Derek Lamb Movies

This film promotes, in the best K-Tel tradition, a new device used to speak French.

This is the story of the first French settlers in North America, who spent their first winter on an island in the Bay of Fundy. Despite overwhelming...

This film describes the journey of nomadic Asian people to North America via a land bridge.

Penguins Behind Bars is an Adult Swim special, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Janet Perlman, that aired only once on July 20th...

This animated short is the visual enactment of the year-long obstacle course run by a teacher trainee. Rich in humor and anecdote, it is a comedy of...

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

A selection of publicity clips mounted together in one film to show the techniques of NFB animators. As in Hors-d'oeuvre, these "quickie" films were...

Historical events are related through the medium of simulated news broadcasting in 1878.

A story about two symbolic characters who sway to the song Alouette.

This film is about the emotions that can lead one to take that jump into space necessary for hang gliding with a Delta Plane.

This vignette illustrates the variety of professions, people and technical procedures required by the filmmaking process.

The inhabitants of a village learn to overcome their fears of the unknown.

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

The metamorphosis of a map of Canada into human forms who share the natural resources to the rhythm of a dance.

A collection of one-minute cartoons produced by the National Film Board of Canada animators for government sponsors. Showcasing a playful selection...

A disgruntled Uncle Sam complains that nobody listens to him anymore, and what's more, he doesn't even know what's going on up there. "I thought we...

An animation submitted to the Academy for Oscar consideration.

In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a...

Canuck anti-drugs propaganda film about how glue huffing and pill popping and weed smoking leads to child prostitution. Or something. The backstory...