Joanna Priestley Movies

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

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

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

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

An acronym for Distant Early Warning Line, Dew Line refers to the array of radar stations built in the Arctic during the Cold War, and to the elegant...

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

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

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...

An abstract meditation on urban shapes and sounds.

Explores the mythopoeic realm through mandalas and dream images that hint at hidden trauma.

A humorous and poignant look at what it means to be turning 40 and growing older.

Still life silhouettes collide with abstract shapes and complex, interlocking patterns. Reimagining the commonplace objects of a classical painting...

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

A springboard ballet of private parts, in all their glorious combinations.

Playful choreography of abstract shapes to delight the eye.

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

A tribute to Pluto, everyone’s favorite planetoid

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

Layers of animation featuring more than 600 sculptures, 200 glass pieces and 2200 drawings evoke an inspiring diving exploration in a freshwater lake...