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About home and the (im)possibility of return. An “atmospheric arrival” captures a means of coming into being through memory and imagination, by reaching across spacetimes to “fetch” parts of the self that may exist elsewhere.
Two brothers, Minseo and Junho, are reunited in Vancouver after many years apart following their parents divorce in Korea.
The song of the cherries resonates under the combined action of an object striking a round-bottomed mixing bowl and its echo. This short animated piece, created with Patrice Fortier and ground cherries from La société des plantes, is part of a larger project developed with this Kamouraska-based organic seed supplier begun in the fall of 2020: a place where plants and plans (shots) meet despite the apparent distance between the fields and the songs.
Dive into the hearts and minds of those who've faced the mountain's fury firsthand, in this gut-punching exploration of the human cost of adventure.
The Freemasons, a so-called secret fraternity, has a unique reputation throughout the world. Despite the stereotypes and theories that may circulate, Freemasonry is a much broader subject. From the historical aspect of the organization to the introduction of the society's members, this documentary explores the themes of this fabricated mystery.
Who leaked the group chat?
Mired in a family tragedy, a mother and her son embark on an unusual quest.
A short experimental film that centers on Silbury Hill, the largest human-made prehistoric mound in Europe and part of the Neolithic monument complex at Avebury, Wiltshire. The work approaches the site through the lens of geo-anatomy — the earth as body, mother, and sentient presence — drawing on feminist cosmologies that reimagine landscape as kin. Shot on Super 8mm and interwoven with field recordings, the film employs the camera as a somatic tool, an extension of embodied experience, to explore how memory, ritual, and myth are inscribed in place.
Rough draft. 7222 16mm Krasnogorsk 3 Shot a bit Northeast of Cochrane. December 2022.
Documentary on the outdoor art gallery in Attawapiskat.
For five decades Estonian-Canadian Maestro Roman Toi composed and conducted choral works and toured a Singing Revolution worldwide to restore freedom and democracy to the Republic of Estonia. Filmmaker Kalli Paakspuu adapts the story from Roman Toi’s 2007 autobiography with broadcast recordings of Roman Toi's music performed by eminent Estonian musicians to the socially engaged photography of Karl Hintser who follows the Estonian musicians' escape to Danzig and Germany's DP camps. American Julien Bryan's photography of daily life in Poland, Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany between 1935 and 1939 featuresthe spirited Nazi assault on modern art at the popular and infamous Entartete Kunst [Degenerate Art] exhibition in Munich in1937.exhibiting the eminent 20th Century modern works. VeljoTormis's "Curse upon Iron"is sung byGrammy winning Estonian Philharmonica Chamber Choir conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste.
In the Ukrainian tradition, the body of the deceased is washed and ritually prepared, honouring and cleansing the person's spirit. In times of war both the deceased and their loved ones are deprived of these rituals and final moments. In "Bohyni", a body lies alone in a forest, in the liminal realm. The body is discovered by three goddesses who prepare its' spirit to be sent to the land of the ancestors.
Through an imagined dialogue with Jean Paul Riopelle, this experimental film updates the painter's legacy by seeking to build bridges with today's generation. Part homage, part self-portrait, this short film is above all an intimate reflection on the courage to be oneself.
A tiger-obsessed little boy goes to the zoo on a class field trip, only to discover that the tiger is off exhibit. His imagination soon transforms his disappointing day into an unforgettable one – for everyone.
We talked, in our limited way, about the cosmos. Our childhood and other vulnerable periods popped up. We were fine with not knowing our true meaning if we were only a speck at the intersection of coping and pure suffering, we would try our best to make that speck twinkle.
Sometimes the dimmest lights burn just as bright, they’re only further away. Wish upon a star in this charming and serene animation from Nova Scotia newcomer Emma MacCabe.
Patterned Dreams, is an abstracted meditation involving a series of introspective dream sequences that searches for meaning among the stars.
In the few hours before her mom’s birthday party, a university student must rush to pick up a cake in time for the surprise. However, after an impulsive decision, strange happenings start to occur which risks her failure and causes her to question the world around her
Explore an overactive, racing mind through a first-person perspective. With every thought flying by too quickly to process, is one thinking about nothing or everything?
A pious woman confesses her sins.
A short comedy film.
Across Wabanaki territory, Two-Spirit people overcome distance, isolation, and a pandemic to unite as a community and share perspectives.
An unexpected catch helps a tiny ice-fisherman fix his chilly living situation
At an underground club in the 1980s, a young man flirts with a mysterious older guy as the threat of a new "gay cancer" lurks on the sidelines. Four decades later, during the latest pandemic, the same man returns to the renovated nightclub where he meets someone as young as he was on that magical night long ago, stirring long dormant desires and fears.
Somewhere on the Gaspésie coast, in a small deserted village, dwells the last loyalist. An old man, his dog, his pipe and a couple of dreams looking to resurface.
The world's water is contaminated. Infected individuals develop an unprecedented aggressivity and lose their hearing. Hubert Pelletier, a survivor of the apocalypse, is reunited with his daughter, Corinne, who had been missing for 5 days... without water.
An Inuit mother and daughter, Kumaa’naaq and Marguerite, must negotiate the pressures of assimilation after relocating to a new life in the South in the 1930s. Based on a true story.
Biliminal immerses the audience in a universe of constant tension – between meditative lullabies and chaotic explosions. The work explores the metamorphosis of sound and visual materials inspired by reality, using algorithmic transformation systems to create new audiovisual landscapes whose various elements, at the limit of the perceptible, evoke an ethereal form of their original state.
