Director: Catherine Arcand
Canada, 2007, 9 min

Director: Anthony Couture
Canada, 2006, 19 min
This powerful drama takes us inside the intricate web of relationships experienced by a group of grade seven students during the normal course of a school day.

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Director: Phil Caron
Canada, 2006, 5 min

Innocent words, beautiful children, and transparent direction, create unexpected results. This award-winning film cleverly explores how harmless raw footage can be seamlessly crafted into cruel and hateful messages.

Director: Jason DaSilva
Canada, 2001, 12 min
Two seven-year-olds lead distinctly separate lives. Reshma was born and raised in Goa, India. Olivia was born and raised in British Columbia. The two girls talk about their life, their hopes, dreams and aspirations and what kind of opportunities may lie ahead. Olivia's Puzzle creates a cross-cultural bridge between two young children, who, in spite of living thousands of miles apart, have many things in common. In English and Konkani. Winner of Best documentary, Reel 2 Real 2002

Director: Piotr Sapegin Norway, 2000, 6 min A story about how the sea became salt, and a little bit more…Buy Tickets online for Reel Animation

Directors: Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis Canada, 1999, 10 min Ruby is a pig, whose life takes an unexpected turn after she witnesses the accidental death of a stranger. Oscar nomineeBuy Tickets online for Reel Animation

Director: Claude Cloutier
Canada, 2007, 10 min

Betty sleeps in a narcoleptic stupor. The king appeals to his subjects to wake the princess, and a number of them rise to the challenge, including a handsome prince. But can Betty be wakened with just a kiss? Sleeping Betty is the Perreault classic revisited by the sharp pen of Claude Cloutier. His ornate, India-ink animation sweeps us away to a disjointed, anachronistic and playful world inspired by Victorian engravings.

Director: Nick Hilligoss Australia, 1998, 5 min A free-spirited, artistic soul gets thrown in jail for drawing outside the lines. With the use of his imagination and a box of crayons he is able to create his own wilderness, and escapes.Buy Tickets online for Reel Animation

Director: Michael Dudok de Wit Netherlands, 2000, 9 min A father says goodbye to his young daughter and leaves. As the wide Dutch landscapes live through their seasons, so the girl lives through hers. She becomes a young woman, has a family, and in time she becomes old, yet within her there is always a deep longing for her father. Oscar Winner

Director: George Schwizgebel Canada/Switzerland, 2004, 10 min A man agrees to a pact with a magician and swaps his shadow for riches. He soon discovers that the absence of a shadow can be a humiliating handicap.Buy Tickets online for Reel Animation