Janet Perlman Movies

Cinderella has to stay home while her evil stepsisters go to the ball. You know the rest except everyone here is a penguin (even the mice that become...

The "stick people" in Bully Dance are imaginary, but this gritty tale is all too familiar. Like the dance beat pulsating throughout the film, the...

Two indigent street children in a developing country become the target of an HIV positive pedophile who attempts to lure them in with money.

An informal look into the personalities and frenzy behind the second edition of the NFB Animation Hothouse. The six Hothouse filmmakers and their NFB...

The bizarre adventures of the cartoon character Foska, drawn by 22 animators working in collaboration. Each animator worked on his or her own...

This short animation features four guests of curious demeanour who commit unforgivable acts at the dining table. Food flies everywhere while the...

Diplomacy fails and tensions mount when two cultural icons battle for no reason. In this blockbuster action adventure, egos explode on two...

An elderly woman naps and has seven erotic dreams. Each dream sounds the same. "Dreamers" are Craig Bartlett, Alison Snowden and David Fine, Janet...

A lonely woodcarver longs for a son, so he builds a wooden puppet and names it Spinnolio

Frogs, birds, lizards, a snake, alligators, and a lot of insects inhabit a pond; everyone's ready to eat. Two tenacious lizards catch the same fly,...

A short funny self-referential film that is left purposely unfinished. It incorporates experimental animation techniques invisible to the naked eye.

Herb won’t share his chemistry set with Jimmy. Do you think that’s right? I don’t.

The official signal film for Anima Mundi 2019

Buckle your seat belts! This cosmic narrative will flash before your eyes at the speed of light, as long as you stay seated and don’t leave.

This short film brings together animated interpretations of 4 poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: “From the Hazel Bough” by Earle Birney,...

A visual and musical celebration of beautiful, sweet, sad, noble, adorable, glamorous and abominable things.