Genres: Animation

  • Behind the Shadows

    Outside the window a storm like no other is taking shape. BEHIND THE SHADOWS documents the imagined moment when the delicate balance between natural and developed worlds began to shift. Looking back upon an event yet to occur, time inside this threatened world is caught in an endless loop. Seeming to have no end, it stutters… repeats… extends. As if caught in a void between dream and reality, characters struggle to reconcile threats from the outside environment Inspired by natural disaster horror movies, BEHIND THE SHADOWS examines how popular media has shaped our understandings of fear. Commissioned by The Images…

  • Full Coffins

    When old Mr. Podrier went missing in Keppel Township in the late-nineteenth century, a search party was organized to investigate. What they found at his house was indeed chilling and disturbing as seen in this short, playfully eerie animation.

  • Recipe

    Add one part interpretation, 2 parts intent, stir and let simmer. Caution, results may vary: one woman discovers that a recipe is not necessarily the sum of its ingredients. The theme of RECIPE is communication. The project explores the nature of language and the possibility for miscommunication between the speaker and the listener. Recipe tells the story of a woman following a recipe and uses cooking as an allegory for speech. The film uses symbols as elements of language. Each ingredient is paired with a sound that gets mixed into a bowl. When the woman ingests the mixture, she distorts…

  • Collagist, The

    This charming and humorous animation is a collaboration with artist Marc Bell. “THE COLLAGIST” focuses on Bell’s hands as he assembles one of his works. This dynamic two dimensional piece incorporates drawings, paper cut-outs and looped animations.

  • West Fingerboard Road

    I could not remember anything about my childhood before the age of twelve. I made a decision to remember. “WEST FINGERBOARD ROAD” relays how I remembered my forgotten childhood memories, and references the writings of philosopher Gilles Deleuze that echo my ideas on memory and the process of remembering.

  • Miss Edmonton Teenburger 1983 in It’s Party Time!

    Watch in awe as Miss Edmonton Teenburger 1983 graces the screen in her first featurette, IT’S PARTY TIME! A story as layered as her hair, as ethereal as her style. A pop explosion of Ukranian delight that will leave you bedazzled. Are you ready?

  • Miss Edmonton Teenburger 1983 in You’re Eternal…

    This featurette stars a young Miss Edmonton Teenburger 1983, who escapes into a world of fantasy, as she deals with the pressures of youth. Unicorn! Wizard! And ketchup chips!

  • Borders

    “Borders” is an intimate exploration of the bodies belonging to six queer individuals. This animation, made up of hundreds of high-resolution photographs, unabashedly examines the evidence of physical change and transformation: top surgery scars, tattoos, and other traces. The bodies are fragmented, as are the stories affiliated with these traces, and identities remain delightfully elusive. “Borders” is available as a single-channel work or as an extended installation.

  • Ciao Sienna, Ciao Bella

    A hand-drawn animation using various markers, ink, stamps and pens. Susy Raxlen, a professional master printer, tackes clear 16mm leader. Music by Oscar Peterson.

  • Winter’s End

    A wintery sun sets on a scene of loss and mourning. The grieving protagonist plummets capriciously from one state of sadness and confusion to another. Battered by forces malevolent and absurd, mirroring his unpredictable emotional states, he repeatedly falls into an avalanche of ice. Down into a barrage of helping hands, down into a winter forest, down into rooms full of memories, and finally down into the place where he must accept the truth.