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This feature-length documentary retraces the journey of 4 Canadians who set off to climb the perilous north side of Mount Everest without the use of oxygen or sherpas. The group's ordeal gives us a rare insight into the human condition under stress, and, while immobilized on the edge of the mountain by extreme weather, we share the tensions that afflict the group's solidarity - threatening the dream of attaining the summit itself.
In this short film Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Hubert Davis gets to the harsh truth of why a couple broke up. Part of the mobiDOCS: Confessions in a Digital Age series.
A group of friends venture into a school for girls which has the reputation of having a haunted sub-level basement. The souls of the girls remain trapped in the basement, tormented by an evil supernatural being.
An exploration of the unique culture of Newfoundland's outports, the film revisits the PR coup that launched the animal rights movement onto the international stage: the 1977 Newfoundland visit, orchestrated by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, of French actress turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot to protest the area's ancestral sealing activities. Soon, inhabitants of the island's northern outports we're being introduced to the world as the epitome of brutality.
It's autumn in all its glory and Ludovic is playing in the park. A bigger teddy bear knocks him down, and the little cub is rescued by a little girl teddy bear. Her kind gesture teaches Ludovic that the magic of friendship can help him face the fiercest bully.
A tale of two longtime losers looking for love.
In the Kitcisakik community, the Algonquin language is dying out, just four generations after the federal government's assimilation policy came into effect. Since 2004, Wapikoni Mobile has been giving Indigenous youth the opportunity to speak out using video and music.
This short documentary presents the empowering story of Rodney "Geeyo" Poucette's struggle against prejudice in the Indigenous community as a two-spirited person.
A mad clown is writing a letter to his ex-girlfriend while playing with an octopus-like creature.
Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà's “Violons d'enfer” staged by the Devil himself. Musical pieces: - Danse macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns - Les beautés du diable by François Dompierre - Valse Mephisto by Franz Liszt - Le diable matou by François Dompierre - Il était une fois... by Ennio Morricone - El amor brujo by Manuel de Falla - Sinfonia op. 12 no 4 by Luigi Boccherini - Orphée aux enfers by Jacques Offenbach
What happens when you travel to the birthplace of green slime? For an entire generation of classic Nickelodeon fans, it's like finding the Holy Grail.
One transsexual man's personal memories of TS spaces and activism in the Toronto of the 1970s and 1980s.
Milo 55160, Heaven's loneliest and busiest bureaucrat spends his days processing disoriented, confused and angry Newly-Deads. One day he meets a boy named Will, a Near-Dead, someone struggling to stay alive on earth. When Will mysteriously disappears, Milo embarks on a journey through the afterlife that changes him, literally, forever.
"Bangkok Girl" is a 'remarkably accomplished, beautifully photographed and intimate debut documentary that puts a human face on the devastating social issue that, sadly, is the fate of too many impoverished girls.' The documentary provides a glimpse of Thailand's sex tourism told through the experiences of a 19-year-old bar girl named Pla.
Two aspiring filmmakers, with completely different views of what a film should be, are forced to work together on account of their film society's budget restraints.
An animated short.
A couple's impasse is refracted through the world’s great tragedies, and the news of "what is happening in Kosovo”. A tender, indifferent, cynical and bittersweet slice of melodrama.
Disconnected from her pregnant daughter by several time zones and her impetuous nature, Barbara longs to be a part of her grandchild’s birth in London, England. But is she wanted?
An elderly woman's quiet routine is interrupted when the local chapel undergoes a makeover.
Widow Paramo has lost her husband in the plague. Their daughter Dolores is considering suicide with El Muerto preparing himself to welcome her into the darkness. Paramo must triumph over Death in the boxing ring if she wishes to save both her husband and daughter.
Samuel Gradius settles himself in for a quiet night at home, unaware that the icy fingers of death are creeping into his apartment.
