Children's films
Action • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 1)
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to action.
Animals • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 1)
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to animals.
Bach's Pig
The immortal nature of Johann Sebastian Bach's music makes it difficult to imagine him ever giving his attention to anything other than his splendid music. The wonderful cut-out animation in Bach's Pig gives us a glimpse into one of the more earthly moments in the great composer's life.
Being Healthy • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 3)
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to being healthy.
Canoeing in the City • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 3)
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to canoeing.
Chika's Bird
Chika, a shy Japanese-Canadian girl, has trouble fitting in at home and at school, but she learns to fend for herself when her beloved grandfather is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
Clothing • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 2)
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to clothing.
Colours • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 2)
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to colours.
Coyotes in the City • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 3)
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to coyotes.
Dan
Digitally hand-drawn animation in TV Paint portrays the journey of Dan, from his existence as an egg with plans to hatch into a beautiful rooster like all the other eggs only to find out that he was never born to be a rooster.
Dancing with Northern Lights
Traditional dances of Canada's First Nations people and the wondrous spectacle of northern lights are the inspiration for this coloured sand stop- motion animation by one of Canada's most gifted animators.
Family • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 1)
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to family.
Feast • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 2)
Nehiyawetan means "Let's speak Cree". This dynamic six part series combines live action and animation in an innovative approach to making the Cree language accessible to young children. It follows a group of Aboriginal children as they learn to speak Cree in the city. The approach taken reinforces learning through play, music, adventure and storytelling. Nehiyawetan: Let’s Speak Cree promotes language retention, offers a Cree perspective of the world and encourages smart choices about living in the city.Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to the feast.
The Four Seasons
This simple, delightful animation for small children is an excellent discussion starter on how the seasons affect our lives.
Fun • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 1)
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to fun.
Greetings • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 1)
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to greetings.
In the Garden • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 2)
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to the garden.
Le jour et la nuit
This classic animation follows an elfin flute player as he awakens the forest creatures with his music.
JumpTrumpRumpBump
An over-achieving six-year-old girl named Mooney has a secret life at night-but she needs to eat her dinner first.
Just Smile and Nod
In this short drama, the communication gap between 10-year-old Matt and his elderly Chinese grandfather is anything but typical.
Labelled
The power and damage wrought by labelling children is front and centre in this short animation with puppets.
Last Ones Standing
Set in Goldrush Days in Barkerville, this silent-movie-style short fiction film retells the story of children who spot a fire and raise an alarm to those who stop it from spreading. Silent with sub-titles.
The Little Forest/La petite forêt
In The Little Forest, Mr. and Mrs. Beetle put aside their work to enjoy a little weekend entertainment.
A Little Life
Hatch, eat, fly, die...this enchanting short film shows the complete life cycle of the green bottle fly (phaenicia sericata) in minute detail.
