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Trees Talk. Everybody knows that. But not every tree will share their secrets… until now. Tree Secrets is stop-motion magic featuring the voices of today’s best actors and comedians.

Francois the Tree Man is far from his wife and three small children in Quebec, selling Christmas trees and living in a van on the streets of New York City. He does it for them. But this is home, too. Like the hundreds of Christmas tree sellers who descend upon the city from Canada, New England and even Europe, Francois delivers the magic of the season over a grueling month in his adopted neighborhood. He's a star, a storyteller, a Santa Claus in a sap-stained coat, a confidant, a friend, and a father figure to the local characters who are his New York family. They also need him. TREE MAN is the story of Francois's journey, how he arrived here, what holds him, and the conflict that will cause him to leave. As one of Francois' long-time customers says: "This has nothing to do with the trees anymore."

Despite the 7 scientific traits that define a living thing, a tree yearns for something to make it truly feel alive. The answer is much more than photosynthesis, and it includes a pair of arms and the warmest feeling imaginable.

The Tree provides a unique take on common critiques of our wasteful Western culture. Follow the life of a little pine tree, groomed for Christmas, from its uneventful planting to its untimely death. Wilson’s short urges greater consideration, compassion, and respect for the natural world.

A journey through the world illustrating the problems faced by modern man - the effects of his own activity.

There was a puppet in the telephone booth on the street, like a tree hole that received the stories people poured out without a word. In the morning, a little girl visited the puppet unexpectedly.

The tree here is an ancient American Elm standing in Tompkins Square Park in New York. It’s named 'The Hare Krishna Tree' because an Indian spiritual leader founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness nearby. Meticulously edited, frame by frame, the tree comes to life, more than 40 years after the images were shot.

A girl dressed like a tree tries to find her way home. “Tree Girl" begins with a spot-on replica of a makeup tutorial video, complete with flashy editing and thumping background music, about how to make yourself look like a tree. Directed by and starring Marissa Goldman.

A quietly curious animated short film about a single dead tree and the cycle of life that depends upon it.

Inspired by an actual friendship between the director's mother and his mother's best friend, 'The Tree' is a poignant, heart-warming story about an 88 year-old widow (Dorothy Thorp) who takes a road trip from Wamego, Kansas, back to Terre Haute, Indiana, to visit her oldest and dearest childhood friend.

A weary man struggles through an arid world, desperate for food, until he finds a distant apple tree.

A series of blackout gags organized around a lumber camp.

Siblings Tim and Lena squabble after he detects her disinterest in his long-term family genealogy project.

Tree Spree is a 1961 Sidney the Elephant cartoon.

Comments on the problems of living in a city environment with the sad story of the mistreatment of a tree which is struggling to live on a city street. For elementary grades. A graphic presentation of a bedraggled city tree, who tells, inverse, in a self-pitying but endearing manner, how difficult life is to a tree surrounded by concrete. Points up the carelessness, ignorance and indifference of pedestrians and motorists in the tree’s struggle to stay alive. Wry comments on the urban ecology make this one for all ages to view. 16mm

Valentina, a ten-year-old girl, lives with her conservative and religious family. As she watches her teenage sisters navigate their adolescence, Valentina's own childhood begins to fade. Her innocent curiosity gradually transforms into a harsh moral judgment, directed both at herself and her sisters, as she grapples with the confusing onset of puberty.