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Three teenage boys idealize and fantasize about an older teenage football player until they witness his death.

Three adolescent boys become captivated by the queer nightlife over summer break, but a missing person pulls them back into the reality they tried to leave behind.

A deep dark stop motion tale by Frederick Tremblay

The coming of age journey of Samuel, a young Haitian boy whose life takes a tragic turn when his father is kidnapped, and he then decides to travel to the United States and Canada to find his mother.

Successful Hallie has it all - power, wealth, status - but she has no man in her life. Together with her friend Donnelee she goes out into the night to search for the right one. New lovers come and go without Hallie understand that true love is closer than she thinks - just across the street

Melding dream-logic and wry mystery, Arutinae melts the seams between sleeping and waking worlds. We follow up-and-coming indie musician Billie Christie on a pilgrimage to the former home of her musical idol, Inge Shielke, in the lakeside village of Matlock. Here, Billie meets the matriarch of an eccentric local family who presides over the lake's secrets—a polluted portal to the parallel world of Arutinae.

During the height of the Vietnam war, a hippie and a draft dodger get together and hatch a plan to flee to Canada. They steal a car and head towards Vancouver, but the trip doesn't go as smoothly as they planned, and before long they're being chased by the police, accused of murdering several police officers.

After she had been raped by her father, a young woman leaves the town with her new born son. Years later, the son can't accept that his mother fell in love with someone else than the mythical father she had told him about.

A young married woman from Montreal's Orthodox Jewish community finds freedom from the strictures of her faith through her relationship with a young man who is mourning the death of his estranged father.

An eccentric teacher (Marie-Chantal Perron) causes children at her elementary school to change the way they look at themselves.

Three sisters had a hit song years ago, but now deal with a family member's schizophrenia.

Mateo, a Metis teenager, is losing his bearings following the suicide of his father. In denial and anger, he will do anything to deny his native origins.

A shy comic book artist falls in love with his teacher.

A poetic exploration of the multi-generational affects of Canada's Indian Residential School system, based on the personal trials of Aboriginal playwright Yvette Nolan.

By the summer of his 19th birthday, Charlie Hall, champion wakeboarder, doesn’t know if he’ll ever get back on a wakeboard following an injury. When he flees his anguish and uncertainty by going to his cousin Noah’s house in the town of Chambly, he meets Juliette, a young employee of the local marina. The chemistry clicks and the two youngsters develop a unique relationship that only has as obstacles the fear of their ambitions.

Three attendees at a puppet theater don various roles in order to sing a variety of songs by Jacques Brel, all while hippies and other eccentrics cavort about them.

Several puppets convene at a wooded retreat for a weekend-long writing workshop in which secrets are spilled and lives changed.

Made with the assistance of the National Film Board of Canada, this 1990 Canadian mockumentary about the flat Earth theory including the fictional story of the fatal polar expedition by Andrea Barnes.It was created to teach critical theories and debunk flat-earth theory, though some flat earth adherents continue to use it as if it were a non-fiction, serious documentary supporting their beliefs.

A young man wakes up naked on a pallet on the street in Montreal. Who is he, what is his name? How did he get here? The only thing he seems to remember is that he's gay. And so begins one of the most compelling gay-themed mysteries we’ve seen. Based on a true story, this young man has been through some trauma that caused his memory loss -- or is he an imposter avoiding the law in some way?

In coming to grips with previously well-concealed information about the death of her uncle in World War I, and the emotional upheaval it continues to cause her family, a young girl begins to question the benevolence of God and the order in God's world. Based on the short story by Margaret Laurence.

A young woman awakens in a nest of decay. She uses the last of her strength in an attempt to save herself from the animal she is becoming.

Alice's small town routine is upended when writer Ronnie sweeps into her life. But with this new friend comes a series of inexplicable events that soon plunges Alice and her entire town into danger.

A displaced black queer boy finds refuge in his city's underground Kiki Ballroom scene.

A young man runs from the voices in his head into the arms of an elderly cowgirl.

A fictional film about a runner's relationship with his sister and brother as he tries to qualify for Boston. Available to stream for free on Vimeo

A troubled teenage girl, struggling with a strained relationship with her neglectful father, begins relying on an imaginary friend who feels more real than anyone else in her life.

A sensuous, celebrating smell, touch, color, skin, poetry, painting, sex, and home decorating; to the point of decadence. A man, tired of the debauched and decadent world in which he has lived becomes a recluse, and aims to create his own universe within his home. What starts as a celebration of 'nature', however, becomes a personal disaster as he turns far away from the world.

When Dodo finds out her best friend Clara has a crush, she struggles to accept their new dynamic and orchestrates destructive situations to avoid being left behind, threatening to spoil their idyllic lakeside holiday.

Ronnie lost her brother. Faye lost her first love. These two best friends set off on a debaucherous road trip to the mountains to get over the death of the man they both loved.

A man, woken up in the middle of the night by a strange woman in search of a party tries to get rid of her. However everything is not as it seems.

The life of a security guard in a retirement home spirals out of control when he catches his wife with a lover, pushing him to the brink of insanity.

A heartfelt short story about the long sighs and longer nights that come with falling for a friend and finding the courage to confess. Caught between chemistry and uncertainty, Georgina navigates the delicate line between friendship and love in this tender exploration of vulnerability in all of its forms.

Hafiz, a recent immigrant to Canada, waits anxiously for his exam approval letter to practice as a doctor. In the mean time, he passes the time by learning how to cook Chicken Jalfrezi.