A sense of loss fills the house as several women busy themselves clearing the garden, preparing a meal, soothing a baby and making a film. With meditative cinematography and immersive sound, we are invited to join them in the only thing left to do: be together.
A rough and raw letter on what it means to lose love at the expense of finding freedom. An essay on family, anger and fraud.
Without an alternative to fossil fuels for the aviation industry, one start-up keenly understands the urgency of reaching global climate goals by disrupting air travel. Sustainability for this company means not staying grounded but innovating the way we fly entirely and convincing policy officials, airlines and suppliers to come aboard. Their proposal? A hydrogen-fuelled, commercially viable plane that will replace ones fuelled by kerosene.
Elected in his riding under the banner of the Parti Québécois, Jacques Parizeau became the 26th Premier of Québec in 1994. Driven by a desire to get Quebecers out of colonization and educational underdevelopment, while solving the problems of federalism, this ex-minister of finance organizes a second referendum on sovereignty held on October 30, 1995. A chronology of the events leading up to the second referendum failure, this documentary consists of interviews and archival images that bear witness to the legacy of a man politician dedicated to self-determination and died in 2015.
“High Tail” is a narrative story about a dog who has had enough of living with his owners and, in a burst of spontaneity, decides to move out and start his life in the big city. However, his green optimism is quickly crushed as he realizes the big city and adult life aren’t quite living up to his expectations.
An unexpected call - The end and beginning of a story.
Anxiety is all around and fluttering constantly around us, making it hard to reconnect to reality. This animated short film gives a raw and abstract representation of the anxious mind.
In a remote village within a Peruvian jungle, a boy finds himself in between the natural world and the spirit world. Through this, he gains an acute awareness of the energy of his long lost ancestors.
“Six Months” is a critique of alcohol within a North American cultural context, through societal pressure and mass marketing. It challenges notions of perfection in maintaining sobriety and the stigma surrounding relapse. This project uses different types of alcohol in its developing process, as well as multiple in-camera exposures, transforming alcohol from an intoxicant to an artistic tool
A close look at the aftermath of a historic landslide near Hope, BC. Vast and uncompromising, the scene presents a complex dialectic of destruction and regeneration. The landscape of markers, forces and traces looks utterly indifferent—yet undeniably real. With an original score by Adrian K. Yee, Hope Slide progresses akin to a slow exhalation, evoking a contemplative melancholy of relief at a geological pace.
Pixels of the Orient appropriates Western media depictions of East Asia for a psychedelic and comedic exploration of ahistorical East Asian aesthetics and identity. Western film and television depicts East Asian culture through a pastiche of Chinese and Japanese symbols—often mixed with other influences from across Asia—filtered through an Orientalist lens that associates this “Asianness” with the exotic and mysterious.
In a poetic exploration of the climate crisis, “Branché” uses circus and movement art to traverse time and lush natural landscapes, imagining potential harmonies with nature in the face of rising conflicts and chaos. As diminishing resources and livable land drive an existential collapse, these extraordinary movement artists deploy daring three-high formations, breathtaking falls, and tender groupings to remind us that the shared ecology of nature and humanity is undoubtedly worth preserving.
I can't find my phone, can you call me?
'Tis a tale of ass-kicking martial art, betrayal, anger, vengeance, fury, and rage. Created in under 48hrs for the Okotoks International Film Festival 2023 and Winner of the award, "Best Use Of Dialogue"
At 74, Azdyne Amimour should be contemplating peaceful retirement. But his days are fuelled by an overriding goal: to make reparations for crimes he didn't commit and find his missing granddaughter, whom he has never seen. Amid family trauma and longing, the story of Azydyne and those who share his predicament shines a light on the far-reaching and shattering effects of war and terrorism on families as they seek to assemble the pieces left behind.
Documenting her daughter Willow's preparation to sing a heartwarming song in front of an audience for the first time, filmmaker Kelly O'Brien offers a tender glimpse into the highs and lows of pre-teen life as Willow makes an unexpected choice.
A woman lives alone in a hotel room. Dreaming of the city, she gets lost in its intricacies, etching her skin silently, chiseling at the limit of her consciousness, reconstructing her image. Slowly she grows older. Slowly she films herself, the city, and her dreams for a month. With some objects, a routine, and a deep desire to feel, she escapes. The night comes silently, a door opens, and she walks away. The house is a body that flies. This is her journey from loneliness to aloneness.
Every entity, whether biological or otherwise, carries within itself the inevitable seed of its transformative decline. That's life.
This is the story of French's vs. Heinz, and how the people of Leamington, Ont. (AKA the Tomato Capital of Canada) got caught up in Canada's greatest food fight.
Abstract hybrid image of yellow paint on b/w paint
In this unconventional portrait of John Kim Bell, he reflects on his formative years, which brought him to Broadway and influenced him to become the first Indigenous person in North America to lead a classical orchestra.
An important conversation is interrupted at a party
Update on the Kattawapiskak Elementary School.
A brave dream seeks the child who dreamed him. When teachers encounter him in school halls, things get dicey. They turn his journey into a nightmarish affair.
Before there was time… When everything that is, has been, and will ever be was compressed into a single point… The Universe slept, and dreamt of creating itself. In this esoteric visual poem, a cosmic being known as THE ENTITY experiences the birth, life, and death of a primordial, psychedelic universe.