Derek Lamb Movies

A nonsense song, sung by Burl Ives and given unrestrained interpretation by the cartoonist. Of course, by the time the song ends the old lady has...

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...

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

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 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...

This lively satire uses animation and a pseudo-documentary style to depict Canada's search for a national identity. The National Scream explains,...

This animated film illustrates the terrible journey, the back-breaking work, the exotic and gaudy city of Dawson, and the turmoil and triumphs of the...

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...

A light hearted look at the various instruments of the orchestra, based on the original cartoons of the late Gerard Hoffnung, satirising musical...

An animation submitted to the Academy for Oscar consideration.

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.