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A series of short films about mental health and addiction, covering multiple different genres.

45 years ago, Starmania was born, a masterpiece created through the collaboration of Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon. To mark this 45th anniversary in an unforgettable way, France 2 invites you to experience or re-experience this legendary rock opera revisited by the greatest French, Quebecois... and for the first time, the new troupe of Thomas Jolly.

Brion Allerton blunders his way through dating in the midst of a global pandemic. Navigating a torrid, or perhaps platonic, love affair, Brion learns that hearing isn't quite the same as listening. Or does he?

Sean’s mission on Earth is to help humans live forever by eradicating useless states of emotion and instinct. However, confronted with "Earth’s pointless gravity", Sean’s body weakens. He seeks the help of a domesticated horse, who introduces him to poetry. Undaunted, he continues to collect samples from Earth: animals, worms, and the very children who have befriended him.

The meeting of different donors of a queer archive center reveals to us the colors and history of the Montreal LGBTQIA2S+ community.

When her roommate is outed to his family, a queer woman is forced to spend the evening with his disgruntled sister, discovering just how deep the family's internalised homophobia runs.

A group of friends begin playing a game of hide and seek, but the hiders find themselves stuck with no clue of what is causing it, turning their game of hide and seek into a frightening situation where they must find a way out past the mysterious doors.

In this mother-daughter story, a young woman explores her own mortality through art and poetry as her terminal illness holds her back from a normal life.

Organza, a broke artist living in deep space, must travel across the galaxy to seek revenge on her ex in order to cure her mysterious illness. As she meets strange creatures such as museum curators and cyborg pop stars, she learns that perhaps vulnerability is more important than revenge, after all.

Adopted Montreal filmmaker Adrian Wills discovers, on camera and in real time, the startling truths of his complex beginnings in Newfoundland. Shocking details drive Wills to the core of his birth mother’s resilience, and ultimately his own. In this moving feature documentary that combines 16mm footage and contemporary images with deeply personal conversations, Wills’ voyage transforms from an urgent search for identity into a quest to give a quiet girl her voice.

When a mysterious black square appears in the middle of an apartment complex, suspicions develop between neighbors about the horrors it may bring. As mistrust grows, they slowly learn that the square isn't the only thing to be afraid of.

"Lost Together" is an engaging dive into the world of one of Canada’s most beloved bands, Blue Rodeo. With the unmistakable voices of Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor guiding the way, this documentary blends humour, honesty, and heart to tell the story of their incredible 40-year journey. As Blue Rodeo continues to hit new creative highs, "Lost Together" takes you behind the scenes of their extraordinary adventure.

An obsessive composing student alone in his apartment takes on more than he can handle when a night terror turns nightmare come true.

Anna, a twelve-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, has fled her war-torn country and recently settled in Montreal with her mother, younger brother, and grandmother. Confronted by the past, the challenges of exile, and a deep need for belonging, she seeks to rebuild her identity and regain her balance. Through her child’s perspective, the documentary explores the reality of life after war, questioning what endures and what is missing, even when one has found refuge.

Shel, an inexperienced gardener in the big city, stumbles upon a special seed that will completely uproot her life.

A quest for the truth about a hot topic: the worldwide craze for appetite suppressant drugs like Ozempic, designed to treat diabetes but popularized for weight loss. How can we explain this obsession with thinness in a society that is trying to accept the diversity of all bodies?

Sonia and her fiancé John must team up to take down a uniwheel dognapper.

David needs a place to stay overnight. His ex Leonard offers his couch.

A documentation of artist JP Meldrum as he prepares for an experimental gig with noise-rock drummer Maxwell Paterson. A concert film, a rehearsal, and an exploration of Victoria outlets and ways-of-creating beyond the traditional spaces.

Step into the delightful chaos of The Reel World, a comedy from Rebel Productions that invites you to follow the drama behind the drama. The crew of the hit TV show Paradise Falls scrambles through the unpredictable landscape of daytime television, proving the off-camera antics are every bit as juicy as the scenes they shoot. Caught in the swirl of the tidal wave that is set, are a young director determined to make an impact, a flamboyant and eccentric Key PA, and a first AD that has a lot to learn about the hierarchy of this long running soap opera. We arent in LA anymore!

A mysterious case of sleepwalking becomes a tentative means of connection between two boarding school students in Connor Jessup's elegantly rendered story of adolescent longing.

A renowned photographer in search of his muse, gradually falls into madness.

