Observer

Itch is an abstract expression of what it feels like to experience an eczema flare-up.

Produced as part of the 9th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

A sleeping computer dreams of humans forms, transforming their digital data into abstract and playful shapes. Movements, emotions, and musical lines are added layer upon layer until the complexity overloads the system and the dream ends. Reverie.exe combines Microsoft Kinect motion capture and music-driven visuals in an exploration of the connection shared between humans and machines.

Produced as part of the 8th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

An adventure through the cosmic unveiling of the beautiful and strange macro/micro structures that unite us with the Universe.

Produced as part of the 9th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

Tormented forms struggle to break free of their bonds in this abstract animated short.

Produced as part of the 9th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

A woman looks out across a lake, where each drop of water contains a memory of a pioneer in women’s sports, preserved forever.

Produced as part of the 9th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

Grace Fall is about the struggles and joys of trying to perform impossibly well in a circus whose troupe members aren’t really visible, but can certainly be perceived regardless.

Produced as part of the 9th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

In this short animated film a robot rambles about frenetically, receiving countless electronic messages through his antenna every second. Despite his fatigue and stress, he never slows down. The only thing that might bring his frantic journey to an end is a traffic accident.

Produced as part of the third edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

This animated short employs hand-drawn animation layered over stop-motion sequences of moving ink on drumskins to create a striking, mournful portrait of the Alberta tar sands.

Produced as part of the 7th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

This is a combination of stop-motion puppet and drawn animation. We observe a forlorn woman on a Halifax dock, whose loneliness is lifted by the passing of a fishing trawler. A metaphor on the connectiveness of water and water's capacity as a medium of freedom.

Produced as part of the first edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship. Theme was "Water and Our Relationship to It".

In this whimsical animated short, filmmaker Rachel Peters asks: "what if the laws of physics suddenly ceased to apply?" Peters explores this question through the tale of a man and his two goldfish as they prepare for the end of the world. Technique: drawn animation, digitally coloured and composited.

Produced as part of the third edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

This short animation film is an “epic” adventure and a magical environmental fairy tale. Amy Lockhart uses cutouts, drawings and collage (captured and manipulated as digital multi-plane animation) to conjure up her whimsical world.

Produced as part of the second edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.