Chel White

A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.

Martin Cooper’s documentary feature explores the lives and work of six internationally renowned, independent animators and animation directors. These multi-award-winning artists are Jim Blashfield, Rose Bond, Joan C. Gratz, Zak Margolis, Joanna Priestley and Chel White. Their animated films span a period of over 40 years and reflect a wide range of techniques, from direct animation and classic stop-motion, through 3D models, clay painting, computer-generated imagery up to AI. History, Mystery & Odyssey is entirely filmed in Portland Oregon, where all these animators live and work.

A first love is corrupted as a man recalls his affair with a beautiful circus contortionist in this stop-motion animation of wooden mannequins.

In "Eclipse" enigmatic images trail the path of a poem, exploring one aspect of grief when a life is eclipsed. The often-controversial subject of a woman's right to choose is depicted from a perspective that is pointedly more personal than political.

In "Eclipse" enigmatic images trail the path of a poem, exploring one aspect of grief when a life is eclipsed. The often-controversial subject of a woman's right to choose is depicted from a perspective that is pointedly more personal than political.

Visually compelling and quietly intense, Harrowdown Hill is a bird's eye view of some of society's biggest challenges, including governmental secrecy, disinformation, climate change and petroleum consumption

Haunting underwater portraits of people are juxtaposed with archival films of war and atrocities to create a visual poem in which not all is lost to the corruption of the human spirit.

Haunting underwater portraits of people are juxtaposed with archival films of war and atrocities to create a visual poem in which not all is lost to the corruption of the human spirit.

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In a small, wooded town, a young man struggles to leave a secret militia started by his father.

In a small, wooded town, a young man struggles to leave a secret militia started by his father.

A spirited Husky puppy looking for a home at a Christmas tree farm instantly bonds with a young boy visiting with his parents. As the boy rides away, unable to keep him, the pup escapes and embarks on a snowy journey to find his friend again.

A look at the mechanized nature of modern times.

When young Rudolph is teased for his red nose and runs away from Christmastown, he sets off on a series of adventures, meets new friends Hermey the Elf and Yukon Cornelius along the way, and escapes the clutches of the Abominable Snow Monster. When an epic snowstorm threatens Christmas, can he rescue his family and friends and help Santa save the holiday?

When young Rudolph is teased for his red nose and runs away from Christmastown, he sets off on a series of adventures, meets new friends Hermey the Elf and Yukon Cornelius along the way, and escapes the clutches of the Abominable Snow Monster. When an epic snowstorm threatens Christmas, can he rescue his family and friends and help Santa save the holiday?

Through metaphor and visual abstraction, No More is an experimental video about love, loss and memories of years long gone. The animated imagery is created by running original photographs and xerography through an AI application. The song is by David Lynch’s music collaborator Dean Hurley.

A poem by Antonio Machado, translated by Robert Bly and read by Alec Baldwin, is poetically depicted in Wind, an allegorical perspective on climate change.

Short avant garde film. Views of rippling water.

A dark parody of the 1975 made-for-TV horror film Trilogy of Terror starring Karen Black. However, rather than being terrorized by fetish doll, it is Donald Trump.

Chel White.

Jingle the Husky Pup and his buddy Andrew meet some new friends. A girl Andrew's age, Sofia, and her Husky pup, Bell, have moved from sunny Palm City to Pineville weeks before Christmas. With no friends yet and not knowing what to expect, Sofia and Bell's world is upside down and it looks like it might be the worst Christmas ever. But with a little help from Jingle and Andrew, Sofia and Bell will soon discover that Christmas joy isn't about where you are -- it's about who you are with!

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When Academy Award®–winning animator and painter Joan Gratz asked eleven filmmakers if they would contribute to an omnibus film, she wasn’t sure what to expect—after prompting them to make a “one-minute memoir,” she let them figure out the rest. The One-Minute Memoir is the exuberant result: eleven stories ranging from the heartfelt to the absurd, all reflective of each director’s personal style.

Dark and humorous, this extremely short film features a stream-of-conscious look at the writing process, told with animated images straight from the subconscious, or somewhere.

Sequence of images created using a photocopier.

An experimental film by Chel White

The concept of visual music is explored in this quirky collage of imagery animated directly onto the celluloid surface of 16mm film. In the spirit of Dada, there are recurring themes that include graphic abstraction, mechanical rhythms and the absurd.