Wolf Koenig Movies

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...

In this animated short, simple geometric forms as thin and flat as playing cards constantly form and re-form to the sound of the koto, a 13-stringed...

Ananse is a spider with a heart full of concern over the enmity existing between his friends. Instead of mediating in a straightforward way, he...

This short documentary records the rural sights and sounds of the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The day of the big stationary threshing machine is...

Witty cartoon in a popular idiom about the serious issues that face the world: overpopulation, starvation, and people’s selfishness when...

A light, humorous look at the motor car and the great North American itch for a place on the road. From the comparative peace of Honest Joe's...

Canadians in search of the national identity will not find it fully fleshed in this film. An animated cartoon, it sees Canadians as pragmatists,...

This short documentary traces the life and career of composer Eldon Rathburn. A music lover since childhood, Rathburn used to go to the movies in...

Arthur Lipsett’s N-Zone is the longest, loosest and last of the collage films he produced at Canada’s National Film Board (NFB). It marks...

A short documentary about urban planning and the harmonisation of old and new building elements in Jerusalem of the 1970's, led by the architect...

An attempt to recapture the magic of childhood as the cameras follow children at play.

The Salvation Army in action. Band rehearsals, personal reminiscences of an Army officer, and an unrehearsed "coming to Christ" in the Army Citadel...

A vivid recollection of the free west of the North American Indigenous Peoples and the vast herds of buffalo that once thundered across the plains....

This short documentary (the second of two parts) follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding...

Extravagantly gowned marionettes pantomime this old French folksong, sung by the Trio Lyrique. The song describes the traffic over the bridge at...

This animated short by Evelyn Lambart is a visual adaptation of the famous Aesop fable "The Lion and the Mouse," in which a mouse proves to a lion...

This documentary short offers a nostalgic look at the steam locomotive as it passes from reality to history. In its heyday, the big smoke-belching...

The human side of town planning, as exemplified in Baltimore, Maryland. The Coldspring Project concerned a proposed housing development for lower and...

This short documentary features Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as she sings at the Festival Casals, a musical event founded by the great...

An unusual documentary investigating rape from the assailant's point of view. Ten men convicted of rape tell their stories, describing their...