Dana, a server, covers for her brother Jayden to serve Mr. Boucher, a regular. But what should have been a routine brunch shift turns into something quite different.

After losing his sight during the First World War, Edwin A. Baker co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. His determination and resilience carried forward to other blinded Canadians, empowering them to live independently.

After seeing her ex-wife at the grocery store, 66 year old Brandy struggles to hide the symptoms of her recently diagnosed fibromyalgia. As she attempts to maintain a facade of self-sufficiency, the encounter forces Brandy to confront both her desire to project an image of independence and the repressed feelings she still holds for her ex partner.

There, There tells the parallel stories of Ruth, an elderly woman with dementia obsessed with feeding the neighbourhood birds, and Shannon, her young homecare worker who is pregnant and has been deserted by the baby’s father. The two women find comfort in one another at these very different stages in their lives.

11 international directors, 11 short stories and one protagonist: the PENIS. The penis as you have never seen it, feared it, conceived it, dreamed of it... in the first DICKSPLOITATION movie ever!

Paul, 25 ans, mec blasé et doucement déçu par la vie se retrouve seul avec Marlène le temps d’une soirée lors de laquelle, perdus dans un quartier industriel de Montréal, ils devront retrouver leur chemin vers leur chez soi sans internet ni argent tout en trouvant des raisons pour ne pas succomber à la tentation de l’infidélité. Récit à propos de l’homme et la femme, de l’importance vitale de l’imagination, à propos des mensonges qu’on se laisse croire collectivement pour passer au travers de la vie. 25-year-old Paul, a jaded man who is gently disappointed by life, finds himself alone with Marlène for an evening in which, lost in an industrial district of Montreal, they will have to find their way back home without internet or money while finding reasons not to succumb to the temptation of infidelity. Story about man and woman, the vital importance of the imagination, about the lies we let ourselves believe collectively to get through life.

Novelette. a cynical, anti-social, and newly single bisexual woman, reluctantly takes on a roommate to help with the rent on her East Vancouver apartment. At first, the extroverted, outspoken Audre seems like the wrong choice. But, although their personalities clash, Audre’s boldness soon rubs off on Novelette in the best way, encouraging her to dive back into the dating pool.

Gemma, afflicted with a panic disorder, is in a battle of wills against James to afford their suffering cat potentially life-saving treatment.

Charlotte is an alcoholic trying to complete her first year of sobriety. One evening, when the urge to drink is so strong that she fears a relapse, Charlotte goes to see her sponsor, Jeanne, an alcoholic who has been sober for over five years. However, when Charlotte arrives at Jeanne's, she finds her sponsor in a state of drunkenness. With the roles of helper and cared-for now reversed, Charlotte decides to step in.

Returning home for easter, Mary is forced to confront her mother and the unresolved traumas of her childhood.

African American Express is an abstract animation exploring the impact of consumerism in the Black community. Told in the style of Soviet Propaganda, this animated short dissects the pattern of excessive materialism and consumption prevalent within the Black population.

Hairy Legs, an animated short film, documents a 13-year-old girl’s small yet life-changing act of rebellion on the road to womanhood and feminism. Deciding not to shave her legs led filmmaker Andrea Dorfman to question and ultimately defy society’s expectations. With charm, warmth and humour, Hairy Legs captures the universality of girls exploring gender, curiosity and freedom as they evolve from spending exuberant, carefree days on their bicycles to facing and defying stereotypes.

A 7-year project spanning 7 countries, filmed by 7 African majority film crews— all focused on one burning question: 'CAN AFRICA SAVE THE WEST?'

On a misty morning in the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding the government work with Indigenous people to find a way to protect the land and the future. In a riveting new feature documentary drawn from more than a hundred hours of archival footage and audio, award-winning director Christopher Auchter (Now Is the Time) recreates the critical moment when the Haida Nation’s resolute act of vision and conscience changed the world.

A heartrending portrait of a couple who face the ultimate test: the consequences they face when Simon, a writer, discovers he has an incurable form of cancer. Lucidly approaching the processes in place to deal with the end of a life – what it means for those faced with their own mortality and for those left behind.

Canadian olympic skateboarder Annie Guglia and trainer Frederique Luyet talk about women's place on the Montreal's skateboard scene.

Dysfunctional parents, too consumed by the challenges of their relationship, remain blind to the impact they have on their young daughter.

A couple's daydreams intertwine, beckoning them to escape together and explore the depths of their shared longing amidst the emotional turbulence of distance.

