Elbow Room

In this animated short, Mrs. Popcorn is shocked to discover a worm in her canned drink. When the beverage company refuses to accept the blame, she's outraged! An intrepid consumer, Mrs. Popcorn takes the company to court for negligence. Understanding the Law: The Worm is episode two in a series of short films designed to demystify everyday aspects of Canadian civil law. Wry humour and a whimsical style make this informative series lively and memorable.

In this animated short, filmmaker Diane Obomsawin shows how childhood can be a chaotic time, especially if you're bouncing back and forth between two continents. With engaging candour and gentle humour, Obomsawin fleshes out an uncertain identity and takes control of her life. Using drawings on paper and digitized snippets of fabric, she creates a whimsical world of simple lines and pastel tones.

Four women share funny and intimate tales of one-sided infatuation, mutual attraction, erotic moments, and fumbling attempts at sexual expression. For them, discovering that they’re attracted to other women comes hand-in-hand with a deeper understanding of their personal identity and a joyful new self-awareness.

In a Niagara Falls motel, an unremarkable couple attempts a romantic getaway. But as the days go by, the trip threatens to turn into a cold shower. I Don’t Love You Anymore is a humorous exploration of the red flags we choose to ignore to keep a relationship alive.

Diane Obomsawin directed the segment Transatlantic : "Here we are at the Port of Montreal, about to leave for France".

I often have the same dream where I am catapulted into the forest. I feel a kind of intoxication from the depths that attracts and terrifies me. I then think of this kind phrase from Rilke: “Our demons may be princesses waiting for us to be strong and courageous.”

When Academy Award®–winning animator and painter Joan Gratz asked eleven filmmakers if they would contribute to an omnibus film, she wasn’t sure what to expect—after prompting them to make a “one-minute memoir,” she let them figure out the rest. The One-Minute Memoir is the exuberant result: eleven stories ranging from the heartfelt to the absurd, all reflective of each director’s personal style.

Diane Obomsawin's whimsical animated short follows medicine man Walk-in-the-forest on a walk in the woods that leads to the discovery of an intriguing secret world.

Cinema archetypes are reinterpreted by a gang of waggish monsters.

An ogre loves sacred music. Inspired by a dream, this short animation is something of an urban fable. In the free-associative dream state, the words orgue (organ) and ogre (ogre) are fused both visually and aurally.

A brief encounter between a mechanical flower, an oil pump on Saturn, outdated picture books, and a bird.

A day in the life of a duck that may end up being eaten.

Made as part of the One Minute Mistake series.

A poetic and tender letter where humour and imagination unfold in the story of endearing, carefully drawn characters who are half-human, half-creature.

In one minute, the protagonist meets Marianne Faithfull and a moose child.

A slice of life among the creatures of the earth. The word microbe comes from the Greek “mikrobios”, which means “ whose life is short”.