Allyson Mitchell
My Very Own After School Special (1997)
It's been a long time coming. (more)
It's been a long time coming. (more)
Don't Bug Me (1996)
Messy lives. Messy relationship. Messy sock drawers. This short and sweet animation will show you how to tidy it all up in less than one minute. (more)
Messy lives. Messy relationship. Messy sock drawers. This short and sweet animation will show you how to tidy it all up in less than one minute. (more)
Cracker Barrel My Ass (1997)
A mockumentary about a satirical campaign to combat homophobia. (more)
A mockumentary about a satirical campaign to combat homophobia. (more)
So Over the Rainbow (1997)
While on a road trip, a lesbian and a gay man give voice to the love/hate relationship they have with the queer community. (more)
While on a road trip, a lesbian and a gay man give voice to the love/hate relationship they have with the queer community. (more)
Breakfast with Gus (1997)
A cat's eye view of Gus' attempt to get attention, and, most importantly, breakfast, from his busy humans. Eventually Gus does what any self respecting cat would do and takes matters into his own paws. (more)
A cat's eye view of Gus' attempt to get attention, and, most importantly, breakfast, from his busy humans. Eventually Gus does what any self respecting cat would do and takes matters into his own paws. (more)
Chow Down (1997)
A chubby girl tries to find the perfect outfit for the big concert. Trouble is, nothing fits. (more)
A chubby girl tries to find the perfect outfit for the big concert. Trouble is, nothing fits. (more)
Glitter (2003)
As two twits dance their fears away at a roadside farmers market, via costumery and choreography, they bring lesbian glamour where it was not ever. (more)
As two twits dance their fears away at a roadside farmers market, via costumery and choreography, they bring lesbian glamour where it was not ever. (more)
Cup Cake (1998)
Cup Cake is chubby eye candy. She takes us on a quest for the perfect dessert. She is proof that eating is sexy. Cupcake talks without shame, about desserts that she loves. (more)
Cup Cake is chubby eye candy. She takes us on a quest for the perfect dessert. She is proof that eating is sexy. Cupcake talks without shame, about desserts that she loves. (more)
Kill Road (2003)
Enduring a dysfunctional family requires stamina, wit and sharp survival instincts, as demonstrated in this anguished ode to family peculiarity. A pixelated tale of a girl whose off-kilter parents become lost in a mission to nurse a raccoon - an unfortunate ... (more)
Enduring a dysfunctional family requires stamina, wit and sharp survival instincts, as demonstrated in this anguished ode to family peculiarity. A pixelated tale of a girl whose off-kilter parents become lost in a mission to nurse a raccoon - an unfortunate ... (more)
Precious Little Tiny Love (2003)
An ode by a socially conscious carnivore to creatures that get crunched. (more)
An ode by a socially conscious carnivore to creatures that get crunched. (more)
My Life in 5 Minutes (2000)
The autobiopic "My Life in 5 Minutes" tells a life story with a bittersweet song, animation and family snaps. Some photos hold painful or awkward members for the artist; through computer animation, she enlarges her own eyes to blink the pain away. (more)
The autobiopic "My Life in 5 Minutes" tells a life story with a bittersweet song, animation and family snaps. Some photos hold painful or awkward members for the artist; through computer animation, she enlarges her own eyes to blink the pain away. (more)
Melty Kitty (2007)
Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, and I can take or leave it if I please. (more)
Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, and I can take or leave it if I please. (more)
Pink Eyed Pet (2002)
Sometimes topical treatments aren't enough to cure love's infections. (more)
Sometimes topical treatments aren't enough to cure love's infections. (more)
Candy Kisses (1999)
Two girls going through a break-up try to avoid bitter drama and embrace the sweetness of why they liked each other in the first place. Through stop-motion animation their hearts burst and candy tears fill the screen to perform a sad crazy dance. (more)
Two girls going through a break-up try to avoid bitter drama and embrace the sweetness of why they liked each other in the first place. Through stop-motion animation their hearts burst and candy tears fill the screen to perform a sad crazy dance. (more)
If Anyone Should Happen to Get In My Way (2003)
This animation was shot from hi-con coloured Lomo photographs of a girl in various animal states, licking her wounds. A meditation on female anger. (more)
This animation was shot from hi-con coloured Lomo photographs of a girl in various animal states, licking her wounds. A meditation on female anger. (more)
Unca Trans (2007)
Set in an agrarian future, Unca Trans is a short animated Super 8 film in which the title character pontificates about gender theory and activism back in the 2000s. (more)
Set in an agrarian future, Unca Trans is a short animated Super 8 film in which the title character pontificates about gender theory and activism back in the 2000s. (more)
Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species (2009)
Lesbian National Parks and Services' Endangered Species are a series of public service announcements, created by the indefatigable Lesbian Rangers, who serve the lesbian wilds from dawn to dusk and well beyond. (more)
Lesbian National Parks and Services' Endangered Species are a series of public service announcements, created by the indefatigable Lesbian Rangers, who serve the lesbian wilds from dawn to dusk and well beyond. (more)
Making Ladies (2010)
A documentary about maximalist Toronto media artist and sculptor Allyson Mitchell as she preps her Ladies Sasquatch installation – a fake fur creature wonderland. The large-bodied sasquatch ladies are feminist exclamation marks and icons, celebrating their ... (more)
A documentary about maximalist Toronto media artist and sculptor Allyson Mitchell as she preps her Ladies Sasquatch installation – a fake fur creature wonderland. The large-bodied sasquatch ladies are feminist exclamation marks and icons, celebrating their ... (more)
A candyland town kicks up its sugary heels for a midday parade. (more)
Hers Is Still a Dank Cave: Crawling Toward a Queer Horizon (2016)
A stunning virtuoso turn from these two partners in life and art. A home movie where the library musings and theory shuffles are re-rooted in domestic space, in relationship. The tape insists that artmaking, and even the utopias it conjures, cannot be separated ... (more)
A stunning virtuoso turn from these two partners in life and art. A home movie where the library musings and theory shuffles are re-rooted in domestic space, in relationship. The tape insists that artmaking, and even the utopias it conjures, cannot be separated ... (more)