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A self-portrait short film on 16mm from a trans male perspective.

As the last person on earth, a young man faces off against his greatest enemy: his own thoughts.

Captured over 14 years across two continents. Sing Me a Lullaby is a story about a daughter's search for her mother's birth parents and the complex tensions between love and sacrifice.

Thousands of Clydesdales horses once roamed the Clyde Valley near Glasgow. Today, they're all but gone. Passionate about saving the Scottish herd, Glaswegian Janice Kirkpatrick travels to the heart of the Canadian Prairies where one family has preserved the ancient Clydesdale bloodlines for five generations. Join Janice as she embarks on an unprecedented two-year quest that will alter her life and change the destiny of an entire breed.

Total force, total speed, to caress infinity, to transcend flesh.

Hi, My Name is Dicky is a sports documentary about hockey player Richard Clune, and his struggle with substance use disorder while playing in the National Hockey League (NHL). The story begins in Toronto, where we learn about his typical Canadian childhood, then moves onto his teenage experience with the Ontario Hockey League’s (OHL) Sarnia Sting. During his time in the OHL, Rich developed a crippling addiction to drugs and alcohol, which threatened to derail both his personal life and professional career. Shortly after debuting in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings, Rich made the choice to get sober, embarking on a wild journey to the rehab clinic back home in Canada, from his brother's dormitory in Worcester, Massachusetts. Sober for over ten years, the viewer learns how Rich leads a fascinating life off the ice, and has become a mentor to many players in the NHL, now in the twilight of his career playing for his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs.

In a dream-like reality, a highschooler begins to participate in a fight club in an attempt to win back his ex girlfriend.

Within the ancient precambrian rock of northern Canada lies one of the largest reserves of Uranium on the planet. A power that has produced the greatest destructive energy known to man, it also manifests itself in the natural glory of the region. A Gothic travelogue that calls for dialogue with the ghosts of the region; mining towns swallowed up in the pandemonium of trade, extraction and abandonment. While unknown forces that inhabit these lands speaks in somber memories.

A heartbroken documentary filmmaker focuses his camera on interesting women with hopes of meeting the love of his life.

“Haddad’s The Beautiful Room is Empty explores the loaded memories of space through his aunt, Marie, (re)visiting her childhood home and recalling the abuse she endured there. […] What have the walls been listening to? What have they absorbed, retained, and released upon a return, a farewell?" (Sarah Sarofim, Canadian Art)

How does prolonged confinement shape our experience of time? Filmmaker Conor McNally explores the question in the company of his brother Riley, a young man who’s learning to cope with a new—yet strangely familiar—reality.

"Think Before You Think" is a portrait of film poet, animator and artist Rick Raxlen. Shot on 16mm film and digital video at his Victoria, BC home and studio over the course of a year, the film follows Raxlen’s daily practice, uncovering the rituals and gestures of a creative process. Mining the highly specific and personal nature of this life-sized project, excerpts from Raxlen’s films, drawings, paintings and mark-making from a 50+ year art practice combine with hand-processed and manipulated film materials to play off the rites and relaxed rigour of his unique approach to making a life.

Toronto’s Gay Village worries that a killer is loose. The police are stumped. But the serial killer is stealth, evades police, and disposes of victims in plain, eerie sight.

Directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker Leora Eisen, TVO Original Rescuing Rex unearths provocative truths about a world-wide phenomenon—international dog adoptions. A new social movement driven by a desire to do good, and fueled by irresistible puppy pics on Instagram, many millennials are bypassing breeders in favour of adopting homeless dogs from around the world. But what does this new trend mean for the animals, their caregivers and society? Told through the eyes of compelling human and canine characters, this film takes us from the mountains of Taiwan to the tarmac at Toronto’s airport, and from a rural kennel in Texas to an urban rooftop in Vancouver.

A dedication to the artists grandparents, a seamstress and drummer.

Three Girls lose their paper route when the local paper news paper closes. Hoping to buy christmas presents they start a Christmas Tree Lot to make money.

Working with friends and family, Kevin Cranmer carves a memorial pole in honour of his later father, Chief Daniel Ear Cranmer. The pole is erected before the former site of St. Michael’s Residential School.

'Magical Imperfection' tells the inspirational story of world-renowned Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama. Imprisoned in his own country during the 1940s because of his race, Ray found the strength to combat injustice by devoting his career to social justice and equality.

Meticulously detailed and choreographed, director Kyle Credo delivers an authentic snapshot into Justin, a timid Filipino boy, and his afternoon.

Using videos made with her phone, a director of Syrian origin gives a look at Montreal, her adopted city, to her grandparents who rarely leave their home.

A coming of age story about Kalthoum, a teenaged girl so desperate for friendship that she allows herself to be taken advantage of by others. After learning that cruelty isn’t strength and kindness isn’t weakness, Kalthoum finds a way to rise above.

Roger, a soon-to-be-retired lumberjack from Quebec’s Basses-Laurentides, is enjoying his last summer at work with Charles, his apprentice, who will take the reins of the company at the end of the season. He gives him valuable advices to ensure the survival of his legacy. Mike and Henri will come helping when the work's abound.

From vegan cupcakes to tap dancing, comedian Tom Henry brings his hysterical brand of understated observational humour to Just For Laughs in this one-hour, 66 joke-filled stand-up special.

Putting food security to the test in Yukon, the filmmaker bans all store-bought groceries from her house in a year-long adventure in farming, fishing and foraging complicated by three skeptical teenagers, no caffeine and -40° temperatures.

