Tilt

Canada, 1972

Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

A wryly amusing, surrealistic animation using the analogy of the Earth to a ball in a pinball machine being manipulated by pressures arising from inequitable allocation of resources. Emphasises the urgency of finding suitable solutions to the Earth’s problems, how a little more sharing of wealth by the “have” countries might ease many of the world’s economic ills and presents three alternatives. Script by Don Arioli.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer

Wolf Koenig

production company

National Film Board of Canada

World Bank

Duration

00:19:00:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1972

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

504426

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Cooperativeness - Moral and ethic aspects

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 12+

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Conservation of natural resources

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Earth

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environment - Social aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural resources - Environmental aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cooperativeness - Moral and ethic aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Environment - Social aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Equality

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Human ecology

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → International cooperation

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political science

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social control

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social problems

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social structure

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Earth

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/96632--tilt/ |title=Tilt |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=7 May 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}