Stop-Motion Animation (Ages 15-17)
This playlist compiles some of the best stop-motion animation that the NFB has to offer. In order to create the illusion of movement, objects are incrementally moved and shot, frame by frame—a meticulous process that creates beautiful animation. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include Neighbours Madame Tutli-Putli Freaks of Nature Naked Island: Hipster Headdress The Subject Bone Mother The Sand Castle Vistas: Dancers of the Grass The Cannonball Woman The Big Reset: Economics
This playlist compiles some of the best stop-motion animation that the NFB has to offer. In order to create the illusion of movement, objects are incrementally moved and shot, frame by frame—a meticulous process that creates beautiful animation.
Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.
Films in This Playlist Include
Neighbours
Madame Tutli-Putli
Freaks of Nature
Naked Island: Hipster Headdress
The Subject
Bone Mother
The Sand Castle
Vistas: Dancers of the Grass
The Cannonball Woman
The Big Reset: Economics
Playlist
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NeighboursNorman McLaren 1952 8 minIn this short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.
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Madame Tutli-PutliChris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski 2007 17 min
This stop-motion animated film takes viewers on an exhilarating existential journey into the fully imagined, tactile world of Madame Tutli-Putli. As she travels alone on the night train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past, she faces both the kindness and menace of strangers. Finding herself caught up in a desperate metaphysical adventure, adrift between real and imagined worlds, Madame Tutli-Putli confronts her demons.
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Freaks of NurtureAlexandra Lemay 2018 6 min
A stop-motion film about a mother-daughter relationship bursting at the seams with babies, poodles and flying spaghetti.
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Hipster HeaddressAmanda Strong 2017 40 s
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.
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The SubjectPatrick Bouchard 2018 10 min
The Subject engages the viewer in a uniquely visceral experience. Finely crafted objects and sounds create a tableau textured with myriad sensations, making this Patrick Bouchard’s most personal work to date.
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Bone MotherDale Hayward & Sylvie Trouvé 2018 8 min
A vain and arrogant youth dares to enter Baba Yaga’s living house of bones. What emerges will forever fill our nights with terror.
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The Sand CastleCo Hoedeman 1977 13 min
This short animated film features the sandman and the creatures he sculpts out of sand. These lively creatures build a castle and celebrate the completion of their new home, only to be interrupted by an uninvited guest. Cleverly constructed with nuance, the film leaves interpretation open to the viewer. The film took home an Oscar® for Best Animated Short Film.
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Dancers of the GrassMelanie Jackson 2009 2 min
This short film presents a stunning display of a stop-motion animation as it vividly depicts the majesty of the hoop dance, a tradition symbolizing the unity of all nations.
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The Cannonball WomanAlbertine Zullo & David Toutevoix 2017 14 min
Madeleine the human cannonball puts on a spectacular travelling show with her husband. But at home, every day seems to unfold just like the one before it. The Cannonball Woman is a bittersweet stop-motion animated film about love standing the test of time.
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The NecktieJean-François Lévesque 2008 12 min
A mixture of puppet and hand-drawn animation, The Necktie is the story of Valentin and his quest to find meaning in his life. Stuck in a dead-end job, he has forgotten all about the things that used to bring him joy. Years pass, and boredom replaces all his aspirations and hope for the future. It is only on his 40th birthday, when he rediscovers an old accordion hidden in the depths of his closet, that he regains his lust for life.
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Hedgehog's HomeEva Cvijanovic 2017 10 min
Exquisitely directed by Eva Cvijanović and based on the classic story by Branko Ćopić, a writer from the former Yugoslavia, Hedgehog’s Home is a warm and universal tale for young and old that reminds us there truly is no place like home.
