In 1969, writer/animator Marv Newland created the extremely short film, Bambi Meets Godzilla. The world of independent filmmaking would never be the same. Marv continues making animated shorts with the NFB and also with his company, International Rocketship Limited. His work includes the films: ANIJAM (1984), BLACK HULA (1988), PINK KOMKOMMER (1991), POSTALOLIO (2008) and CMYK (2011). In 1995, Marv won the Annecy Animation Festival Grand Prix for the 30-minute short, Gary Larson's TALES FROM THE FAR SIDE. Join us as TAAFI celebrates animation hero Marv Newland with a selection of some of his best and most cherished works.
This short animation film tells the story of three heads who share a single body. The heads live in perfect harmony until one day, one of them begins to have a mind of its own. The…
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Anijam
dir. Marv Newland
Canada, 1984
The bizarre adventures of the cartoon character Foska, drawn by 22 animators working in collaboration. Each animator worked on his or her own sequence only, and did not know what action…
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Bambi Meets Godzilla
dir. Marv Newland
Canada, 1969
Unaware of the big lizard's approach, the little deer happily munches on grass. Not until the end will we learn what shall result of their meeting.
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Black Hula
dir. Marv Newland
Canada, 1988
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CMYK
dir. Marv Newland
Canada, 2011
This short animation is a dizzying celebration of sound, colour and movement. Here, multitudes of CMYK symbols, pulled off flaps of cereal boxes and other common printed materials,…
