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The great Jayne Eastwood gets straight to the heart of the matter in Renuka Jeyapalan’s funny and poignant true-life tale of a very different kind of dog-park encounter.

Director Owain Hollett's debut film is a science fiction anti-humor satire about the United States' over-perspective drug and opioid crisis. Set in the year 2099, the pharmaceutical companies govern the world. They've forced drugs down every citizen's throats from birth, and now everyone is a customer. Only Owen2 can prevent this future from unfolding by sending a documentary about the future to the past. However, is this "future" that different form the present...?

Through the eyes of Eytan, a man who only exists in the dreams and unconscious minds of others, we question what is “real”, what isn't, and how we each perceive time differently.

Mark Reiter stands in front of his love's house as he practices what he will say to her mother.

Through an intimate conversation, Steph Jane, age 28, shares the struggles and lessons her second diagnosis of stage-4 cancer has taught her. From being genuinely present and savouring simple moments to thoughts of the future and what really matters, Steph reveals beauty and wisdom which transcend appearance and years.

Lonely teen Nate, shaken by the events of his past, becomes nervous on his first day at university. Within the walls of the school lie his darkest fears.

Strangers, friends, lovers, and coworkers pair up to fist fight on camera. Consensual violence is, bizarrely, quite intimate. There was only one hospital visit while making this film.

To The Worlds follows an inspiring group of women (age 47-77) as they defy their years, gravity, and sometimes their doctors, to compete in the International Adult Figure Skating Competition in German just 6 months away.

Returning from a party, as the day dawns, two young men cross a rich neighborhood, discussing its architecture with its facades without imperfections and their own desires.

A portrait of 10 senior dogs and their owners who struggle with the thought of letting go.

B.K.S uses A.S.M.R video codes to tell a break-up sex story.

LUZ is an ambulance driver. Her work brings her to discover the inert body of Dorothée. That's when her dreams reveal the identity of the murderer: a malevolent woman who pursues her. There follows a duel between the two women, where the supernatural mixes with lightning.

XO Rad Magical is a personal lyrical poem about the daily struggle of living with schizophrenia. This psychedelic and hypnotic film shows that there is beauty in the brains of those who are at war with themselves. Produced as part of the 12th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

Edgar, an acclaimed travel writer, convinces his old friend and colleague, Bill, to join him on a final trip to a mysterious institute, to write the sequel to the bestseller they co-wrote 20 years ago. Weak, quiet and beaten down by time, Bill suffers a perilous stay under the control of the institute’s executive committee.

The film explores the process of preparing for a traditional Indigenous vision quest.

A door-to-door internet salesman refuses to leave a house until he’s made his sale.

The story of a family whose mother disappeared 30 years ago, without leaving a trace. Her husband and two sons have reconstructed a life as they could, haunted by this ghost and tortured by questioning. When an unknown young Romanian arrives to bring them what seems to be the pieces that are missing from their story, they now have to face their demons.

In 1990 Barry J. Gillis began shooting wicked world on 16mm film. Eddie Platt, took his video camera along to many of the locations, capturing footage of the insane Movie Shoot.

When a vintage bassinet appears at filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung and long-time fiancée Victoria Mata’s home, it sets off a chain reaction of emotions. "The Bassinet" is a gentle and affecting story about Tiffany’s personal struggle with the intersection of her sexual orientation and cultural identity, and the cross-generational burden of having a baby in the context of rigid social constructs of marriage and family.

Three composers, three universes, one same exploration. Daphné, Preston and Ofer draw a path in the world of contemporary music, each in their own way. An immersive visual experience, Intersounds is an ode to musical creation and a plea for listening, eyes wide open.

Joy, vitality, and a steampunk organ. A perfect recipe for direct cinema. Organic was created with the ancient mariner’s technique called scrimshaw. This film was originally commissioned for the closing ceremonies of the 2019 Annecy International Animation Festival.

Boris Malagurski explains how the military-industrial complex, big business and political interest groups endanger peoples' health and existence, focusing on the examples of Serbia, Cuba, Chile, Italy and Bolivia.

Looking for solace while staying in her late mother’s cottage, a young woman instead finds her old scuba gear — a fateful discovery that leads to more watery revelations, in this spellbinding and visually ravishing drama.

In this film, two people and two worlds meet. Craig DeMartino, an adaptive climber from Boulder (Colorado) and Kai Lin, an industrial engineer from Brooklyn (New York) team up to design a game-changing prosthetic foot. This is easier said than done. Early prototypes don't hold up to the rigors of straight-in crack climbing, but this unlikely alliance is determined to test the power of problem-solving, so Craig and Lin keep at it.

