Blake Ball

Mona is nearly overwhelmed by grief and depression. After her father's death, she's cut herself off: leaving teaching - she now temps as an office assistant, ignoring her mother's calls, talking to herself in mirrors, and rejecting any offered intimacy. She's watched over by comic extraterrestrial beings whom we see as cartoon squiggles. They ensure that random acts bring her connections - with a neighbor boy, his mother, and his surreptitious piano teacher (the lad wants to surprise his mom). She also meets an elevator operator in the building where she temps for Ms. Hadaway, a widow with perfect diction. Can Mona take a few steps on the road to expressing emotion?

A young girl, Alice, shares her feelings of love and envy regarding her crush, Elvin.

a young man is haunted by a famous comedian.

A young woman has an encounter with her guardian angel (or was it?).

Hubley created this short while at work on her first feature, The Toe Tactic, as a musical exploration of poetry featured in the film. Each frame was drawn on a single sheet of paper using watercolor pencil and ink, and the animation is accompanied by Yo La Tengo’s meditative score.

A grandmother discusses past and present attitudes toward menstruation.

The 25th and final film completed by Hubley, is a lyrical visual poem to environmentalism and to the Inuits' attachment to the land, and their ability to adapt to the natural world.

A wryly ironic, deadpan voice-over belies the anxieties, fears and obsessions in the everyday life of a misunderstood adolescent; whose most intimate relationship is with her diary. A spare graphic style, an animation variant on New Wave / Punk, is powerfully effective in conveying unarticulated emotions. Felt tip on paper, backlit.

A person finds a magical fish, wishes for "it all" and learns a lesson about when enough is enough.

A young woman's diary depicts her layered, poetic, inner efforts to deal with the world and overcome self-doubt.