Friendship between two old men becomes love. Slightly-unkempt, tired, and frail, Philippe Lanctot moves into a rest home. The administrator says she wants him to be happy, but that seems far from his mind: he's waiting to die. Then, into his room, unannounced, rolls the voluble Victor Laprade, who draws out Philippe over the next few months. Victor gives Philippe the gift of experiencing the moment. In return, the well-heeled Philippe organises field trips to dinner and to a botanical garden, and, unknown to Victor, becomes the man's benefactor when Victor's children get stingy. The openly-gay Victor also pushes Philippe to acknowledge feelings he's always kept suppressed.

An open and honest autobiographical account of male sexuality centered on Frank, an unemployed photographer, and his circle of mainly gay friends. He and his best friend, Bozo, attempt to have sex, although they consider themselves straight. But things begin to fall apart when Frank meets and falls in love with Johnny, a 13-year-old boy.

The bombing of the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, by a nation he knew only by name, thrust nine-year-old Minoru Fukushima into a world of racism so malevolent he would be forced to leave Canada, the land of his birth. Like thousands of other Japanese Canadians, Minoru and his family were branded as an enemy of Canada, dispatched to internment camps in the interior of British Columbia, and finally deported to Japan. Directed by Michael Fukushima, Minoru's son, the film artfully combines classical animation with archival material. The memories of the father are interspersed with the voice of the son, weaving a tale of suffering and survival, of a birthright lost and recovered.

When three Canadian soldiers encounter a lone German scout, their sense of morality is weighed against their sense of duty.

An out of work actor takes a role in a vampire porno.

After hitting rock bottom and dealing with colliding mental illnesses, a young man gets involved with the wrong people, putting his cousin/best friend whose life has been set for himself, in harm's way.

Two Taiwanese girls fly back to their hometown Taipei for an annual family visit. The trip starts out joyful with the embrace of family love; however it becomes unbearable when a disturbing truth is uncovered.

A hitman is seduced by a dancer that he had been tasked to kill.

Yvonne is a young woman living in Quebec in the latter half of the 19th century, under the controlling influence of both her elder sister, Hélène, and the repressive Victorian society that pervades the area. Yvonne has a sensual passion that her sister hopes to extinguish by placing her in a convent. As summer arrives, a strange dream suggests a different future, and Yvonne confronts the unexpected return of both her mother and her first love.

Between the blurred lines of the seen and the unseen, Melati brings her American boyfriend, Sam, on a homecoming trip to Bali. When Melati starts wailing in her sleep, the Island of the Gods responds by revealing Sam’s true colors. Their relationship is put to the test as his sunburn worsens and she believes him to be possessed.

In 1950, in a small village called Northern Station, Samuel, a young mailman and his girlfriend, Évelyne, spend hours replying to letters that children have sent to Santa Claus. While delivering the letters on Christmas Eve, Samuel dies of cold in the forest. He finds himself in the magic land of Santa Claus, where he becomes an elf in charge of answering Santa’s mail. Fifty years later, Samuel opens a letter from Satia, a young girl from Northern Station who asks Santa Claus if he will save her grandmother, who is seriously ill. With the help of his friend, Howie, the young elf decides to go to the village for grant the child’s wish. However, it turns out that Satia’s grandmother is none other than Évelyne.

The odyssey of a young Cape Breton woman as she moves to the big city (Halifax) and supports herself after the birth of her illegitimate child by posing for college art classes, on her way to becoming an artist in her own right.

Follows three brothers who are going to discover the greatest secret of their late mother. This trip is going to change their lives.

The film takes place in a society where people wear animal masks to represent their inner selves. Muyal, a young woman who bears the mask of a rabbit, is beginning to lose herself by allowing her love for Holter, a young man with the mask of a fox, to engulf her.

In the inflation era, Jacob, who recently got kicked out, is desperate to find a home, when landing on a cheap listing he doesn’t read the fine print, unknowing what he got himself into.

Antoine, 13, spends the summer vacation with his parents in a rented cottage on an island in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. His neighbour, 17-year-old Anna, is an enigmatic and lively young woman. Antoine begins to experience the first stirrings of love-which soon yield a troubling brew of anxiety, desire and obsession. He eventually comes across a terrible secret that will forever change his life.

Resort manager Claire prepares for a holiday family reunion, but when her grandfather makes a startling announcement and then dies unexpectedly, Claire must solve a devilishly clever puzzle in order to earn her inheritance and expose a murderer.

Daniel moves into a Seniors' residence because he is lonely. There he meets Violet and they fall in love. However, Violet's daughter-in-law does not approve of her starting a new relationship and does everything in her power to keep them apart. How much autonomy are seniors given to make their own decisions? At what point do they cease to be capable of making personal choices?

Kaylee, a 14-year-old emo-goth, thinks she is top of the food chain when it comes to being misunderstood. After a monster fight with her parents over her texting habits, Kaylee runs away to her understanding grandma’s house. All is going well until Kaylee’s cell phone battery runs out.

Stratford Festival's production of Romeo and Juliet 1993. Megan Porter Follows (Anne of Green Gables) and Antoni Cimolino (Stratford Festival Artistic Director) star in one of the most famous love stories of all time. The tale unfolds as the families of the star-crossed lovers, the Montagues and the Capulets, are embroiled in a bitter feud that erupts into a brawl. The couple plan a secret wedding, but fate intervenes and the two die tragically, precipitating a vow by the bereaved fathers to resolve their differences.