Award-Winning Short Films: A 40-Year Retrospective

City of Gold (Wolf Koenig and Colin Low, 21 mins), a nostalgic recollection of the period of the gold rush to the Yukon at the turn of the century. Neighbors (Norman McLaren, 8 mins), employing the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. Universe (Roman Kroitor and Colin Low, 26 mins), a triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to the space traveller. Special Delivery (John Weldon and Eunice Macaulay, 7 mins), about Ralph, his wife Alice, and the snow on their front walk. Pas de Deux (Norman McLaren, 13 mins), ballet choreography with cinema effects that one would expect from this master of improvisation in music and illustration. Paul Tomkowicz: Street-railway Switchman (Roman Kroitor, 9 mins), Polish-born Canadian talks about his work and life. The Sweater (Sheldon Cohen, 10 mins), an animated version of a short story by Quebec author Roch Carrier, set in the rural Quebec of his boyhood.

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