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charles2001
2 months ago
Cactus Swing

Based on a song by the Great Western Orchestra, this music animation tells of the surprise that Pete the North West Mounted Police officer feels as he is awakened in the badlands by a varmint band and observes cacti line dancing.

Directed by Susan Crandall & Beth Portman - 1995

charles2001
2 months ago
AIR! by Paul Driessen 1972
Oxygen becomes scarce and plants, fish and birds suffer.
charles2001
2 months ago
Strange Invaders
Roger and Doris are a childless couple who get more than they bargained for when a strange child appears at their door one day.
Directed by Cordell Barker - 2001 | 8 min

charles2001
2 months ago
Science Please! : Slippery Ice!

A clip in the Science Please! collection, Slippery Ice! uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain why we slip on ice. For ages 5 - 8.

Directed by Claude Cloutier - 1999 | 1 min

charles2001
2 months ago
Hothouse 1 - Aquasnazz
A marvelous example of extreme animation. A whirling dervish of sensory overload, Aquasnazz has a tenuous connection to snazzy "aquatics," using them as a trigger for Bauming's wild and manic imagination.
charles2001
2 months ago
Hothouse 2 - A Single Tear
An "epic" adventure featuring a diamond guy, a dog fish and a boot. Audacious, bold, and somewhat bewildering, director Amy Lockhart uses cutouts, drawings and collage captured and manipulated as digital multi-plane animation to conjure up her whimsical world and to tell her magical environmental fairy tale.

Directed by Amy Lockhart - 2004 | 1 min

charles2001
2 months ago
Hothouse 3 - Square Roots
A robot rambles about frenetically in a state of constant preoccupation. He gets countless numbers of electronic messages through his antenna every second. Despite his fatigue and stress, he never slows down... The only thing that might bring his frenetic journey to an end is a traffic accident.

charles2001
2 months ago
Hothouse 4 - Balloons
This short animation film is about two little men floating into the deep blue sky, tied to balloons. But then each decides the sky belongs to him.
charles2001
a month ago
Hothouse 5 - Git Gob
“What is this hole?”, two creatures wonder. They have different points of view. Their debate leads to an idea, an idea that changes the world. This is a story of practical magic.

This animated short was made for Hothouse 5, the NFB’s program for emerging filmmakers, whose central theme was “The Time I Changed My Mind”.

Directed by Philip Eddolls - 2009 | 1 min

charles2001
a month ago
Hothouse 8 - Meltdown

With the last of the arctic ice disappearing, a polar bear decides to try his luck finding a job in the big city. It's hard fitting into the human world, however, and so this bear finds a more creative solution to his original predicament.

Directed by Carrie Mombourquette - 2012 | 1 min

charles2001
a month ago
Science Please! : The Wind

In the collection Science Please!, the first clip, entitled The Wind, explains the phenomenon of the wind with the help of archives, animation and narration. For ages 5 - 8.

Directed by Martin Barry - 1998

charles2001
a month ago
The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg, by Paul Driessen (2000)

The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg (French: Le garçon qui a vu l'iceberg) is a 2000 animated short by Paul Driessen, which uses a split screen to portray the real life (on the left side) and imaginary life (on the right) of a young boy. A film without words, the 8 minute and 49 second National Film Board of Canada short is a retelling of the sinking of the Titanic through the eyes and active imagination of a young boy.

charles2001
a month ago
Science Please! : Explosives
Are cows a time bomb just waiting to explode? Part of the Science Please! collection for children. For ages 5 - 8.
Directed by Sylvain Charbonneau - 2001
charles2001
a month ago
Here and There (2006 film)
In this animated short, filmmaker Diane Obomsawin shows how childhood can be a chaotic time, especially if you're bouncing back and forth between two continents.

With engaging candour and gentle humour, Obomsawin fleshes out an uncertain identity and takes control of her life. Using drawings on paper and digitized snippets of fabric, she creates a whimsical world of simple lines and pastel tones.
charles2001
a month ago
The Girl Who Cried Pearls

The Girl Who Cried Pearls (French: La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles) is a 2025 Canadian animated short film, directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski and released in 2025. Made through stop-motion animation,the film centers on a young boy who meets and falls in love with a girl who secretly weeps pearls at night.

charles2001
a month ago
GET A JOB - Animated Short Film

This short animation follows the tribulations of a cartoon character, Bob Dog, as he hunts for a job. Self-motivation, preparing a résumé, and getting ready for an interview are all dealt with in a highly entertaining fashion, while the Doo-wop mover Get a Job provides the upbeat musical soundtrack.

charles2001
a month ago
Science Please! : The Force of Water

A clip in the Science Please! collection, The Force of Water uses archival footage, animated illustration and amusing narration to explain the Archimedes principle, of why some things float and others sink. For ages 5 - 8.

Directed by Claude Cloutier - 1998 | 1 min

charles2001
a month ago
National Film Board of Canada - John Weldon - Yo (2003)

John Weldon dissects the nature of personal space, community, and crime and punishment in this macabre whimsy. Employing the simplest of animation styles to enhance a mock Zen spirituality, Weldon and composer Chris Crilly debate the Old Testament notion of punishment fitting the crime

charles2001
Macau ago
Home Security

In attempting to secure his domicile against perceived external threats, our protagonist manages to create a more dangerous internal environment. Home Security uses humour to illustrate that problems can arise when freedom is sacrificed for safety, and alludes to the issue of liberty vs. security in a greater context.

Directed by John Weldon - 2004 | 4 min

charles2001
a month ago
Of Dice and Men

This witty short animation film introduces the theory of probability. We learn of its inception in the 17th century to settle a dispute over a game of dice, its relationship to predictability, and its application to everyday situations--like the chances of being involved in an accident.

Directed by John Weldon - 1988 | 11 min

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