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Se fondre
Elderly inmates are dying mysteriously one after another in their prison cells.0.0
Year:
2024
Emptiness
Suzanne’s husband has disappeared and she has no idea where he is. She’s stuck in her old house with Linda and Nicole who just won’t leave her alone. Linda is caring and wants to help Suzanne whereas Nicole is mounting suspicions on her. While looking for hints about her husband’s disappearance, a presence seems to prevent her from doing so. Is the house haunted or is Nicole playing a trick on her?0.0
Year:
2023
The Girl with the Red Beret
A girl takes a wild ride on the metro in Montreal. Travelling from station to station, she encounters an array of colourful characters in a bizarre musical journey that’s peppered with hilarious and unexpected incidents. This joyful, heartwarming animated film portrays Montreal in all its vitality, creativity and diversity, with plenty of humour and good cheer, to the tune of Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s timeless hit “Complainte pour Ste-Catherine.”0.0
Year:
2023
Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections
While visiting his native country to shoot his first live-action film (PHI 1.618), animation filmmaker Theodore Ushev recounts the highlights of his life in Bulgaria and recalls the various underground artistic movements that have influenced him. Featuring archival footage, film clips and talking-head segments with friends and family, this fascinating documentary takes a personal and political dive into the teeming creative universe developed through experience with people and events by the award-winning director of LIPSETT DIARIES, BLIND VAYSHA and THE PHYSICS OF SORROW.0.0
Year:
2022
The Turtle Syndrome
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.8.0
Year:
2021
Altötting
"You know, when I was a boy, I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. It happened in a little Bavarian town called Altötting."1.0
Year:
2021
The Hangman at Home
"What does the hangman think about when he goes home at night from work?" The Hangman at Home is an animated film exploring themes surrounding acknowledgement and the awkward intimacy of humanness. Told in five interwoven stories; each situation presents a person, or persons in a delicate moment: fragile, playful, terrified, contemplated, confused, curious… We are all very much alike in these moments - alerting us to question our own responsibility and responses. Inspired by Carl Sandburg’s chilling poem of the same name.0.0
Year:
2021
The Great Malaise
The hedgehog between balloons, the feline predator on the hamster wheel, the fish in the lifebuoy: A young woman portrays herself in the best possible light in her self-description.5.5
Year:
2020
The Physics of Sorrow
Tracks an unknown man’s life as he sifts through memories of his youth in Bulgaria through to his increasingly rootless and melancholic adulthood in Canada.7.3
Year:
2019
The Tooth
Every child knows full well that losing a tooth is only the prologue to a magical experience—namely, a night-time visit from the tooth fairy and the gift she leaves behind. So why, in this case, is the tooth fairy a no-show? These are the sorts of questions a father needs to be able to answer for his son… In this brilliantly simple animated short, Quebec cartoonist Guy Delisle brings to the screen the titular parent of his popular series, Le guide du mauvais père (A User’s Guide to Neglectful Parenting), published by Delcourt. Inspired by a common childhood experience, Delisle uses his trademark wry humour to reflect on the vagaries of parenting. A slice of everyday life, courtesy of the Comic Strip Chronicles.0.0
Year:
2017
Nadine
From out of nowhere, the most beautiful girl in the world sits at the table across from me at the library. Is this a stroke of good luck or bad? Her smile paralyzes me… How will Sam win Nadine’s heart? Must he seek out his inner samurai to fight the monster of his anxiety? Real courage is conquering your fear.6.0
Year:
2017
Oscar
Brilliantly mixing animated sequences and archival footage, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre paints a touching portrait of virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson.6.0
Year:
2016
I Like Girls
Four women share funny and intimate tales of one-sided infatuation, mutual attraction, erotic moments, and fumbling attempts at sexual expression. For them, discovering that they’re attracted to other women comes hand-in-hand with a deeper understanding of their personal identity and a joyful new self-awareness.6.5
Year:
2016
Blind Vaysha
From the moment she was born, Vaysha was a very special girl. With her left eye she can only see into the past, and with her right she can only see the future. The past is familiar and safe, the future is sinister and threatening. The present is a blind spot. In captivating parabolic imagery, the award-winning animation artist Theodore Ushev illustrates the world through Vaysha’s eyes.7.1
Year:
2016
Mamie
Mamie is a Canadian-French short animated film by Janice Nadeau.7.5
Year:
2016
I Don't Feel Anything Anymore
He is a magician. She is a firefighter. Isolating themselves from the chaos of a world in turmoil, the two lovers live in a crane basket high in the sky, where they go about their daily business. Their challenge is to keep their heads, here up above it all, while everything is falling apart down below. But when reality calls – when fires need quenching and people need entertaining – how can they best make themselves useful in a world gone off the rails?0.0
