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Traces the new Cold War between Russia and the West from the ban on American citizens adopting Russian children to the Kremlin’s anti-LGBTQ campaign, which positions the international marriage equality movement as a national threat.
A feature length documentary about extraordinary Canadian singer songwriter, Ron Hynes... an insightful and entertaining exploration of the creative process, the genesis of song, the meaning of performance and the vulnerability of an artist compelled to bare his soul through his music. The film is comprised of Ron performing his music (distinct and live for the camera), interwoven with very intimate black box 'interviews' with Ron (shot tightly and directly addressed to the camera), in which he discusses the songs and the life that informed them: late nights, dark alleys, marriage, children, divorce, his near death and recovery from drug addiction... and punctuated with back stage moments, insight from the street, and Ron's nephew author Joel Thomas Hynes, taking the role of 'chorus of the people'.
Bleu Nuit is a track from Le Révélateur's LP on Gneiss Things, Fictions.
A vast, timely, and often chilling investigation into the idea and practice of democracy, ranging from Ancient Greece and Renaissance Europe to civil rights, fears of voter fraud, and the spectre of authoritarianism.
The Quebec version of SNL is back for a TV special hosted by Magalie Lépine-Blondeau.
Life, Anger, Happiness, Art, Splatter, and Broken Kitty Cat Cups. It all explodes when a fight breaks out between boyfriend and girlfriend. Will they talk it out? Will they let their feelings get the best of them? Will they survive?
Every year, the western world is introduced to a new 'superfood' that boasts extraordinary nutritional features, and year after year we buy them. The Superfood Chain is a feature documentary that explores the facts and myths behind superfoods, and reveals the ripple effect of the 'Superfood' industry on farming and fishing families around the world.
A man is drawn into the footsteps of the historic Haitian slave leader; Mackandal. Following a man trapped in a curse which started centuries ago, this modern fable folds accounts of the past with the resilience of the present.
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.
What is a true punk band? We sit down with St. John's punk band, Banana Vacuum, to explore punk culture and question what it takes to be punk in today's world. This new band has gained some notoriety in the past year for it's unusual lead singer and themes throughout the album. This film explore the people behind Banana Vacuum and the music that has made fans all over Canada go wild for their unapologetic true punk identity.
A Cree family in 1970s Saskatchewan must ask an old farmer for help when their car runs out of gas while moving to the city.
Five Indigenous women filmmakers from across Canada challenge one another to make a film under a set of restrictions tailored to each filmmaker.
Documentary about the groundbreaking queer feminist art band Fifth Column, who were at the centre of Toronto’s influential Queercore scene in the 1980-90s.
On November 4th, 2008, three states - California, Florida and Arizona - voted to amend their constitutions, denying and revoking the rights of same-sex couples to marry. On May 26, 2009, with Canadian allies, gay American families rally at a Vancouver demonstration to protest these amendments that persecute the LGBTQ community. Demonstration organizer Roger Chin relays the California Supreme Court's infamous decision on Prop 8. Subsequent speakers talk about couples living in exile. Weaving elements of public protest and intimate interviews, four families share their stories of how they met, their decision to escape to freedom in Canada, their Canadian experience and their dreams of returning to their home country, family and friends. In the end, the organizer celebrates the freedoms to marry that exists in Canada.
A young girl named Abby travels to visit her dear Aunt Binks but finds herself in a peculiar situation when Aunt Binks is nothing like she expected.
Determined ski jumping champ Lindsey Van and her USA teammates fight to compete in the Olympics, which doesn't allow women to compete in that sport. Already able to outdo the world's best male ski jumpers, Van goes up against the naysayers.
Two friends spend a summer day together in the suburbs of Montreal. As the evening comes, they go to the fireworks hoping to be entertained but the event ends up igniting memories of a different nature.
On one summer day, four children face themselves, and become a little older.
From Antosh Cimoszko, an edit featuring David Stenstrom, Dylan Fulford, Donald Glover, Sam Bunton, Douglas Jacobsson, Vincent Hasselberg, David Jakinda, and Elias Mensi.
On Aug 16, 2013, Canadian filmmaker John Greyson and Palestinian-Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani were detained without charges in Cairo's Tora Prison. During their 50-day detention, John created these flash cards as a diary of their experiences. Following an international grassroots campaign, they were released on October 7, and returned to Canada on October 13. This video is dedicated to the many who spoke out for their release, and for the many who are still behind bars.
In 1933, at age 33, Harry Alan Potamkin died of complications related to starvation, at a time when he was one of the world's most respected film critics. In his writings, he advocated for a cinema that would simultaneously embrace the fractures and polyphony of modern life and the equitable social vision of left radical politics. This film-biography is assembled out of distorted fragments of films on which he had written, an impression of erupting consciousness.
"Sugar Shack Tales" unfolds the stories of those solitary men who keeps the spring ritual alive. They run the buckets and boil the maple sap in their beautiful and old shacks surrounded by a mystical atmosphere.
A guitarist writes a song for his girlfriend, but this one does not seem to appreciate its composition while playing.
This production lifts the veil on a little-known disease caused by the bite of infected black-legged ticks: Lyme disease. Discussing its transmission methods, its spread, its devastating effects on victims, the prognostic and the treatments, this documentary reveals an infectious disease growing in Quebec and round the world.
Exploring the devastation of the 1930s, Lisa Jackson shapes amateur-shot archival film from a South Dakota town and audio interviews of residents who lived through the Great Depression to craft a moving and powerful allegory of contemporary financial corruption.
As a boy floats through the air, his mother struggles to keep him near. While the pair seek liberation from the dark clouds hovering above their heads, their power struggle stems from a lack of comprehension as to what defines them: is the boy her little angel as well as the cause of her grief? Alain Fournier creates an intricate, polished suspense that points to the necessity of being at peace.
