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After years apart, a woman living alone in the forest is troubled by the sudden return of her estranged son. Against her will, she must accompany him on his final journey.

One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film considers the chronic patient's right to quality care, and the acutely ill patient's right to a hospital bed. Jean is suffering from multiple sclerosis and is almost completely paralyzed. It seems that the only ones who care about her are the nurses. With the arrival of a patient in need of an operation, it becomes apparent that chronic patients have little priority.

One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

An Alzheimer's patient is checked into a long-term care facility while he believes his wife to be missing.

In Montréal, after a car crash, Martine finds herself in a world in-between life and death.

A short film exploring the idea of the contradiction between desire and consequences. Three girls are trying to escape their reality, the one that always come back.

Emma had a c-section. She didn’t see her son when he was born. When she finally meets him, she doesn't recognize her baby. How could she? Little by little, mother and child fall in love. The Cut delicately explores the complexity of the bond between mother and child.

Though Louis agrees to attend his brother’s bachelor party, he is not particularly interested in the planned activities or cleaning up after the drunken groom-to-be. But as the night’s events get wilder he is forced to decide how much he can tolerate.

A woman deciphers a message received in her dreams, sent by a colony of bees.

Kyla sits through the quiet funeral of her late roommate, Elmo, with only three of her friends in attendance. She attempts to open up about his cause of death, but her well-meaning but nosy companions interrupt with elaborate and hilarious scenarios: Elmo as a mobster caught in a deadly game, a heartbroken lover killed in a telenovela-style betrayal, and even a secret superhero who perished saving an innocent. But when her friends' self-absorbed chatter leaves her alone again, the tragically absurd truth behind Elmo's... dirty demise is revealed.

A neglected six-year-old girl struggles to cope with her mother's depression, uncovering a secret from her mother's past.

Two women, in the middle of their own life-crises, try to find physical reprieve in each other, only to have an emotional one night stand.

Five boys go on a bike trip to the lake. They find an overturned car and save the life of the driver with their knowledge of first aid. Mike, the town bully, finds out that Emmett is really a very good person to know and that he needs to change his outlook on life if he is going to succeed in the future.

Simone Choule: single mother, struggling actress, vampire.

BARK is a portrait of a seemingly simple argument between two teenage girls that curdles into a surreal, psychological struggle.

As Earth reaches its environmental breaking point, Mia, a talented black astronaut, must make a difficult decision: to stay with her ailing father, or leave for the unknown potentials of space exploration.

Live recording of the musical theater adaptation of the Chinese novel with the same name.

Antoine lives by the sea. While visiting his cousin in Montreal, he meets Aurélie and develops a particular relationship with her, only for the night. They will naturally connect because of their mutual comprehension of grief and sorrow.

This video dramatizes the story of three gay men as each of them takes an individual path that completes their own destiny.

Two dogs and a duck are saving a family.

A young woman delves into the archives of the New York Public Library in search of a rare recording produced in 1909 titled “Veslemøy's Song”.

Charlie's Prospect is a video fable set to an original music score for choir. Set in Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia, Charlie's Prospect is based on a true story in which a folk artist tries to preserve the way of life in his small fishing community by building a replica of the village on his front lawn. One day a wealthy young family drives by and wants to buy the entire model village. The artist is faced with a dilemma that is resolved later that night, as fantasy and reality merge.

A blend of drama and documentary, this film follows several people caught up in the turmoil of the modern world. The drama centres on a woman who has burned out and who holds up her own despair – and her attempts to rebuild her life – as a mirror to the rest of us. With a blend of gravity and humour, Sylvie Groulx's film shows the absurdity of a society dedicated to the cult of speed at all costs.

A woman retreats to her childhood cottage where she encounters the young man she used to babysit, and who is now the distraction she needs to get through the night.

In a rut and desperate for the passion they once had, Emma does her best to coach Kevin through an incredibly awkward dinner party with three friends they've lost touch with.

March 12, 2020. COVID-19 has just been declared a global pandemic, confinement measures are being implemented all across the world. Fanny, Samuel, Marianne and Daniel, four Montrealers from very different backgrounds, must now adapt to this new reality. What they believe to be a temporary situation will turn into a long ordeal that will change their lives forever. Between reality and fiction, Première vague is a portrait of the first 100 days of the pandemic in the city of Montreal, Canada.

Carl, a man taught that life 'either likes you or hates you' has always thought life hated him.

A young couple in the not so distant future find their secret existence threatened when reserves run low.

A 10-year-old, gender non-conforming student navigates his way through the school, in search of a safe washroom.

