Pierre-Yves Drapeau

A long-lost childhood passion may return one day.

"What does the hangman think about when he goes home at night from work?" ​ The Hangman at Home is an animated film exploring themes surrounding acknowledgement and the awkward intimacy of humanness. Told in five interwoven stories; each situation presents a person, or persons in a delicate moment: fragile, playful, terrified, contemplated, confused, curious… We are all very much alike in these moments - alerting us to question our own responsibility and responses. Inspired by Carl Sandburg’s chilling poem of the same name.

Una joven se describe a sí misma utilizando los superlativos más deslumbrantes, destacando todo lo que se espera de ella. Sin embargo, la narración visual cuenta una historia completamente diferente, ilustrando con fuerzala la dinámica maligna de nuestra época, el gran malestar: nuestro constante esfuerzo por presentar una imagen de perfección y el miedo paralizante al fracaso y la insuficiencia.

Louise enjoys a private moment to open her treasure box in the room she shares with her little sister. She does not know that she has been hiding under her bed to spy on her. The film deals with sensuality through a both charming and erotic experience of an involuntary interaction between two sisters.

Louise enjoys a private moment to open her treasure box in the room she shares with her little sister. She does not know that she has been hiding under her bed to spy on her. The film deals with sensuality through a both charming and erotic experience of an involuntary interaction between two sisters.

A young boy learns to take control over his life when he is shrunk to the size of an insect and has to sail his own toy boat through a flooded café. Morten has to be shrunk down before he can grow up.

El zorro Manivald vive en casa con su madre jubilada. El día antes de su 33 cumpleaños, un joven lobo viene a arreglar su lavadora. Un triángulo amoroso se desarrolla entre ellos.

Movement within a painting, which begins with the savagery of a battle and comes to a halt in a rendition of a masterpiece of the 15th century – The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello.

Jacqueline ha perdido la razón pero no importa, para su viaje a bordo del mar decide tomar el tren sola.

A lonely woman street cleaner's letter to unknown person, written on the first day of the New Year: a year spent observing the seasons and dreaming of a miracle for the following New Year.

A lonely woman street cleaner's letter to unknown person, written on the first day of the New Year: a year spent observing the seasons and dreaming of a miracle for the following New Year.

Él es un mago. Ella es una bombera. Aislándose del caos de un mundo confuso, los dos amantes viven en la cesta de una grúa en lo alto del cielo, donde realizan sus respectivos negocios a diario.

An elderly Japanese man visits a strange island, where he disappears in his own memories.

An elderly Japanese man visits a strange island, where he disappears in his own memories.

Una historia sobre la eterna búsqueda humana de un hogar, que empieza como deben empezar este tipo de aventuras, con un sueño utópico. Tras un viaje en el que han tenido que llevar a rastras, de forma inverosímil, su preciada bañera, Solomon y Berta son dos recién llegados a una tierra que les promete el merecido reposo tras su largo periplo. (FILMAFFINITY)

Edmond no es como los demás. Cuando sus compañeros de trabajo se burlan de él colocándole un gorro de asno, de pronto Edmond tiene la revelación de su verdadera naturaleza y parece que se siente a gusto con su nueva identidad. Aunque ello marque aún más la distancia entre él y los demás. Franck Dion nos cuenta con delicadeza la historia enternecedora de este tierno marginal, y aborda el tema de la dificultad de ser uno mismo frente al conformismo social. (FILMAFFINITY)

En el hospital, un niño quiere pasar un momento de intimidad a solas con su madre enferma, pero un grupo de visitantes, que el niño desconoce, no le va a dejar. (FILMAFFINITY)

A poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction after 26 years of marriage, the Spine continues Landreth's pursuit of a twisted, beautiful and highly original visual aesthetic, using digital imagery to create characters whose physical appearances are metaphors for their unique souls.

Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes wrinkles, in the most extreme way.

Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes wrinkles, in the most extreme way.

Little bald Léon loves his grandfather. He loves the old man's bushy black beard, which seems endowed with magic powers.

Uncle Bob is getting up in years, but manages quite well, thank you. Then an unexpected illness changes everything. Suddenly he's scooped out of his safe and familiar surroundings and deposited inside the foreign and chaotic world of the hospital. Here the once self-reliant Uncle Bob becomes vulnerable and dependent.

In winter some people go ice-fishing. Excitement intensified by freezing temperatures and strong drinks lead to unpredictable consequences.

In winter some people go ice-fishing. Excitement intensified by freezing temperatures and strong drinks lead to unpredictable consequences.

In 16th-century Scotland, young Sawney Beane yearns to itch and scratch and buccaneer. So he bids farewell to his parents and their life of honest toil. Forty years on, Mr. Beane croaks his dying wish to Betty, his wife. "Go and find our lost son." And so Betty strikes off on her quest across the land, with the family savings in a hankie and a secret suspicion in her heart.

An elderly man tells his granddaughter his personal story of the Second World War. His life as a child and all the strange characters he populates it with takes the little girl to a bizarre world she doesn't understand.

Get lost in this slightly surreal animated short composed of exquisite black-and-white illustrations. As we move through the landscape, we pass elaborate topiaries, dust-devil ballets, horses traversing the horizon, and wild reflections in the water. It's a lyrical film that carries you through a visually-rich tapestry of incredible hand-drawn images.

The film is an abstract allegory, showing two penguins with different ideas abot sea creatures that are their food or their shadows, depending on the perspective. Basically, sense-twisting animation.