Keywords: colin low, monday short, nfb, roman kroitor
This week’s Monday Short is a departure from the kinds of films the series usually spotlights. First, it has significantly more live-action footage than we […]
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Keywords: birdlime, evan derushie, monday short, stop motion, tais
Evan DeRushie’s stop-motion animated short Birdlime does a phenomenal job of building character through small gestures. It does a lot of other things well, too—its […]
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Keywords: monday short, nfb, ryan larkin, street musique
Ryan Larkin’s Oscar-nominated short Walking is widely recognized as his masterpiece, and with good reason: It’s a beautiful film with a sympathetic, observational eye, and […]
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Keywords: monday short, william allinson
The poem by Liz Worth that underpins William Allinson’s 2017 short New Math is a dense and difficult one. The synopsis says it’s a recently […]
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Keywords: monday short
Late Night Work Club is a loose-knit animation collective that, to date, has released two compilations organized around very general themes. The first was ghosts, […]
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Keywords: h kristen campbell, monday short
There’s a lot to love about H. Kristen Campbell’s 2012 student film, Swift, but to me, it’s all about the textures. The film isn’t naturalistic, […]
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Keywords: collage, monday short, winston hacking
For folks who dwell on fine distinctions, Winston Hacking’s collage film Erodium Thunk probably falls closer to media art than animation. All of his films […]
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Keywords: monday short
Soshiki Hakase’s music videos are pure joy. Each of the clips he’s made as part of Japanese production duo furifurisoshiki mix of whimsy, surrealism and […]
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Keywords: coda, monday short
Coda opens with its protagonist suffering a quick and violent death, but it’s a very gentle film. The initial shock of the accident is balanced […]
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Keywords: jennifer zheng, monday short
Tough packs a lot of emotional and cultural heft into a five-minute short. A conversation between British-born filmmaker Jennifer Zheng and her mother, who grew […]
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Animator Laura Goncalves based her film Three Weeks in December on sketchbook drawings done at an extended family gathering. The resulting film is wonderfully informal, […]
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Keywords: Matthew Rankin, monday short, nfb
A brilliant inventor who was more motivated by curiosity and benevolence than profit, Nikolai Tesla has become almost a mythical figure in recent years. After […]
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Keywords: monday short
Commissioned by Michelin-starred restaurant La Grenouillére, Danse Exquise looks nothing like your typical promotional film. But then, a restaurant that serves things like lobster served […]
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Keywords: frogs, jodie haslam, monday short
Sometimes this blog gets a bit too highfalutin’ for its own good. At times like that, it’s good to take a step back and remember […]
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Keywords: michele lemieux, monday short, national film board, pinscreen
A meticulous medium requiring extraordinary patience and ambidexterity, pinscreen animation has had very few virtuosos over the years. For artists up to the challenge, though, […]
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We recently had the pleasure of showcasing some of our favourite recent Canadian shorts at the MONSTRA festival of animation in Lisbon, Portugal. For those […]
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Keywords: monday short, nicolas fong, yin
Nicolas Fong’s YIN takes its name from the symbol of yin and yang, but it’s hardly a straightforward depiction of Chinese philosophy. Instead, Fong pulls […]
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Keywords: monday short, once in the fields of boredom, teele strauss
There’s always been a certain magical element to animation, the way it takes drawings that are obviously unreal and gives them life. It’s an inherently […]
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Last year we shared a list of some of our favourite female animators for International Women’s Day, and since that seems like a pretty solid […]
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Keywords: amanda strong, cris derksen, leanne betasamosake simpson, monday short
How to Steal a Canoe is a quiet film, but there’s no mistaking its hushed tone for hesitance. There’s a strength behind every frame, a […]
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Keywords: andy kennedy, monday short, sleep disturbance, slow wave
Andy Kennedy’s 2016 short Slow Wave is split neatly into two parts, each of them depicting a different kind of restlessness. The first half of […]
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Keywords: animation, Floatland, monday short, Victoria Vincent
With their simple, stylized characters, canted camera angles and distinctive colour palettes, Victoria Vincent’s films all share an instant appeal. For all her visual flair, […]
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Keywords: animation, anne breymann, monday short, nachtstuck, short film, weird horror
Anne Breymann’s 2017 film Nachtstück is, in a word, weird. Not in the hand-wavy, dismissive way that word is often used, as in “that was […]
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Keywords: alan warburton, cg, computer animation, goodbye uncanny valley, monday short
Something a little bit different for this week’s Monday Short. Computer graphic technology moves at a breakneck speed, and it can be difficult to wrap […]
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Keywords: andrew onorato, geenie reenie, indie animation, monday short
Hi. Andrew Onorato’s short packs a lot of cuteness into this strange short about the non-adventures of a genie, a ghost and a dozen eggs. […]
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