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- 1991
Distress Signals
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American television programming dominates around the world at the expense of regional cultural voices.
- 2024
Sons
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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...
- 1988
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick5.51988HD
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...
- 1979
Getting Started
Getting Started6.41979HD
A concert pianist prepares to begin his practising for a major concert coming up. Unfortunately, he has this procrastination problem that prevents him...
- 2021
The Turtle Syndrome
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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...
- 1968
Aki'name (On the Wall)
Aki'name (On the Wall)01968HD
When Canada was preparing to welcome the world to Expo 67 in Montreal, two artists who contributed their talents were Inuit stonecarvers Kumukluk Sagg...
- 1991
Blackfly
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A young surveyer, new to Ontario, encounters the blackflies. Over and over again, he encounters those blackflies.
- 2009
Nollywood Babylon
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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...
- 1980
The Sweater
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In this animated short, Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket"...
- 1962
Lonely Boy
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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...
- 1964
The End of Summer
The End of Summer6.11964HD
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...
- 2012
Poppety in the Fall
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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...
- 1959
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...
- 1987
Foster Child
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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...
- 2024
Seguridad
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In her feature documentary Seguridad, Newfoundland-based filmmaker Tamara Segura—once named “Cuba’s youngest soldier” in a militia publicity stunt—por...
- 2020
The Rose Family
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In October 1970, members of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped Minister Pierre Laporte, triggering an unprecedented crisis in Quebec. F...
- 2016
The Apology
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"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...
- 2013
Impromptu
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Director Bruce Alcock takes his inspiration from Chopin’s eponymous composition in this wonderful 3D animation, which pays tribute to the moments of b...
- 1992
Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story
Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story61992HD
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...
- 1974
À votre santé
À votre santé01974HD
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...