Discover Movies

An uncle tells stories during an Easter get-together

When an old friend takes his own life, Alan Zweig seeks out others grappling with the suicide of a loved one. As hard as it can be to speak of such an unfathomable loss, more than 20 friends and acquaintances feel compelled to tell their stories. Zweig engages with them as only he can-reflecting with disarming candour on the grief and resilience of those left standing. Love, Harold is a profound gesture of cinematic empathy from one of Canada's most distinctive filmmakers.

Art students detail their experiences turning their passion for creating art into a job. This experimental film uses colours, shapes, and patterns to interpret the feelings described by each artist.

Inmates in a Victoria BC jail are working together on a once in a lifetime project. A chance to take their minds off of their past deeds and focus on the positive. Carving a 40 ft totem is no small undertaking but with guidance from Coast Salish carver Tom LaFortune they are about to take on this epic undertaking.

Gifted jazz singer Judi Singh defied expectations as a Punjabi-Black artist stepping onto the stage in the late 1950s. Weaving together moments of struggle and resilience, the film reintroduces a forgotten artist to the spotlight.

The documentary examines the relationship between psychology and poetry and how her personal experience influences her artistic practice.

Through sensory fragments, this film delves into the invisible pain of a rare disease that erodes the spinal cord and isolates those who suffer from it. Separated by an ocean, three women intertwine their voices to share their experience with syringomyelia. Blending intimate narratives and raw physical sensations, this experimental documentary immerses us in the impact of neuropathic pain on the body and the way it shapes one’s perception of the world.

Ten individual short stories, each centered around a different BC building - from the starkly simple to the grandiose.

A poetic journey through the breathtaking and culturally-significant landscapes of the Dasiqox watershed, with reflections and stories shared by Tsilhqot'in in Nenqayni Ch'ih.

From the 1950s to the 1980s, Catholic priests sexually abused many young boys in the francophone towns of New Brunswick. These scandals only came to light when the victims were in their fifties, provoking shock and outrage in the media and the public. Why did the affected communities keep silent so long? Profiting from their positions of influence to impose a “pious silence” on their parishioners, authority figures built an abusive system that tells us as much about the type of oppression specific to the Acadian population as it does about the blanket denials issued by the Catholic Church. Called to confront the power of this collective silence, veteran filmmaker Renée Blanchar meets with survivors in an attempt to untangle the deeply rooted reasons for this secrecy. With The Silence, she takes us as close as she can to the humanity of these broken men, revealing the forces that, today as in the past, have the power to unite or divide Acadian communities.

Filmmaker Alexandra Elkin joins two veteran climbers on a breathtaking journey through Red Rock Canyon and Yosemite, where fear, inner strength, and a deep passion for climbing meet at the summit, revealing that courage knows no age.

Live recording of Sir Wilfrid Laurier's funeral in Ottawa.

Kali Caldwell interviews her Grandmother about her life and experiences as a birthday gift, as she has missed too many.

The Latest News consists of 50 stories from the New York Times published between 1992 and 2024, each condensed to roughly 5 to 7 sentences. These stories form the text of the film's voiceover. Each sentence has one corresponding shot and sound clip. And each 5 to 7 sentence story is separated by a single shot accompanied by no narration. The result is a brief history of contemporary Utah, a tour of Utah's varied landscapes, a history of the journalistic style of the New York Times, a reinterpretation of Benning's work, and a reflection on the current prospects of avant-garde cinema. Shot in 4k and 8k video, with digital stereo sound, the film is visually stunning and sonically rich.

YOUTH YEAR ZERO questions young people from all regions of Quebec about their aspirations, their perception of the Quiet Revolution and the progress accomplished by Quebec society.

Documentary about famous Vancouverite Frank Baker.

This short film tells of two rugged journeys: that, autobiographical, of a young woman who learns she is harboring the AIDS virus; and that of the ancient Minoan civilization, wiped out by the greatest cataclysm in history. Today, the world is held hostage by a killer disease that is stealthier than a volcano, but it exacts the same price. Now, as then, some profound questions exist: How does humanity define itself? How do we measure our passage on this planet?

Ballet by the Lake: The Wilderness Ballet Camp in Ontario's Algonquin Park. Dancing on the Rockies: The Banff School of Fine Arts ballet class practises out of doors.

In Canada, Europe and the United States, an elite group of scientists has been tracking an insidious brain wasting disease that emerged in deer at a research facility in Colorado in the 1960s, Chronic Wasting Disease.

From humble beginnings to a successful father of four, Frank Lacourciere is a perfect embodiment of what it takes to be a successful and self made man in the 21st century.

An ode to thrift stores, reusing our clothes and local communities.

Let's change the conversation in the changing room.

In a remote rural area of ​​Nova Scotia, retired blacksmiths John and Nancy Little live a quiet life, splitting their time between growing vegetables and transforming scrap metal into astonishing sound sculptures. Occasionally, the local police call upon their special skills in an effort to protect the lives of Canadians. Steeped in the atmosphere of a spy novel, Fatal Forge portrays two ordinary citizens as national heroes.

Working Like Crazy is a fresh look at the struggles and victories of some former mental health patients who work in businesses owned and run by other psychiatric survivors.

Documentary about the history of Niagra falls

A documentary that goes behind-the-scenes of Paul Gross's Passchendaele (2008).

In the Minds of All Beings: Tsogyal Latso of Tibet takes us to the 8th century birthplace of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal, the founding mother of Tibetan Buddhism, and the greatest enlightened woman in Tibet. Blending legend and history, the film recounts an ancient story and shows how the wisdom and blessings of Yeshe Tsogyal have continued to our present time.