To date, more than a hundred young men from the South Asian community have died in gang-related violence in Metro Vancouver. Gangs are a reality of urban life, yet behind the body count and the headlines, a far different battle is being waged. Educators and parents are taking action against gang violence. Director Baljit Sangra's documentary Warrior Boyz takes an unflinching look at the root causes of gang violence, and offers real solutions and a hard-fought hope for the future.
Stop-motion, pixillation and other trick photography methods are used to depict situations on a farm.
Heaven is a place with crumbling ceilings, an aging Jesus, and angels and saints entertained by human sexuality. On earth, Christmas, 1999, Jacques, who's dying of cancer, meets Sophie, pregnant and abandoned. Her babies and his death are due in the spring. Jacques runs a cabaret facing bankruptcy because his landlord insists on a 15-minute speech about Jesus every evening by the boring Bernard, and all the customers leave. Jacques prays for Bernard's removal: Heaven arranges a car crash. Jacques keeps a tape recorder handy, narrating his final days, focused on composing memorable last words. In Heaven, the dead Bernard keeps watch over Jacques and Sophie, with saving effect.
The film depicts a group of children playing in a swimming pool in Aceh, Indonesia, working through their fear of water following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
What will it take to hold a heart, whether it's behind closed doors, beneath the surface, joining the party or is it room service? To Hold a Heart -- Directed by Michael Wallin, 13 min Closed Doors -- Directed by Beatrix Moersch, 8 min Beneath the Surface -- Directed by Kirk Shannon-Butts, 9 min Join the Party -- Directed by Stephan Deraucriox, 10 min Room Service --- Directed by Daniel Reitz, 20 min Time Will Tell -- Directed by Kelly West, 7 min No, Final Answer -- Directed by Jose Sunsin, 5 min El Dia de mi Boda -- Directed by Rafael Robles Guierrez, 22 min
A shorter, significantly altered version of Wavelength (1967), where the original film is overlayed upon itself.
The seventh thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren; this time with a focus on his collaborator Maurice Blackburn.
The Theory of Everything navigates between people and landscapes, between words and territory. The evocative landscapes tell us much in their silent presence. People, invited to tell us about themselves and their connection to the world, talk to us about the soil, the subsoil, the forest, the river, the whole that determines them.
This feature-length film tells the story of the passion between Marie de l’Incarnation, a mid-seventeenth-century nun and God, her "divine spouse." Fusing documentary and acting by Marie Tifo, whom we follow as she rehearses for this demanding role, the film paints an astonishing portrait of this mystic who abandoned her son and left France to build a convent in Canada, where she became the first female writer in New France.
A woman in love with a musician has a change of heart on her 18th birthday.
Described as "the jauntiest meat-is-murder movie ever made" and "irrational," "Deadpan" deals with dinner-table angst from the fifties. Laughter is forbidden. Anxiety reigns. Cow tongue is served. What to do?
A woman sits hoping for a chance romantic meeting.
A haunting tribute for the late Dede Fortin, the frontman of the Quebecois band Les Colocs.
The film follows a writer's unwitting discovery of the history and secret efforts of a cult in Victoria, Canada that has been engaged in a 60 year effort to open a portal between our world and another, letting in a host of vicious inter-dimensional beings. The city of Victoria was rumored in the 1980's to be the second worldwide 'capital of Satanism' after Geneva, Switzerland. Dark Paradox explores the idea that this myth was not only partially true but also partially inaccurate in suggesting the cult activity was 'Satanic' when in fact it was based on the worship of ancient extraterrestrial 'elder gods' in the vein of HP Lovecraft's fiction.
A retired actor pitches a story to a Hollywood producer about a meeting he had with a man he believes was Elvis Presley.
In 2003 this animated video of four adorable singing tough-skinned terrestrial mollusks went viral. If you listen closely you’ll probably be able to recognize the audio by a pretty famous quartet from a rather iconic movie.This is one where you should open up all the windows, “crank up” the volume, and let yourself FEEL the strength of these voices while you enjoy the visual eye candy.
Can we be Scared into the Sacred? Filmmaker Velcrow Ripper takes us on a journey to the pivotal ground zeros of the world – places like Bosnia, Hiroshima, New York City, and Afghanistan – in search of stories of hope and meaning.
