Derek Lamb Movies

A short illustrating Wade Hemsworth's folk song about a woman's admiration for the agility of her boyfriend, the log driver.

A hapless husband neglects to clear the icy walk, which leads to the mailman slipping and breaking his neck. A comedy of errors results from his...

Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket" Richard and wore his...

This animated short film attempts to answer the eternal questions, What is dying? and How does it feel? Based on recent studies, case histories and...

A classical music performance descends into comedic chaos.

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

A freewheeling cinematic experience, this film is the work of two filmmakers who relate their perceptions of each other through their respective...

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

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

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

A visual interpretation of the poem "Riverdale Lion" by Canadian poet and essayist John Robert Colombo.

This film is about the emotions that can lead one to take that jump into space necessary for hang gliding with a Delta Plane.

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

A story about two symbolic characters who sway to the song Alouette.

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

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.