VANL-CARFAC has announced the Shortlists for the 2026 Excellence in Visual Arts Awards!
Winners will be announced on May 29th.
Duncan Major‘s animated short film Imprint (2025) won an Honourable Mention for Best Atlantic Short Film at the Atlantic International Film Festival.
Chance encounters can leave a lasting imprint, like ink on paper. At 13, Duncan Major met artist Tara Bryan and discovered a shared passion for letterpress printing that shaped his life. In her memory, Duncan created Imprint, a poetic animated film that serves as a heartfelt tribute. Using the letterpress and craft material she passed down to him, the film brings hand-printed art to life with vibrant animation, evocative imagery and a beautifully designed soundscape. Imprint celebrates how the relationships we build echo outward, leaving an enduring legacy.
Here is the Official Trailer! The film should be released soon!
A National Film Board of Canada Production
Written, Directed & Animated by Duncan Major
Music & Sound Design, Romesh Thavanathan
Editing, Duncan Major, Xi Feng
Producer, Maral Mohammadian
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The pages for Making Bread (not bombs) were cut and scored on an Epilog laser cutter. The files were created in Corel Draw, then sent to the laser cutter to “print.” The book is inkjet printed on 2 sides, and the registration is very tight. I tried cutting and scoring by hand, but could not be consistent enough to keep the 5 sections square once they were folded and glued. The video shows the laser cutting and scoring the second of 3 sheets, which are then trimmed by hand on the top and bottom, and folded, collated and glued.