We are animators that are passionate about ecology.

Cardboard Reality is an independent animation studio based in Northumberland County, Ontario. We focus on mixed media frame by frame filmmaking approaches to create original content with an emphasis on storytelling.

	bekky O'Neil is a multidisciplinary artist, animator, writer, director & producer. She is a graduate of the Interdisciplinary Masters in Art, Media & Design at OCAD University with a focus on Animated Documentary and Sustainable Agriculture, and holds a BFA in Playwrighting and a second BFA in Film Animation from Concordia University.  She is a part time Professor of Media Studies at Loyalist College in Belleville, and a sessional instructor in the Experimental Animation program at OCAD University in Toronto.
	Keith Del Principe is a filmmaker and animator. A graduate of Plattsburgh State University of New York, Keith holds a BA in Social Theory, Social Movements & Activism. Keith is also a BFA graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema's Film Animation program in Montreal, Quebec. Keith is currently creating a mixed-media animated short documentary film about gardening. He believes that art has the capacity to impact positive social change.
	Together they are the founders of Cardboard Reality Farm & Studio, a permaculture farm and independent animation studio in Northumberland County, Ontario.  bekky & Keith’s films, funded by the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council, have played and garnered awards at festivals around the world.