No Objects
Synopsis:
Combining hands-on techniques with digital and analog technologies, No Objects transfigures forms of expression, turning photographs into etchings and sound into motion. An ode to touch in which every gesture is magnified and the image can be heard, the film offers both a bracing and contemplative meditation on the tactile world.
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When a woman finds her partner infatuated with their kettle, she is thrown into a desperate journey of self-transformation to try and keep the relationship going.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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A young woman and an urban landscape interact with each other. Developing images and intricacies by scratching and sewing them on again.
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Eminem & Snoop Dogg – From The D 2 The LBC
- Music video
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In a short film by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, two ships collide in a harbor, sending a passing sailor skyward as he contemplates the wonder and fragility of existence.
- Comedy
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Chemical sludge is spilling into the lake. For the city councillor responsible, it’s just a big nuisance. For the wildlife, it’s a catastrophe. One turtle, in her desperate hour, summons up the courage to leave her home and speak truth to power. Turns out there’s more at stake than just the lake.
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How many obsessions can one family have? In Joanna Quinn and Les Mills’ Affairs of the Art, we reconnect with Beryl, the working-class heroine who not only reveals her own obsession with drawing but exposes the addictions of her eccentric family, which include pickling, screw threads and pet taxidermy.
- Drama
- Comedy
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Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist finds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind.
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What could the illness afflicting Henri Castagnette be? Filled with anxiety, the young man puts his fate in the hands of the off-puttingly exuberant Dr. Von Strudel. In The Turtle Syndrome, Samuel Cantin, author of the popular “motormouth” graphic novels Phobie des moments seuls and Whitehorse, recounts the story of an endearing anti-hero’s frenzied and hilarious medical appointment. Produced by the NFB, The Turtle Syndrome is part of the Comic Strip Chronicles collection.
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The severed head of a choreographer is held captive by an eagle on a desert island. With a dazzling mastery of drawing and painting, this animated short unexpectedly takes us into the sensitive world of an artist madly in love with dance.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Abstract
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Bad Seeds takes us to a bizarre world populated by carnivorous plants that can change shapes the way a chameleon changes colours. The veteran director of Carface deftly connects growth with rivalry and evolution with competition, crafting an increasingly shocking duel that’s peppered with allusions to the western, the Cold War, board games, and much more.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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A short animated documentary on immigrants who left their home and crossed borders for love.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Experimental
- Making of
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An unusual experience is provided by the video clip of the versatile artist Ben Clement for the group Camp Saint Helene. Their nostalgic sixties psychedelic rock sound matches Clement’s animation technique: cameraless direct animation, commonly used in experimental films.
- Experimental
- Non-narrative