An inner journey.

BLACK SOUL is an exhilarating immersion into the heart of Black culture via a whirlwind voyage through the defining moments of Black History. As an old lady initiates her grandson into his past, a series of perpetually transforming images painted directly under the animation camera unfolds before...

A story from my childhood.

Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman has a way with words. In Big Mouth, she explores the experiences of a bright-minded, quick-witted child, questioning what it means to speak the truth, and coming to understand how our differences make us unique.

Dorfman’s whimsical storytelling is all heart. Hand-drawn p...

Bertram.

Peace and quiet is for the birds.

In this award winning short film, chicks celebrate their birth by dancing ballet together.

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 ...

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?

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

An android is trapped inside of a large maze.

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...

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...

A strange mechanical device undergoes a startling transformation.

A troublemaking kid is unhappy with his new adopted brother.

Her only wish is to have her father back, but a birthday dance with her crush would be nice too.

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...

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...

A lonely, one-winged creature has to get by in an unfriendly forest where he is constantly harassed by a flock of demonic crows. One day after an especially vicious attack by the crows he decides to escape from the forest.

Surrealistic sci-fi fantasy in which Willie becomes a zeppelin and floats to a planet where scientists talk backward and musical instruments play themselves.