Derek Lamb Movies

A collection of one-minute cartoons produced by the National Film Board of Canada animators for government sponsors. Showcasing a playful selection...

A short documentary about singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle made by animator Caroline Leaf.

This vignette illustrates the variety of professions, people and technical procedures required by the filmmaking process.

A freewheeling cinematic experience, this film is the work of two filmmakers who relate their perceptions of each other through their respective...

The inhabitants of a village learn to overcome their fears of the unknown.

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

Canuck anti-drugs propaganda film about how glue huffing and pill popping and weed smoking leads to child prostitution. Or something. The backstory...

Historical events are related through the medium of simulated news broadcasting in 1878.

An examination of the Viking explorers who were the first Europeans to discover Canada.

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

This film describes the journey of nomadic Asian people to North America via a land bridge.

A story about two symbolic characters who sway to the song Alouette.

An animation submitted to the Academy for Oscar consideration.

This film is about the emotions that can lead one to take that jump into space necessary for hang gliding with a Delta Plane.

A selection of publicity clips mounted together in one film to show the techniques of NFB animators. As in Hors-d'oeuvre, these "quickie" films were...

An animated fable for children showing that things can be malignant or benign depending on how they are used--with good or evil intent.

This animated short is the visual enactment of the year-long obstacle course run by a teacher trainee. Rich in humor and anecdote, it is a comedy of...