Allyson Mitchell

Breakfast with Gus

Siobhan Devine

Allyson Mitchell, Jane Farrow

A cat's eye view of Gus' attempt to get attention, and, most importantly, breakfast, from his busy humans. Eventually Gus does what any self respecting cat would do and takes matters into his own paws.

Candy Kisses

Allyson Mitchell

Two girls going through a break-up try to avoid bitter drama and embrace the sweetness of why they liked each other in the first place. Through stop-motion animation their hearts burst and candy tears fill the screen to perform a sad crazy dance.

Precious Little Tiny Love

Allyson Mitchell

An ode by a socially conscious carnivore to creatures that get crunched.

If Anyone Should Happen to Get In My Way

Christina Zeidler, Allyson Mitchell

Christina Zeidler

This animation was shot from hi-con coloured Lomo photographs of a girl in various animal states, licking her wounds. A meditation on female anger.

My Very Own After School Special

Allyson Mitchell

Megan Rivers-Moore, Jennifer Brewer

It's been a long time coming.

Glitter

Christina Zeidler, Allyson Mitchell

As two twits dance their fears away at a roadside farmers market, via costumery and choreography, they bring lesbian glamour where it was not ever.

Pink Eyed Pet

Allyson Mitchell, Lex Vaughn

Sometimes topical treatments aren't enough to cure love's infections.

Cracker Barrel My Ass

Jane Farrow

Allyson Mitchell, Daniel Paquette

A mockumentary about a satirical campaign to combat homophobia.

Don't Bug Me

Allyson Mitchell

Messy lives. Messy relationship. Messy sock drawers. This short and sweet animation will show you how to tidy it all up in less than one minute.

Kill Road

Christina Zeidler

Ali Soles, Deirdre Logue

Enduring a dysfunctional family requires stamina, wit and sharp survival instincts, as demonstrated in this anguished ode to family peculiarity. A pixelated tale of a girl whose off-kilter parents become lost in a mission to nurse a raccoon - an unfortunate road-kill victim.

Chow Down

Allyson Mitchell

Allyson Mitchell

A chubby girl tries to find the perfect outfit for the big concert. Trouble is, nothing fits.

Making Ladies

Dilia Narduzzi, Lesley Loksi Chan

Allyson Mitchell, Dilia Narduzzi

A documentary about maximalist Toronto media artist and sculptor Allyson Mitchell as she preps her Ladies Sasquatch installation – a fake fur creature wonderland. The large-bodied sasquatch ladies are feminist exclamation marks and icons, celebrating their “different bodies,” as the artist explains in a winning voice-over that drives the movie. Thrift store accumulations and found handicrafts are repurposed, blurring ideas of craft and art, high and low. How to turn what is overlooked, discarded and without value, or even feared and despised, and put these bodies at the centre of a new conversation? Mitchell’s work provides a blueprint for how to love our monsters.

My Life in 5 Minutes

Allyson Mitchell

The autobiopic "My Life in 5 Minutes" tells a life story with a bittersweet song, animation and family snaps. Some photos hold painful or awkward members for the artist; through computer animation, she enlarges her own eyes to blink the pain away.

So Over the Rainbow

Jane Farrow

Allyson Mitchell, Roy Mitchell

While on a road trip, a lesbian and a gay man give voice to the love/hate relationship they have with the queer community.

Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species

Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan

Nadin Gilroy, Hannah Godfrey

Lesbian National Parks and Services' Endangered Species are a series of public service announcements, created by the indefatigable Lesbian Rangers, who serve the lesbian wilds from dawn to dusk and well beyond.

Unca Trans

Christina Zeidler, Allyson Mitchell

Adrien Whan

Set in an agrarian future, Unca Trans is a short animated Super 8 film in which the title character pontificates about gender theory and activism back in the 2000s.