The Tenant's Racket

Canada Vignettes: The Egg

January 1979 •English

An egg desperately tries to prevent being hatched. In this animated short from the Canada Vignette series, learn how societies in evolution are often in danger of self-destruction.

Mi

October 2022 •English

In this surreal odyssey, a young boy walks through a series of doors opening up visions of the past and future. “Mi,” made by Masayoshi Nakamura and Zak Engel, is beautifully animated, vibrating with color, shape and possibility. Emerging from abstract geometric landscapes, we lock in on a boy with his father embracing in the middle of a rainy forest. Soon they are descending to the bottom of a lake to discover a hidden city. There, the boy enters a door and finds himself walking through his father’s memories, or maybe it’s his own future, or somehow both.

Shades

August 2022 •English

The future's so bright, you gotta wear shades! A widow has a jarring experience with augmented reality in this mixed-media film about AR vs. IRL relationships.

Untitled

October 2020 •English

Untitled is a collage film that combines the image and sound of Takashi Makino, the music of Lawrence English and the automatic writing text of Esperanza Collado, produced between March and June 2020, when the first attack of the coronavirus shook the world.

Swatted

February 2019 •English

Some game trolls in the United States make a sport of getting other players “swatted” live during the game: they find out someone’s name and address, fake his caller ID, and make a bogus 911 call. The next thing you know, a SWAT team armed to the teeth is bursting into his house and giving him the fright of his life. This is all streamed live on camera, of course, so everyone can be in on the joke. Swatted is a cinematic exploration of this phenomenon based on 911 calls by offenders, YouTube videos of games and raids, and first-hand accounts of what it’s like to be swatted.

Flying Daddy

January 1997 •Japanese

One morning, Papa transforms into a giant insect in the futon, emerges instantly in front of the astonished family, breaks through the window and flies into the sky. Short animation by Keita Kurosaka for MTV Japan.

Birth of a doodle

February 2024 •French

Heart of Gold

August 2020 •French

For her son, a poor young mother is forced to sell her organs to a sick old woman. Flesh, for gold. Little by little, necessity gives way to the lure of gain. By selling her body, it is her whole identity that she alienates.

Canada Vignettes: Dance

January 1979 •English

The metamorphosis of a map of Canada into human forms who share the natural resources to the rhythm of a dance.

Rocky and Bullwinkle

October 2014 •English

After receiving the key to the city for their heroic efforts, Rocket J. Squirrel notices that Bullwinkle falls in love with a robotic moose. Unbeknownst to him, inside the moose is Boris Badinov, who, along with Natasha Fatale and Fearless Leader, are carrying out another plan to eliminate Rocky & Bullwinkle.

Party Central

February 2014 •English

Mike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one’s showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley have come up with a plan to make sure “Party Central” is the most epic party the school has ever seen.

Little Dark Poet

June 1999 •English

A poet, inverting the cliche of the starved artist in the garret, and immediately begins to compose. He has nobly romantic intentions, and begins composing a love poem, which is visualized in the style of silent cinema. Unfortunately, the poet’s darker urges keep intruding. A short film directed by Mike Booth and produced by the Bolebrothers in Bristol UK. Explores the idea of colourisation.

Without Mercy

May 2019 •German

The animated documentary - a mix of live-action footage and animation - tells of the brutal everyday life in the orphanages of the 60s / 70s. Often led by Christian orders, more than one million children were physically and physically abused here. The anonymous protagonist tells of her childhood and her very personal struggle against the nuns' arbitrariness and their ruthless authority.

Legacy

March 2009 •English

Story of an alien arriving on planet Earth, in search of a human specimen.

This Dark Thought

August 2019 •English

While babysitting her newborn sister, a young astronomer struggles with a dark thought after encountering something eerie in the night sky.

Tales of the Black Freighter

March 2009 •English

A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost.

Un rêve au coin du feu

December 1894 •French

It is a short film made by Emile Reynaud

The Hunting Season

August 1935 •English

There is peace in the forest and among all of the animals there, including a pair of ducks who befriend Molly Moo-Cow. A pair of hunters come on the scene, go hunting and hurt the ducks, so it's Molly to the rescue.

The Musician Monkey

May 1878 •

A pre-cinematograph colour animation of the monkey playing his violin. Series 2, number 9.

Dokidoki Gakuen Kessen!! Youki Daimashiro

September 1988 •Japanese

Four heroes set out to rescue girls taken by ayakashi.