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This short animation transports us from the farthest conceivable point of the universe to the tiniest particle of existence, an atom of a living human...

Carole Laganière dives deeply into personal territory in this beautifully crafted exploration of absence and loss and its painful effect on daily live...

This Oscar-nominated documentary short tracks the shift in the relationship of an individual to his work between the 19th century and today. Focusing...

This film illustrates the difference between World War II and the war of 1914, emphasizing the importance of mechanization, and contrasting the mobile...

A Canada Vignette giving a humorous animated version of the history of Fort Prince of Wales from its construction to its capture by the French.

At the Canadian National Exhibition, a young boy gets separated from his parents and meets some celebrities.

A documentary history of lesbianism in North American and Europe, with historic references, archival material, film clips, interviews with many women...

Walking down the street or sitting on a commuter train, few of us can resist the siren song of that small, illuminated device in our pockets. Through...

A childhood fantasy where dreams carry a boy far to adventure. He arrives in Canada on an ocean liner and is, in turn, a hunter of polar bear, a cowbo...

The fur trade is Canada's oldest industry, but today some people challenge the morality of killing animals for their fur. This film examines the publi...

The last shots had been fired in the First World War — but peace had yet to be made. Inspired by Margaret MacMillan’s acclaimed work of popular histor...

Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is animated...

"A film in which both sound and image were created with a minimum of photographic or electronic equipment. The images are a few simple geometric forms...

Searching for their lost kite among the grey buildings of the inner city, two street urchins stumble onto a hidden world where the four elements of na...

Canadian concert pianist Glenn Gould enjoys a respite at his lakeside cottage. It is an aspect of Gould previously known only to the collie pacing bes...

In a world where communication has grown into big business, the lack of it between individuals is almost a paradox. We live in tight little compartmen...

Rythmetic is a 1956 Canadian short animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart where numbers are the main characters.

It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. A pr...

A new system devised by Canadians whereby the dryout process in fuel bundles for a nuclear reactor can be completely checked, thereby preventing uneco...

This film shows the exacting procedures used during the 1970 replacement of the calandria in the NRX nuclear reactor at Chalk River. Produced by the...