The Courtyard

My Grandma Matilde

Little María has been left in the care of her grandmother Matilde. The relationship between them is not very good. While María spends her time creatin

2021

Graphic Variations on Telidon

"In an effort to explore the flexibility of Telidon, Canada's videotex system, Pierre Moretti, animation artist from the National Film Board, used, i

1979

Half-Pint Palomino

Barney Bear sets out to capture the world's smallest horse.

1953

Shuteye Popeye

Popeye's snoring is keeping his resident mouse awake. The mouse fights back.

1952

Foxy by Proxy

Bugs is provoked by a pack of foxhounds and their hunters stampeding over his hole, so he gets out his Halloween costume from last year (a fox suit) a

1952

Grandpa

A journey of a 7 year-old boy's acceptance of his grandpa's death in a traditional Taiwanese funeral.

2018

All Aboard for the Moon

An animated interpretation of a rocket voyage to the moon demonstrates the scientific principles at play in theoretical space travel (such as gravity)

1920

Christmas Seals Ad

Rare theatrical promo for the Christmas Seals charity, showing the busy daily routine of an urban everyman and offering the health wisdom of eight hou

1925

Phosphorus

Basking in a theatres lights, a realm of dust particles dances in unison. One sprite suddenly gets the chance to be centre stage…

2021

There Is Nothing to Be Scared of

A group of six young Russian boys at a summer camp tell each other scary stories while waiting to fall asleep one night.

2000

Cats A-Weigh!

Sylvester Cat accepts a position as mouse-catcher on a ship, and his son, Junior, accompanies him. They encounter baby kangaroo Hippety Hopper being s

1953

Ancient Fistory

It's the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto's Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball where Princess Olive will choose her mate. Popeye's f

1953

The Island of the Dead

A soldier is about to be executed because of his disobedience. The execution will be carried out by an ancient machine which engraves a sentence (the

2012

The Stepdad

This year's story follows Nicole, the granddaughter from last year's ad, who is now all grown up with a family to make Christmas traditions with. We f

2021

Far West

Nieto shows an audience how to construct animation.

2006

Night of the Living Bread

A gingerbread comes to life, enacting revenge for his fallen brother.

2021

With a Wool Ball

In a winter of northwestern Argentina, a young woman, a sheep and a llama dance to take off the cold

2023

Evolution of the Red Star

Music: Carl Stone. Colored pen-and-ink drawings, like topological maps of biomorphic objects, grow and evolve from the red star. Once the master image

1973

Extinction of the Saber-Toothed Housecat

A now-extinct species of cat spends its last minutes on Earth before destruction.

2010

The Storymaker

A dark fable about a woman who kills herself with her imagination.

2009