Synopsis:
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.
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A film about the beauty of the prairie, the pangs of homesickness and the folly of living dangerously out of context.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Non-narrative
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A zapping channel. A mix of interviews with philosophers, researchers, patients, lovers and ordinary citizens. Each in his or her own way, they evoke their perception of life.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Non-narrative
- Making of
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An elderly couple is addicted to a psychedelic face cream.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
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A music video - White Lies.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Tragedy
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Non-narrative
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Music video.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragedy
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Musical
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This animated short follows an unwanted baby who is passed from house to house until he is taken in and cared for by two homeless men. The film is the Canadian contribution to an hour-long feature film celebrating UNESCO’s Year of the Child (1979). It illustrates one of the ten principles of the Declaration of Children’s Rights: every child is entitled to a name and a nationality.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Family
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The too fast pace of life in polluted cities makes people sick. Neuroses are an everyday occurrence. Overcrowding, pollution and noise are enemies no. 1. What can happen to a man who is irritated by some sound while he wants to read his newspaper in peace, is the subject of this film. From a calm everyday person exposed to constant sound bombardment, a person becomes dangerous. He is able to tear down and destroy. But maybe it’s all just a fairy tale, because each of us carries everything that accumulates in us during our short human life.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
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A sensational discovery is made: exploding flowers. The whole world is impressed. Not interested in the ordinary flowers any more, people now rave about the new ones. Exploding flowers becomes a mania and a matter of social prestige.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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The story is set in a graphic design world where fonts are the main characters. They have unique properties: Bold makes everything thicker, Italic tilts things, Monospace equalizes objects by width, etc. Fonts team up to build a garden, and the five boxing wizards jump in quickly to inspect their work. A negative space storm flushes everything away, but Regular comes and fixes the garden.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Two thieves are escaping. They ride a giant camel in a magical desert. Through a flashback, we see the two girls stealing a birdcage full of flying mushrooms. The two thieves experiment a psychedelic trip, and after that they stop in the middle of the desert and open the cage. The thieves free the mushrooms, who fly far away across the universe.
- Music Videos
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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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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In a dystopian world where we no longer eat to live but where we only live to eat, meat has become the one and only food available. We follow the daily life of one of the citizens of this world who works as a cashier in a supermarket. Like everyone else, he eats meat… but ends up biting his fingers. He then goes to the nearest hospital…
- Drama
- Horror
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy