Short of the Week

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    Dark Comedy Carl Laudan

    The Big Thing

    It's 1889 and the world is about to end thanks to an unlikely friendship between Lucifer and Archangel Michael.

  • News

    6th NFB Online Short Film Competition at Cannes

    Continuing what has become a beloved tradition, today kicked off the National Film Board of Canada's Online Short Film Contest. We let you know about it last year too, but if you're unfamiliar here's the deal: the NFB picks 10 short films, tosses them up on YouTube for a limited time and then declares a winner based upon how many "likes" the videos received.

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    Music Video Romain Gavras

    Born Free (M.I.A.)

    Uniformed troops are rounding up red-headed kids for genocidal purposes in this stark and controversial music video for celebrated recording artist M.I.A (warning: explicit).

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    Experimental Christian Schlaeffer

    The Return of John Frum

    A mind-bending trip through the unconscious loosely based on a polynesian prophecy.

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    Documentary Turner Ross & Bill Ross

    Dinosaur Curtains

    It's not just another day for this low-income family who prepare a party to celebrate their moment of fame on a popular game show.

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    Musical James Lee

    Tarboy

    An action-packed musical, flash animation about robots seeking revenge—prepare to be entertained.

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    Fantasy Guy Maddin

    Night Mayor

    A love story to Canada, Guy Maddin directs this film for the NFB about a Bosnian immigrant who uses the Aurora Borealis to broadcast images across the country.

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    Drama Ramin Bahrani

    Plastic Bag

    Werner Herzog gives voice to a plastic bag's existential crisis. A very unique and powerful filmmaking statement by celebrated director Ramin Bahrani.

  • SOTW

    Updating the Archive

    Going to embark on some overdue maintenance over the next week or two. Mainly we'll be updating broken links.

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