What if you went on a holiday and the apocalypse happened?
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A polar bear is forced to navigate a human world of tourists, wildlife officers, and hunters as its ancient migration collides with modern life. When a sacred predator is branded a nuisance, it becomes unclear who truly belongs in this shared landscape.
Nuisance Bear
Over 35 years after Bob Lazar's revelations, this documentary exposes secrets of a facility the government still denies. Featuring Lazar's testimony, recreations, and new evidence, it reopens a case that continues to spark global curiosity
S4: The Bob Lazar Story
In 1995, Quebec faced a harrowing choice: remain part of Canada or establish itself as a separate country. The future of a nation and a lifelong dream were at stake in this referendum. Through interviews and analysis, journalists Antoine Robitaille and Dave Noël delve into the secret strategies, fierce rivalries, and political maneuvering of both sides.
1995 - Hopes and Betrayals
Through ramshackled Nuxalk Radio in Bella Coola, the disappearance of the ooligan reveals a buried history deeper than the river itself.
Ceremony
Carole Pope shattered taboos with her raw, unapologetic music and defiant sexuality—AntiDiva is the story of a queer rock icon reclaiming her place in the spotlight.
AntiDiva: The Carole Pope Confessions
Jacquelyn, used to presenting a carefully-edited version of herself online, commits to a 15-day challenge of posting unfiltered images. Unfiltered follows her journey of self-discovery as she explores what lies beneath her emotional reliance on a curated identity.
Unfiltered
Un renversement
Masked exposes the often overlooked mental health battles of those on the Autism Spectrum. Chloe Cavelle shares her journey of learning to function in a world not built for her.
Masked
From the flickering screens of Hollywood horror, to the haunted cane fields of colonial Haiti, Black Zombie unearths the buried origins of the zombie, reclaiming it as a symbol of survival and spiritual resistance.
Black Zombie
Sea otter documentary filmed around Vancouver Island, British Colombia, Canada, following mom, Bella, and son, Finn as they learn to survive the winter together. Narrated by Joe Geoffrey.
Sea Otters: A Wild Family Adventure
Did you know that clownfish change sex from male to female? (So if Nemo’s mom had died in real life, his dad could have become his mom!) Did you know that albatross, penguins and swans parent in same sex pairs? Or that bonobos, who are just as closely related to us as chimps, are matriarchal and have same-sex sex every day?! Narrated by Elliot Page, Second Nature follows trailblazing Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Joan Roughgarden as she meets groundbreaking scientists exploring the 1500+ animal species who engage in same-sex sexual behavior and parenting, change sex, form matriarchies, and more, debunking myths that females are “inferior” and that being queer is “unnatural.” SECOND NATURE — everything you didn’t learn in high school biology.
Second Nature: Gender and Sexuality in the Animal World
The birth of a gymnastics team in Pakistan provides an inspiring spark of light for a small group of girls on the margins.
The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony
An anonymous friend of filmmaker Océane Buxton notices her striking resemblance to Modeste Niquette, a missing woman he once knew. Modeste claimed recurring encounters with extraterrestrials, documenting them through photography before her unexplained disappearance gave her an almost mythical status. Together, Océane and her anonymous friend reconstruct a portrait of this ghostly figure through a docufiction collage of memories, images, and small-town gossip.
Prophetess
December 31, 1999. Quebec is a few hours from year 2000 and its potential bug. Trapped in a Montreal appartement, Momo needs only one thing to survive this nightmare: couscous.
Momo 3000
Moshood Abiola wins Nigeria's freest election, only for the military to jail him. When U.S. diplomats arrive to negotiate his release, he is served tea, and dies.
MKO
Kathrine Switzer, Siila Watt-Cloutier, and Sharon Farmer. They are the first woman to run the Boston Marathon officially, the first woman to connect climate change to human rights, and the first woman to serve as Chief White House Photographer. These trailblazing women broke barriers in their time and continue to pursue their passions to this day. They’re living proof that you can follow your dreams and maybe change the world in the process.
Tough Old Broads
A behind-the-scenes documentary that chronicles the making of the Crave television series. It explores the casting challenges, Indigenous representation, and the creative process of adapting the cult film franchise into a multi-lingual, 6-episode series.
Bon Cop, Bad Cop: Family Stories
This feature-length documentary follows blind African duo Amadou and Mariam as they work on their final studio album together, finding inspiration in their childhood, their home country of Mali, and each other.
Amadou & Mariam: The Blind Couple from Mali
In 1976, CFNY launched in a small suburban house just north of Toronto and went on to become one of the most influential punk, new wave and alternative radio stations in the world. This is the story of their mission to bring the most exciting music in the world to the masses. It's also a story of the personalities, lawsuits, bankruptcies, concerts, and listener protests that went along with it.
CFNY: The Spirit of Radio
A filmmaker revisits her childhood, interweaving 16mm vignettes and her old child services documents, uncovering the truth she couldn't voice as a child.
Willow World
An experimental anthology about mental turmoil. Nine subversive perspectives from young filmmakers from around the world who lament over depression, alienation, loneliness, and heartbreak as universal experiences.
