Imprints

Ex-Child

The story of a young boy and his father, both of whom are enlisted to fight in the war. The boy's pride soon turns to fear as the bullets whistle over

1994

The Painting

Utilising the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen technique, this visually poetic non-narrative film revisits Diego Vélasquez’s 1652 portrait of Queen Mariana

2025

Winter Days

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bash

2003

The Night Boots

The forest can be full of scary creatures, Eliot’s parents caution, but the mystery might be too tempting for a kid who doesn’t want to go to bed.

2024

Here and the Great Elsewhere

This abstract yet compelling philosophical tale uses the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen as a metaphor for the particles that make up the universe. Through

2012

Mindscape

In this short, an artist creates a painting of the landscape he sees, then finds he can literally climb into the picture to see the fantastic world in

1976

A Hunting Lesson

This short animated film follows Antoine, a young boy fascinated by his mysterious neighbour, a man rumoured to have once been a big game hunter. Anto

2001

Nightangel

When a man becomes blind, his life is all turned around. He can only use his touch to get around in his house. The objects become enemies. But an ange

1986

REST

When immersed in the contours swelling and waning in the forest of needles, the mundane world drifts away, and we only live to breathe.

2025

Jacques Drouin: In Relief

This documentary is a portrait of the animator of Le Paysagiste, from his childhood in Eastern Quebec to his career at the NFB. Trained at the École d

2009

Trois exercices sur l'écran d'épingles d'Alexeieff

Animated short film made in three parts on the pin screen by Alexeieff-Parker. With these three exercises, director Jacques Drouin experiments with th

1974

Silat Legenda

This fictional film tells the story of the adventures of five young people who finally discover the weapon of wisdom. Set against the backdrop of a fu

1998

A Tale of Lost Time

Three evil wizards from a gloomy enchanted forest littered with broken toys and school supplies enter the city through a secret door in the fence to f

1978

Neznaika at School

The sassy shorty thinks studying is a waste of time.

1961

Today We Start Our Love

Hibino Tsubaki is a shy, kind, and slightly old-fashioned girl who has always been the top student in her class. She always did everything her parents

2010

Saving Soldier Cashman

An adaptation by V-Jump Festa of a one shot manga by Akira Toriyama.

1997

RG Veda

At the dawn of time, the gods ruled the universe under the leadership of the mighty Tentei. But suddenly, the ferocious general, Taishakuten, appears,

1992

Order from Chaos

The idea for this part of the story started on a day when there was really heavy rain hitting the roof window at my old flat. I got out my binaural mi

2016