FILM GUIDE
Animated SHORT
The Tin Woods
10:40 minutes | 2023
While exploring an abandoned cabin, the Tin Woodman finds...his original head? Based on the original Oz books by L. Frank Baum, this short stop-motion film explores the origins of the Tin Woodman and how he came to be made of tin.
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​Director: Nick Boxwell
Producer: Mattzila Duron
Key Cast: Justin Bowen
Score: Jonathan Hull
Animated SHORT
Horse Girl
4 minutes | 2023
A young girl with a vivid imagination and an affinity for horses discovers an opportunity to escape the mundanity of her life.
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Director: Amber Greenwood
​Writer: Amber Greenwood
​Score: Connor Marsh
Animated SHORT
Neon Blue
15:04 minutes | 2025
After a devastating loss, a grieving boy forms an unlikely bond with a reprogrammed robot in a world on the verge of war. As they journey through a crumbling neon-lit wasteland, the pair forge their own version of family and discover that humanity can sometimes be found in unexpected places.
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Director: Neil Taylor
Writer: Neil Taylor
Jared McClain
Producer: Neil Taylor
Producer: Sara Spink
Key Cast: Alex Fox
Key Cast: Jared McClain
Key Cast: Matt Zak
Key Cast: Bryan Oliver
Key Cast: Shane Antisdel
Composer: Shane Antisdel
Animated SHORT
The Intention Invention
4:33 minutes | 2025
An idealistic inventor develops a technology capable of detecting the true intentions of anyone it targets.
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Director: R.J. Sullivan
Writer: R.J. Sullivan
Producer: R.J. Sullivan
Key Cast: Coulter Rail
Key Cast: Portia Boorhoff
Key Cast: Paul Baichoo
Key Cast: Anna Simpson
Key Cast: Alfred Smith
Key Cast: Will Blackmore
Composer: R.J. Sullivan
Animated SHORT
Məca
8:18 minutes | 2021
Məca is a stop motion representation of the late Elder Ida Smith telling her grandson the 'Nakwax'daxw legend of the Mink. In this film Ida tells the story in the Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala language. Mink, or "Məca", is an impatient son of the Sun who is trying to force himself into being someone other than he is, so that he can impress love interests. Throughout his journey Məca will learn what it means to have humility, patience, and to be better at self acceptance.
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Director: Ritchie Hemphill
Director: Ryan Haché
Key Cast: Ida Smith
Animated SHORT
Lord Godfrey - Shogun
3:05 minutes | 2023
Music video for the track 'Shogun' by Lord Godfrey - an 80s fever dream.
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Director: Nathaniel Akin
Music: Ian Vincent Godfrey
Animated SHORT
Grizzly Business
3:46 minutes | 2023
A grizzly bear escapes from the city zoo. A man works late on his wedding anniversary.
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Director: Kyle Nelson
Music and Sound: Pressley Myer
Animated SHORT
Tiny
16:21 minutes | 2023
Tiny is a contemplative stop motion film which tells the story of ‘Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill’s childhood. The film portrays modern day Colleen as she reflects on her past, and re-enacts the stories she tells of her youth, as a young girl growing up on a float-house in the wild and unpredictable Pacific Northwest and its waters. As she retells her story, Colleen notices how different her way of life was when she was young, and how much more harmonious her community was with nature. The film aims to celebrate the life and identity of Colleen by sharing the gift of her presence and stories with audiences.
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Director: Ritchie Hemphill
Director: Ryan Haché
Key Cast: Colleen Hemphill
Animated SHORT
Becoming Mermaids
4:27 minutes | 2024
Two friends ride their bikes to the ocean and undergo an epic transformation in this simple animated music video.
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Director: Adam Patrick Sweeney
Writer: Kjirsten Tornfelt
Producer: Kjirsten Tornfelt
Producer: Adam Patrick Sweeney
Key Cast: Kjirsten Tornfelt
Animated SHORT
Foil Guy vs ANVIL
57 Seconds | 2025
Foil Guy is alive! What happens when the all-time greatest stop motion aluminum foil guy comes up against an unstoppable force... and who will prevail!?
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Director: Malcolm Lamont
Animated SHORT
Les Bêtes
11:38 minutes | 2024
A mysterious rabbit with a set of magic keys summons a host of strange creatures to entertain a wicked king and his decadent court in this dark stop-motion animated fantasy inspired by the works of Ladislas Starevich.
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About the production: A four-year labor of love begun in 2020 as a "pandemic lockdown project" and completed in 2024, "Les Bêtes" was conceived to be a zero-budget, entirely recycled film in the style of a 1930's Ladislas Starevich animation. Even the stop-motion characters, all of which were originally constructed for other projects that never materialized, were repurposed after rotting away in storage for almost two decades.
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Director: Michael Granberry
Producer: Michael Granberry