Joanna Priestley Movies

Martin Cooper’s documentary feature explores the lives and work of six internationally renowned, independent animators and animation directors....

A powerful, emotional and sometimes humorous look at the daily life of a prison inmate and a corrections officer.

A roller coaster ride through the brain fog, flashes, mood swings, depression, pimples and rage of one of life's great transitions.

Candyjam is a whimsical, animated collaboration by 10 animators from four countries: David Anderson (England), Karen Aqua (USA), Craig Bartlett...

A humorous explanation of the fears we share: fear of the darkness, of monsters, of aging, of being overweight, and of global destruction.

The Rubber Stamp Film was hand stamped on over 5000 index cards. Color was added with water color and felt pen.

A tribute to Pluto, everyone’s favorite planetoid

About loneliness and feeling isolated.

Based on an Ojibwa Native American story about coyote, the trickster, published by Barry Lopez.

Delicate patterns inspired by North American wrapping papers from the 1960’s and French and English wallpapers from the early 1900s.

A witty commentary on our over-reliance on spell check that plays up phonetics with hilarious results.

A dense multiverse of images and shifting focal points that explore the tension between two dimensional patterns both familiar and alien....

A satire of the pitfalls of romance, from marriage, childbirth and upward mobility to the disintegration of a relationship.

Playful choreography of abstract shapes to delight the eye.

A powerful mythic poem about women, the Goddess and the human spirit. It examines our foibles and frailties and how we can grow out of them.

Pixilation of yoga instructor Diane Wilson, shot in the forest over a six month period and object animation of construction tools, bolts, screws and...

An abstract computer painting that was inspired by botanical forms.

Short experimental computer animation by Jules Engel

Explores the magic of objects and transformation. Inspired by the boxes of Joseph Cornell, who lived on Utopia Parkway (Queens, NY) nearly all of his...

A film about the nature of oppression and community spirit.