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Animation

Alex Heeney / July 27, 2022

Fantasia Review: Nuno Beato’s My Grandfather’s Demons

The first animated feature out of Portugal, Nuno Beato’s My Grandfather’s Demons, uses digital and stop-motion animation to tell a story of intergenerational trauma on the border between reality and fairytale.

Alex Heeney / December 21, 2021

From Wood and Water to The Crossing, Festival du Nouveau Cinema is one of the best fall festivals

Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinema showcased international films, including The Crossing, Wood and Water, and Introduction, and homegrown talent with The Noise of Engines and The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge.

Alex Heeney / May 12, 2021

Tomasz Wolski’s documentary 1970 mixes animation and archival

In his new documentary, 1970, Tomasz Wolski uses stop-motion animation and archival footage to illuminate telephone conversations between top communist officials during a crucial historical event.

Alex Heeney / May 7, 2021

HotDocs Review: Archipelago is an animated tour of the St. Lawrence

Archipelago is a documentary that mixes archival footage with animation to tell the story of the land along the St. Lawrence river.

Canada's Top Ten, See The North, Window Horses, Ann-Marie Fleming

Alex Heeney / September 10, 2016

Poetry and identity in NFB animated feature Window Horses

In Window Horses, writer-director Ann Marie Fleming gets very specific about the alienation her poet Rosie has experienced as a Chinese-Iranian Canadian, and in turn, finds something more universal about displacement and the diaspora.

Canadian Short Cuts, SNIP

Alex Heeney / August 31, 2016

TIFF 2016: 10 must-see Canadian shorts

Oft-overlooked, TIFF Short Cuts is the place to look for new talent, and among the Canadian shorts, particularly resonant national stories. For every amateurish or incomprehensible short, there’s one that will grab you and leave an indelible mark. At TIFF 2016, some of the strongest short films were made by or about Canada’s First Nations, […]

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