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  • 1991
    Distress Signals

    Distress Signals

    Distress Signals

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    American television programming dominates around the world at the expense of regional cultural voices.

    Distress Signals
  • 2024
    Sons

    Sons

    Sons

    02024HD

    Set against the backdrop of his son’s first five years of life—from cooing infant to hurricane of a boy—filmmaker Justin Simms looks at modern masculi...

    Sons
  • 1988
    The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

    The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

    The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

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    The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) from a small Manitoba community with an overbearing fami...

    The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
  • 1979
    Getting Started

    Getting Started

    Getting Started

    6.41979HD

    A concert pianist prepares to begin his practising for a major concert coming up. Unfortunately, he has this procrastination problem that prevents him...

    Getting Started
  • 2021
    The Turtle Syndrome

    The Turtle Syndrome

    The Turtle Syndrome

    82021HD

    What could the illness afflicting Henri Castagnette be? Filled with anxiety, the young man puts his fate in the hands of the off-puttingly exuberant D...

    The Turtle Syndrome
  • 1968
    Aki'name (On the Wall)

    Aki'name (On the Wall)

    Aki'name (On the Wall)

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    When Canada was preparing to welcome the world to Expo 67 in Montreal, two artists who contributed their talents were Inuit stonecarvers Kumukluk Sagg...

    Aki'name (On the Wall)
  • 1991
    Blackfly

    Blackfly

    Blackfly

    61991HD

    A young surveyer, new to Ontario, encounters the blackflies. Over and over again, he encounters those blackflies.

    Blackfly
  • 2009
    Nollywood Babylon

    Nollywood Babylon

    Nollywood Babylon

    6.12009HD

    Nigeria's film industry, Nollywood, is the third-largest in the world--an unstoppable economic and cultural force that has taken the continent by stor...

    Nollywood Babylon
  • 1980
    The Sweater

    The Sweater

    The Sweater

    6.11980HD

    In this animated short, Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket"...

    The Sweater
  • 1962
    Lonely Boy

    Lonely Boy

    Lonely Boy

    6.21962HD

    This short film portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world. Ta...

    Lonely Boy
  • 1964
    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    6.11964HD

    A 16 year old girl recalls the last moments of her summer vacation, spent with friends in the Laurentians north of Montreal. She reminisces about thei...

    The End of Summer
  • 2012
    Poppety in the Fall

    Poppety in the Fall

    Poppety in the Fall

    72012HD

    In this animated short, a terrible curse deprives Balthasar's kingdom of its stories. Taking the unicorn's horn back into The Belly of the Earth is th...

    Poppety in the Fall
  • 1959
    City Out of Time

    City Out of Time

    City Out of Time

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    This Colin Low documentary from 1959 depicts Venice in all its splendor. In the tradition of Venetian painter Canaletto, the film captures the great I...

    City Out of Time
  • 1987
    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    31987HD

    Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child. An important figure in...

    Foster Child
  • 2024
    Seguridad

    Seguridad

    Seguridad

    102024HD

    In her feature documentary Seguridad, Newfoundland-based filmmaker Tamara Segura—once named “Cuba’s youngest soldier” in a militia publicity stunt—por...

    Seguridad
  • 2020
    The Rose Family

    The Rose Family

    The Rose Family

    8.22020HD

    In October 1970, members of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped Minister Pierre Laporte, triggering an unprecedented crisis in Quebec. F...

    The Rose Family
  • 2016
    The Apology

    The Apology

    The Apology

    4.62016HD

    "The Apology" explores the lives of former "comfort women," the more than 200,000 girls forced into sexual slavery during World War II. Today, they fi...

    The Apology
  • 2013
    Impromptu

    Impromptu

    Impromptu

    62013HD

    Director Bruce Alcock takes his inspiration from Chopin’s eponymous composition in this wonderful 3D animation, which pays tribute to the moments of b...

    Impromptu
  • 1992
    Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story

    Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story

    Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story

    61992HD

    A "true crime" docu-drama: in July 1982, Al and Rosemary Podgis were shot dead in their home in New Jersey. Rosemary's son Scott and his Canadian high...

    Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story
  • 1974
    À votre santé

    À votre santé

    À votre santé

    01974HD

    Focuses on the state of the Quebec health system in the early 1970s. This film reveals the harsh reality of emergency rooms. There, medical teams, fac...

    À votre santé