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Arctic Song

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Arctic Song

Co-directors Germaine Arnattaujuq (Arnaktauyok), Neil Christopher and Louise Flaherty bring Inuit creation stories from Iglulik, Nunavut, to captivating light in this short narrated and sung in Inuktitut.


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  • Alambic : Modern Alchemy
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    Alambic : By Winds and Tides
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  • The Flying Sailor
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  • Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
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    Impossible Figures and other stories I
    Marta Pajek 
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Five essential films by Claude Cloutier

  • Bad Seeds
    Bad Seeds
    Claude Cloutier 
    2020 | 6 min
  • Carface
    Carface
    Claude Cloutier 
    2015 | 4 min
  • The Trenches
    The Trenches
    Claude Cloutier 
    2010 | 6 min
  • Sleeping Betty
    Sleeping Betty
    Claude Cloutier 
    2007 | 9 min
  • Overdose
    Overdose
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    1994 | 5 min

Science Please!

  • Why Is the Sky Blue?
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    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
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    2001 | 1 min

Indigenous-Made Animation Films

  • Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
    Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
    Terril Calder 
    2021 | 19 min
  • The Mountain of SGaana
    The Mountain of SGaana
    Christopher Auchter 
    2017 | 10 min
  • Three Thousand
    Three Thousand
    Asinnajaq 
    2017 | 14 min
  • Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
    Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
    Phyllis Grant 
    2006 | 8 min
  • Vistas: Walk-in-the-Forest
    Vistas: Walk-in-the-Forest
    Diane Obomsawin 
    2009 | 3 min
  • Vistas - The Visit
    Vistas - The Visit
    Lisa Jackson 
    2009 | 3 min
  • Vistas: Little Thunder
    Vistas: Little Thunder
    Nance Ackerman & Alan Syliboy 
    2009 | 3 min
  • Waseteg
    Waseteg
    Phyllis Grant 
    2010 | 6 min

Animation That’s Definitely Not for Kids

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  • Paula
    Paula
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    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
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    2017 | 8 min
  • The Subject
    The Subject
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    2018 | 10 min

Auteur

  • Threads
    Threads
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    2017 | 8 min
  • Impromptu
    Impromptu
    Bruce Alcock 
    2013 | 10 min
  • Subconscious Password
    Subconscious Password
    Chris Landreth 
    2013 | 10 min
  • Reviving The Roost
    Reviving The Roost
    Vivek Shraya 
    2019 | 6 min
  • Hedgehog's Home
    Hedgehog's Home
    Eva Cvijanovic 
    2017 | 10 min
  • My Heart Attack
    My Heart Attack
    Sheldon Cohen 
    2015 | 13 min
  • The End of Pinky
    The End of Pinky
    Claire Blanchet 
    2013 | 8 min
  • Mystery of the Secret Room
    Mystery of the Secret Room
    Wanda Nolan 
    2016 | 5 min

Great List of Everything

  • The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Phone
    The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Phone
    Iris Boudreau & Francis Papillon 
    2019 | 2 min
  • The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Glasses
    The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Glasses
    Cathon, Iris Boudreau, … 
    2019 | 2 min
  • The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Camera
    The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Camera
    Iris Boudreau & Francis Papillon 
    2019 | 2 min
  • The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Lightbulb
    The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Lightbulb
    Iris Boudreau & Francis Papillon 
    2019 | 2 min
  • The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Swimsuit
    The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Swimsuit
    Iris Boudreau & Francis Papillon 
    2019 | 2 min
  • The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Noodles
    The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Noodles
    Iris Boudreau & Francis Papillon 
    2019 | 2 min
  • The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Pants
    The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Pants
    Iris Boudreau & Francis Papillon 
    2019 | 2 min
  • The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Bread
    The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Bread
    Cathon, Iris Boudreau, … 
    2019 | 2 min

Amusing

  • Shop Class
    Shop Class
    Hart Snider 
    2018 | 8 min
  • If I Was God...
    If I Was God...
    Cordell Barker 
    2014 | 8 min
  • Freaks of Nurture
    Freaks of Nurture
    Alexandra Lemay 
    2018 | 6 min
  • Animal Behaviour
    Animal Behaviour
    Alison Snowden & David Fine 
    2018 | 14 min
  • The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Swimsuit
    The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Swimsuit
    Iris Boudreau & Francis Papillon 
    2019 | 2 min
  • The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Noodles
    The Great List of Everything | Season 1 | The Noodles
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    2019 | 2 min
  • Hothouse 10 - The Roommate
    Hothouse 10 - The Roommate
    Stephanie Braithwaite 
    2014 | 1 min
  • The Tooth
    The Tooth
    Guy Delisle 
    2017 | 3 min

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

Kids' Movies

  • The Juggler
    The Juggler
    Thomas Vamos 
    1980 | 12 min
  • The Bear and the Mouse
    The Bear and the Mouse
    F.W. Remmler & Ingmar Remmler 
    1966 | 7 min
  • Ti-Jean Goes West
    Ti-Jean Goes West
    Raymond Garceau 
    1957 | 23 min
  • Cornet at Night
    Cornet at Night
    Stanley Jackson 
    1963 | 14 min
  • Mela's Lunch
    Mela's Lunch
    Sugith Varughese 
    1991 | 14 min
  • The Pony
    The Pony
    Lawrence Cherry 
    1955 | 35 min
  • Adventures
    Adventures
    Michael Rubbo 
    1968 | 10 min
  • How Do They Make Oatmeal Cookies?
    How Do They Make Oatmeal Cookies?
    Winston Washington Moxam 
    1999 | 4 min

Based on Children's Books

  • Blackberry Subway Jam
    Blackberry Subway Jam
    Robert Doucet 
    1984 | 8 min
  • The Dingles
    The Dingles
    Les Drew 
    1988 | 7 min
  • The Girl Who Hated Books
    The Girl Who Hated Books
    Jo Meuris 
    2006 | 7 min
  • Lights for Gita
    Lights for Gita
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  • The Reluctant Deckhand
    The Reluctant Deckhand
    Jan Padgett 
    1995 | 33 min
  • Lord of the Sky
    Lord of the Sky
    Ludmila Zeman & Eugen Spaleny 
    1991 | 13 min
  • Snow Cat
    Snow Cat
    Sheldon Cohen 
    1998 | 23 min
  • Christopher Changes His Name
    Christopher Changes His Name
    Cilia Sawadogo 
    2000 | 6 min

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

Experimental

  • Altötting
    Altötting
    Andreas Hykade 
    2020 | 11 min
  • Thanadoula
    Thanadoula
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    2020 | 6 min
  • No Objects
    No Objects
    Moïa Jobin-Paré 
    2019 | 9 min
  • Third Page from the Sun
    Third Page from the Sun
    Theodore Ushev 
    2014 | 5 min
  • Turbine
    Turbine
    Alex Boya 
    2018 | 8 min
  • I Am Here
    I Am Here
    Eoin Duffy 
    2016 | 4 min
  • Caterpillarplasty
    Caterpillarplasty
    David Barlow-Krelina 
    2018 | 5 min
  • The Tesla World Light
    The Tesla World Light
    Matthew Rankin 
    2017 | 8 min
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