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The film is an abstract allegory, showing two penguins with different ideas abot sea creatures that are their food or their shadows, depending on the perspective. Basically, sense-twisting animation.

Despite being a humble girl, Maylin teaches a valuable lesson through her cooking to her family and the governor of South China.

In this charming animated story, young May wants a dog more than anything else in the world. May thinks about dogs all the time. She talks about them, reads about them and covers the walls of her bedroom with dog pictures. But every time she asks her parents for a puppy, they tell her to wait till she's older. All her clever ploys meet with a resounding "NO." May remembers her father's words when she was little and learning to roller skate: "If at first you don't succeed, try again." So she follows his advice in fact, she comes up with an ingenious idea to persuade Mom and Dad to change their minds. This fun-filled, offbeat story about a girl's hopes and dreams will enchant young viewers and their parents.

Based on the popular song this 3-D film explodes and celebrates the clichés and myths of human passion.

An elderly man tells his granddaughter his personal story of the Second World War. His life as a child and all the strange characters he populates it with takes the little girl to a bizarre world she doesn't understand.

A Canadian children's series about the adventures of Toopy the mouse and his friend Binoo the cat.

In 16th-century Scotland, Young Sawney Beane yearns to itch and scratch and buccaneer. So he bids farewell to his parents and their life of honest toil. Forty years on, Mr. Beane croaks his dying wish to Betty, his wife. "Go and find out long lost son." And so Betty strikes off on her quest across the land, with the family savings in a hankie and a secret suspicion in her heart. The True Story of Sawney Beane reveals what happened to the infamous Scottish cannibal. Not only was he the vilest felon in the kingdom of King James VI, he was also a son, beloved of Betty.

A girl whose heart beats faster than normal and so loudly that it bothers the neighbors seeks both acceptance and escape.

A three headed robot has just awaken to start its day. Everything in the robot's life is in three, one for each of the heads. And each of those three is the same as each head has the same mentality. Things start to go awry when it goes to the milliner's shop looking to get three hats to protect their heads from the snow. Two heads agree while the third doesn't. While this non-sympatico nature causes a problem internally with the robot, the problem becomes less so after it meets another robot with a similar problem.

Based on the ideas of Native American storyteller, Willy Whitefeather, 'Hope' illustrates the cause and effect of modern life out of balance. 'Hope' combines animation inspired by Pueblo, Sioux and Hopi art, with archival and original HD footage to bring the viewer on a powerful journey through human existence and toward a positive future.

Through a simple act of child's play, a young boy confronts both his parent's overwhelming protection and his own very real fears. Slide is an animated short film whose narrative centers around the metaphor of being handicapped. Even loving parents hand us crutches; what we do with them is up to us.

In a world of odd people and surreal habits, the Queen weeps and wails: her daughter Betty won't wake up. With the court looking on, the King swings into action, jiggling the bed with the help of a knight, calling on a doctor and then a witch, and also phoning for a prince. As the prince, on his steed, makes his way to Betty's bedside - a trip replete with adventures - we watch others try to wake the young woman. On-lookers include a jester, Henry VIII, Queen Victoria, and a multi-eyed gargoyle. Will the prince make everything right? Where are we?

A young girl finds a seashell and believes that it can make wishes come true, so she puts her faith in it and plans to bring her grandmother from Bulgaria to Montreal.

An inventive young boy tries to maintain the connection with his rebellious grandfather even beyond death.

Who hasn't felt apprehensive at the thought of starting high school? That is the central theme in this short animated film.

Inside the Great Magazines takes us into the editor's suite, to the photo shoots and on location with the greatest magazines in the world. From the established players like Time, Paris Match, and Rolling Stone, to upstarts that are defining the cutting-edge like Colors and Vice, the inner workings of magazines is captured and revealed. From their European origins to their current popularity, the series explores the powerful influence magazines have on our social, political and cultural identities. Along the way, we encounter a world of media barons, savvy editors, world-traveled writers, and edgy designers.

Follows four at-risk young people through a video-making workshop.

A elderly man is taken to the hospital after suffering a heart attack.

A woman is profiled by an airport detection device. Found to be a threat, she has only seconds in which to come up with a strategy to reverse the machine's decision. This disquieting socio-political allegory is centered around the technology adopted by 21st century Western culture desperate to control and to contain. A film for the thoughtful mind.