National Film Board of Canada (Firm)
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
This hilarious Oscar-nominated animated short is based on the century-old folk song of the same name. Old Mr. Johnson makes increasingly manic attempts to rid himself of a little yellow cat that just won't stay away.... Nominated for Best Short Film, Animated at the Academy Awards. Winner of Best Animated Short Film at the Genie Awards.
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
This hilarious short animation offers over 40 safety tips for homes with infants and young children. The film's hero is a very earnest, somewhat pompous, but endearing dog called Wally. A "professional" in home safety, Wally is assigned to a house with an infant whose parents have little safety consciousness. Accidents and near-accidents succeed each other with lightning speed, constantly putting Wally to the test.. Winner of the Special Prize for...
3) Blackfly
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
This Oscar-nominated animated short is a breakneck romp based on the song of the same title, written and sung by Canadian folk singer Wade Hemsworth, with back-up vocals by Kate and Anna McGarrigle. This animated film recounts Hemsworth's battles with this quintessential "critter" during a summer of surveying in Northern Ontario.
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Heart-related diseases are one of the leading causes of hospitalization. MY HEART ATTACK documents Montreal filmmaker Sheldon Cohen's poignant and traumatic experience undergoing invasive, open-heart surgery. If there is comedy to be found in a heart attack, Sheldon is the man to find it.
5) The Necktie
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
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.. Nominated for...
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1957.
Language
English
Description
In this Oscar-nominated short film, a chair, animated by Evelyn Lambart, refuses to be sat upon, forcing a young man to perform a sort of dance with the chair. The musical accompaniment is by Ravi Shankar and Chatur Lal. This virtuoso film is the result of a collaboration between Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra.
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
An Oscar-winner for Best Animated Short Film, THE SAND CASTLE 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.
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Arab men worldwide are, for the most part, depicted by the mainstream media as terrorists, suicide bombers, or, at best, extremists. THINGS ARAB MEN SAY, by Egyptian-born filmmaker Nisreen Baker, is an intimate and fascinating documentary that follows eight Arab Canadian friends who reveal a very different picture of Arab men.. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, this insightful film introduces us to Jay, Ghassan, Faisal, Adnan, Falah, Bashar and Ramey...
9) Juke-Bar
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
This stop-motion animated short introduces a juke box into a greasy spoon diner overrun with cockroaches. The cockroaches get caught up in the music as their lives are transformed by the arrival of this new machine. But the restaurant's owner has a plan: will he be able to outsmart his uninvited guests?. Winner of Best Animated Short Film at the Genie Awards.
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1962.
Language
English
Description
An Oscar-nominee for Best Animated Short, MY FINANCIAL CAREER is based on Stephen Leacock's witty account of a young man's first brush with banking. When he tries to make his deposit, he is so intimidated by the institution that nothing he says comes out right.
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
This Oscar-nominated animated film is a tall tale about the filmmaker's grandmother's life in Oslo, Norway, during World War II. Sharp and whimsical, her story combines her grandmother's tales with historical events and fantasy, showing how a cherished anecdote can come to acquire a mythical status.. King Harald of Norway said, "I love the irony of this short.". Oscar-Nominatedfor Best Animated Short Film.
12) Neighbours
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1952.
Language
English
Description
In this Oscar-winning 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.. Oscar Winner for Best Documentary, Short Subject. Nominated for a BAFTA Award.
13) Circles
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A film about justice and community healing, hope and transformation. In the Yukon, an innovative program is bringing together a traditional form of Aboriginal justice--circle sentencing--and the Canadian justice system. Sentencing circles don't focus on punishment. Instead, they bring together the perpetrator of a crime, his or her victims, and peers and family in an effort to bring healing to the community.. For many Aboriginal men in the North,...
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
In Canada, diversity often means "one ethnicity + hyphen + Canadian," but what if you don't fit into an easy category? What if your background is a hybrid of ancestries and you live somewhere between, where cultural identities overlap?. BETWEEN: LIVING IN THE HYPHEN interweaves the experiences of a group of Canadians with one parent from a European background and one from a visible minority. They're all struggling to find a satisfying frame of reference....
15) Ryan
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
This Oscar-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Ryan is living every artist's worst nightmare - succumbing to addiction, panhandling on the streets to make ends meet. Through computer-generated characters, Landreth interviews his friend to shed light on his downward spiral.. Winner of Best Animated Short Film at the...
16) The Road Forward
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A musical documentary by Marie Clements, connects a pivotal moment in Canada's civil rights history-the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s-with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. Clements paints an electrifying picture of how a tiny movement, the Native Brotherhood and Native Sisterhood, became a powerful voice for social, political and legal advocacy, eventually effecting profound change at the national level. The Road...
17) Rock the Box
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is the most lucrative sector of the music industry, but it's a world dominated by men, who represent 100% of the genre's top earners. Rhiannon Rozier wanted to break into that world, but the Vancouver-raised DJ says she ran into the glass ceiling. She couldn't make it to the next level, so she did something she never thought she would do: she posed for Playboy.. The rationale seems absurd, yet strangely familiar, which...
18) Big Mouth
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman has a way with words. In BIG MOUTH, she explores the experiences of a bright-minded, quick-witted child, questioning what it means to speak the truth, and coming to understand how our differences make us unique.. Hand-drawn puppets dance, skip and cartwheel across the screen as one little girl discovers the complexity of words and that what we say may not be what we mean. Trudy, equal parts truthful and rude, has an unfiltered...
19) Asthma Tech
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Young Winston is burdened by the hardships of chronic asthma and isn't able to participate in the everyday activities of his peers and classmates. Winston copes with the predicament through his vivid imagination and with paper and crayons, and on one particularly rainy afternoon his talents and skills save the day. Winston discovers that the magic of imagination has the power to bridge, transform and empower.
20) Nails
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
A blacksmith is seen labouring at his forge, shaping nails from single strands of steel rods. The scene shifts from this peaceful setting to the roar of a twentieth-century nail mill, where banks of machines draw, cut, and pound the steel rods faster than the eye can follow. The scene then shifts back to a nineteenth-century nail factory. These diametrically opposed scenes emphasize the changed relationship between the individual and his work. Nominated...