Pierre Hébert Movies

Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...

A meditation on the passing of time, on a film that was never completed, upon Bazin’s death, on restoration and the future of ruins and on...

This is a poetic and animated meditation inspired by two trips the director made to Japan. Images and sounds from daily life as well as recordings of...

"A film in which both sound and image were created with a minimum of photographic or electronic equipment. The images are a few simple geometric...

A film in cut-out animation depicting the demographic problems of the world. It shows that in many countries freedom from the old scourges of famine...

An early experiment in employing computers to animate film. The result is a dazzling vibration of geometric forms in vivid color, an effect achieved...

A hand-made, scratched-on film experiment in intermittent animation. The images are a group of twenty-four visuals, all non-representational, which...

This film was made out of the capture of a live animation performance presented in Rome in January 2005 by Pierre Hébert and the musician Bob...

A satirical, updated take on the classic Jean de La Fontaine fable.

Miya Masaoka uses music to interact with plants and insects; Jon Rose turns fences into musical instruments with a violin bow in conflict zones...

This feature documentary about education explores the mid-century state of learning in the classrooms of North America. New approaches to learning...

Abstract film by Pierre Hébert, originally made in 1964 and remastered in 2007.

This haunting animation film, rich with symbolism, is the filmmaker's plea for a peaceful world in which to raise his newborn son. Using the menacing...

In Adieu bipède (1987), Hébert turned to performance, using the scratching technique for the scenes with dancing and music. He used the...

Abstract film made from the video capture of a live animation performance presented in Vienna on May 30th 2011 at the Stadtkirche with Andrea...

A whirlwind of improvisation combines the images of animator Pierre Hébert with the avant-garde sound of techno whiz Bob Ostertag in this...

Canadian animated short