Year:
2016
Sexy Laundry
How can the flames of desire be rekindled after 25 years of married life? Izabela Plucinska’s erotic comedy, made entirely through the use of modelling clay, delves into the private lives of Alice and Henry, a couple in their fifties numbed by routine, who are holed up in a rococo-kitsch hotel room…0.0
Year:
2015
Rainy Days
An elderly Japanese man visits a strange island, where he disappears in his own memories.5.0
Year:
2014
No Fish Where to Go
Marie-Francine Hébert based the script for No Fish Where to Go on her book, which was published in 2003 and illustrated by Janice Nadeau. Directed by Nicola Lemay and Nadeau, this modern tale compassionately and poetically addresses intolerance and the consequences of war.8.0
Year:
2014
Third Page from the Sun
Three books: a film festival catalogue, a dictionary, the Bible. Three works whose materiality has become obsolete by the digital dematerialization. A commentary on the fragility of culture.4.1
Year:
2014
Gloria Victoria
Theodore Ushev’s acclaimed 20th century trilogy concludes with this brilliant fusion of 3D and Russian constructivist-styled animation. Recycling elements of surrealism and cubism, this animated short by Theodore Ushev focuses on the relationship between art and war. Propelled by the exalting “invasion” theme from Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony (No. 7), the film presents imagery of combat fronts and massacres, leading us from Dresden to Guernica, from the Spanish Civil War to Star Wars. It is at once a symphony that serves the war machine, that stirs the masses, and art that mourns the dead, voices its outrage and calls for peace.5.3
Year:
2013
Hollow Land
In this evocative film about the eternal human search for home, Berta and Solomon arrive in a land that promises respite from their many journeys. But have they found utopia... or just another stop on their long journey?6.2
Year:
2013
Kaspar
Living alone in darkness, Kaspar has experienced little oflife until he’s discovered by a man in black and brought outinto the world. Animator Diane Obomsawin’s affecting fableis based on the tale of the nineteenth century’s most famous wild child.6.8
Year:
2012
Romance
While on an airplane, a traveller's spirit plunges into a dream world. Here, under the influence of the unknown, the logic of his desires prevails, and a romantic saga takes shape.6.6
Year:
2011
The Trenches
This animated short by Claude Cloutier is a pictorial account of an attack on Canadian soldiers during WWI. On the edge of the battlefield, recruits are dreading the order to attack. At the signal, a young soldier leaps into a hell of fire and blood where the earth engulfs both the living and the dead. Blending archival images and Cloutier’s hypnotizing brushstroke, the film is a dazzling illustration of the futility of war.6.6
Year:
2010
Drux Flux
Partly figurative, partly abstract, Drux Flux is an animation film of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry. Inspired by One-Dimensional Man by the philosopher Herbert Marcus…4.0
Year:
2008
Subservience
The selfishness of the bourgeoisie and the dull passivity of its servants are the theme of this puppet animation presenting the tragicomedy of a society in its death throes, taking refuge in absurd behaviour.5.5
Year:
2007
Cot Cot
How unbelievably boring is the life of a solitary cowboy living in the middle of a vast prairie, surrounded by stupid chickens clucking and a shapeless bovine! Not surprising then if his temper turns fowl. Based on a strip cartoon by the Swiss writer Ibn Al Rabin, Cot Cot is a hilarious parody of the western, featuring a cowboy at the end of his tether and a cow that's much smarter than she looks.0.0
Year:
2007
Tower Bawher
This animated short by Theodore Ushev is like a whirlwind tour of Russian constructivist art and is filled with visual references to artists of the era, including Vertov, Stenberg, Rodchenko, Lissitsky and Popova.5.8
Year:
2006
Here and There
In this animated short, filmmaker Diane Obomsawin shows how childhood can be a chaotic time, especially if you're bouncing back and forth between two continents. With engaging candour and gentle humour, Obomsawin fleshes out an uncertain identity and takes control of her life. Using drawings on paper and digitized snippets of fabric, she creates a whimsical world of simple lines and pastel tones.7.0
Year:
2006
The Man Who Waited
Franz Kafka short film5.2
Year:
2006
Pimp My Boat
Pimp My Boat is a hilarious parody of the popular TV series Pimp My Ride. We meet host Bubs and his gang on the Belle-Côte wharf. Their mission: to customize the boat belonging to Albény, an old fisherman. Culture shock ensues as Acadian traditions collide with global pop culture. Urban imagery invades the countryside in the unique musical landscape of les Acadiens.0.0
Year:
2005
Imprints
In this non-narrative animated film inspired by composer François Couperin's harpsichord composition "Barricades mystérieuses," Jacques Drouin explores a whole new way of using the pinscreen to create animated images. He pivots the screen and uses low-angled light to capture images in high relief. The result is like a sculpture whose expertly modelled forms are revealed through film. A film without words.6.7
