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A young mole must try to achieve his impossible dream of becoming a footballer in order to save his hometown gold mine from a greedy supervillain known only as 'The Boss'.
Unfolding like a dream, TOTEM explores our evolving relationship to the animal world. Music and sound by Bruce Odland.
A young mole must try to achieve his impossible dream of becoming a footballer in order to save his hometown gold mine from a greedy supervillain known only as 'The Boss'.
Deep in the forest lived Billy and his charming companions. They peacefully honed their bodies and listened to music there. But a wave of development came upon the forests. One who would turn all to road. Kagamine Rin had come. Billy must stop the construction before all is turned to road...
Long Tack Sam was an internationally renowned Chinese acrobat and magician. He overcame isolation, poverty, cultural and linguistic barriers, extreme racism and world wars to become one of the most successful vaudeville acts of his time. His showmanship was unrivalled, yet he refused to appear in movies because of the way Chinese were portrayed at the time. A celebration of the spirit of Long Tack Sam's magic and art, this richly textured first person road movie is an exhilarating testament to his legacy and a prismatic tour through the 20th Century. It all begins in a small village in China... https://www.nfb.ca/film/the_magical_life_of_long_tack_sam/
A day full of socially awkward moments.
God is a single parent and amateur programmer. He’s working on project ‘Earth’ but never seems to get a break from the kids. One day though, he finally gets a breakthrough.
Anime based on original story by Kinoshita Renzo.
This original video animation summarizes the entire TV series.
A parody version of the famous book by Charles Darwin. For adults.
A short animated documentary film about the decline of African elephant populations due to the illegal ivory trade.
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Animated short about the meaning of life.
Triumph and collapse of hope - the whole life of the Russian scientist Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay passes in an instant, at the last moment of earthly existence... Two worlds: the world of civilization and the world of nature exist simultaneously, next to one planet, but it seems that the distance between them is like from Earth to the moon. The film uses drawings and diaries of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay, whom the Papuans called the "Man from the Moon" and revered as a deity.
The future, the space. Sonia is about to be transferred from her station to a newer one. Although everything seems to be going well, Sonia's mind is actually elsewhere, haunted by tragic events from the not too distant past.
Which efforts do we value in society and is it only in the world of sports that you have use of a good swing? Maybe it’s grandma “the rugbeater” that is the best athlete of all time.
A disturbing look at the consequences of guilt, paranoia, and sexual vice. Wolves at the Table reveals the grotesque truth about Katerina Bogatova. Trapped inside of a macabre existence, punctuated by violent, chilling encounters. Katerina isolates herself from the world, and confines the one man that could unravel the respectability of her aristocratic facade.
A mysterious boy from the country side collects stars and sends them to every city child who is unable to see the stars through the foggy urban sky.
An alien spaceship breaks down and crashes on earth in the countryside.
In Mexico, two grandparents do their shopping. Small bickering and old grudges will they lead them in the ring?
Len Lye usually timed his films with great care to match their soundtracks, but for All Souls Carnival, he and composer Henry Brant worked separately, preferring to see if the score and visual track would synchronise by chance. Lye also experimented with a new Direct Film technique, drenching the filmstrip in colourful paint and marker pen.
Vincent, an artist with unresolved inner demons, meets a mysterious girl who helps him come to terms with his creative legacy… and eventual death.