On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women talk about their condition. A teenager observes the gap between the sexes. Co-directed by two actresses, Paule Baillargeon and Frederique Collin, The Red Kitchen is the birth of the Quebec women's cinema. The birth of the film was difficult, and funding has been largely achieved through donations from friends and a benefit concert. This war of the sexes takes place in a demanding formal research, based on the improvisation of the actors, whose preparation took place over long sessions in the workshop. The end result mixes black humour, horror and a very expressive fantasy that gave rise to heated debates.

Zac hides dark emotions behind his cheerful facade. Sacha focuses on his so-called troubles, so Zac invites him to spend a day together to lift his spirits.

An innovative drama that explores the unique relationship between two Korean-Canadian women. Grace, a second generation feminist academic, and Hyang-Sook, a recent immigrant from Korea. Grace is the translator for Hyang-Sook's immigration interviews and finds herself facing a moral dilemma-- is translating a lie an act of lying itself? The conflict is played out in Grace's psychic lanbdscape. In a role as a kiseang, a female court prostitute of 15th century Korea, she finds herself engaged in a mysterious poetry (sijo) competition with Hyan Sook dressed as a nobleman. The structure of the film incorporates elements of Korean performance art and popular Korean melodrama.

Based on controversial play, a former Nazi and a madam meet 50 years after the Second World War to find Hitler's progeny.

For two best friends, Kathy and Selena couldn't seem more different. Kathy is confident, mysterious and alluring, while Selena is shy and inexperienced, forever standing in Kathy's shadow. However, when Selena is invited over the Kathy's house for the first time, hidden parts of Kathy's life are revealed, and her wall of confidence begins to crack. As brewing tension leads to a bitter face off between the girls, Kathy and Selena must choose between saving face and saving their friendship.

Frank Robinson abuses his wife verbally and batters her physically, with frightening consequences not only for her, but also for their sons, Billy and Freddy. This thought-provoking drama delves into the complexities teenagers encounter when faced with such issues, highlighting the beginning of a healing journey for this family.

A rebellious teen is sentenced to serve time on his uncle's organic farm, only to learn that there's much more to the farm than meets the eye.

Arlo Alone is a futuristic drama that follows Arlo, a young woman, as she comes to terms with her own loneliness in a world where in-person contact has become a rarity.

Mum breaks up with Dad while on vacation in Florida and flies back to Montreal. The kids, Jonathan and Florie, two immature and impressionable twentysomethings, only have a few hours to figure out how they'll welcome her back.

The tale of a tragic love story set in Newfoundland. When illness takes the woman he loves, a simple man raises his voice in melancholy song as a last farewell. The film, based on a song by local musician Emile Benoit, is anchored in a beautiful, remote corner of the province, and pays homage to its land, sea and the harsh lives of the local fishermen.

Equal parts dramatic film, investigative report, and sociological experiment, this feature-length picture is above all a community undertaking. Made in collaboration with a group of residents of Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada, the film speaks not just to the community it concerns, but equally to those people who wish to recognize the ever-increasing importance of their social reality.

Jack adheres strictly to his routine, as dictated by his phone. When a friend at work tries to free him, his phone fights back.

A high school graduate is held hostage by his ex-boyfriend and a group of thieves who are convinced there is buried treasure on the family farm.

An immigrant's last attempt to restore childhood innocence on strange lands.

A short film about a girl named Dhanvi , who spends years looking for a Great Treasure, only to find that it was right under her nose all along.

One Friday night, Victor makes his escape and leaves his residence for adults with autism. Seeking freedom, he meets Jessy with whom he spends the night. Thanks to their encounter, Victor reconnects with himself and asserts his own identity.

8328 is about an unexpected encounter between young Hugo and Raymond, to whom life has given few gifts… except a few wooden carvings.

An imaginative 9 year old perfectionist plots ill-conceived revenge on the thing she hates most: liars.

To the dismay of his girlfriend, Charlie is introduced to the beatnik scene when he falls in love with a hep chick named Steve. But when he discovers Steve is mixed up with a vicious drug ring, he has to decide where his values really lie.

A subtle combination of documentary and fiction filmmaking, Luo Li’s remarkable Rivers and My Father was inspired by stories from his father’s childhood. Li inventively structures sound, image and narration, evoking the ways in which memory operates.

This film is a reconstruction of Robert Baldwin’s involvement in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Though bound to the cause of constitutional reform by principle, Baldwin’s heart was with the rebels and in the midst of armed revolt, he withdrew to fight a lonely battle with himself.

Trapped in a surreal loop, an artist with Alzheimer's struggles to paint.

In this short film Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Hubert Davis gets to the harsh truth of why a couple broke up. Part of the mobiDOCS: Confessions in a Digital Age series.

The world's first 8K, 8.5-minute experimental animated short film using "hands" as story characters. This short film tells a story about human love, ethics, war and the future from a unique perspective in a small train space. It is like a mirror reflecting the current situation of today's society and provoking our thoughts.

A depressed young man heads to the city for the weekend to house sit for his older brother.