Joanna Priestley Movies

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.

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....

About loneliness and feeling isolated.

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

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

A roller coaster ride through the brain fog, flashes, mood swings, depression, pimples and rage of one of life's great transitions.

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

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

A film about the nature of oppression and community spirit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A traveler’s love letter to Andalucía, this animated film is an homage to the culture, landscape, and architecture of southern Spain.

An abstract computer painting that was inspired by botanical forms.