The Kiss

In this animated short, a delusional young man spots the girl of his dreams in his favourite café and weaves a self-indulgent fantasy story of their imagined life together. Missed Connection examines our universal desire to connect in a world of beautiful strangers. This animated short was made for Hothouse 7, the NFB's program for emerging filmmakers, whose central theme was "Here Be Dragons".

The macabre tale of a child trying to overcome her fear of the swing. This animated short was made for Hothouse 7, the NFB's program for emerging filmmakers, whose central theme was "Here Be Dragons".

Aimée van Drimmelen's Black Gold employs hand-drawn animation layered over stop-motion sequences of moving ink on drumskins to create a striking, mournful portrait of the Alberta tar sands. Created in a cabin in Saskatchewan, this is Aimée's first animated film. This animated short was made for Hothouse 7, the NFB's program for emerging filmmakers, whose central theme was "Here Be Dragons".