It is recorded in legend when a video store is threatened a chosen protector will rise
In a tightly-knit Cree community in northern Canada, 16-year-old Alyssa's plans to become a mom begin to unravel.
Ralph is overdue for a date, but will it cost him his only friend?
This story is about a Hunter who gets lost in the woods, but that's only the beginning of his problems.
Several interweaving stories about an eclectic mix of English speaking Korean expats living in Seoul.
The jungle is roaring with excitement when Mowgli, Baloo and all their animal friends stir up fun and pandemonium in this party packed adventure. Baloo becomes royalty, bouncing baby elephants everywhere and Mowgli holds both a fishing and a fitness contest!
It's Christmas in Toronto, 1978. Eight-year-old Meehee Park longs for two things: to make her mother happy and to get a Cindy doll from Santa. But she soon realizes that Santa isn't real and her parents are struggling to make ends meet. This distresses Meehee to no end, that is until one fateful day when she comes across a neighbourhood auction that will pit her two greatest desires, leaving Meehee to choose between dreams of the past and fitting in with the present.
A motley group of addicts attend a rehabilitation program at an isolated farm to get sun, relax and consume the drugs and alcohol they smuggled in. Unfortunately and unbeknownst to them, the farm is infested with zombies and these aren't your usual slow moving, lumbering zombies. These blood suckers run fast!
In this documentary profile, Johnston invites the audience to step behind the "crushed velvet curtain" of Bruce Bailey’s life as an investment banker, lawyer, farmer and patron. The enthusiastic collector, who has worked with artists such as Marina Abramovic and Kent Monkman, is one of a few notable individuals who still host traditional art salons; a form of egalitarian lab for the breeding of ideas made popular in seventeenth-century France, where literary luminaries, artists and thinkers gathered to discuss philosophy, politics, art and other matters of the day.
Trevor reflects on his fear of dating.
Seven months pregnant and stuck in a sleepy corner of Tennessee, a young woman begins to see through the promises made by her charismatic husband.
Wounded from his past, Sam is a self-doubting dreamer who discovers a rare and intense attraction to a stranger on a bus. He fantasizes about different scenarios of approaching the girl but never finds the courage to actually do so. Conflicted, Sam takes the audience into his own mind, where he confronts his long-time ex-girlfriend, Marie, face to face.
A pilot, travelling through space, returns from a mission...
A parallel revolution was born out of the feminist movement of the 1970's, coming to an end around 1995. Filmmaker Myriam Fougère takes us on a journey to meet the lesbian writers, philosophers and activists who were key players in creating a revolutionary sisterhood. From Montréal to Texas, by way of New York, Myriam encounters lesbians who chose to live only among women. This marginal yet international movement is brought to life through archival footage and photographs, and evocative interviews with these courageous women, many of whom are now in their seventies and eighties.
A story of loss, love and the bonds we share.
Freely adapted from the eponymous novel, Une vie pour deux is inspired by real events, the discovery by the novelist's husband (director Jean-Pierre Ronfard) of the corpse of a young woman on a beach in Ireland in the late 1970s.
A dark fable about a group of kids who befriend a monster they find in the woods.
A young woman who develops an obsession with bubble wrap as a way to cope with childhood trauma discovers the man of her dreams. Skinfections trilogy no. 1
Dateless yet again on Valentine's Day, nerdy high school student Sean takes it upon himself to woo the new girl in town Jennifer by means of a seemingly simple gesture: bringing her flowers.
Olivia thought her time at Camp Somni would be a nightmare, but never expected to be so right. The 13-year-old faces her greatest fears when a boy with no name leads her into the woods, which hold the dark and sinister secrets of MISTER SANDMAN.
A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.
Portrait of the Dene, natives of the Northwest Territories whose way of life has been documented by an Oblate father who has lived with them for more than seventy years.
The National Film Board of Canada wishes you a happy holiday season with this animated card by Malcom Sutherland. Best wishes for 2012!
Set in Montreal, this is a story about the communication gap between different communities who live and work amongst each other every day. Despite being born in Montreal, Rup Singh, struggles not only with how he is perceived by others, but also with how he may perceive them.
Two animated male figures are drawn together and pulled away until they fall into a pit of protesters. Then, a frightened look quickly disappears into the darkness. OUT is a one minute film that touches on the rising fear of being out during a global climate of growing hatred and pushback against LBGTQ rights and freedoms.
Two strangers meet in a motel room where everything is not as it seems.
Tales of Two Who Dreamt is set in a housing block in Toronto and pivots on representation and self-representation. Here, a Roma family rehearses the stories of their past for the upcoming hearing on their residency status.
A deep dive into the history of the Canadian Government and the Department of National Defence leasing First Nations reserves as practice bombing ranges during World War I and World War II. This documentary follows the Enoch Cree Nation's process of developing it's land claim against the Canadian Government following the discovery of active landmines in the heart of the nation's cultural lands and golf course in 2014, almost 70 years later.
A film about gender.
The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was one of the most brutal conflicts to devastate the region in the 20th century. Zahed was 13 years old when he enrolled in the Iranian army. Najah was 18 when he was conscripted into the Iraqi army, and he fought against Zahed in the Battle of Khorramshahr. Fast forward 25 years, a chance encounter in Vancouver between these two former enemies turns into a deep and mutually supportive friendship. Expanded from the 2015 short film by the same name.
Hand processed cameraless film subjected to different homeade light sources. This is an obsessive exploration of a short scene that demonstrates a group of Roman soldiers who constantly cross the frame, accentuating the horizontal flow of movement.