Jacques Drouin

Soif (2014)

A woman plays out her existence on the screen of her life. Alcohol is the essence of her being. She imbibes her youth and becomes completely absorbed by the desire to satisfy her thirst. Moving from parties to binge drinking, pleasure to distress, joy to d ...

Imprints (2004)

In this non-narrative animated film inspired by composer François Couperin's harpsichord composition "Barricades mystérieuses," Jacques Drouin explores a whole new way of using the pinscreen to create animated images. He pivots the screen and uses low-an ...

Winter Days (2003)

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the ...

A Hunting Lesson (2001)

This short animated film follows Antoine, a young boy fascinated by his mysterious neighbour, a man rumoured to have once been a big game hunter. Antoine is eager to learn about hunting, but the lesson he learns from the wise older man is not at all what h ...

Asylum (1998)

This feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process. As claims are assessed and paperwork is double checked, we begin to examine exactly who can be considered a refugee. ...

A Web of War (1996)

The stories of the battles that brought together a Polish cavalry officer, a Canadian captain, and a Polish underground member are told by the very same Canadians who survived them. ...

Mexico Dead or Alive (1996)

A portrait of the country of Mexico, as seen through the eyes of Mario Rojas Alba, a physician and former member of Congress, who fled to Montreal as a political refugee after surviving a brutal physical assault. During a cautious trip home, he guides us t ...

Ex-Child (1994)

The story of a young boy and his father, both of whom are enlisted to fight in the war. The boy's pride soon turns to fear as the bullets whistle overhead. His father takes his place and is immediately shot and killed. Horrified, the boy understands that w ...

Concision: No Time for New Ideas (1994)

This video focuses primarily on the implications of the structure and format of television, especially the consequences of concision, and how these factors can shape the messages of the medium. In addition, other issues, such as how democracies handle diss ...

A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative Media (1994)

Beginning with Noam Chomsky's response to a college student who role-plays "Jane U.S.A."--someone who naively believes she lives in a democratic society in which she can create her own destiny--the viewer is presented with a cross-section of typically live ...

A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor (1994)

The Glass Ark (1994)

The undertaking of an enthusiastic group of scientists to transform an indoor cycle racing-track built for the 1968 Montréal Olympics into an ecological park. The Biodôme of Montréal contains 4 ecosystems of the 3 Americas, from the Tropical Forrest to ...

Matusalem (1993)

Fleeing from some other children who want to beat him, Olivier meets the ghost of a Pirate who every hundred years tries to find a parchment. Olivier agrees to help him. But in doing so he is captured by a bunch of pirates. The other children of the villag ...

A Feather Tale (1992)

In this animated short, a woman, taking on her lover's fantasies, adorns herself in her finest feathers and assumes a seductive but demeaning role. Caught up in his own game, the man plays on to the bitter end--a cruel game in which love is stripped of its ...

Momentum (1992)

Go head-to-head with an icebreaker. Plunge down a twisting mountain gorge. Soar through the clouds in the nosecone of a jet, then speed along with a dog team as it races across a frozen Arctic lake. A sweeping, moving tribute to Canada's stunning geography ...

The Company of Strangers (1990)

A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives through a mostly ad-libbed script. ...

No Address (1988)

Far from home and cut off from family and friends, Montreal's Indigenous homeless population is the focus of No Address. Dreams of a better life in the big city can be met with harsh realities, as the individuals in this documentary recount. Often trying t ...

Rendezvous Canada, 1606 (1988)

The dramatic story of two youths--one French and one Indigenous--who share a pivotal time in Canada's history: the first contact between European and First Nations peoples. ...

Nightangel (1986)

When a man becomes blind, his life is all turned around. He can only use his touch to get around in his house. The objects become enemies. But an angel is looking over him. ...

The Masculine Mystique (1984)

This feature-length drama explores the changing role of men in today's society by delving into the stories of 4 men and their relationships with women. ...

Max Ward (1984)

This documentary tells the story of Max Ward, a former bush pilot whose company grew to become one of the major airlines in Canada. A study of entrepreneurship, the film focuses on Ward himself, depicting his distinctive style of hands-on management. Betwe ...

