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  • 3m30s

    2020

    Canada

    seeing her

    Lindsay McIntyre

    Using stop motion animation on hand-processed celluloid, this silent exploration of an inherited heirloom crafts a portrait that invites tactile intimacy over display.

  • 6m

    2019

    USA

    Foreign Exchange

    Corrie Francis Parks

    Collaging grains of sand and banknotes from over 50 countries, this film transforms national histories into fluid landscapes where political and cultural boundaries begin to dissolve.

  • 12m 0s

    2010

    India

    Tanko Bole Chhe (The Stitches Speak)

    Nina Sabnani

    Through textile and digital appliqué, this animated documentary maps the stories of Kutch embroidery artisans finding their footing across histories of displacement and disaster.

  • 13m 18s

    2011

    Japan

    Writings Fly Away

    Ryo Orikasa

    This animated translation of an Oscar Wilde story uses charcoal drawing and erasure to explore the graphic qualities of written and spoken language.

  • 5m 30s

    2018

    USA

    Mom’s Clothes

    Jordan Wong

    This replacement animation of a personal fabric archive reflects on the proverbial queer closet.

  • 5m 42s

    1977

    Canada

    Bead Game

    Ishu Patel

    In this under-the-camera animation, vibrant seed beads become atomic building blocks in a visual commentary on evolution and destruction.

  • 6m 14s

    1999

    Canada

    Le Chapeau (The Hat)

    Michéle Cournoyer

    Seamlessly morphing ink figures connect past and present in an exotic dancer’s traumatic flashbacks.

  • 11m 0s

    2008

    India
    UK

    Flood of Memories

    Anitha Balachandran

    Flood of Memories recounts the devastating floods in the desert region of Barmer district in Rajasthan during the 2006 monsoons.

  • 2m 50s

    2012

    USA

    Persian Pickles

    Jodie Mack

    Persian Pickles utilises a rapid replacement animation method to create a strobing effect with different samples of paisley-patterned fabric.

  • 6m 20s

    2018

    China

    A Fly in a Restaurant

    Xi Chen

    Xi Chen’s A Fly in a Restaurant (2018) evokes the influential history of Chinese ink wash painting.

  • 9m 10s

    2022

    France

    Shadow of the Butterflies

    Sofia El Khiyari

    Painted ink washes converge and intermingle on the film’s surface, but the water evaporates to leave uneven pigment deposits.

  • 4m 30s

    1999

    Canada

    Sea Song

    Richard Reeves

    Sea Song embraces celluloid film as its canvas, continuing a long tradition of direct animation using India inks.