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Old Dog

New - A tender ode to aging

Old Dog

Anne Marie Fleming (Window Horses) makes visible the careful work of caretaking in this new animated short about an elderly pug named Henry. All dogs (and people) should be so lucky and loved.


The Physics of Sorrow

New - We are all immigrants.
The Physics of Sorrow

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days

New - A moving tribute to an everyday poet
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days

The Procession

New - Death in Art Deco
The Procession

No Objects

New - The image is heard
No Objects

Mamie

New - Pass it on
Mamie

Blind Vaysha

New - One eye in the future and one in the past
Blind Vaysha

I Don’t Feel Anything Anymore

New - An unsettling satire of life in an unsettled world
I Don’t Feel Anything Anymore

Shannon Amen

New - A loving elegy to a lost artist and friend
Shannon Amen

The Cannonball Woman

New - Together forever
The Cannonball Woman

Embraced

New - An evocative love triangle
Embraced

The Head Vanishes

New - Going off her trolley
The Head Vanishes

No Fish Where to Go

New - The absurdity of intolerance and war
No Fish Where to Go

The ABCs of Film Animation

  • The Light Fantastick
    The Light Fantastick
    Rupert Glover & Michel Patenaude 
    1974 | 57 min
  • Co Hoedeman, Animator
    Co Hoedeman, Animator
    Nico Crama 
    1980 | 27 min
  • Creative Process: Norman McLaren
    Creative Process: Norman McLaren
    Donald McWilliams 
    1990 | 1 h 56 min
  • Pinscreen
    Pinscreen
    Norman McLaren 
    1973 | 38 min
  • Animated Motion: Part 1
    Animated Motion: Part 1
    Norman McLaren & Grant Munro 
    1976 | 9 min
  • Animated Motion: Part 2
    Animated Motion: Part 2
    Norman McLaren & Grant Munro 
    1976 | 8 min
  • Animated Motion: Part 3
    Animated Motion: Part 3
    Norman McLaren & Grant Munro 
    1977 | 10 min
  • Animated Motion: Part 4
    Animated Motion: Part 4
    Norman McLaren & Grant Munro 
    1977 | 7 min

Animation That’s Definitely Not for Kids

  • How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels
    How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels
    Craig Welch 
    1996 | 11 min
  • Paula
    Paula
    Dominic-Étienne Simard 
    2011 | 10 min
  • The Trenches
    The Trenches
    Claude Cloutier 
    2010 | 6 min
  • Bydlo
    Bydlo
    Patrick Bouchard 
    2012 | 8 min
  • Caterpillarplasty
    Caterpillarplasty
    David Barlow-Krelina 
    2018 | 5 min
  • Naked Island - Sext Apes
    Naked Island - Sext Apes
    Laurence Vallières 
    2017 | 36 s
  • The Tesla World Light
    The Tesla World Light
    Matthew Rankin 
    2017 | 8 min
  • The Subject
    The Subject
    Patrick Bouchard 
    2018 | 10 min

Science Please!

  • Why Is the Sky Blue?
    Why Is the Sky Blue?
    Sylvain Charbonneau 
    2001 | 1 min
  • The Telephone
    The Telephone
    Sylvain Charbonneau 
    2001 | 1 min
  • The Refrigerator
    The Refrigerator
    Sylvain Charbonneau 
    2001 | 1 min
  • Mirrors
    Mirrors
    Sylvain Charbonneau 
    2001 | 1 min
  • Magnets
    Magnets
    Sylvain Charbonneau 
    2000 | 1 min
  • Lightning
    Lightning
    Sylvain Charbonneau 
    2000 | 1 min
  • Gravity
    Gravity
    Sylvain Charbonneau 
    2001 | 1 min
  • Fire
    Fire
    Sylvain Charbonneau 
    2001 | 1 min

Cartoons for Kids

  • How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly
    How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly
    Munro Ferguson 
    1995 | 6 min
  • Blackberry Subway Jam
    Blackberry Subway Jam
    Robert Doucet 
    1984 | 8 min
  • The Girl Who Hated Books
    The Girl Who Hated Books
    Jo Meuris 
    2006 | 7 min
  • Big Drive
    Big Drive
    Anita Lebeau 
    2011 | 9 min
  • Old Dog
    Old Dog
    Ann Marie Fleming 
    2020 | 3 min
  • The Reluctant Deckhand
    The Reluctant Deckhand
    Jan Padgett 
    1995 | 33 min
  • The Magic Flute
    The Magic Flute
    Gayle Thomas 
    1977 | 7 min
  • The Sweater
    The Sweater
    Sheldon Cohen 
    1980 | 10 min

Hothouse Animation Apprenticeship

  • The Fake Calendar – Hothouse 12
    The Fake Calendar – Hothouse 12
    Meky Ottawa 
    2019 | 1 min
  • Collector – Hothouse 12
    Collector – Hothouse 12
    Kassia Ward 
    2019 | 1 min
  • XO RAD Magical - Hothouse 12
    XO RAD Magical - Hothouse 12
    Christopher Gilbert Grant 
    2019 | 1 min
  • Inside Hothouse 12
    Inside Hothouse 12
    Rose Stiffarm 
    2019 | 9 min
  • Pumpers
    Pumpers
    Pascaline Lefebvre 
    2016 | 1 min
  • Fyoog
    Fyoog
    Curtis Horsburgh 
    2016 | 1 min
  • All the Rage
    All the Rage
    Alexandra Lemay 
    2014 | 1 min
  • Focus
    Focus
    Alex Boya 
    2014 | 1 min
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  • David Barlow-Krelina David Barlow-Krelina
  • Alexandra Lemay Alexandra Lemay
  • Dominic-Etienne Simard Dominic-Etienne Simard
  •  Chris Landreth Chris Landreth
  • Torril Kove Torril Kove
  • Theodore Ushev Theodore Ushev
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