Year:
2004
Noël Noël
Billionaire businessman Noel Noel is long on cash but short on social graces; so when he finds himself falling for the fairy Beatrice, he mistakenly thinks he can buy her love with material gifts. It takes a little girl named Zooey, her dog Snooze, and a blue-eyed reindeer to help Noel Noel learn the true meaning of love in this animated Christmas fable that features narration by Leslie Nielson (AIRPLANE, NAKED GUN) and music by French-Canadian songstress Ariane Moffatt.7.0
Year:
2003
Blue Like a Gunshot
With its interplay of shadow and light, of paint in movement, BLUE LIKE A GUNSHOT is a work of great visual power. It is also a reflection on our world. In its evocation of the conflict between civilization and nature, the absurd vanity of human warfare contrasts with the harmony of the natural world.0.0
Year:
2003
Antagonia
The film is an abstract allegory, showing two penguins with different ideas abot sea creatures that are their food or their shadows, depending on the perspective. Basically, sense-twisting animation.5.0
Year:
2003
Why Is the Sky Blue?
Why isn't it green, yellow or striped?10.0
Year:
2001
Science Please!
A minute of science, please. is a delightful collection of small one-minute films each explaining, using animation, archival images, and an often humorous narrative, various phenomena and scientific discoveries.0.0
Year:
2001
Science Please! : The Atom
Where would we be without these microscopic particles?0.0
Year:
2001
Science Please! : Mirrors
What's the angle on mirrors?0.0
Year:
2001
Science Please! : Gravity
What keeps us down to earth? This clip from Science Please! answers the question.0.0
Year:
2001
Science Please! : Explosives
Are cows a time bomb just waiting to explode? Part of the Science Please. collection for children.0.0
Year:
2001
Fire
What lights your fire? Part of the Science Please! collection for children.0.0
Year:
2001
The Refrigerator
What makes a fridge cool? A clip from the Science Please! collection.0.0
Year:
2001
Electromagnetic Radiation
What do X-rays, microwaves and light have in common? Part of the Science Please! collection for children.0.0
Year:
2001
From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning
Propelled by Claude Cloutier’s signature drawing style and absurdist humour, this animated short offers an overview of the evolution of life on Earth from rock to human, with some surprising twists in between.6.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : The Moon Changes
A clip in the Science Please! collection, The Moon Changes uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain what causes the different phases of the moon.0.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : Lightning
A clip in the Science Please! collection, Lightning uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain: What causes the electrical discharge we see as lightning?0.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : The Light Bulb
Edison's bright idea, or how the electric light bulb works?0.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : The Internal Combustion Engine
Four strokes of genius.0.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : Electricity
How do we convert motion into electricity?0.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : The State of the Matter
A clip in the Science Please collection, The State of the Matter uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain how temperature affects the state of matter.0.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : Operation Lever
A clip in the Science Please! collection, Operation Lever uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain how a lever increases force.0.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : Sound Is Vibration
A clip in the Science Please! collection, Sound Is Vibration uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain what is the sound.0.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : Magnets
A clip in the Science Please! collection, Magnets uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain: North Pole, South Pole... what's the big attraction?0.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : Lift Off
A clip in the Science Please! collection,Lift Off uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain what makes a rocket lift off.0.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : Battery
A clip in the Science Please! collection, Battery uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain: Why do we get a charge out of batteries?0.0
Year:
2000
Science Please! : The Wonderful World of Colour
A clip in the Science Please. collection, The Wonderful World of Colour uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain how the cones of the retina enable us to perceive the spectrum of colours.10.0
Year:
1999
Science Please! : Slippery Ice!
A clip in the Science Please! collection, Slippery Ice! uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain why we slip on ice.10.0
Year:
1999
Science Please! : The Force of Water
A clip in the Science Please! collection, The Force of Water uses archival footage, animated illustration and amusing narration to explain the Archimedes principle, of why some things float and others sink.0.0
Year:
1998