Shorts Watched/2021
Short films I've watched in 2021
Goal: 400 *New Goal: 600 - Goal Completed
Not listed on IMDb:
Goal: 400 *New Goal: 600 - Goal Completed
Not listed on IMDb:
- I See You (2019, Ryo Sato Animations)
- Castaway (2020, ESMA animation)
- Made With Love, aka L'échange (2020, dir. Chloé Robichaud)
- All About Kids (1964, NFB)
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- StarsKatharine Kreiner-PhillipsThe training of Kathy Kreiner, the skier who won the only gold medal gained by Canada in the 1976 Winter Olympics.*Reviewed
- DirectorTony IanzeloExploring the musical instrument, the travelling calliope (also known as a steam organ).
- DirectorVeronika SoulIllustrates the different careers, technical procedures and people needed by the filmmaking process.
- DirectorAndré LeducStarsRod CharleboisA parody ad for the perfect device for someone who has trouble learning the French language.*Reviewed
- DirectorPaul BochnerA series of related images modeled after the maple leaf symbol on the Canadian national flag.
- DirectorPaul BochnerVarious human faces shift from one to another.
- DirectorJenna MarksA woman looks out across a lake, where drops of water contain memories of a pioneer in women's sports, preserved forever.*Reviewed
- DirectorBill MayloneAnimated short that looks at Canadian transportation.
- DirectorJudith PottertonRosemarie ShapleyStarsSelma Bryant-FournierA fashion designer's life is profiled and she is seen at work.
- DirectorJudith PottertonRosemarie ShapleyThis film profiles a physiotherapist and follows her work with a patient.*Reviewed
- DirectorJudith PottertonRosemarie ShapleyProfiling a Quebec veterinarian and his trip to a farm, to worm one of the owners colts.
- DirectorMarv NewlandStarsJoe AustinThe story of Bill Miner and the bungled train robbery that got him caught.
- DirectorBarry HelmerThe story of Captain James Cook's discovery of the west coast of Canada and the beginning of the sea otter trade.
- DirectorKris PatersonSchool crossing guards are seen at work and we listen to comments about their work.*Reviewed
- StarsMargaret LaurenceProfiling highly esteemed Canadian novelist and short story writer, Margaret Laurence.
- DirectorTina HorneStarsDavid BairstowMichael KaneThe story behind the Canadian city of Flin Flon's unusual name.
- DirectorEdmund ReidProfiling children of Ten to Twelve years old. Children are shown at home, school and socializing with their friends.
- DirectorJudith CrawleyExploring child development at two and three years old. Revealing what to expect and parenting tips that might help. Young active children are shown playing at a playground, nursery school and at home with their family.
- DirectorJudith CrawleyA study of the behaviors and differences of four and five year old children. The children are shown at home, nursery school, out in the community and visiting family.
- DirectorBrad CaslorStarsLen CariouCliff GardnerBrian RichardsonA humourous short lived history of an English fort.
- DirectorKenneth McCreadyStarsRichard GilbertThe story of the early days of mining in Cobalt, Ontario, Canada.
- DirectorClaude JutraStarsCharles DennerPierre CharpentierMarc HarveyA look at skateboarding in Montreal, Canada.
- DirectorJoseph MacDonaldStarsLorna BrownIn a Canadian pioneer home, the process of turning flax to linen is explained and demonstrated.
- DirectorHubert NeaultNicole RobertAn animated/live-action short showing the emotions that one has while hang gliding with a Delta Plane.
- DirectorRonald BlumerStarsMichael KaneAllan LairdAllan Laird teaches people how to become ham radio operators.
- DirectorBlake JamesA painter recalls the farm work she did as a child during summer holidays.
- DirectorMichael MillsStarsVlasta VranaThe story of the impact that the introduction of the horse had on the North American West.
- DirectorRon WebberStarsJohn HoweA history of the beaver in Canada and it's importance as a symbol and icon to both natives and white settlers.
- DirectorMichèle PauzéTwo symbolic characters sway to the popular French-language song, Alouette.
- DirectorEva SzaszStarsWalter MasseyThrough original artwork, a humorous Irish folktale is told using cartoon characters.
- DirectorGeorge GeertsenAn illustration of the predominate anthroplogical theory of how humans came to the Americas.
- DirectorChristopher HintonStarsLen CariouA humorous account of the pioneering journey of Lady Frances Simpson, along with her piano, from England to Manitoba.
