Norman McLaren Filmes

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

This uncompleted film uses a technique invented by McLaren in the 1930s; the travelling zoom. McLaren's intention was to make the corridor gradually...

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...

In 1966, McLaren began a metamorphic film in which he explored the light and colour of Canada in this unfinished film.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

‘Too esoteric, even for me,’ said McLaren about his The Flicker Film. The famous animator’s most abstract effort is marginalized to...

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

An idea for backgrounds never used, late 1940s. Silent film.

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

This 1967 footage shows McLaren at a computer with Evelyn Lambart, Rene Pardo and two other technicians, followed by the animation test some call...

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 attempt to animate an abstract Charlie Chaplin-esque figure.

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.

Early abstract 3d stereoscopic animation by Norman McLaren collaborator Gretta Ekman.

"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...

Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.

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1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

Done during war years. Silent film.