Lesbian National Parks and Services' Endangered Species are a series of public service announcements, created by the indefatigable Lesbian Rangers, who serve the lesbian wilds from dawn to dusk and well beyond.
Eight months after her sister is brutally murdered, Tanya and her friends go to a cottage to celebrate high school graduation. But their party quickly turns into a blood bath as she stumbles upon the secret that was buried with her twin.
Short film about a wedding toast that goes horribly wrong.
In the 1960s, young women fainted during the shows of Quebec crooner Michel Louvain, who has been a heartthrob for 52 years. "Ladies in Blue" takes an affectionate look at the everyday lives of five women of different ages and walks of life who idolize the singer. While reflecting on Louvain's enduring career and celebrity, the film examines the universal lure of the unattainable that lies deep within each of us.
Acclaimed documentarian John Walker catches the legendary Cape Breton Miner’s singing group The Men of the Deeps just as the last mines on the island are shut down. Featuring ravishing cinematography of Cape Breton, and plenty of music, Men of the Deeps is a deeply touching portrait of a culture that still survives despite the ultimate end of an industry, and a tribute to the men and the songs that kept things moving on the Island for almost two hundred years.
Shots in the Dark is a snapshot of the current controversy surrounding vaccination. Although controversy over vaccinations is not new, current childhood immunization schedules include twice the amount of vaccines compared to 25 years ago, with multiple vaccines given simultaneously being the norm. In addition, elements used in the preparation of vaccines such as mercury and aluminum have not been tested for safety in humans since the early 1920’s. These facts, along with the increase in diagnosed cases of autism spectrum disorders and learning disabilities, coupled with the striking similarity in parental and physician post vaccination observations, direct the film’s exploration of the contention between government agencies, legal authorities, watchdog associations, drug companies, physicians, parents, and children.
Two paths cross on a descent into Guatemala's past: that of Mateo Pablo, a Maya survivor of one of many massacres committed by local government troops, and Daniel Hernández-Salazar, a concerned Guatemalan artist and photographer. Together they travel to a remote site in the highlands where the community of Petanac once stood. The bones found there by archaeologists tell a mute story of agony.
Looking for Angelina is based on one of the most important murder trials in Canada. Angelina Napolitano murdered her husband with an axe and was sentenced to be executed...
Once in a while a person comes along and flat changes it all. For the world of snowboarding, Craig Kelly was that guy. Craig Kelly led the charge, and led it with more class, skill and energy than anyone else would have or could have. Craig Kelly was snowboarding's original captain, and remained on top until his tragic death by avalanche in 2003.
When foreign student Isabelle met club owner Big Dan, she couldn't possibly know the man and his friends had some special plans for her. Using the love drug, the guys took what they needed, and now Isabelle sets out for a terrible revenge, with the help of Lucifer and her unnameable - and sexy - creatures of the Night...
A deconstructive look at translations and misconceptions of queer Cantonese and English slang terms through the eyes of immigrants.
This filmed treatment of the original Stratford Festival production of Timothy Findley's Governor General Award-winning play is a lavish treat for the eyes and the ears. William Shakespeare and his company of actors are brought together with the formidable Queen Elizabeth I in a remarkable encounter on the night of April 22, 1616, hours before the execution of Elizabeth's former lover Essex. Through the course of the evening, actor Ned Lowenscroft, famous for his female roles in Shakespeares' plays, very touchingly teaches the Queen to be more of a woman, while the Queen helps Ned be more of a man. Part history lesson, part theatrical insight, the play is a beautifully crafted Shakespeare-like work with poignant reflections on grief, love, friendship, and art. Compelling performances are delivered by Diane D'Aquila as Queen Elizabeth, Peter Hutt as Shakespeare and Brent Carver as Ned Lowenscroft.
Claude, police sergeant detective, is called to a small village to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a man in his forties. One evening, after a few days in the village, a clue leads her to meet Nina, a young singer whose charm will upset the course of her investigation.
