Hothouse 5
About Hothouse 5
This fifth edition of Hothouse brings together 6 promising new talents from across Canada to spend three intensive months working on their first professional film within the filmmaking community at the NFB.
The films range from the poetic to the absurd, using hand-made puppets, pen-drawings, collage, photography and innovative blends of mixed techniques to create six 1-minute films.
Hothouse is about re-imagining ways of making animation, ways that are faster, more flexible, and which embrace the many possibilities in the animation process while maintaining creative and technical excellence. Each year, The National Film Board of Canada seeks submissions from emerging filmmakers (young and not-so-young), and artists intrigued by animation art. Six are chosen as winners.
Cartoons
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Batmilk
Amidst a magical journey, an oafish ghoul and his soft exposed brain are met with ruin when the brain is unexpectedly killed. Though paralyzed, the ghoul attains a fresh brain and is fed wi…
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Family Album Number One
Through a collage of family photographs, photocopies and personal audio recordings, Verburg creates a layered and obstructed narrative exploring memory and family history. The film explores…
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Git Gob
"What is this hole?", two creatures wonder. They have different points of view. Their debate leads to an idea, an idea that changes the world. This is a story of practical magic.
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Orange
What if buildings pulsed, trees tapped out beats, or shadows could whistle us a tune? Through the creative interpretation and animation of the city's natural rhythms, Orange orchestrates a…
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Pearl
A lonely old lady sits in an empty room, knitting. As her thoughts wander, her dreams take the shape of fanciful knitted creatures and objects that cocoon her in a pattern of wonder and com…
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Wiggles And Giggles
A playful group are dancing when they become aware of being watched by a huge, menacing head. When the head interrupts their good time, they take action in an unexpected way, forcing the gi…
