Caroline Leaf

Suite for Freedom

Aleksandra Korejwo, Luc Perez

A trio of short films commissioned to be shown to visitors entering the National Freedom Center in Cincinnati Ohio. Freedom and Unfreedom by Aleksandra Korejwo uses sand animation. Slavery by Caroline Leaf shows the hardship of the life of a house slave in the American South before the Civil War, telling the events in one day in her life. The Underground Railroad by Luc Perez is the final film in the trilogy.

The Fox and the Tiger: A Chinese Parable

Caroline Leaf

In this parable, a hungry fox hunts for his dinner one night in the jungle. Nearby is a tiger who is also pondering his next meal. The tiger catches the fox, but the cunning fox manages to outwit the proud tiger. This striking film uses cutouts and actors in masks to tell its tale. It will stimulate discussion on leadership qualities, such as brain versus brawn, on values and on conflict resolution.

The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa

Caroline Leaf

An animation made of beach sand on a piece of glass - directed by Caroline Leaf. Based on Kafka's The Metamorphosis.

The Street

Caroline Leaf

Mort Ransen, Sarah Dwight

This film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he was promised as soon as she kicks the bucket.

Interview

Veronika Soul, Caroline Leaf

Caroline Leaf, Veronika Soul

A freewheeling cinematic experience, this film is the work of two filmmakers who relate their perceptions of each other through their respective animation techniques. Images and words are paired in startling associations. Each does a visual portrait of the other, based on characteristic gestures and impressions. A combination of techniques and materials produces a film of rich visual texture shaped by the hands and heads of two very different people.

Sand or Peter and the Wolf

Caroline Leaf

Sand or Peter and the Wolf is a loose interpretation of the fable Peter and the Wolf, in which a boy's fear of the dark, the woods, and the wolf, is confronted and resolved. The film shows the extraordinary graphic possibilities of one of nature's most ordinary substances, sand.

The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend

Caroline Leaf

An owl marries a goose. They have off-spring, but somehow their habits of life are not compatible.

Kate and Anna McGarrigle

Caroline Leaf

Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle

A short documentary about singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle made by animator Caroline Leaf.

Entre deux soeurs

Caroline Leaf

Kathleen Fee, Jane Woods

Viola writes novels in a darkened room. Marie, her sister and only companion, takes care of her every need. Together, they are an island unto themselves, quiet and complete in their isolation. And then the abrupt arrival of a stranger throws their tenuous order into chaos. An animated short etched directly onto tinted 70 mm film.

I Met a Man

Caroline Leaf

I Met a Man is a piece of whimsy inspired by the ever present whistling wind on the Irish coast of County Cork where the filmmaker was living when she made the film. The film is scratched in 35mm film stock with color added in video postproduction.

The Magical Eye

Terence Macartney-Filgate

William Whitehead, Louis Applebaum

Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film critics and historians on the role and influence of the NFB during its first half century of existence.