Genres: Animation

  • Pat’s First Kiss

    The sad-but-hilariously-true story of the filmmaker’s first kiss with an undesirable stranger he met overseas. “The animation is bold and stylish, the writing hilarious.” – Glenn Sumi (NOW, May 14, 2009) Selected screenings: Toronto International Film Festival, 2008; Vancouver International Film Festival, 2008; Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2008

  • Midnight Matinee

    A stop-motion animated film that illustrates the artistic journey of a capricious camera and the personal discovery of its true potential. The camera character discovers a magical flash, which to its surprise can bring any inanimate object to life. Using the newly found magical wand the camera character acts as a movie making maestro by recruiting objects in the house as cast and crew before creating a film. Saturated with stunning visuals and supported by a swinging score, “Midnight Matinee” is sure to stimulate the senses.

  • Fore-and-Aft

    “Fore-and-Aft” was created by the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada – site of the highest tides in the world. Images of the tides are married with celluloid that was buried in the sea bed, and dragged through the ocean behind a boat. Physically exposing film to the motion and light of the sea recorded tactile evidence of the repetition and changes wrought by tide cycles.

  • Whitmore Park (The Epic Story of My Life Part 4)

    Brian Stockton’s series of humourous autobiographical short films goes beyond his acclaimed SASKATCHEWAN TRILOGY and into the suburban neighbourhood of Whitmore Park. Filled with ruminations about ‘the future’, strange performance art projects from grade four, and the beginnings of a life as a filmmaker, “Whitmore Park” transcends the neighbourhood and revels in the ‘epic’ story of a life in the suburbs. Like others in the series, the film is a unique mix of documentary, drama and animation, all presented in the visual feast of 35mm Cinemascope.

  • Saskatchewan Part 3

    Brian Stockton’s series of eccentric autobiographical short films continues with “Saskatchewan Part 3,” the conclusion of THE SASKATCHEWAN TRILOGY. Part 3 takes a humourous, animated look at the filmmaker’s family tree, and how it is that his grandparents ended up in Saskatchewan in the early 20th century. As with the previous installments, “Saskatchewan Part 3” is a melange of personal history. family mementos, and Saskatchewan lore, mixed tobether with a bone-dry sense of humour. Filmed in glorious 35mm cinemascope, “Saskatchewan Part 3” seeks to define what it means to come home.

  • Last Feast, The

    “The Last Feast” tells the story of Irving, a mindless drone, who steals from the graves of the dead to fulfill his greedy masters’ desire. It is a dark tale of destruction and wasted resources in a decadent society. “The Last Feast“ combines stop-motion, classical and computer-generated animation with live-action puppetry.

  • Utopia Blob Thing

  • Glide

    “Glide” is a short experimental animation depicting ice skating. A lone skater appears on the crisp white ice, making her way around the oval of the rink and the loop of the film. Drawn with India ink on watercolour paper, the fluid strokes of the skater’s motion is echoed in the watery brush strokes and the pools of dark glistening ink. Each time around the rink/loop, the frame rate of the animation is slowed down thus extending the skater’s motions and revealing more details in the drawings. Calming and meditative, “Glide” celebrates in the simple magic of ice skating as…

  • Dolce Vita, La

    “La Dolce Vita” is a short, fragmented film diary that explores the Saturday morning mayhem of a filmmaker and his family. This film recalls the cacophony of young children, cats, visitors and noisy neighbours. Is this the “sweet life”?

  • Fleeing Rotland

    In 1914, a man abandoned his horse and escaped the impending disaster that loomed overhead. Man, horse and barn. They are all either dead or destroyed – but their life on film exists forever. (Note: First two minutes are silent)