The Law of Expansion

DARE TO PANIC. A poke at climate-change deniers.

YOUR PHONE IS HAVING MORE SEX THAN YOU. A bleak picture of sex in the digital age.

REALITY IS A CHOICE. An unapologetic poke at the burgeoning age of virtual reality.

This ultra-short film is an unapologetic confrontation of cultural appropriation and everything that's wrong with hipsters in headdresses. The takeaway? Just don't do it.

This ultra-short film proves that walls are real and borders are imaginary with an animated critique of long-term detention for minors in immigration centres.

WE DRINK TOO MUCH. An unapologetic take on the vicious cycle of earning too little and consuming too much.

ALL MEN ARE CREMATED EQUAL. An ode to what can happen when Man plays God.

WE BLEED FOR WHAT? Made with the filmmaker’s blood, a testament to the ideals that we fight and die for.

MOST OF US DON’T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING THIS MUCH. POV into an ultimate act of protest: self-immolation. What compels someone to go this far?

In this animated short, cartoonist Zviane comes across an old audiocassette while packing up before a move. Just the sight of the tape plunges her back into her childhood fantasies and her perceptions of the world. But the reality of what's on the tape results in a hilarious episode that questions just how "sweet" childhood really is.

This film is part of the Comic Strip Chronicles, a collection of shorts celebrating the strong affinity between comic strips and animated film. Inspired by moments of everyday life, these films showcase the playful imaginations of renowned artists Guy Delisle, Zviane, Aude Picault, Lewis Trondheim, and Jean Matthieu Tanguy. Produced by the NFB, Canal+, and Sacrebleu.

SOBER IS HARDCORE. A rejection of romanticizing alcohol.