Super Mr. Woods

Super M. Woods

Aerin Wu
2025 | 1 min
2D rotoscope animation
English

Super Mr. Woods is a surreal animated short that blurs the line between reverence and ridiculousness, offering a glimpse into an absurd world spiralling into consumer chaos. A mystic forest creature becomes a brand, a god, a myth, who serves as a mirror for our own consumer-driven culture.

Produced as part of the 15^th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse mentorship.

Logline

Step into the myth. Witness the madness.

Director's Statement

Our world feels chaotic and overwhelming. People are always too busy working, creating and consuming to imagine a better tomorrow together. From a distance, this constant motion feels frantic and absurd, and that inspired me to create Mr. Woods, a mysterious creature who represents the tension between such hope and frenzy.

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Credits

Written, Directed and Animated by
Scénario, réalisation et animation
Aerin Wu

Additional Animation
Animation additionnelle
Cameron Kletke

Editor
Montage
Jesse Riviere

Sound, Music and Vocals
Conception sonore, musique et voix
Vid Cousins

Mentoring Director
Mentorat de réalisation
Lillian Chan

Associate Producer
Production déléguée
Fred Casia

Technical Director
Direction technique
Mathieu Tremblay

Technical Support – Animation
Soutien technique à l’animation
Alexandre Roy

Compositing
Composition d’images
Herl Lara

Technical Coordinator
Coordination technique
Luc Binette

Titles
Titres
Cynthia Ouellet

Online Edit
Montage en ligne
Luca Di Gioacchino

Voices
Voix
Katie Finn
Abbey Collings

Foley
Bruitage
Karla Baumgardner

Recording
Enregistrement
Geoffrey Mitchell

Mix
Mixage
Isabelle Lussier

Administration
Karine Desmeules

Senior Production Coordinator
Coordination de la production
Dominique Forget

Marketing
Mise en marché
Judith Lessard-Bérubé
Marion Duhaime-Morissette
Emilie Ryan

Publicist
Attachée de presse
Nadine Viau

Consultation
Donald McWilliams

Producer
Production
Maral Mohammadian

Executive Producer
Production exécutive
Christine Noël

Thanks
Remerciements
Chris Kim
Wes Machnikowski
Vincent McCurley
Shirley Vercruysse
Josiane Bernardin
Nellie Carrier

Media Relations

Nadine Viau
NFB Publicist – Montreal
C.: 514-458-9745
n.viau@nfb.ca

About the Hothouse program

Hothouse is a mentorship program for emerging Canadian animation filmmakers. It was created in 2003 by NFB Animation Studio Producer Michael Fukushima and Executive Producer David Verrall to nurture new talent. Participants work alongside industry leaders, gaining real-world experience.

They have only 12 weeks to craft an original one-minute film. But it’s not just about speed. It’s about helping the next generation of storytellers find inventive ways of using animation while maintaining the creative and technical hallmarks of NFB animation.

Hothouse is not a funding program, nor is it a school. It is a mentorship in real-world animation filmmaking, with the NFB serving as both producer and distributor.

About the NFB

For more than 80 years, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has produced, distributed and preserved those stories, which now form a vast audiovisual collection—an important part of our cultural heritage that represents all Canadians.

To tell these stories, the NFB works with filmmakers of all ages and backgrounds, from across the country. It harnesses their creativity to produce relevant and groundbreaking content for curious, engaged and diverse audiences. The NFB also collaborates with industry experts to foster innovation in every aspect of storytelling, from formats to distribution models.

Every year, another 50 or so powerful new animated and documentary films are added to the NFB’s extensive collection of more than 14,000 titles, half of which are available to watch for free on nfb.ca.

Through its mandate, its stature and its productions, the NFB contributes to Canada’s cultural identity and is helping to build the Canada of tomorrow.