When Jacob Hoggard is accused of rape, blind devotion collides with truth. Breaking Idol exposes the price of power, the peril of fandom, and the courage it takes to speak out.
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When Jacob Hoggard is accused of rape, blind devotion collides with truth. Breaking Idol exposes the price of power, the peril of fandom, and the courage it takes to speak out.
After a brutal assault by an ice cream man, punk girl Candy becomes host to a mutant baby. As her body transforms into ice cream, those around her see her not as a person, but as something to be consumed.
The story of WWF villain, Luna Vachon. Raised by a family of wrestling legends, wrestling was her first love. Reaching the peak of her fame in the 90s, Luna’s biggest hurdle was challenging the mainstream wrestling industry and their view on women at that time She aimed to be the biggest, baddest wrestling villain that ever lived. But despite her successes, both her stage persona and reality started to blur. The guilt of abandoning her two sons to pursue her dream job, being diagnosed as bipolar, abuse, and addiction would prove too much. While the crowd yelled out ‘Lunatic’ to her in-ring heel character, little did they know a dark cloud of mental health struggles plagued her in real-life.
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.
Having grown up on a famr in Kenya, Samuel dreams of another life, one that would take him far away from his village where people give too much importance to tradition. The young man moves to Nairobi where he finds a community of queer men. It is there that he meets Alex, who he falls in love with. But coming out to his family is far from easy, particularly given the Kenyan Law which continues to criminalise homosexual relationships.
When Imsu, caught between two worlds and two names, challenges the strained love of his mother, a simple dinner spirals into an emotional standoff that ends only when a line is crossed.
As Newfoundland and Labrador hurtles toward its Confederation vote, a murder aboard the infamous train turns a routine journey into a chaotic political whodunit where every passenger has a motive, and the future of a nation might just be riding on a narrow gauge.
Under Dorchester Square in Montreal lies the cemetery where 55,000 people were buried in the 19th century. The square is still at the heart of social conflicts in Quebec, 150 years later.
To support his mother in Mexico, Angel, a nude dancer, turns the web into his new stage.
On Quebec's North Shore, the Magpie River is one of the last free-flowing rivers in this part of the world. In 2021, it became the first river in North America to gain legal rights through legal personhood.
A region’s beauty gradually reveals an oppressive visual and auditory human presence and the scars inflicted by destructive exploitation. What if this reality wasn't the end?
A man doesn't get why people are so keen on taking their socks off before sleeping.
Fanny lives with her father, Hubert, an academic obsessed with his research who has never recovered from the death of his wife twelve years earlier. Everything changes the day a mysterious family secret resurfaces. Fanny then embarks on a frantic quest to uncover the truth surrounding her mother's death.
"The watcher is in contol. Play or pay the price." I was really lucky to work with all these talanted people, I had such an amazing time making it and I hope you have an amazing time watching it as well! In a world where lockdowns are just a routine due to radiation in the air, a group of teenagers get on a zoom call to have fun while they're at home. But having fun can quickly turn dar when an unknown user named "The watcher" joins. A deadly game of Truth or Dare starts and everything goes downhill when everybody's secrets are revealed. Who will survive, who will die and will go missing is the right question...and who the hell is "The watcher" who hunts them and becomes their worst nightmare...
Horror short film.
Hallea Jones (Locke & Key) stars as Lucy, a grieving rideshare driver who haunts the midnight streets, suspended between the living world and the echoes of her past. Each night, she performs a quiet ritual — a gateway to lucid dreams where lost moments breathe again, where memory blurs into longing. In dreams, she finds the warmth reality has forgotten. But when a strange passenger disturbs the fragile rhythm of her nights, Lucy is faced with a choice: awaken to the ache of the present, or vanish deeper into the comfort of illusion?
A powerful story about ambition, resilience, and the devastating impact of gun violence. It follows a young man striving to build a better future for himself, a teen influencer chasing musical stardom with raw talent and big dreams, and a security guard determined to earn his place on the police force. But their aspirations collide with harsh realities when a single act of violence sends shockwaves through their lives, forcing them to confront the true cost of their environment and the choices they make.
A video file is found on a hard drive, containing footage of a man known as "Number 3". He is suspected of having a surgically inserted "death's head" coin in his body as he is monitored by security cameras to track physical and mental changes. The coin is rumored to be forged from WW II death's head rings, said to contain the souls of the soldiers that wore them. These coins were surgically inserted into "patients" to test the efficacy of the lore.
Gabriel Drolet-Maguire, a designer living in Montreal, takes us into their artistic world to discuss their HIV diagnosis. This is a timely and hopeful look at past and present day HIV/AIDS activism in Quebec.
An ecstatic 'one-reeler' following the last days of a tap-dancer before her final performance.
Roommates Lorenzo, Calvin, Lee, and Adam go about their daily lives while trying to cope with a joint loss.
Every day, a father works to accumulate the money needed to buy go-kart tires for his daughter and himself. At the racetrack or at home, nothing matters but each other's presence. But during their last autumn in the heart of nature and engines, his weakening health prompts him to reflect on the legacy he will leave to her.
Two mixed martial artists converge on their paths of learning how to win and lose.
This work recounts the final moments of the Patriotic Conflict of 1837–1838 through the eyes of Charles and Guillaume Beauchamp, two brothers united by blood, loyalty, and the ideal of freedom. As the rebellion collapses under pressure from British forces, the two young Patriots, hiding at the home of a former friend of their deceased father, attempt to flee brutal repression. Their journey becomes a heartfelt cry for a nation yet to be born.
