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Movements of the Body is an animated trilogy illustrating movements of the mind through movements of the body's parts. 2nd movement: The Drawing zeroe...

Movements of the Body is an animated trilogy illustrating movements of the mind through movements of the body's parts. The 1st movement: The Gesture c...

A fluid dance of line, form, and colour, Body Rhythm celebrates movement and life--a stretching, turning, tumbling, tribute to the human form. Animato...

A touching reflection on leaving home, this animation film is an impressionistic look at a son's departure from his mother's house. He hesitates in fr...

A highly evocative fable of the flaws of human ambition. It starts with a stormy debate between a man and his conscience. Torn between a rational appr...

On summer vacation a young teenager finds himself hanging out alone on the streets of his neighbourhood, all his friends having gone to the country wi...

Just when a young boy named Nathael is about to take part in his first seal hunt, this annual event in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence becomes the focus of...

This animated short film was produced as part of the bi-centenary of the French Revolution, in 1989. A joyful visual creation inspired by the Caribbea...

Animated film on the human condition which symbolically illustrates the different states of mind experienced by an individual, from birth to death.

An animated story about a farm girl whose father will not allow her to keep a stray puppy until an event occurs that makes him reverse his decision.

A craftsman's short poem on humanity, using painstaking cutout animation by animating thousands of small pieces of linoleum.

A startling and ambiguously tangy bit of visual Twang for web connoisseurs from animator Chris Hinton.

Ananse is a spider with a heart full of concern over the enmity existing between his friends. Instead of mediating in a straightforward way, he devise...

A boy is making the difficult bicycle ride up a steep hill for the goal of being able to dive off the top of the cliff into the water below. The water...

Kathy worked as a nurse in Greece and then came to Canada. She and her family live in northern Alberta, where they are developing a farm. Kathy works...

The story of a fishing family, their daily lives, and the son’s wish for a modern boat

This experimental animated short dissects the Earth's surface and soil. Filmmaker Alex Mackenzie uses a specially built film exposure device to study...

Translated from a self-reflexive Chinese saying, Yun Lam Li's I thought of you often, this film is a visual poem about the meaning of aging within a c...

A series of six opening logos and one closing logo produced as part of the NFB's contribution to the Ottawa '82 International Animation Film Festival.