Film Format: 35mm

  • Babble on Palms, The

    The “Babble on Palms” is a lush and vibrant cameraless animation, combining found footage, scratch and inking techniques with the universal language of music. Individuality, censorship, shared experiences, and unseen auras are just some of the topics examined in this short experimental animation by Canadian filmmaker, Steven Woloshen. Perhaps, when our ears cease to listen, the “Babble on” palms, speak. Made on September 12th, 2001 in response to the previous day’s event. Suitable for all ages and audiences.

  • Maids

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  • That Thing We Do

    While visiting his family at the cottage, Kevin meets up with his younger cousin, sparking a sweet and inspiring connection.

  • Baby Blue

    While visiting the ocean, a Young Man reflects upon a childhood sexual experience.

  • Beso Nocturno

    Dark and energetic, “BESO NOCTURNO” (Night Kiss) involves a young man who witnesses the horrible death of his girlfriend. He then sells his sexual services to a dying old man, only to suffer a tragic fate.

  • Song of the Firefly

    “Song of the Firefly” is a visual poem which utilizes the camera-less photogram technique that was introduced in Pruska-Oldenhof’s 2001 film “Light Magic.” “Song of the Firefly” transports the viewer to an open field on a warm summer night, where the luminous dance of the fireflies can be experienced. The exhuberant display of light, as each flash illuminates different portions of the field, reveals fragments of the space in which we are contained, leaving us always waiting in anticipation to see more.

  • BRU HA HA!

    “BRU HA HA!” An overexcited and noisy response. A Commotion. A hubbub or an uproar. “BRU HA HA!” A short hand-scratched film by Steven Woloshen! A film about relationships of the human kind. Homage to painter Joan Miro.

  • Travelling Eye of the Blue Cat, The

    “The Travelling Eye of the Blue Cat” is a 16-minute, 35mm photo-collage animation . Using a surreal fairytale style, the film combines music and animation to tell the story of a girl awoken one morning by a mysterious seagull, which crashes against her bedroom window. Following the bird into an abandoned garden, the girl discovers the edge of the world. Perched on this edge is a single tree bearing a tangy red fruit, guarded by raucous birds. When the girl scares off the birds, and takes a bite of the fruit, she catapults herself into a startling, violent and extended…

  • Cameras Take Five

    The enduring romance of lines is explored in this colourful handmade cameraless animation by Montreal animator Steven Woloshen. Dave Brubeck’s classic jazz standard “Take Five” is the starting point of this abstract visual interpretation. In Cinemascope. “I began this film in my usual fashion, which is to say, I hadn’t planned any narratives, characters or sections as starting points for this animation. As I worked and listened to the track – at least twenty times – the line drawing (representing the sound of a saxophone) was leading me either to one side of the frame or the other. The main…

  • Sperm Whale

    We are surrounded by impermanence. A series of images: an erect penis being manipulated, a man walking along a desolate beach, another man in repose on his apartment rooftop, and another man at poolside – all subjects seem to be in pursuit of understanding of their environment, and long-term satisfaction is an impossible state to achieve.