Norman McLaren Movies

"Là-haut sur ces montagnes" sung by Madeleine Lachance is illustrated with drawings and in "C'est l'aviron" a boat sails to the rhythm of the...

1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

A compilation of seven shorts made for the National Film Board of Canada. Features the NFBC shorts, "Nahanni," "Le Merle," "A Chairy Tale," "The Cars...

An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

A compilation of various tests, techniques and experiments compiled from the 1940s - 1950s. Silent film.

An abstract animation by Norman McLaren, who was born in Scotland in 1914. His interest in filmmaking began early in life after he became acquainted...

This cinematic travelogue consists of three parts. In the first part, texts and small maps are our guides through Madrid in 1936. We see pictures of...

This short animation of linear symbols made from paper cutouts was created as a Canadian tourism publicity clip. Projected in New York's Times...

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

A documentary showing Norman McLaren working on the hand-drawn sound process he uses for his short film, Loops.

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Norman McLaren's documentary-style account of how a letter from home reaches a sailor on duty in foreign waters.

An animated victory bond message with the advice, "Don't cash in your bonds."

This documentary short illustrates the thematic role of war in the works of filmmaker Norman McLaren, from his traumatic experiences in the Spanish...

Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells,"...

An experimental short film of images and music made by Norman McLaren.

Done during war years. Silent film.