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Wendy Tilby

Born January 1, 1960 · Edmonton, Canada (age 66)

Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis are a Canadian animation duo. On January 24, 2012, they received their second Oscar nomination, for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short film, Wild Life (2011). With their latest film, The Flying Sailor, they received several nominations and awards, including for the Best Canadian Film at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, and on January 24…

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The Flying SailorThe Flying Sailor · 2022
The Flying Sailor
★ 5.92022
MovieAnimationComedy
The Flying Sailor is based on the Halifax Explosion of 1917 when two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour causing the largest accidental explosion in history. Among the tragic stories of the disaster is the remarkable account of a sailor who, blown skyward from the deck of a British cargo steamer, flew over 2 km before landing completely unharmed, but naked except for his boots.
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the MediaManufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media · 1992
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
★ 7.61992
MovieDocumentary
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: AnimationThe Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation · 2012
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation
★ 4.22012
MovieAnimation
ShortsHD is once again bringing the wildly popular Oscar nominated short film program (Live Action, Animation, and Documentary) to theaters in the US, Canada, and Europe beginning February 10th. The theatrical release of the Academy Award nominated short films has met with enthusiastic audiences ever since its launch 6 years ago, giving people around the world an opportunity to see the nominated films prior to the Academy Awards ceremony on February 26th.
Wild LifeWild Life · 2011
Wild Life
★ 5.92011
MovieAnimationWestern
This Oscar-nominated animated short tells the story of a dapper young remittance man who is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching in 1909.
StringsStrings · 1991
Strings
★ 5.61991
MovieAnimationDrama
This film explores the distant relationship between an elderly amateur musician, the woman who lives in the apartment above him, and the leaky bathtub that is bothering them both.
Animation MixtapeAnimation Mixtape · 2025
Animation Mixtape
2025
MovieAnimation
A collection of extraordinary animated short films from around the world, curated by Don Hertzfeldt. Released exclusively to movie theaters to support independent animators, the program includes “Martyr’s Guidebook”, “Zoon”, “The Hill Farm”, “I Am Alone and My Head is On Fire”, “Wednesday with Goddard”, “Jesus 2”, “The Big Snit”, “Untitled Line Drawings” (never-before-seen work by Bruce Bickford), and more.
When the Day BreaksWhen the Day Breaks · 1999
When the Day Breaks
★ 6.71999
MovieAnimation
A rooster has his last biscuit for breakfast and goes grocery shopping. A pig prepares her breakfast (potato peelings, with the potatoes thrown in the trash) and discovers she needs more milk. Their paths cross, a lemon falls into the sewer, and both lives are changed.
Tables of ContentTables of Content · 1986
Tables of Content
★ 8.51986
MovieAnimation
Wendy Tilby's Tables of Content was her graduation film from the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver in 1986. The movie transports one into another era, an earlier age of gentility and reticence, set in a rather stuffy restaurant during the day.

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