Genres: Animation

  • Nukie Takes a Valium

    This latest animation in the Nukie series finds our favourite talking atomic bomb once again seeking to convince the TV public that they need him to further their consumerist dreams. This time he takes on the role of a beautiful woman to demonstrate the glamour of destruction. A film that neatly cuts through both the nuclear and advertising industry.

  • Nukie’s Lullaby

    Imagine… a nuclear bomb called Nukie appears on your TV screen and gives a speech to your children. Nukie is such a nice guy… the problem is he keeps putting his foot in his mouth. Completed when the “Star Wars” plan was announced, Nukie’s message becomes a well-timed reminder of the threat to our existence, both present and future, that the nuclear arms race holds over all of us on this globe. The film utilizes a unique animation technique involving coloured sand.

  • Nukie’s Sermon from the Bottle

    One of the most worrysome aspects of the nuclear issue is the volatile situation in the Middle East, which could spark a confrontation between the superpowers. Out of several Middle East doomsday scenarios, Amitay has chosen one which involves the belief of many Christian and Jewish fundamentalists that Armageddon is inevitable. Moreover, it will happen when the Jewish temple is rebuilt on the ruins of the Dome of the Rock, one of Islam’s most holy sights. Although the film mocks these beliefs, it is a dire warning of the unthinkable scenario alluded to in the film.

  • Of Lines and Men… and Some Women

    In this film the artist-animator is shown in conflict with himself. His creations springing from his own befuddled unconscious begin to metamorphosize; initially in his absence and then in full view of their dismayed creator. The battle rages on as he tries to control the images flashing by on the screen. He wants to create something nice for a change. Something beautiful. But alas, his line goes wild and has ideas of its own. Luckily for us his demons, though charged with pain and anger at an unjust world, are also infused with humour, warmth and a great deal of…

  • Oh Dad!

    Using a unique animation technique, “Oh Dad!” is a boy’s account of a heated confrontation with his father over the issues of the nuclear arms race and various forms of pollution. The boy tells of his mistrust of adults and his frustration with the world that grown-ups are leaving his generation.

  • Oh Dad 1&2

    Oh Dad! Using a unique animation technique, “Oh Dad!” is a boy’s account of a heated confrontation with his father over the issues of the nuclear arms race and various forms of pollution. The boy tells of his mistrust of adults and his frustration with the world that grown-ups are leaving his generation. Oh Dad II In this continuation of “Oh Dad!,” a young boy expresses his deep concern about environmental issues in his diary. Arguing with his father, the boy tries to convince him that although he is younger, he has serious opinions. He talks about national security, militarization,…

  • Oh Dad II

    In this continuation of “Oh Dad!,” a young boy expresses his deep concern about environmental issues in his diary. Arguing with his father, the boy tries to convince him that although he is younger, he has serious opinions. He talks about national security, militarization, and acid rain. The boy grapples with what he sees as the collective responsibility of the adult world as a whole, and the responsibility of his own father, a scientist, for the damaged environment and the resulting disease, hunger and pollution. Despite the seriousness of the issues addressed, “Oh Dad II” is as warmly humorous as…

  • Oops!

    “Oops!” is about the waste product of our impressive creations; what goes around comes around. “Oops!” uses drawn animation (markers, watercolours, pastels, inks), painting on glass, photocopy montage, cut-out animation, claymation, and pixillation.

  • Orientation Express, The

    By animating three decades of LIFE Magazine, “The Orientation Express” humorously guides us through the sexism of North American media. Hosts such as The Quaker Oats Man, Colonel Sanders, and The Kool Aid Jug explore “the feminine mystique.” This film highlights how attitudes towards women have changed and works to eliminate stereotypes which still persist today. “A technically polished animated film…devoted to an amusingly didactic re-expose of the horrors of sexual stereotyping, circa 1950.” – The Globe and Mail

  • Our Trip

    “Feminist filmmaker and performance artist Barbara Hammer has celebrated her recent trip to Peru with her friend Corky Wick through a diaristic animation of photographs they took during their travels. Landscapes and portraits are given growing patterns of framing and texture with magic markers and tempera paint, expressing the richly evocative folk art of the Incan people they saw as we hear their native music resonate on the soundtrack.” – Anthony Reveaux