- DirectorRon WebberStarsHoward RyshpanA look at the importance of the red maple leaf in Canadian history, society and culture.
- DirectorAl SensThe history of the development of modern logging techniques.
- DirectorSandra DudleyA chorus group of miners sing about the history of coal mining on Cape Breton Island.
- DirectorGeorge GeertsenStarsMichael KaneA examination of the Viking explorers who were the first Europeans to discover Canada.
- DirectorYossi AbolafiaStarsEarl PenningtonKelly RicardHoward RyshpanA profile of late 19th century Canada presented as a TV newscast.
- DirectorEva SzaszStarsGail GarfinkleA traditional folk tale about a man's venture to introduce onions to a far away kingdom and a disreputable man's attempt to exploit that.
- DirectorRobert DoucetThe story of the first difficult winter of Samuel Champlain's colony in Canada.
- A Canadian prairie farm family has a tough beginning on their new farm.
- DirectorBlake JamesA farmer tells the story of his farm's struggle for survival during the drought of the 1930's.
- DirectorRobert DoucetStarsHoward RyshpanThrough song and animated graphics, ice cutting on the St. Lawrence River in the 1860's is illustrated.
- DirectorJoan HensonThe Canadian Forces Air Demonstration Aerobatics team are seen at work.
- DirectorAlanis ObomsawinWild rice, an important food source, is frequently harvested by many Anishinaabe people. Sometimes traveling as far as 100 kilometers away, Anishinaabe people are seen in this installment harvesting grain in the area around Kenora, Ontario, Canada.
- DirectorJoan HensonStarsJoe MacInnisVlasta VranaA team of divers assemble a big bubble in the Arctic Ocean.
- DirectorRobert DoucetStarsRod ConeybeareMichael KaneAs we see a maple tree go through the cycle of the seasons, a narrator notes of various opinions about trees.
- DirectorRobert BélisleJean-François PouliotAn egg desperately tries to prevent being hatched.
- The life of a lion in a Canadian zoo is described.*Reviewed
- DirectorJudith PottertonRosemarie ShapleyStarsMichael KaneJules Saint-MichelKatherine TrowellHungarian violin maker, Jules Saint-Michel is shown at work and explains the process of crafting a violin.
- DirectorNorma BaileyStarsRoger DoucetBefore a hockey game in the Montreal Forum, Tenor Roger Doucet performs the Canadian national anthem (O' Canada).
- DirectorJudith PottertonRosemarie ShapleyStarsMichael KaneReuben ShulmanTwo children's portrait photographers are profiled and seen at work.
- DirectorJoan HensonStarsVlasta VranaA NFB Canada Vignettes entry about the depths of the Arctic Ocean.
- StarsMichael KaneA cinematic portrait of the fur trading teams that transported materials throughout much of the interior of 18th-19th century Canada.
- DirectorJanice BrownStarsJohn BoylanA cinematic portrait of a preserved landlord residence of Louis Joseph Papineau.
- DirectorJack LongA cinematic portrait of the Canadian artist.
- DirectorBill MayloneStarsStan PetersThe theorized nature of the North American Wolly Mammoth is shown while one such animal has a close call with some thin ice.
- DirectorCarlos MarchioriThe development of Canada's largest city from its founding in the early 19th century to the 1970's.
- DirectorAlanis ObomsawinStarsAlanis ObomsawinA family in Nunavik, Quebec enjoy a summer day of fishing and berry picking. Two senior citizens are seen throat singing.
- DirectorTina HorneStarsDon ArioliRobert A. DuncanThe story of the creation of the popular breed of apple.*Reviewed
- DirectorJohn WeldonStarsAnna McGarrigleKate McGarrigleA short illustrating a traditional Canadian folk song about a woman's admiration for the agility for her boyfriend, the log driver.
- A pair of traditional Native-American moccasins and its decoration are displayed.
- DirectorLise-Hélène LarinAn animated celebration of the human need to dance in all its forms.
- DirectorRaymond GauthierStarsJohn BoylanThree men walking in the frozen woods at night experience a strange and wonderous happening.
- DirectorJoseph MacDonaldRita RoyStarsStephen BloomerA traditional blacksmith is seen at work shoeing a horse..
- StarsVlasta VranaAn ancient Native American wood carving that seems to resemble a European priest is examined.
- DirectorBlake JamesStarsDonald BrittainA film about the life and career of Canada's greatest bush pilot and his greatest adventure.
