The best animated short films that any animation fan will love. From historical reimagining of famous Canadian events to boys who accidentally get turned into car wheels. There is something in this package for everyone.

Every day, a father and his son jump parachute from their cold, vertiginous house on a cliff to the village on the ground where they sell the ice they produce daily.

ICE MERCHANTS

A father and son duo parachute down to a small town daily to sell ice.

In the dark swamps of a nocturnal forest, a group of gleaming axolotls is in heat, nuzzling and nibbling one another’s limbs. Soon, a much larger two-legged forest-dweller encounters the lustful group and reaches down to gobble one of the small shimmering creatures. His plump friends begin to partake as well and a feast begins. While dawn is slowly breaking, a cheerful game begins higher up in the branches.

ZOON

A two-legged forest dweller and his friends snack on small, shimmering animals.

An antique instrument dealer receives a magical vinyl record from a traveller that reads your mind and plays your lost memories. Obsessed with this endless record, the antique dealer listens to it again and again until one last and most painful memory is revealed: how he got separated from his mother on the Swiss border during World War II.

THE RECORD

An antique dealer finds a magical vinyl record that can read your mind and play your lost memories.

The steak has been marinating for a few days and the pan has been preheated. Franc’s stomach is rumbling, but Liza must stay late when her co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will Liza make it home on time to eat a perfectly cooked steak?

STEAKHOUSE

Will Liza make it home on time to eat a perfectly cooked steak?

Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife, Maryline. Throughout his search, he sinks into a surreal and colourful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.Jerome wants to continue the relationship he had with his wife when he was alive, but in this paradise, Maryline no longer wants to be with him. She wants to experience something else.

GOODBYE JÉRÔME!

A young boy and his dog encounter an unmoving obstacle in the rice fields of Cambodia that will bring their love to light. An endearing love story between best friends.

RUN TOTTI RUN

A young Cambodian boy and his dog encounter an unmoving obstacle.

A father and his son are losing the folkrace. In order to win, the boy turns himself into a car tire.Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood, SIERRA pulls us into the surreal world of car racing.

SIERRA

In September 2012, Cristina Costantini and Alfie Koetter moved into a brownstone apartment on Union Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. It didn’t take long for them to fall in love with the neighbourhood and their landlord, Matty “Square” Ruggiero. 10 years later and now living across the country, Cristina and Alfie get back in touch with Matty to hear him and his childhood friends, the Union Street Boys, tell their story of what it was like to grow up in South Brooklyn where money was tight but friendships were tighter.

THE ORIGINALS

Childhood friends, the Union Street Boys, talk about growing up in South Brooklyn where money was tight but friendships were tighter.

Two ships collide in a harbour, an explosion shatters a city and a sailor is blasted skyward. With ears ringing, blood pulsing and guts heaving, he soars high above the mayhem and towards the great unknown.Academy Award®-winning, Alberta-based, filmmakers Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis have crafted a bold blend of comedy, suspense and philosophy that is an exhilarating contemplation of the wonder and fragility of existence.

THE FLYING SAILOR

Inspired by true events, a sailor takes a sudden and unexpected voyage.

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