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15 July 2006

The National Film Board of Canada | Office national du film du Canada has put 50 animated shorts online!→[More:]If you've never seen The Big Snit or The Cat Came Back, you should!
Also, there are interesting pieces like Mindscape and The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend. Many different types of animation on a wide range of subjects from humour to more serious topics.

post by: Zack_Replica at: 22:43 | 8 comments

OMG... I saw "The Big Snit" years ago at an animation festival, and have always loved it. (The same animator did a great one called "Pigbird" that was a PSA about importing animals... I bet it on here too.) This is awesome! Thanks so much, Zack!

PS: I just watched "The Big Snit" again, and it's still just as brilliant.

posted by BoringPostcards 15 July | 23:03

"don't shake you eyes at me lady that's what they say!"

posted by arse_hat 15 July | 23:06

They also have Norman McLaren's filmstock etchings. They inspired me to do my own film when I was about 14 years old. Great link.

posted by arse_hat 15 July | 23:12

It's amazing what a government can do when it allows funding for cultural affairs.

The National Film Board has done amazing work which is still really useful to educators of all stripes. A phenomenal program.

posted by Miko 15 July | 23:48

I never made a film, but I did do a bunch of flip-books full of superheroes and explosions, when I was 12 or so.
I really like the pinscreen effect for the flow of light and dark it produces.

posted by Zack_Replica 15 July | 23:51

I still don't quite get how that pinscreen thing works, but the effect is brilliant... Mindscape is so freaking gorgeous.

posted by BoringPostcards 15 July | 23:57

It's like one of these, but with 240,000 pins instead of a few hundred.

posted by Zack_Replica 16 July | 00:02

I love Canada and all its various Boards. Thanks!

posted by Eideteker 16 July | 03:42

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