If You Love This Planet (1982)

Australian pediatrician Helen Caldicott delivers a lecture on the potential medical and societal consequences of a nuclear war, and advocates for nuclear disarmament. The film includes newsreel records of the beginnings of the arms race and the bombings of ...

The Road to Patriation (1982)

This feature documentary retraces the century of haggling by successive federal and provincial governments to agree on a formula to bring home the Canadian Constitution from England. This film concentrates on the politicking and lobbying that finally led t ...

Kate and Anna McGarrigle (1981)

A short documentary about singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle made by animator Caroline Leaf. ...

Beginnings (1980)

An animated film created from pastel drawings by Clorinda Warny, Premiers Jours traces the complete cycle of life, from birth to adulthood, in four seasons, and through the evolution of earthly landscapes that become human bodies. ...

A Scream from Silence (1979)

A director and an editor, both women, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the situation of womanhood in general, and the way the 'Justice' handle those cases of rape. ...

Twice Upon a Time (1979)

This short satirical film takes us to Stereoville, a city where citizens must literally double up in their efforts to deal with the community's 2 official languages. In Stereoville, each speaker of one language is tied to a speaker of the other, back-to-ba ...

Feu l'objectivité (1979)

Investigation into political journalism in Quebec. Mainly focusing on English-speaking journalists in the press gallery at the National Assembly and their perception of current events, Godbout argues that the sense of objectivity in journalism is above all ...

This Is Me (1979)

Some of life's most profound questions are tackled by ten children ranging in age from six to eleven. They give their spontaneous views on God, the beginning of life, what happens to the spirit when one dies, where one's soul goes at night, and numerous ot ...

Chairmen (1978)

This short animated film presents an allegorical portrait of a society where men have lost their autonomy in the struggle to be recognized by the very society that restricts their freedom. ...

Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family (1978)

This short film from the Canada Vignettes series profiles a unique French-Canadian family, the Fourniers, 12 of whom work as stunt men and women for films. ...

Derrière l'image (1978)

This feature-length documentary analyzes television newscasts and, as a result, takes a look at the news industry as a whole. By tackling five major themes – the script, the stars, the show, the actors and telecracy – it elucidates and demystifies cert ...

Famille et Variations (1977)

a portrait of the changing social and political context of the nuclear family in the 1970s, focusing on four families of varying circumstances: a traditional nuclear family with a special needs child, a separated family, a single-parent family and a family ...

Mindscape (1976)

In this short, an artist creates a painting of the landscape he sees, then finds he can literally climb into the picture to see the fantastic world inside. ...

Pen-Hi Grad (1975)

In Penticton, BC, most students graduating from the only high school in town know that job opportunities and higher education lie elsewhere, most likely in Vancouver. So, for one memorable week, they go through a whirlwind of formal ceremonies, wild celebr ...

Musicanada (1975)

With no commentary other than the music and words of the performers themselves, this fast-moving film presents the grandest Canadian concert of them all. Here, the performers include both the great and the unknown from across the country, the musical style ...

Trois exercices sur l'écran d'épingles d'Alexeieff (1974)

Animated short film made in three parts on the pin screen by Alexeieff-Parker. With these three exercises, director Jacques Drouin experiments with the play of light and shadow alone. Original, this experience presents us with a reality that is not truncat ...

Ordinary Tenderness (1973)

A lonely woman spends the winter isolated and reminiscing about the past as she waits for her husband to return from a prolonged absence. ...

Some Natives of Churchill (1973)

This short documentary zooms in on Churchill, Manitoba, on the western curve of Hudson Bay. The town boomed for a while after it became the railhead seaport for the shipment of Prairie grain. It also changed the way of life of the Native Indian and Inuit p ...

Françoise Durocher, waitress (1972)

Fictional character played by 24 different actresses, Françoise Durocher is altogether small time waitress, hostess and barmaid. Together, according to the author, they represent the archetypical Québec waitress that everyday waits on us with a smile, de ...