Angela (Sera-Lys McArthur) and Henry (Matthew Kevin Anderson), a young Ottawa couple with a baby on the way, embark on a short trip north to the Cree community of KiiWeeTin to visit Angela’s beloved childhood nanny, Mary (Renae Morriseau). When Angela is harassed by a menacing shadow figure, Mary moves to bless and protect Angela and her unborn child with illegal Cree ceremonies and medicine. And as Angela discovers the truth about both her ancestry and the spectral figure’s identity, she must delve into her newfound spiritual traditions in order to defend herself from her husband’s escalating purity-obsessed racism.

Fly Detective Francis McFly loses his partner to the infamous ‘Croaks’, a frog gang at the centre of his most recent investigation. Stricken by grief, he decides to get revenge, and go head to head with their ravenous leader, The Frogfather.

Balancing life is not difficult for single mother Sutton Kim, even when she must spend the Christmas season finding new clients for her publishing firm. Her son Jae, however, is convinced that her mom needs something (or someone!) else in her life, and convinced her to sign up on a dating app. Sutton swipes left on single father Mateo, but when she realizes this Mateo could land her a career changing book deal, she might just let Christmas work its magic…

Elderly inmates are dying mysteriously one after another in their prison cells.

Quato is an urban tale portraying the destructive consequences revenge can have on someone. It follows a young pot dealer from Montreal, Storm, on his way to give up his criminal life and drive away towards the rocky mountains. With inspections from local mobsters become a daily routine and mistakes from his past coming back to haunt him, life here has become unbearable. Ready to do whatever it takes to save himself and those he loves, he realizes maybe it was all just an unattainable dream.

A young boy randomly finds a bracelet, happy about this find, he starts wearing it, but he notices that it changes how his drawings look, eager to find an answer, he goes on a mission to find the owner of the bracelet and find out why this happens when wearing the bracelet.

While imagining the possibility of becoming a mother, Adele is moving between resistance and abandon, wrestling with a vortex of feelings she’s trying to understand.

Arielle is experiencing depression. Overwhelmed by her loneliness and the disorder in her apartment, she strives to reconnect with those around her by agreeing to host her two good friends for dinner. Not wanting to expose her mess to them, she begins to wash her dishes, but in vain. The latter continues to multiply and invades it. To regain some semblance of normal life, she will have to do violence to overcome the chaos.

In the dimly lit shadows of post-war 1950s, Truman, a battle-worn war journalist haunted by his past, is drawn back into the unforgiving world of journalism. A sultry cabaret singer vanishes mysteriously, leaving behind a trail of secrets.

When Bibi's dog dies, there's only one shoulder she wants to cry on. It just belongs to her hot-tempered ex.

Two employees at a sinister company are accused of theft.

Marjolaine, model police officer, hasn't been the same since her parents were murdered and her sister kidnapped. She joins forces with TIE MAN, a disfigured vigilante to seek revenge against the man responsible, the power mad Franz DeMann.

Jean-Paul, recently injured at work, spends his days praying in Montreal Churches and his nights dancing in a strip club. The film portrays a slice of JP’s life, showing his resilience in coping with pain and his faith in the beauty of life.

The story of Canadian R&B icon Erroll Starr’s rise to fame and sudden departure from the spotlight in the late 1980’s, amid shifting mentalities about what constitutes “Black” music and the place of Black musicians in the Canadian music industry.

Cats are the most popular pet in Canada, but despite their cute and cuddly reputations, our feline friends have a dark side.

These days, there’s a lot of talk about outsiders in politics, but very few people can claim outsider status like Joe Keithley, punk legend turned a dedicated environmentalist and city councilor. Something Better Change follows Keithley’s absolutely fascinating life and career, showing us both his time as the front man of the formative hardcore punk band D.O.A., as well as his campaigns for city council as a Green Party candidate in his hometown of Burnaby, British Columbia. Featuring interviews with other punk luminaries like Jello Biafra and Ian MacKaye, as well as an appearance from Beto O’Rourke, whether you’re a hardcore punk fan or just a civically engaged citizen, Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine director Scott Crawford’s latest film has a little something for everyone. – Daniel Abelow

Living on a shoestring in Montreal, a Vietnamese mother must act in bad faith to assert her right to buy 12 discount laundry detergents that she's been refused at a grocery store.

A young cockfighter and sports memorabilia reseller prepares for the unexpected release of his incarcerated father.