Endless Cookie

A nine year labour of animated documentary love, "Endless Cookie" is the wonderful, cerebral, meandering film perfect for the times.

A long distance bridge of a film between Pete and Seth Scrivens tying together a unique family relationship between a white man from metropolitan Toronto and an indigenous half brother residing in the remote Shamattawa First Nations community of Northern Manitoba.

Shot in colourful, bubbly Spongebob manner, "Endless Cookie" looks delicious on the screen. The fun animation proves the perfect medium to present what is in essence a nine year conversation between the brothers. Stories are told. Stories are interrupted. Stories are picked up, only to be interrupted again. Some are funny, some are sad, some are amazing, but all ring true. As true as the laconic, relaxed conversation that can only come from loving brothers sharing lives despite a wide geographic, and societal separation. And of course, there is a cookie.

A beauty.

Watched at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

I don't think I have ever seen something like this before. Blending both serious topics, yet, mashing with absurd colorful animations, presentations and style is something that is quite unique, and Endless Cookie succeeds with it.

It's absurd animation nature is weird. But it's also touching as the documentary explores the common grounds of people in the Indigenous community. How beauty is worked, culture being displayed, and some of the struggles of having to be Indigenous and the brutal reality surrounding them.

Many of the discussions are interesting, including some strange sound designs. All of the animation is wonky, colorful, weird and designed perfectly absurd, that it makes it a more funny and emotional journey. While some of the sound designs is a bit off-putting, especially with some of the pacing being a bit off midway. One thing is for sure, there is no documentary like this done before.