If a tree falls dead, does it cease to be alive? Like a deep breath in the forest, Siob explores the different textures of wood, from its life in nature to its rebirth as a musical instrument. And what if, in human hands, wood found its voice again?
Between Days follows the Arc'teryx snow team in the Japanese Alps during a season-defining storm cycle. Nine riders from four countries, united by a shared language of storm riding. What happens when nine snowboarders from four countries arrive in Japan’s Alps in the middle of a season defining storm cycle? The universal language of “dig yourself out, ride until your legs give in, then do it all again” dissolves all barriers — forging a quiet bond through the raw experience of storm riding. Guided by snowboarding legend Tadashi Fuse, the crew dives into hip-deep powder turns and Japanese philosophical reflections found in the highs and lows of the mountains. This is a snowboard film like no other — familiar yet entirely new. With a stellar athlete line-up, shot in stunning black-and-white on 16mm, featuring Sherpas Cinema–certified cameramen, and produced by Robyn van Gyn and legend Shin Campus, it’s blessed with some of the most unreal powder imaginable.
We are engulfed in a digital tsunami—a toxic mix of artificial intelligence, state and corporate surveillance, and social media addiction controlled by powerful algorithms. Digital Tsunami shows how these are all elements of a digital ecosystem that is changing us as humans—just as the prophetic media guru Marshall McLuhan predicted 60 years ago. The unexpected consequences of this digital revolution have created an urgent need for strategies for survival.
A reclusive mortician who has been tasked with washing the bodies of recently deceased ex-pat Iranians in Canada. His world is turned upside down when he receives an unusual request from a dissident singer in hiding.
Two half-brothers meet for the first time after the death of their estranged father and embark on a road trip across Northern Ontario to spread his ashes.
Over 40 years ago, filmmaker Min Sook Lee’s mother died by suicide. Using her camera, Lee explores long-held silences, unstable memories and unforgettable truths, attempting to understand what happened.
One of Canada’s greatest legal scholars, Bora Laskin overcame antisemitism to become the first Jewish Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Renée, 83, broke her ankle. Fortunately, she can rely on her granddaughter Florence, who steps in as her caregiver. While this ordeal brings them closer than ever, it inevitably confronts them with the reality of Renée's decline.
Filmmaker Jessica Hall’s sister Katherine manages her intellectual disability by leading an independent, creative, and joyful life. Every Saturday, Katherine and her mother, Frances, share a cherished routine: thrifting, browsing the hardware store and working side by side on their intricate miniature-house projects. Saturday documents their story, blending present-day moments with intimate home movies that trace their immigration journey and family history. With warmth, creativity and quiet resilience, the film celebrates Katherine’s independence and the powerful bond between mother and daughter.
August 19th, 1989. Small-town teen Wyatt Stevens is gifted a Sony Camcorder for his birthday, unaware of what he's about to capture on tape.
Canadian horror film critic, Chris Alexander, explores his career leading up to his time as editor-in-chief at the iconic magazine, "Fangoria".
Marie-Hélène, my mother, is retiring and takes with her her memories, her anxieties and the mental burden of having raised three children while working full time. As she works her last shift as a home nurse, her thoughts jostle and harmonize in a whirlwind similar to a panic attack.
In the midst of a profound social conflict, the director, a blind activist based in Canada, returns to her native Chile to follow five activists who embark on a transformative process to dignify their lives.
Given one last shot at redemption, a disgraced detective and his hotshot apprentice investigate a local disco crime lord -- but as hubris and a personal connection to the case surface, the line between friend and foe shrinks as thin as the badge... or dance-off demands.
Eryka is a documentary filmmaker who has just returned from filming at the Saharawi refugee camps in Africa. Arriving on the coast in southern Spain to meet her boyfriend, Marc, she discovers he has vanished when he was hang-gliding over the ocean. Thinking the Coast Guard search is ineffective, she begins her own search with the help of Marc’s best friend, David.
Blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, a rabid cinephile fights to stop a greedy landlord from taking over the oldest cinema in Toronto.
A man experiences a psychotic break and secludes himself in the woods with his inanimate lover.
Mistress Maggie Peach shows her employee who's boss.
A pair of neighbouring kids, Daniel and Peter, team up to defeat the monster in Daniel's closet. When the mission goes south, Daniel must face the reality that some monsters are harder to fight than others.
An Indigenous woman, Sarah, recounts to her grandson Devin a story from her time in Residential School, when she was believed to be possessed by a demon.
BELL short film for their new "Connection is Everything" brand platform. Bringing to life a human-centric and emotional vision through a bold, cinematic approach.
The cast and crew of the I'm Haunted movie series discover that the evil entity Cyr from their films is no longer just a character - it has crossed into reality to haunt them for real.
In August 2018, a 23-year-old Black father was shot and killed by Montreal police while grappling with a mental crisis. Through a poetic blend of music, dance and spoken word, his family’s desire for justice is brought to life.
A clever parrot becomes the sole witness to a violent murder and may hold the answers when it mimics the victim's final words.
Bitten by the plagued, The Fool must pull himself together, brick by brick, to become a Golden Hero.
Lily Belle (Renée Hackett) enters the Last Love Letter contest at the post office and a co-worker Ephram Amore (Andy Jones) catches her tampering with the mail to change her luck and find true love.
On New Year’s Eve, a broke and restless young man is drawn into a risky encounter with a hustler's client at a hotel, only to find himself unravelling a web of deceit, power dynamics, and personal boundaries.
On a long night at the police station, James, a golden retriever of a guy, tries to score a friend or a date with her partner Keyla. Soon, chaos ensues.
Five interconnecting stories each told by a stranger at a bar all converge on the worst night of the year.