ANIMATION NIGHT IN CANADA VOLUME 1 BLU-RAY

14 Oscar®-nominated shorts from the National Film Board of CanadaLong celebrated for its groundbreaking achievements in animation, the National Film Board of Canada has earned international acclaim and dozens of Oscar® nominations for its animated shorts. During a particularly fertile period between 1965 and 1985, the NFB played an instrumental role in the medium’s rapid evolution, breaking new ground with a wildly varied and inventive run of films that are alternately abstract, eerie, entertaining, poetic, poignant, and psychedelic. An eye-opening overview of this seminal period in animated film history, Animation Night in Canada, Vol. 1 features 14 Oscar®-nominated classics with style and personality to spare.Carlos Marchiori’s The Drag (1965, 9 min.)Les Drew and Kaj Pindal’s What on Earth! (1966, 10 min.)Ron Tunis’ The House That Jack Built (1967, 8 min.)Norman McLaren’s Pas de deux (1968, 13 min.)Ryan Larkin’s Walking (1968, 5 min.)Michael Mills’ Evolution (1971, 10 min.)Yvon Malle