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- 2019
The Bassinet
The Bassinet62019HD
When a vintage bassinet appears at filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung and long-time fiancée Victoria Mata’s home, it sets off a chain reaction of emotions. "The...
- 1982
First Winter
First Winter7.11982HD
First Winter is a 1982 Canadian short film directed by John N. Smith. With the father away, an Irish immigrant family struggle to survive their first...
- 1968
Data for Decision
Data for Decision01968HD
This short documentary is a portrait of the early era of computing and the process and implications of the digitization of large amounts of informatio...
- 2000
The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg
The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg5.3332000HD
A short animation about a boy who sees an iceberg coming. Will he be in time to warn the captain?
- 1959
Short and Suite
Short and Suite61959HD
A color cocktail by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart, translating into moving patterns of color and light the moods of music written for a jazz ensem...
- 2002
How the Fiddle Flows
How the Fiddle Flows02002HD
How the Fiddle Flows follows Canada's great rivers west along the fur-trading route of the early Europeans. The newcomers introduced the fiddle to the...
- 1967
In the Labyrinth
In the Labyrinth101967HD
"Labyrinth" is a groundbreaking multi-screen 45-minute presentation produced for Chamber III of the Labyrinth at Expo 67 in Montreal, using 35 mm and...
- 1966
Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail01966HD
The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The film...
- 2006
Remembering Arthur
Remembering Arthur02006HD
"Remembering Arthur is a feature-length documentary about an influential yet little-known Canadian filmmaker. Although the Montreal-born artist's work...
- 2001
Strange Invaders
Strange Invaders5.72001HD
Roger and Doris are a childless couple who get more than they bargained for when a strange child appears at their door one day.
- 1973
Balablok
Balablok5.91973HD
Blocks and balls fight simply because they are different, until their battle reduces everyone to the same shape.
- 2004
John and Michael
John and Michael72004HD
A gentle tale of love told in halting words. A film about healing after profound loss. John and Michael pays homage to two men with Down's syndrome w...
- 2008
Club Native
Club Native02008HD
With moving stories from a range of characters from her Kahnawake Reserve, Mohawk filmmaker, Tracey Deer, reveals the divisive legacy of more than a h...
- 1979
Teach Me to Dance
Teach Me to Dance01979HD
In this drama, Lesia convinces her English-Canadian friend Sarah to perform a Ukrainian dance with her as part of their school's Christmas pageant. Sa...
- 1988
Peep and the Big Wide World
Peep and the Big Wide World01988HD
Peep the chicken ventures out on an adventure into the Big Wide World and makes some friends along the way. Narrated by Peter Ustinov, this 1988 short...
- 1992
A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong
A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong101992HD
The documentary, using the dramatization of fact, makes the case that the Canadian government knowingly sent two unprepared infantry battalions to hel...
- 1996
How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels
How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels6.81996HD
Black and white drawings blended with photographic images depict an old man, with various tiny gadgets, trying to find the anatomy of the wings of an...
- 1984
The Land That Devours Ships
The Land That Devours Ships61984HD
For almost a century and a half, Her Majesty's Ship Breadalbane lay wrecked and forgotten under the Arctic ice. In the spring of 1983, noted undersea...
- 1958
The Quest
The Quest01958HD
This short film is a re-enactment of the critical year in Dr. Frederick Banting's life when he discovered insulin for the treatment of diabetes at the...
- 1978
Special Delivery
Special Delivery6.51978HD
A hapless husband neglects to clear the icy walk, which leads to the mailman slipping and breaking his neck. A comedy of errors results from his attem...