The Great List of Everything - The Microwave

Country: CANADA Year: 2022 Duration: 4 mins.

Sinopsys: Iris and Cathon are shocked to discover how big and heavy the first microwave oven was. Turns out that inventing it involved melting a bar of chocolate.

Credits:

Direction: Francis Papillon

Blind Vaysha

Country: CANADA Year: 2016 Duration: 8 mins.

Sinopsys: This short film tells the story of Vaysha, a young girl born with one green eye and one brown eye. But colour isn’t the only thing that’s different about Vaysha’s gaze. While her left eye sees only the past; her right sees only the future. Like a terrible curse, Vaysha’s split vision prevents her from inhabiting the present. Blinded by what was and tormented by what will be, she remains trapped between two irreconcilable temporalities. “Blind Vaysha,” they called her.

Credits:

Direction: Theodore Ushev

Animation: Theodore Ushev

Sound: Olivier Calvert

Winds of Spring

Country: CANADA Year: 2017 Duration: 6 mins.

Sinopsys: Unfolding with the rhythm of the seasons, Winds of Spring tells the tender story of a young girl who, driven by the irrepressible need for self-fulfillment, decides to leave the family nest. Keyu Chen employs her signature style of fluid transitions and fine, spare lines inspired by Chinese ink painting in her delicately crafted first film.Keyu Chen makes use of fine lines and fluid transitions in her delicately crafted first film, which tells the tale of a young girl who, driven by the irrepressible need for self-fulfillment, dreams of leaving the family nest.

Credits:

Direction: Keyu Chen

Animation: Yannick Grandmont

Music: Daniel Scott

Sound: Olivier Calvert

Big Mouth

Country: CANADA Year: 2012 Duration: 8 mins.

Sinopsys: This animated short tells the story of Trudy, a little girl who is equal parts truthful and rude. A bright-minded and quick-witted child, Trudy has an unfiltered and deeply curious way of looking at the world. Here, events force her to question what it means to speak the truth, and comes to understand how our differences make us unique.

Credits:

Direction: Andrea Dorfman

The Girl Who Hated Books

Country: CANADA Year: 2006 Duration: 7 mins.

Sinopsys: This animated short about literacy introduces us to Meena, a young girl who hates books even though her parents love to read. Books are everywhere in Meena's house, in cupboards, drawers and even piled up on the stairs. Still, she refuses to even open one up. But when her cat Max accidentally knocks down a huge stack, pandemonium ensues and nothing is ever the same again.

Credits:

Direction: Jo Meuris

Stormy Night

Country: CANADA Year: 2003 Duration: 9 mins.

Sinopsys: In this short animation, a little girl wonders aloud about herself and the world while a storm rattles the night sky. The film, which explores thoughts of the universe without making concessions or providing answers, is based on Michèle Lemieux’s Gewitternacht, a children’s book first published in 1996 and translated into 13 languages.

Credits:

Direction: Michèle Lemieux

Nunavut Animation Lab: Qalupalik

Country: CANADA Year: 2010 Duration: 5 mins.

Sinopsys: This animated short tells the story of Qalupalik, a part-human sea monster that lives deep in the Arctic Ocean and preys on children who do not listen to their parents or elders. That is the fate of Angutii, a young boy who refuses to help out in his family's camp, opting instead to play by the shoreline. But one day, Qalupalik seizes him and drags him away. Angutii's father, a great hunter, must then embark on a lengthy kayak journey to try and bring his son home.

Credits:

Direction: Ame Papatsie