OK ... Camera (1972)

This documentary film is an exploration of Québec's feature film industry. The film takes a look at the people who have succeeded in this unique milieu (Geneviève Bujold is one) or failed; at its movies, which run the gamut from hard-core skinflicks to s ...

Christmas at Moose Factory (1971)

A study of life at Christmastime in Moose Factory, an old settlement mainly composed of Cree families on the shore of James Bay, composed entirely of children's crayon drawings and narrated by children. ...

A Little Fellow from Gambo: The Joey Smallwood Story (1970)

This feature-length documentary paints a lively portrait of Father of Confederation and first premier of Newfoundland Joseph Roberts Smallwood, or "Joey," as he is known to most Canadians. Following one of Canada's most colourful political figures during a ...

Occupation (1970)

Students seeking greater control over the hiring of faculty occupy the offices of the Political Science Department at McGill University. The film crew lives with the students and follows their action through confusion, argument, dissent, and negotiations w ...

Punkin (1970)

Black and white UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A destitute, outcast young woman is making her way on the streets but is shunned by locals. She tries finding solace in a stray cat, but it escapes her care. ...

Two-Stroke City (1970)

Black and white UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A crime story of a stolen car told out of narrative order, commenting on racist stereotypes of Black Americans. ...

Angel's Flight Rendez-vous (1969)

Short film by Jacques Drouin and Nicole Morisset ...

Aki'name (On the Wall) (1968)

When Canada was preparing to welcome the world to Expo 67 in Montreal, two artists who contributed their talents were Inuit stonecarvers Kumukluk Saggiak and Elijah Pudlat. They decorated a giant mural in the Canadian pavilion, Katimavik (the meeting place ...

Angel Trap (1968)

Experimental short piece by Jacques Drouin ...

The Letter (1968)

Animation by Jacques Drouin. ...

Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice (1967)

A late-spring sequence documenting domestic life, craft production, and a coordinated seal hunt on the sea ice. ...

Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp (1967)

A late-winter sea-ice sequence documenting camp building and seal hunting under extreme Arctic conditions. ...

Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak (1967)

A summer sequence documenting the communal construction of a kayak and associated domestic and subsistence practices. ...

Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir (1967)

A summer river sequence documenting stone-weir fishing, communal labor, and domestic life. ...

Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout (1967)

A late-winter/early-spring sequence documenting lake-ice fishing, camp life, and subsistence practices. ...

Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice (1967)

A late-spring coastal sequence documenting seal hunting and processing on the sea ice. ...

Netsilik Eskimo, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp (1967)

A spring sea-ice sequence documenting travel, camp construction, domestic labor, and seal hunting among Netsilingmiut families. ...

Netsilik Eskimo, II: At the Caribou Crossing Place (1967)

An early-autumn sequence documenting domestic life and a coordinated communal caribou hunt at a river crossing camp. ...

Netsilik Eskimos, I: At the Autumn River Camp (1967)

A late-autumn seasonal sequence documenting camp building, fishing, tool-making, and preparation for winter as a Netsilingmiut family travels downriver toward the coast. ...

Cutouts (1967)

Student film directed by Jacques Drouin. ...

Why Pinscreen? (2024)

The Pinscreen is a tool that was created in the 1930s to make animation films. Although it no longer provides any technical advantages, a handful of animation directors still use it. This film explores why it is so important to create something handmade wi ...

Making Movie History: Jacques Drouin (2013)

Jacques Drouin's artistic trajectory is closely tied to the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen. No other filmmaker has employed the device with such dedication since Alexeïeff himself, who created the design in 1931. Consisting of a perforated board with 240,000 ...

Jacques Drouin: In Relief (2009)

This documentary is a portrait of the animator of Le Paysagiste, from his childhood in Eastern Quebec to his career at the NFB. Trained at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Drouin became in some ...

Dreams about Alfeoni (2002)

Alexander Alekseev, Alyosha, Alfeoni ... artist, animator, inventor. The author of "Night on Bald Mountain" — one of the most mysterious films in the history of animation and the inventor of a unique device — a needle screen . He did the first color co ...