Michael Fukushima Movies

  • 2006
    Square Roots

    Square Roots

    Square Roots

    02006HD

    A robot rambles about frenetically, receiving countless electronic messages through his antenna every second. Despite his fatigue and stress, he...

    Square Roots
  • 2000
    Understanding the Law: The Worm

    Understanding the Law: The Worm

    Understanding the Law: The Worm

    8.52000HD

    In this animated short, Mrs. Popcorn is shocked to discover a worm in her canned drink. When the beverage company refuses to accept the blame, she's...

    Understanding the Law: The Worm
  • 2011
    Muybridge's Strings

    Muybridge's Strings

    Muybridge's Strings

    62011HD

    Koji Yamamura's allegory the immutability of time, love and devotion, and the unbreakable nature of the parent-child bond, into interlacing story.

    Muybridge's Strings
  • 2022
    What Rhymes With Toxic

    What Rhymes With Toxic

    What Rhymes With Toxic

    82022HD

    There’s been another toxic spill. For the city councillor responsible, it’s just a big nuisance, having to endure media scrutiny until...

    What Rhymes With Toxic
  • 2012
    My Little Underground

    My Little Underground

    My Little Underground

    02012HD

    In this autobiographical animated short, Elise Simard crafts the story of a young girl seeking self-discovery and rebirth. Drifting between real and...

    My Little Underground
  • 2020
    The Fourfold

    The Fourfold

    The Fourfold

    52020HD

    Based on the shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, this is a testament to the need to reclaim the ideas of animism for planetary health and...

    The Fourfold
  • 2009
    Walk In The Forest

    Walk In The Forest

    Walk In The Forest

    02009HD

    Diane Obomsawin's whimsical animated short follows medicine man Walk-in-the-forest on a walk in the woods that leads to the discovery of an...

    Walk In The Forest
  • 2013
    The End of Pinky

    The End of Pinky

    The End of Pinky

    6.92013HD

    Claire Blanchet directs this visually stunning stereoscopic animation, adapted from Heather O’Neills eponymous slice of Montreal noir.

    The End of Pinky
  • 1999
    Canada 3-D

    Canada 3-D

    Canada 3-D

    71999HD

    Canada 3-D is a 60 second video, 3-D whirlwind tour of what it means to be Canadian, through the lens of director and animator, George Geertsen....

    Canada 3-D
  • 2018
    I'm OK

    I'm OK

    I'm OK

    7.22018HD

    Following the end of a stormy love affair, Expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka enlists in the First World War. After suffering serious injuries in...

    I'm OK
  • 2019
    A Change of Scenery

    A Change of Scenery

    A Change of Scenery

    02019HD

    Meet Annie, a woman who, despite being caught up in the circus of everyday life, finds her balance. Using live-action footage and traditional...

    A Change of Scenery
  • 2004
    John and Michael

    John and Michael

    John and Michael

    82004HD

    A gentle tale of love told in halting words. A film about healing after profound loss. John and Michael pays homage to two men with Down's syndrome...

    John and Michael
  • 2004
    Glou Glou

    Glou Glou

    Glou Glou

    02004HD

    Marielle Guyot uses her computer skills with great artistic sensibility to bring the sea to life, death, and hopefully, life again. This film was...

    Glou Glou
  • 2021
    Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics

    Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics

    Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics

    6.52021HD

    Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics dives deeply into the innate contrast between the Seven Deadly Sins (Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Pride...

    Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
  • 2003
    Inside the Hothouse

    Inside the Hothouse

    Inside the Hothouse

    02003HD

    Inside the Hothouse takes an informal look at this NFB experiment, Animation Hothouse, at its halfway point. In a handheld, gritty style, Inside the...

    Inside the Hothouse
  • 2018
    Manivald

    Manivald

    Manivald

    6.72018HD

    Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing...

    Manivald
  • 2023
    Miserable Miracle

    Miserable Miracle

    Miserable Miracle

    02023HD

    Directed by Japanese filmmaker Ryo Orikasa, this animated short was inspired by Henri Michaux’s book of poetry and drawings of the same name,...

    Miserable Miracle
  • 2014
    The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer

    The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer

    The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer

    4.22014HD

    This short animation presents the haunting story of two brothers who share the scars, though not the memories, of an untold history that has driven...

    The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer
  • 2004
    Stationery

    Stationery

    Stationery

    42004HD

    A woman must find paperclips for a report to be presented in the morning.

    Stationery
  • 2006
    Swims

    Swims

    Swims

    02006HD

    A figure floats in landscapes and spaces without a ground plane. There is only water. The reflected skies are endless and mirrored interiors are...

    Swims