Director: Islet : NFB, 2004, 7min

It was during a voyage in the Far North aboard the sailing ship SEDNA IV that Nicolas Brault, working on a computer graphic tablet, created Islet, his ode to the Arctic and its inhabitants. Combining figurative abstraction with magic realism, this animated short depicts a world in which whales fall out of the sky and fish turn into balloons. It is a black and white evocation of the real world, transformed by the director's special sense of whimsy. With bold lines reminiscent of the stark simplicity of Inuit art, this cautionary tale is a reminder of the interconnectedness of all things. We are all affected by the fate of the Arctic, which each year is disappearing a little farther into the ocean.

Saturday December 3rd : Robson Square