Joanna Priestley Movies

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

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

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

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

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

An abstract meditation on urban shapes and sounds.

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

Short experimental computer animation by Jules Engel

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

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

A tribute to Pluto, everyone’s favorite planetoid

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

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 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...

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

Playful choreography of abstract shapes to delight the eye.

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

An abstract computer painting that was inspired by botanical forms.

An experimental exploration and rediscovery of games and youthful pastimes.

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