Sir Ludwig must keep the DuClaudian twins apart in order to stop the bloodline from ending.

Théo seems having trouble to find the right words with Anna. The solution proposed by his best friend: write each of his words in advance.

This documentary invites you on a historical-poetic journey through this legendary little square which, for over a century, was a meeting place for bohemians and outsiders, artists from elsewhere and the most fervent independence supporters.

Sofia dreams of a dreadful future with her partner and becomes possessed by the memory of it. While he's out all day, she shares a fleeting connection with a mysterious man working at the train tracks, in whom she finds solace in.

A high schooler with an obsession over the nineties takes matters into her own hands when her crush is kidnapped.

Mike Hoolboom reflects in 27 brief scenes on the life of his father, who died in June 2017. Using home movies, snapshots and found footage, he creates a portrait of a exceedingly clever, yet evanescent father figure haunted by the war that sent his own father to a concentration camp. Ultimately the family moved to Canada. This political history, intertwining dreams and personal experience, seems loose and associative, but first impressions can be deceiving.

Filmmaker Francis Luta annually invites a group of friends to go on a cottage retreat in a remote Georgian bay island where they indulge like boys who would be kings of summer.

Composer Adrian Ellis attempts to score the strangest film with the strangest possible instruments-including power saws, hammer drills, fishing wire and crowbars. A creative documentary about the power of experimentation.

After returning to his hometown to report on an environmental protest, a journalist discovers that a series of recent murders may have links to a satanic cult.

Frederic teaches a philosophy class in college. Cassandra is in love with Jynx and her mom Eloise is in love with Leo. GUILT intertwines several parallel stories and is an allegory of our desires and their consequences.

When Tyler runs away on the anniversary of his mother's death, a series of notes are left behind that lead the three cousins Ethan, Jesse, and Alex on a search for him.

A Russian teenage spy named Natasha is tasked with moving to Vancouver, Canada by her handler Alexander. After learning to blend in and making friends with the locals, she is not sure if she wants to continue the life she lives as a spy.

A mother returns home to find her babysitter murdered and baby daughter missing. As she struggles to find her baby, she fights a battle with supernatural forces.

The pharaoh’s body deforms and the landscape is animated by light beams taken from the apocalyptic and philosophical work of Hideaki Anno, Neon Genesis Evangelion.

One summer day, Lili's jogging throught the park, enjoying every moment in this idyllic setting. She runs playfully, unwittingly turning heads. Life has never seemed so good. Until discomfort as well as reality catch her up. She must return to where she escaped.

The pursuit of happiness (and the display of happiness on social media!) has become a veritable cult. Happiness has become a social imperative, just like slimness, beauty and success. To better understand this obsessive quest for happiness, journalist Marie-Claude Élie-Morin takes an in-depth and personal look into this seemingly pervasive trend that sometimes leads to painful consequences.

A very lucky extraterrestrial is given the opportunity to observe a real life human being!

Rachel is fed up. It's time for a change.

12 year old Jason lives alone with his mother Marie. When he tells her that he has been accepted into a sports education program, the boy does not expect his life to change forever.

Is our reality a detailed computer simulation? Do you really care? Whateves!

A retired superhero gives an interview.

This film dives into the world of Amazon, its story and view of the world. It offers a large social fresco backed up by an in-depth investigation where private lives meet the mega-machine.

Stalked by his abusive white father, a rebellious Mi'kmaw runaway meets a two-spirit teenager drawn to his journey. As he learns Mi'kmaw language and culture from his new companion a deeper bond begins to grow between them.

An audiovisual poem floating through an apocalyptic landscape devoured by boreal wildfires and the ruthless exploitation of fossil fuels. Recorded in 2016 at the Athabasca oil sands in Canada.

Jack adheres strictly to his routine, as dictated by his phone. When a friend at work tries to free him, his phone fights back.

A young girl wears her afro to school on picture day and must deal with the unexpected consequences.

Centred on the relationship between the viewer and the film subject, Watching Us explores how one's identity and sexuality can be robbed through a viewer's non-consensual watching.

Queer Coolie-tudes is a creative essay documentary and queer ethnography which traces the intergenerational lives, histories, identities, familial relations and sexualities of a diverse range of subjects (academics, artists, and activists) from the Indo-Caribbean diaspora in Canada. Some are mixed race, including: dougla (Indian-African mixture), callaloo (creole mixtures)), genderqueer, disabled, aids activist, and perform drag identity.