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Browse 53 movies from Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Women are lucky, they get to have the only organ in the human body dedicated exclusively for pleasure: the clitoris! In this humorous and instructive animated documentary, find out its unrecognized anatomy and its unknown herstory.
Aug 2017
Felix, fourteen, starts a relationship with an older boy, hoping to get caught by his conservative father so he can confront him.
Aug 2018
Vuk, a 30-year-old ex-convict haunted by his best friend's suicide, is trying to save his younger brother, Zizi.
Mar 2023
A non-narrative hand-painted visual poem about diaspora, homeland, and the tragic mass-deportations of the Kalmyk people during WWII.
Nov 2017
On Valentine's Day, a young couple preparing to spend a romantic moment in the spa has their evening messed up by the appearance of a monstrous creature.
May 2018
An animated documentary about a memorable event: in spring 1997, a coloring contest is launched for the release of a new variety of ketchup.
May 2015
As an older woman is cleaning her home, she remembers that she is all alone in her home and dreams of the boy that once lived with her.
Apr 2019
May 2017
Collage, drawn sound, and double exposure animations on 16mm film explore the temporal disjuncture of Montreal’s urban landscape, haunted by the ghosts of neighbourhoods that were demolished for Expo 67.
May 2026
The Plaza Saint-Hubert was long shunned by the petty-bourgeoisie of Montreal for its too "kitsch" allure or the questionable choices of town planning which shaped the layout of its facades. However, the biome of the Plaza is no longer resisting the tendencies of gentrification that are affecting the city of Montreal as a whole. This short film focuses on the real open wound that is the repair site of the mythical Plaza. An incongruous universe where wedding dresses dance with mechanical shovels.
Dec 2018
Narrated as a letter to a mother, this short film traces the emotional undercurrents of leaving home and adjusting to a new environment, blending inner transformation with the changing landscape.
May 2025
Unity in an art form (music), no matter genre or age.
A young woman's television stops working, so she gets a telescope to watch TV through her neighbor's window.
Within a society fearful of vampires, Ernesto Murciélago, a detective and luchador, must rescue a kidnapped basketball player and defeat the city's evil leader, L0L1TA (a fascist tape recorder).
Visceral is an exploration of love and vulnerability found in new relationships. Meat and organs mix under the camera in a beautiful union to represent the intricacies of a relationship.
May 2024
Two acquaintances desperately wish they didn't have to shake hands.
A jockey rides off course and the horse race soon devolves into a disorienting detour. Cut-outs, collage and cel animation combine on a multiplane camera to create a barrage of unexpected environments.
Storms manufactured with linocut and monotype.
Aug 2025
A Dadaist adventure in a world of drawings in which two doodles unexpectedly meet a guru, swim in the river of pastel and live in the moment through the pages of a notebook.
Feb 2024
A suffering man enters a bizarre, dreamlike world where he's forced to confront the life he's considering leaving behind.
Apr 2025