Quickdraw Animation Society

A surreal journey through a park in search of solace from rising environmental anxiety.

This animated film flows through a vibrant underwater landscape, shown at night time. Sound and picture are drawn directly on film - cameraless animation.

A claymation animated short created by Sandra Law

A bastard satirical mutation of Gustave Doré's Divine Comedy engravings of the Inferno and those oversized "how-to" animation books that were put out by Hal Foster. SEE the hand of Cartoon Fate! TRY to figure out why Bob Hope's skull is in this film! Dante and Doré meet Disney in Hell!

Claymation animated short.

A charming look into beloved cameraless animator Richard Reeves as he reflects on his animation career, his use of the behemoth Oxberry camera stand, and the many projects he has assisted on over the years.

2D hand drawn short about different sized objects in our world.

Animated short featuring pixel art and 2D "marker style" animation.

Short featuring stop motion animation.

A short camera-less animation by director Richard Reeves

Short animation directed by Scott Higgs

C’est La Vie: The Chris J. Melnychuk Story documents the award-winning animator’s (Alien, Zap Girl Makes Toast) battle with tongue cancer. Building on live footage from Chris’s last, unfinished film, C’est La Vie was created posthumously through the collaboration of 19 animators from Quickdraw Animation in Calgary, Canada.

A short animation directed by Don Best

“Camping” is a stop motion, animated short film about an unhoused person living in Calgary. The project is being completed in partnership with people with that lived experience.

A sweet and only occasionally sad tale of a walking and singing cassette tape’s pilgrimage across Calgary to find a new home after being tossed aside by his owner in the early 1990s for more up-to-date technology.

Pandemic themed short animated film.

Computer animated short film.

A short animation directed by Don Filipchuk

Mindgame was created with over 3000 drawings made between the years 1967 and 1998. These drawings were not created with animation in mind, instead each piece was intended to capture movement within a still frame. In 2024, with the help of the Quickdraw Animation Society, the natural patterns and progressive movements in these drawings were put into sequence and animated.

The story of a cow and his farmer surviving an alien abduction, showcasing their unbreakable bond through extraordinary circumstances. Produced by Quickdraw Animation Society as part of the 2024 Animation Lockdown.