- StarsMichael KaneAn illustration of a typical 18th-19th fur trade post where Native Americans traded furs and received only a fraction of their true value.
- DirectorJoseph MacDonaldRita RoyStarsLorna BrownShowing the process of how the pioneers would spin sheep's wool in skeins to use for knitting their clothing.
- DirectorJoseph MacDonaldRita RoyStarsStephen BloomerJ. Léo GagnonÉric GaudryThe milling/gristing of wheat into flour is shown at a pioneer grist mill. Later in a pioneer kitchen, a woman is seen baking homemade bread with the flour.
- StarsVlasta VranaThe decorative pattern style of a traditional Metis coat is explored.
- DirectorRichard ToddStarsErik DavidsonA cinematic portrait of a blind auto mechanic.
- Three traditional Native American headdresses are displayed to traditional tribal music
- DirectorBrad CaslorStarsLen CariouCliff GardnerBrian RichardsonThe humourous history of the short lived tiny Republic of Manitobah.
- A traditional Inuit pipe and its carvings are examined.
- DirectorRoger HartThe lives of the Inuit community of Northern Labrador are profiled.
- DirectorRudi WrenchA veteran World War I fighter pilot's story is told as he takes his weekly spin on a biplane in his retirement.
- DirectorMartin DefalcoStarsCharlie ChamberlainA cinematic portrait of the traditional Canadian musician and his lead musician, Charlie Chamberlain
- DirectorMartin DefalcoStarsCharlie ChamberlainOne of six in the series of Don Messer vignettes. Featured in this installment is Charlie Chamberlain, a key performer of the band.
- DirectorWilliam PettigrewStarsDiana MagorEarl PenningtonWe follow a Canadian marine biologist who works on a project studying the Amazonian Manatee.
- DirectorJack LongStarsStan PetersA Native American community hold a ceremony to raise a totem pole.
- DirectorGudrun ParkerHow children are being looked for while their mothers were at work during World War II.
- DirectorMartin DefalcoStarsCharlie ChamberlainMarg OsburneOne of six of the Don Messer Canada vignettes series. Featuring principal performers Marg Osburne and Charlie Chamberlain.
- DirectorMartin DefalcoStarsDon MesserOne of six of the Don Messer Canada vignettes series. Featuring one of the key performers, Don Messer.
- DirectorEva SzaszStarsW.O. MitchellA narrator tells the tale of how a friend of his showed the makings of being a great psychiatrist as a boy.
- DirectorMartin DefalcoStarsCharlie ChamberlainDon MesserMarg OsburneSinger Marg Osburne sings with Don Messer's band.
- DirectorJoan HensonStarsJoe MacInnisVlasta VranaA team of divers to the Arctic Ocean places a Canadian flag at the North Pole.
- DirectorLarry BaumanFollowing a 9-storey, 200+ ton grain elevator located in Greenstreet, Saskatchewan being relocated to Marshall, Saskatchewan. The townspeople watch as they witness the only grain elevator leave their small town.
- DirectorDan J. McCrimmonMembers of Saskatchewan's Metis Catholic community are shown participating in the annual pilgrimage to St. Laurent, Saskatchewan.
- DirectorJohn WeldonAfter his house is invaded by a dog, an anthropomorphic cat has to call an emergency number to get the dog out.
- DirectorYurij LuhovyStarsYuri KelebayA film about Ukrainian easter eggs, their religious and cultural significance and how they are made.
- DirectorLois SiegelA family of 12 work in the movie stunt business.
- DirectorRonald BlumerStarsMichael KaneHugh RitchieAn ex-Spitfire pilot gives an art class to veterans and youngsters.
- DirectorRichard ToddStarsMichael KaneA short history of Canada's greatest sailing ship.
- DirectorRichard ToddStarsMichael KaneThe story of the construction of a latter day copy of the great Canadian sailing ship.
- DirectorMartin DefalcoStarsMarg OsburneAnother performance of Marg Osburne with Don Messer's band is featured.
- StarsVlasta VranaA Native American religious concept illustrated on a smoking pipe is described as the carving is displayed.
- DirectorSuzanne OlivierStarsElizabeth LesieurExplores 1905-1910 in Montreal, Quebec with vintage hand-painted postcards.
- DirectorBen LowIan RankinThis short fiction film tells the love story between a young anglophone and a young francophone who unite their destinies in roller skates.
- DirectorMichael GovierWill McCormackIn the aftermath of tragedy, two grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child.*Reviewed