Elegy Apokalypto
Defying modernity, 90-year-old Agatha forges a solitary existence on her ancestral farm preserving heirloom seeds.
Agatha’s Almanac
In the world of trail running, Sylvaine Cussot needs no introduction: French champion, international podium finishes, victories in the biggest ultra races... This exceptional athlete has left her mark on her sport. This film takes us with her to tackle the Diagonale des Fous, on Réunion Island: 185 kilometers and 10,500m of elevation gain. For Sylvaine, it's a special race, almost a love story; we follow her fifth participation here. This edition is special for her because this time she runs accompanied by the memory of her father. Every stride, every climb, every descent becomes a tribute.
Tipa Tipa
Parole Amérikoises
In a quiet Toronto apartment, an immigrant mother finds comfort in her Alexa—weather updates, love songs, and the time back home become a lifeline to the Philippines, reminding her of the family she left behind. In the Morning Sun is a gentle portrait of aging, migration, and memory.
In the Morning Sun
This queer ecology documentary explores the sexual diversity of the wildlife around us. Director May Matchim draws connections between these incredible species and her own journey accepting her Transness. The title is a reference to the green frog, an amphibian which is able to change its sex as it matures. This film includes a variety of animal and plant subjects, including same-sex bird parents raising chicks together, and a group of salamanders that's entirely female. It also examines the exclusionary attitudes in biology and conservation throughout time, and how these attitudes have influenced our understanding of animal behaviour.
Understanding Myself as an Amphibian
Inspired by the announcement of his mother's wedding, filmmaker Simon Ruscinski feels compelled to make a movie for her. It takes much longer than anticipated.
My Mommy Movie(s)
Dylan Williams’ compelling new documentary follows a handful of surgeons who carry the healthcare needs of an entire nation on their shoulders. At the center is Faustin Ntirenganya, one of only two reconstructive plastic surgeons in Rwanda, responsible for patients from across the country—fourteen million people. His work involves repairing bomb-damaged faces, burn injuries, and congenital deformities, but also striving to build a sustainable system where more surgeons can take over. The goal is ambitious: to train thirty new surgeons by 2030. An intimate and unsentimental portrait of medicine as practical, political, and moral work.
The Making of a Surgeon
This inspiring documentary follows Gabrielle Daleman, two-time Canadian champion and 2018 Olympic gold medalist, as she battles injuries, illness, bullying, and mental health struggles. Beyond the medals and spotlight, she faces adversity with courage and grit, rising again and again to prove that her greatest strength isn't just on the ice - it's in her unbreakable spirit.
Unbreakable Me - The Gabrielle Daleman Story
Nearly 150 North American bird names have not aged well, ruffling feathers in the ornithological world and revealing deep roots in colonial legacies. Keen birders explore what's really in a name?
Bird Names
FJ Aventures : Costa Rica
Sophie Thibault and Marie-Ève Richard want to understand the alarming rise in skin cancers and are joining their voices to raise awareness about the dangers of the sun.
La face cachée du soleil
Chronicles ten weeks with Lauda - a pioneering youth ensemble within the internationally renowned Shallaway Youth Choir, one of only a handful of choirs in the world to embrace all neurotypes. As the choristers prepare for their end of season concert, they reveal the joyful harmony they’ve found together while navigating a world not always tuned to their rhythm.
Sing the World Better
In early February 2025, the world’s top hockey nations, including Canada, Finland, Sweden and the U.S., came together to pit their best players against each other in the 4 Nations Face-Off. The tournament replaced the NHL’s annual All-Star game and offered a chance for players to wear their national colours and assert their hockey dominance. None more so than Canada and the U.S. For decades, each team has staked a claim as “world’s best,” but as the first puck dropped, things were more heated than normal.
Rivals: The 4 Nations Face-Off
Follow a team of seven wildlife filmmakers in their search for endangered species, and the contrast that they discover between pristine wild spaces and the reality of man’s impact.
Outside The Frame
THE PROPHET OF ECSTASY explores themes of art, politics and consciousness through the improbable life of Michael Clegg, the former Catholic priest who introduced MDMA to the world - a drug he would later dub ‘Ecstasy’. The documentary will take viewers on a wild ride, from Clegg’s life as an MDMA drug kingpin, to his present-day transformation as an enlightened yogi. It also examines how the destinies of Michael Clegg, chemist Carina Leveriza, and psychedelics advocate Rick Doblin, are inexorably bound with that of the socio-cultural explosion of MDMA through its epic journey of discovery, criminalization, and re-emergence from the shadows.
Prophet of Ecstasy
Which is more final, the gun or the camera? Armed with a powerful visual style, Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Kim Nguyen reveals the elusive connection between two families and one iconic photo: Saigon Execution. Part history, part mystery, Saigon Story confronts the family secrets left in the wake of the Vietnam War, exposing the resilience of survivors and the blurred legacy of wartime memory.
Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom
A first look at Strobus / Banksiana: a musical and visual work supported by two important protagonists of the Quebec forest: the white pine and the jack pine. Duu's second album, first double album : each half is distinguished by its sonic palette, its writing style, and the type of conifer that surrounds it. This short documentary offers an intimate glimpse into the creator's journey through the paths that led him to conceive this personal diptych, where he embraces his duality in this visceral desire to celebrate nature every day.
Strobus / Banksiana : les racines d'un opus double
An investigative journalist’s duty to follow the facts leads to the trial of five Canadian professional hockey players charged with sexual assault, unravelling our national pastime and questioning the institutions that hold the sport accountable.
Code of Misconduct
A branded micro documentary telling the story of a plant based ice cream shop in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Churned
When Peter Watkins’ banned nuclear war masterpiece "The War Game" reached Toronto in 1967, it found an unlikely home at Cinecity, a new cinema determined to challenge audiences. Drawing on archival research and eyewitness accounts, this documentary explores the film’s enduring impact and the role Cinecity played in shaping Canadian film culture.
The War Game at Cinecity
At 61, Steve leads a seemingly ordinary routine life. But behind this facade hides a much more complex universe: that of BDSM, where the body becomes a field of pleasure and exploration of submission. This anthropologically inspired documentary paints an intimate portrait of this man who, through his fantasies, seeks to redefine his relationship with the body, desire and his deep identity. By diving into his most abstract motivations, the film questions what this quest for control… and abandonment reveals.
Yes, Mistress
In an effort to understand where she came from, Fabiola asked a question that became the central phrase of the film: what would my life have been like if I'd stayed in Haiti? Taking as her starting point her biological mother's precarious economic situation, she had no choice but to entrust her daughter to her care. Fabiola could have ended up restavek, or in a loving foster family, or on the streets abandoned to her fate, or adopted abroad.
Through Your Eyes
A century after a village and its paper mill were abandoned, a group of actors is tasked with recreating the fantasized daily life of its inhabitants.
Period Pieces
Between the Caspian Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, through the reanimation of archives and documentary observation, a frenetic plunge into the parallel economies of a region shaped by imperial ambitions and survival instincts.
Crossings : Kaleh Ziyarat
The extraordinary story of Canadian icon Terry Fox will be told like never before in Run Terry Run, a new feature-length documentary directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sean Menard. The film offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at Terry’s legendary 1980 Marathon of Hope, drawing from 96 reels of never-before-seen footage and unheard audio interviews that have remained untouched for 45 years.
Run Terry Run
Le serment d’Hippocrate follows the struggle of four immigrant doctors trying to find their place in the Quebec healthcare system. This film puts faces to the lives, journeys, and struggles of these unsung heroes who, nevertheless, had also taken the august Hippocratic Oath in their distant countries.
Le serment d’Hippocrate
For the last twelve years, Marisela and Ely, along with the volunteer group The Águilas del Desierto have roamed the US-Mexico desert. Their goal: to seek, find and return to their families the bodies of migrants who died while crossing on foot. This all-consuming calling takes a crushing toll on them, but how could they stop? Spare My Bones, Coyote! follows their work, dedication, and difficult lives they have chosen to live.
Spare My Bones, Coyote!
A short film that poetically explores the sterile landscape of music consumption in the streaming era.
Tasty Morsels
Will this be a culmination of the past 50 years or the beginning of the next? This question looms over the town of Prescott, Ontario as the community of just over four thousand people prepare for the 50th edition of the Super Bowl of minor league hockey, "The Leo Boivin Showcase".
The Leo
What if the Quebec healthcare system became a patient like any other? Overwhelmed, exhausted, it is collapsing. Once considered a source of national pride, it must now be hospitalized to diagnose the disease that is consuming it.
At my bedside: an autopsy of the healthcare system
Lesson from Our Garden tells the story of Mélanie and Lucie, a queer couple seeking to become parents. Through their obstacles, this film is both a story of love and resilience and highlights a journey that is often invisible: that of a lesbian, cis, and trans couple on a fertility path.
Lesson from our garden
A feature documentary about Jaida Lee, the first female to compete in men's baseball at the Canada SummerGames.
Striking Out the Boys
False flags. Forbidden archeology. Chemtrails. Nefarious extraterrestrials. Fake pandemics. Through the intertwined stories of truth-seekers, influencers, and ex-believers, the film explores what draws people into the gravitational pull of conspiracy culture, and what happens when your truth becomes your identity.
Gimme Truth
In Iran, higher education is a crime—for Bahá’ís. The Forbidden University exposes a secret underground network where students and teachers risk prison, raids and exile, for the right to learn. Told through daring first-person accounts and striking animated reenactments, this is the hidden story of a secret beacon of hope born in the shadows.
The Forbidden University
Génération Trans
In an isolated village in the high plains of southern Georgia, three lifelong friends from the Armenian community discuss their future.
A Fire There
A young Toronto drag performer launches a fundraising campaign for her friend Sondos, a young mother trying to support her family in Palestine
Help Sondos
“Sisters” is a deeply personal story about my journey back to my home country of Venezuela to investigate the possibility of a long lost sister.