A foray into the unknown world of an emerging disease: environmental hypersensitivity.

On a family trip to observe the shooting stars, Chloé, a withdrawn teenager, discovers a dazzling attraction for her mother’s new boyfriend.

On her birthday, a single mom tries to bring light in the lives of her two young children by inventing a car game where they conquer hidden corners of their village.

Two brothers reunite during the Christmas season at the height of the pandemic.

Diane Obomsawin directed the segment Transatlantic : "Here we are at the Port of Montreal, about to leave for France".

Nine Eyes of Google Street View: Slideshow (2020) by Jon Rafman

KATALOG OF FLAWS is a fever dream. There are many false endings, keep watching.

Filmmakers follow up with the students who were with President George W. Bush when he learned of the 9/11 attacks.

A story about loneliness, acceptance and re-discovering the wonderful dream-like adventure of a child's imagination.

Follows the story of a young man struggling with depression and a post suicide attempt. Is he broken, or are those around him who are supposed to be helping him actually in need of him more?

One of Canada's foremost ceramic artists, Nova Scotia-based Walter Ostrom's passionate art practice is explored through his own words and those of former students and colleagues around the world.

Deep into the small hours of the night, drenched in black coffee and paperwork, a lonely man's sanity starts to slip away.

The director Félix Lamarche questions our relationship with the St. Lawrence River during the winter. Aboard the Amundsen, a Canadian coast guard icebreaker, we follow passionate scientists who explore the mysteries of an inaccessible nature. Combining the landscapes of the ice floe and the invisible movements of underwater life, the film takes us on a documentary journey to the heart of this still little known river.

When a young girl goes missing, her family wrestles with grief. Fearing for the worst, her sister takes the law and justice into her own hands.

The water-like nature of life and death is juxtaposed against a woman's inner voice in search of its own identity. She travels deep into her residual memories of an ancient and foreign land, with which she shares a mysterious familiarity like a past life. She witnesses its destruction, before seeing its resurrection unfold in the present.

In 1914, Charles Daniels entered a Calgary theatre with a paid ticket. He was denied his seat because he was Black. In this little-known civil rights story, Daniels reminds us that history is full of forgotten heroes.

A woman inhabits her lover’s secluded ice fishing cabin in the dead of winter to begin a unique transformation.

A young woman who lives in Canada travels back to her home country, only to complete a long-time wish to take a special "couple portrait" with her aged Grand father.

A wobbly, strangely resolute woman brings home treats to share, both familiar and bizarre. Upstairs, an alternate version of herself eagerly awaits. Together, they bust open a creepy and luscious portal into a psychedelic world of scintillation.

Finding Sally tells the incredible story of a 23-year-old woman from an upper-class family who became a communist rebel with the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party.

Ben wanders around the tourist attractions in Geneva, guided by his sister's voice. A wannabe homage to Benoît Giroux (1981-2019).

Following the death of his father, a man must survive the manifestations of his inner demons over the course of a dreary night.

After a series of letdowns, Edith, a budding young actress starts to doubt her abilities and becomes more than a little unhinged.

In "Spaces #3", 7 internationally acclaimed directors shot, after commissioning by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, a short film at home, making their own timely comment on the new reality that we live in. The project is inspired by the book "Species of Spaces" by the French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist, Georges Perec and the days of quarantine. The idea is to create a film at home, using the environment, the people or the animals in that space. The only outdoor areas that may be used are outdoor living spaces, such as the terrace, the garden, the balcony and the stairwell. "We are in this apart" is Yung Chang's submission.

"lot" is a non-narrative stop-motion film animated by hand and shot entirely in camera.

Experience The Goofy Footed Kid's exciting first time ever using their brand new skateboard!

Unfolding over the course of a day, "Stampede" turns its attention to visitors at the event. We follow them through the entrance line, onto rides and standing for the national anthem. Crowds crunch popcorn, eat giant turkey legs and horses are tenderly groomed—another day at the fair. The film focuses on faces and gestures as people wait absentmindedly, tuning out the noise. Inward looking with subtle humour, these portraits reveal the quietness at the heart of the crowd, and as the sun goes down a sense of exhaustion rises.

15 year old Tina Fontaine's body has washed ashore on the banks of the Red River in Winnipeg, Canada. Alarming numbers of aboriginal girls and young women have disappeared. Indigenous communities are dragging the river discovering more bodies. A 2013 RCMP study reported 1181unresolved murdered or missing aboriginal women while some Indigenous accounts report more than 3000. Investigative reporter, Sheila North Wilson, wants to know why and how so many of these young women slip away, forgotten by the mainstream. 1200 + is a work in progress, sounding an alarm; an investigation and stark look int the life of MMIWs, 'Murder or Missing Indigenous Women.

Cons & Pros follows the story of two con artist women inspired by 2019's media scam darlings Anna Delvey and Caroline Calloway. In order to pull off our con movie, we had to pull off a con ourselves: a piece of Heist Cinema, made by four people on a near zero dollar budget. To make the film we staged a marriage proposal at a luxury Toronto hotel and had our director/cinematographer pose as an "engagement videographer." Costumes were rented and returned from Saks Fifth Ave, and all props/art were courtesy of rich & generous (and lightly duped) strangers. The film was an exercise in how the process affects the product, whilst also exploring what we feel is our duty as millennial artists living on the outskirts of the oppressive Neoliberal torture factory. Cons & Pros is a big middle finger to the capitalist regime's promise of a luxury life that will never be ours. Making this film meant taking it without asking, and showing no mercy.