Basic dignity of queer people in India is under attack, yet again. The scorching IPC Section 377 is re-unleashed to police to criminalise “gay sex” in India. While the law and the Supreme Court dated themselves back a few hundred years, an adorable Indian mother has her knowledge of “gay sex” in mint condition, wheeling out a tidbit or two for her heartbroken queer daughter in an effort to cheer her up. The pair are shocked into action by the Supreme Court's latest rejection.
The Ravens (1967)
The Ravens was the couple's first sand animation film and the prelude to a unique work.
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein (1992)
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein is a 1992 short animated documentary directed by Joyce Borenstein about her father, the Canadian painter Sam Borenstein. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. In Canada, it was named best short documentary at the 12th Genie Awards.
The House and the Fear (2019)
When a boy is left alone, his house must protect him from a mysterious shadow that chase after him.
The Bleacher (2024)
The disappearance of her sock at a local laundromat sends a fragile Rita over the edge. Hellbent on finding it, she searches deep and gets sucked into a washing machine, entering an otherworldly cycle from which she may never escape.
The Lost Season (2024)
As the world experiences its final winter, desperate measures to hold onto the season awaken a radical labor consciousness.
Solitaire (2020)
Renaud is 85 years old and lives in Paris with his trusty wheelchair/caregiver. He's a loner, stuck in his ways, uncomplainingly trapped for years now on the top floor of a building in Montmartre. He has everything he needs at home anyway; he makes toys and gets his meals and his favorite newspaper, and all's right with the world. But what if a new neighbor appeared on his landing to shake up his routine?
Bug Diner (2024)
A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush, and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a mole with a hot ass.
Bob's Funeral (2024)
Searching for the root of generational trauma, the director takes a camera into his estranged grandfather’s funeral.
Various Loops (NaN)
Beckett created a significant number of animation loops which display his playfulness and also evidence his process as many are variations of ideas and images that he used in his animations. Thirty-one loops are included, selected to show the variety of approaches as well as his intriguing results. - Pamela Turner
Rest in Peace (2021)
After a tragic incident strikes a happy town, their beloved governor knows just how to fix it.
Two Bagatelles (1953)
Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is animated frame by frame, as in the film Neighbours/Voisins.
Moth (2019)
A wandering through the primal emotions of birth, motherhood, body, nature, metamorphosis and dance.
Sex Ed by God (2017)
A girl is being projected on a screen while a pair of disembodied lips (“God”) rambles about sex. At the same time, a boy and a man look at the girl. As the scene unfolds, the girl reaches out of the projector screen, takes hold of the male figures, and makes them disappear between her legs.
Manual Man (2019)
Manual Man follows a progression of men whose bodies transform into furniture and appliances after reading various instruction manuals.
Samuel de Champlain: Québec 1603 (1964)
Footage of Québec City locations and the artwork of well-known Quebec animator Frédéric Back are used to tell the tale of Champlain’s life in New France – from his first explorations and settlement to his death in 1635.