Animated Shorts (collection)
A companion to the Animated Features Collection, this collection brings together an array of filmmakers working across varied styles. From experimental political manifestos to humorous explorations of love, these films showcase the rich possibilities of animation as a short-form medium. Among the highlights are seven Oscar-winners, including THE DANISH POET, on the nature of creativity and inspiration, and BOB’S BIRTHDAY, a witty, offbeat portrait of aging.
Painterly animation, photographs and home-movie treasures evoke the wistfulness of childhood in BALAKRISHNA. In I LIKE GIRLS, Quebec cartoonist Diane Obomsawin explores the humor and pratfalls of one-sided infatuation. Other highlights include Koji Yamamura's reflections on music and time in MUYBRIDGE'S STRINGS, the technically innovative CODA, and Oscar-winning stop-motion fable THE SAND CASTLE.
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Hollow Land
Directed by Michelle Kranot & Uri Kranot • Animation • 2013 • 14 minutes
Searchlights sweep the silent towers. Deep inside one of the buildings, a hand extends through a pipe and appears in a neighbouring apartment, where Solomon is struggling to fix the plumbing. He stares at the hand, then rea...
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The Clockmakers
Directed by Renaud Hallée • Animation • 2013 • 4 minutes
In this experimental animated short from Renaud Hallée, we travel inside a mysterious mechanism made up entirely of revolving gearwheels, triangles and lines. In this whirling, hypnotic world, dozens of tiny gymnasts leap, somersault and t...
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Carface (Autos Portraits)
Directed by Claude Cloutier • Animation • 2015 • 5 minutes
In this short animated film, a Chevrolet Bel Air 1957 offers an ironic take on the iconic American ballad "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)". The Chevy's bumper transforms into a pair of seductive lips, from which emerge the so...
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The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer
Directed by Randall Lloyd Okita • Animation • 2014 • 10 minutes
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer is a visually haunting animated short film about two brothers who share the scars, though not the memories, of an untold history that has driven them to existential extremes. Combining high-speed c...
