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Ballet of Unhatched Chicks
Movie
In this award winning short film, chicks celebrate their birth by dancing ballet together.
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Balakrishna
Movie
An extraordinary new resident arrived in the town of East River, Nova Scotia, in 1967: Balakrishna, an Indian elephant. In Hindu and Buddhist culture, the elephant is a symbol of prosperity, so an Indian businessman brought Balakrishna to attend the opening of his new factory. No one was more in ...
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BAM
Movie
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. Where does this rage come from? Is it psychological or environmental - or is it something altogether more primordial?
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Attack of the Potato Clock
Movie
In an 80s elementary school, a mutated potato clock that rises from death in a stormy night to get revenge on the cafeteria's lunch lady who is chopping potatoes, creatures of his own kind.
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Asthma Tech
Movie
In this animated short, young Winston, who suffers from chronic asthma, isn’t able to participate in the everyday activities of his peers and classmates. He copes with the predicament through his vivid imagination, with paper and crayons. On one particularly rainy afternoon, Winston discovers tha...
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Assume Nothing
Movie
Many of us assume that there are only two genders and that being female or male follows from the sex of our biological bodies. Inspired by the photographs of acclaimed New Zealand photographer Rebecca Swan, Assume Nothing focuses on the art, photography and performances of five "alternative" gend...
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Assembly
Movie
A flatbed editing table is snapped on. A woman’s hands reach in and out of the frame, cutting and editing a reel of film. She splices, scrubs, rewinds and rolls the sound and images. Fragments of animated archival footage flash across the screen: women walking in chains, protesting with placards,...
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Animal Behaviour
Movie
Dealing with what comes naturally isn’t easy, especially for animals.
In Animal Behaviour, the latest animated short from the Oscar®-winning team of Alison Snowden and David Fine (Bob’s Birthday), five animals meet regularly to discuss their inner angst in a group therapy session led by Dr. Clem...
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An Artist
Movie
A girl is so carried away by her love of music that she forgets about her household chores. Her father tells her to finish the dishes. Instead of washing them, she turns them into musical instruments, and he finally recognizes her talent. Based on article 29 of the United Nations Convention on th...
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Alchemists
Movie
Alchemists is a visual fantasy, a gripping tale that is outrageously 'small' in its details, brazenly 'larger-than-life' in its themes: life, death and rebirth; creation and destruction; permanence and impermanence, spontaneity and control. Bold swoops of liquid colour surge with composer Normand...
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A Change of Scenery
Movie
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 eve...
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You Are Not Alone
Movie
A young girl is torn between telling the authorities that her mother is a drug addict; but one never knows when an angel is watching and protecting you. The youth wanted to create a film that showed people the emotional strain that youth in foster care have to deal with when it comes to trying to...
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Willie Whopper: Stratos-Fear
Movie
Surrealistic sci-fi fantasy in which Willie becomes a zeppelin and floats to a planet where scientists talk backward and musical instruments play themselves.
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Who Killed Catalina Sanchez?
Movie
A group of high school students elicit the help of a Ouija board to find out which one of them is responsible for the death of their friend. The youth from Sun Valley High School’s Media Academy wanted to create a unique film with a diverse cast that represented the makeup of their community. In ...
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When a Peeping Tom met a Kleptomaniac
Movie
This is a fun story filled with a refreshingly unique type of romance. Every person living in this boundless world of ours is unique: we all have our eccentricities. Life is meant to be a little strange. When two similarly strange people connect, they often adopt of a manner of interacting whereb...