What
Are You Anyways?
Jeff
Chiba Stearns
2005, Canada (English), DVD, 11 mins
Follow
the adventures of the Super Nip as filmmaker Jeff Chiba
Stearns explores his cultural backgrounds growing up a
mix of Japanese and Caucasian in a small white -bred Canadian
city. This short, classically animated film is a humorous
yet serious story of struggle and love and finding one's
identity through the trials and tribulations
of growing up. Also
screening: March 11 and March 12, 2006 at 12:30 pm
2006
Winner of the The NFB Youth
Jury Prize for the Best Animated Short
Meet
the Artist!
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Invasion
of the Space Lobsters
Janet Perlman, 2005 Canada (English)
DVD, 6 mins 47 sec
An
advanced race of giant lobsters from outer space land
on Earth “sunny side up,” but no one knows
why. An utter failure of communication with these galactic
crustaceans catapults the world toward Armageddon bisque!
World peace is at stake! What can save us? A little straight
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The
Child Without A Mouth /L ’enfant sans bouche
Pierre-Luc Granjon, 2004, France
(French w.English subtitles), DVD, 4 mins
A
paper cut-out animation narrated by children. A small
boy with no mouth meets a rabbit who he likes very much
and he must find a way to stop the rabbit ’s long
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Klondike
Isabelle Richard, 2005, Quebec (French),
DVD, 3 min 30 sec
This
fantastical urban legend speaks out against all forms
of exploitation and celebrates the incredible ability
of children to reinvent a better world.
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Ruzz
and Ben /Ruzz et Ben
Philippe Jullien, 2005, Canada/France (without
words), 23 mins 46 sec
Suggested
age :6+, Classification: TBA
This
dazzling work of puppet animation, full of delightful
twists and brimming with humanity, chronicles the adventures
of two inner-city kids who attempt to fly a kite amid
the skyscrapers and apartment blocks. While searching
for their lost kite, the terrified kids come face to face
with a creature who is half animal and half vegetable,
but quickly discover that the creature has a good heart,
immense wisdom, and more than one trick up its sleeve.
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