The distinctive three-note chime of the Toronto subway kicks off a zippy tale of bike theft and survival in an unfamiliar new town. Produced as part of the 13th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
01 Jan 2008
Sometimes being responsible is a burden. A lopsided obligation. A lonely and thankless job. In the wonderfully animated short film Lighthouse, a grumpy lighthouse keeper makes sure that a safe little seaside town stays that way, by dutifully maintaining the beacon that shines above it
11 May 2011
Day in, day out, Mr. Grimm is busy with his job as the Reaper, harvesting people's lives. One day, his monotonous existence is interrupted by the door bell. It's a little girl. She wants her cat back. Little does she know that she's the next life on Mr. Grimm's list.
18 Dec 1997
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14 Nov 1994
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30 Apr 2010
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20 Aug 2019
A betrayed wife begins to investigate her husband’s mistresses. Her jealousy is gradually replaced by curiosity.
29 Jun 2019
The bond between a father and a daughter is imperilled by matters that go unspoken and hurts that are slow to heal.
10 Jun 2019
I was very small, but I still clearly remember. Dad and mum didn't see it but I, I knew straight away. What was in the crib wasn't my little brother. No. It was you.
15 Jun 2019
Yesterday, I overheard an old rock ’n’ roll song that sounded familiar. This is probably the music that we used to listen to on my dad’s mechanical devices—the thousand-lives man, the king of the juke-box.
08 Jul 2016
A young hare named Ferdinand is playing the harmonica before the battle. Soon the signal for attack will be given, and Ferdinand will face the terrible enemy on the battlefield.
08 Sep 2010
A space bounty-hunter travels to a lonely planet to kill a terrible monster.
01 Oct 2010
It’s raining. A small village is in big trouble due to the incessant tears of a young girl.
06 Aug 1965
An artistic short film directed by Stan Vanderbeek.
07 Jul 2019
Anna wants to share her chocolate cake with her friend and ends up living an adventure through the forest, where the terrible bearded giant is the new inhabitant. In fact, all the animals that she meets are disappearing. Does the giant need company?
14 Jul 2019
Archie’s Bat is a story about the main character Archie, a lonely young boy who is surprisingly given the chance at friendship when his path crosses with an injured bat. However, Archie will learn that not only is a bat not the best play mate, but there’s responsibility in caring for another living being.
14 Jul 2019
A son, banished from his village for refusing to worship a false idol, bears witness to the brewing conflict beyond that may likely destroy civilisation itself.
01 Jan 1999
One day, a son of a king went for a ride in the woods. He fell asleep and didn’t notice he was deep in the forest, where the iron wolf lives. The angry roar and the gnashing of steel jaws awakened him, and he broke into a run to save himself from the dreadful monster.
08 Feb 2014
The 365 days animation consists of sequence of 8760 pictures, all different shape and color, hand-drawn by the director every day in 365 days. This is the ultimate analog approach by the abstract animated film creator in digital era.
04 Jun 2011
A terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki's life forever. Now Dinki's fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the forest lost in his fantasies.
01 Jan 1985
It is a parable about indifference