Name: Best of NFB Animation
Released: 2012-12-10T08:00:00.000Z

This entertaining compilation of animated shorts from the National Film Board of Canada, a world leader in auteur animation, features multi-award winning films such as Sleeping Betty, Strange Invaders and The Big Snit.

Animation · 2012 · 11 min

EPISODE 2

The Spine

Oscar® winner Chris Landreth returns with a poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction after 26 years of marriage. The Spine continues Landreth's pursuit of a twisted, beautiful and highly original visual aesthetic, using digital imagery to create characters whose physical appearances are metaphors for their unique souls.

11 min · Dec 10, 2012
EPISODE 4

Big Drive

From Anita Lebeau, director of the award-winning film Louise, comes Big Drive—the story of a family road trip across the Canadian prairies set in the 1970s. An exuberant exploration of childhood imagination, Big Drive invites audiences of all ages to see the world as it appears "from the back seat."

9 min · Dec 10, 2012
EPISODE 5

Rose and Violet

The animated short film Rose & Violet tells the story of two Conjoined twin sisters who are recruited as star acrobats in the world’s biggest circus. They seem bound for glory, but when a new strongman joins the troupe, a conflict turns tragic…

26 min · Dec 10, 2012
EPISODE 7

Strange Invaders

In this animated short, a childless couple is surprised one night by a visitor, an odd-looking child! Is it a gift from heaven...or, from much farther away? The strange little thing takes over and wreaks havoc on the household. Doomed parents will appreciate the terror of the couple's plight.

8 min · Dec 10, 2012

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