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Attack of the Brainsucker
Canada, 2012, 14 min.
Samantha, a little girl growing up in the sixties, loves classic b-movies and monsters. That is, until they start to invade her bedroom and her obsession compels her parents to seek help from the latest scientific breakthrough sweeping the country.... more
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The Basketball Game
Canada, 2011, 5 min.
This autobiographical animated tale explores the ways in which the mindless prejudices a child confronts can be overcome through the simple act of confronting one’s fears.... more
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Chef de Meute
Canada, 2012, 13 min.
Clara’s domineering family is perplexed that she prefers to remain alone despite their best efforts, so when Aunt Jacqueline’s beloved Pug ‘Jackie’ ends up orphaned, Clara gets stuck with him whether she wants him or not. He turns out to be exactly what she needed…... more
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Edmond Was a Donkey
Canada, 2012, 14 min.
Edmond is one of those guys at work—diligent, hard-working, effective, loved by his boss but maligned by his colleagues. When a co-workers juvenile prank gives Edmond a new set of ears, his life begins to change.... more
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Fraction
Canada, 2012, 9 min.
Hand drawn animation tells the story of an elderly artist who, caught in a battle of time, struggles to complete his body of work.... more
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Here and the Great Elsewhere
Canada, 2011, 14 min.
Michèle Lemieux uses Alexeïeff -Parker pinscreen animation to take a mischievous and profound look at the mystery and hidden nature of things. His meditating man will never be able to see the pinscreen on which his life is unfolding. He lives, as do we all, in a universe far beyond his capacity to ... more
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Hope
Canada, 2011, 11 min.
Based on the play “Jimmy, créature de rêve”, this gorgeously mounted rendering of a soldier’s final memories was created by the award-winning director of “Danse Macabre” (ShortFest 2009).... more
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The Immigrant
Canada, 2011, 20 min.
Scott Thompson plays a fading former star who sneaks back into the U.S. headed for Hollywood in hopes of reviving his once promising career in this giddy comedy about the price of fame. Dave Foley, Michael Cera and Margaret Cho are featured.... more
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Laundry Day
Canada, 2012, 5 min.
If indeed love is in the last place you look, then perhaps we should look no further than the Laundromat. Just make sure your connection isn’t as jumbled as the clothes in the dryer. ... more
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More Than Winning
Canada, 2011, 3 min.
“They gave me a gun, a pick, and a hand grenade, and said ‘Win at any cost,’ and I said ‘Right.’ There’s nothing I love more than winning...”... more
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Nightingales in December
Canada, 2011, 3 min.
A song of freedom that refuses to be quelled.... more
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Patch Town
Canada, 2011, 21 min.
Jon, a Patch Town Enterprise worker, lives the thankless life of a factory worker shucking, picking and processing hundreds of newborn cabbage babies. But Jon has a secret at home that will either set him free…or cost him his freedom altogether. A fable about what parents tell their children when as... more
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Sas
Canada, 2011, 16 min.
An artist is confronted with a disturbed young man who bursts into the gallery where he’s hanging his paintings in preparation for the opening of his show later that same evening. Could the young man’s appearance have something to do with the chalk outline on the street outside the gallery? ... more
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Snowbound
Canada, 2011, 15 min.
Vicky, 13, her figure stuck between childhood and adolescence, secretly bears a heavy burden. When her mother discovers the nature of her troubles, Vicky makes an unsettling decision…... more
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The Weight of Emptiness
Canada, 2011, 13 min.
Thomas suffers from strange weightlessness crises. Distressed, his mother takes every means to bring him down to earth.... more
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