: the relationship between material reality and consciousness, or more specifically, Freud’s concept of the Uncanny, which often emerges when dissonance between material reality and consciousness rises to the surface.
No Fish Where to Go Trailer (2014)
01 January 2014
Marie-Francine Hébert based the script for No Fish Where to Go on her book, which was published in 2003 and illustrated by Janice Nadeau.
Bydlo Trailer (2012)
05 June 2012
An allegory of mankind heading for disaster, this animated short is a tragic vision inspired by the 4th movement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
The Day Is Listening Trailer (2013)
09 October 2013
This animated film is above all a love story told with emotion and delicacy. A man loves a woman; both of them love literature.
Gloria Victoria Trailer (2013)
06 July 2013
Theodore Ushev’s acclaimed 20th century trilogy concludes with this brilliant fusion of 3D and Russian constructivist-styled animation.
Drux Flux Trailer (2008)
19 September 2008
Partly figurative, partly abstract, Drux Flux is an animation film of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry.
Bus Story Trailer (2014)
10 June 2014
This funny short animation was written and created by Tali and is inspired by the filmmaker's misadventures as a school bus driver in the Eastern Townships.
Retouches Trailer (2008)
12 August 2008
Between a wave’s rhythm and the breath of a young woman in her sleep, some animated paintings go on modifying each other.
Worlds of Ice Trailer (2022)
14 December 2022
From the territories of the Arctic to the farthest reaches of the universe, Worlds of Ice shows us the astonishing omnipresence of ice.
The Circus Trailer (2010)
27 August 2010
In the vestibule of a hospital room, a young boy waits to see his dying mother. The clamor and spiralling movements of bodies around him intensify, forming a grotesque circus—a cacophonous circle that pushes the child back, depriving him of one final touch of his mother's hand.
Jacques Drouin: In Relief Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
This documentary is a portrait of the animator of Le Paysagiste, from his childhood in Eastern Quebec to his career at the NFB.
