National Film Board
Beginning today, six eclectic animated shorts from the 15th edition of the National Film Board of Canada's Hothouse program for emerging animators are available worldwide on NFB platforms.
Hothouse 15 features the work of talented emerging animation filmmakers from across Canada:
- Get a Grip, by Abbey Collings, a Georgetown, Ontario-born filmmaker based in Boylston, Nova Scotia;
- I Want to Go Home, by Mégan Dupont, a Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec-born filmmaker based in Quebec City;
- Intruder, by Max Ma, a Chengdu, China-born filmmaker from Mississauga;
- Panoptic, by Katie Finn, a London, Ontario-born filmmaker based in Montreal;
- Springrise, by Mitchell Keys, from London, Ontario;
- Super Mr. Woods, by Aerin Wu, a Vancouver-based filmmaker, born in Shanghai, China.
Animators had 12 weeks to create a one-minute film on the theme "People Watching."
The public can also go behind the scenes in the companion series Inside Hothouse, launching in September on NFB platforms, with exclusive access to the NFB's world-renowned animation studios.
Hothouse 15 lineup
From Boylston, Nova Scotia
Get a Grip by Abbey Collings
Stop-motion animation
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