Programme

New York Lightboard

Norman McLaren // Kanada // 1961 // 09:00 min

Animation

Norman McLaren's ad for Canada tourism brings dancing, dynamic typography to Times Square.

Opening Speech: McLaren

Norman McLaren // Kanada // 1961 // 07:00 min

Animation

Canada's master of animation literally falls prey to his own playful film tricks.

Begone Dull Care

Evelyn Lambart, Norman McLaren // Kanada // 1949 // 08:00 min

Animation

A film revealing the core of McLaren's genius. Co-created with Evelyn Lambert, this film's abstract images are drawn direct to film and set to the music of Oscar Peterson.

Neighbours

Norman McLaren // Kanada // 1952 // 08:00 min

Short Fiction

In this Oscar-winning short, animation techniques normally used to set drawings or puppets in motion are applied to live actors.

Blinkity Blank

Norman McLaren // Kanada // 1955 // 05:25 min

Animation, Experimental

This experimental animation created by scratching film material presents images that interact with intermittent sound and work upon the phenomenon of after-image in the human retina.

Mosaic

Evelyn Lambart, Norman McLaren // Kanada // 1965 // 05:40 min

Animation, Experimental

A small, moving square undergoing constant division eventually creates a series of continually transforming mosaics.

Pas de deux

Norman McLaren // Kanada // 1968 // 13:30 min

In this Oscar-nominated short, McLaren examines choreography of ballet. Including revolutionary special effects!

Synchromy

Norman McLaren // Kanada // 1971 // 07:30 min

Animation, Experimental

We hear what we see. This thought is the core principle of the vibrant exploration of color and motion in this film.

Pen Point Percussion

Norman McLaren // Kanada // 1951 // 06:00 min

Documentary, Animation

Exactly how can we draw sound? Or hear painting? A short introduction with Normal McLaren.

1000 Plateaus

Steven Woloshen // Kanada // 2014 // 03:30 min

Experimental

Made entirely in the front seat of a car with simple art tools, this short hand-made film celebrates the joy of road maps, travel and jazz music.

Tower Bawher

Theodore Ushev // Kanada // 2006 // 03:45 min

Animation

Here Russian constructivist art is set in motion. A short film with reference to Vertov, Rodchenko and Co.

MTL rush

Mathieu Guimond // Kanada // 2014 // 02:30 min

Experimental, Animation

An explosion of color and motion scratched and painted onto 35 mm film to the beats of experimental jazz.

Coda - Le final du Sacre du pritemps

Coda - The final Rite of Spring

Denis Poulin, Martine Époque // Kanada // 2014 // 11:00 min

Animation, Experimental

The exploration of dance in film enjoys long tradition. Here a new study with a computer-generated touch.