A Documentary-style film about nothing.

An analog letter to a friend filmed over the course of the pandemic, reflecting on changes in healthcare, space, and outlook on life.

26 year-old Madison explores the important spiritual side of transition with help from her grandmother to teach her all things feminine. Generational differences become clear, but are sweetly brought together in familal discussion.

A deliciously indecipherable autobiography of important dates in McLaren’s life, set against the richly coloured head and tail frames cut from other (unknown) films; film stock garbage acting as diary.

The cultivation of flax, long and complicated, requires constant precautions and care. This document describes the different stages of this culture, from tillage and fertilization of the soil to uprooting, retting, braying, stacking, retting and, finally, shipping to the factory.

A short interview with Senator Wanda Thomas-Bernard featuring Dr. Kesa Munroe Anderson.

Everything is connected is a documentary project led jointly by the Sixties Scoop Indigenous Society of Saskatchewan (SISS) and Iskwewuk-E-wichiwitochik. The project highlights how intergenerational trauma and the separation of Indigenous children from their families are connected to the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Construction of the Diefenbunker. "A recently declassified film, Nuclear Roof depicts the design and construction of Canada's secret nuclear bunker, engineered to house the federal government in the occurrence of a nuclear attack. Built in secrecy during a 14 month period between 1959 and 1961, the facility became active in 1962 and operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year for over 33 years. This fascinating engineering feat, now a museum, is open to the public. Take a rare look at how it all began..."

An elderly Chinese can collector strikes up an unexpected friendship with a house full of friends in East Vancouver.

Two geographic places, Quebec (Canada) and New Caledonia (France, Pacific), are put in relation to each other with the help of an audiovisual installation which modifies the congruence and the synchronicity of sounds and images. This work explores the depth of two contrasting territories which have both undergone a colonial history. Working out the contrasts and resonances of these two contexts, this work investigates the identity and memory of places but also the strange sensation of reality given by a hybrid and fictional landscape which combines elements that do not belong together.

What would happen if three huge Franco-Ontarian flags wandered over the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City during the St. Jean Baptiste celebrations? A young Ontario francophone, Andréanne Germain, goes in search of an answer. Her idea isn’t to provoke Quebecers but to sensitize them to an overlooked reality. The setting she chooses is St. Jean Baptiste, formerly a celebration for French Canadians in general, but since 1977 the Quebec national holiday.

The black-and-white images of the round-trip zooms in the Eira courtyard gate gangs slide over each other to form a hypnotic choreography of the film granules. Inspired by the work, Oka cites Malcolm LeGrice's book Abstract Film and Beyond (1977).

The making of the short film Cirkus (1999).

Born around 1930 on the roadsides of America, at the same time as the car and paid holidays, most of these tiny dwellings have been replaced by motels or motorways. Some have stood the test of time. Along the St. Lawrence River, between Berthier-sur-Mer and Miguasha, along almost a thousand kilometres of coastline, they have seen the wharves disappear from the villages and are now witnessing the proliferation of wind farms. In perfect harmony with the landscape. Deep-rooted, they hold their owners hostage or save their lives.

Explores how climate change affects Inuit living in urban centres, how it (climate change) keeps them away from their home up north and cultural traditions, and what are they doing to maintain Inuit identity, that is deeply attached to having a relationship with the land while living in urban centres.

This film tells the story of 5 women converging on historic Hueco Tanks, Texas, to embrace and celebrate the fiery girl gang energy that naturally happens when you get a group of strong females together. Coming from 5 completely different backgrounds in the U.S. and Canada, the climbers each have a unique personality, perspective, and approach to climbing. The film celebrates those differences and show that there’s no one way to “be a climber.” With full-time jobs as a software engineer, nurse, marketing manager, dog trainer, and healthcare policy analyst, these women are not pro climbers, but they’ve dedicated their lives to getting after it outside and climbing hard boulder problems whenever they can. This film isn’t just about showcasing rad climbs, but first and foremost to show the world that women are stronger together than we are divided. But of course there will be plenty of impressive sending going on too!

A film titled Dance Movie appears in many Warhol filmographies, but no work with this title can be found in the collection. The lost film, starring dancer Fred Herko gliding on a single roller skate, was shot in 1963. Herko was a talented dancer and choreographer who cofounded and performed with the Judson Dance Theater. Herko was also associated with the Mole People, a group of queer men and women who came together to get high on speed and listen to opera. In October 1964, unhoused and strung out on drugs, Herko leapt out of an open window while dancing naked to Mozart’s Coronation Mass in C Major. Although the current location of Dance Movie is unknown, accounts of it do exist, including Warhol’s evocative description in POPism of Herko “gliding in dance attitudes and looking as perfect as the ornament on the hood of a car.” Goddess of Speed poetically reimagines the missing film.

4:10 a.m. April 29, 1903. The mining town of Frank, Alberta is awoken by ominous rumblings on Turtle Mountain.

This feature documentary profiles poet Milton Acorn, who left his home in Prince Edward Island in the late 1940s to earn his living as an itinerant carpenter, and wound up in Toronto as one of Canada's most highly regarded poets and one of its most outrageous literary figures. Dubbed "The People's Poet" by fellow poets, he won the Governor General's Literary Award in 1975. Burned out by personal crises, Acorn moved back to Charlottetown in 1981. This film, directed by a P.E.I. filmmaker, brings out Acorn's wit, love of nature, unorthodox political views, and sometimes infuriating personal contradictions.

Created by Elsipogtog First Nation filmmaker Desmond Simon, Mitata is a celebration of a grandfather through the voice of his son and the eyes of his grandson.