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Here is what happened in a Toronto classroom when teachers occupied the children's desks and children became the teachers. The film grew out of anothe...

Joe Kinsella talks about the problem of young people leaving Fogo Island after they finish their education.

A layered narrative exploring memory and family history is constructed using a collage of family photos, photocopies and personal audio recordings. Th...

This short, silent film captures a Sunday afternoon at a community skating rink. Iconic Quebec director Gilles Carle has the camera follow toddlers le...

A lesson in geography, which concludes that although the Great Lakes have had their ups and downs, nothing has been harder to take than what humans ha...

A Tibetan immigrant returns to her home country to witness the Chinese occupation.

The Salvation Army in action. Band rehearsals, personal reminiscences of an Army officer, and an unrehearsed "coming to Christ" in the Army Citadel ma...

A group of young, working children are terrorized and robbed by their stepfather.

Vignettes covering S.S. Lurcher, a celebration in Windsor, Ontario and the Sullivan Mine in British Columbia.

Exploring the conscious, the unconscious and the self, By Winds and Tides takes a deep experimental dive into the birth of an idea—how it takes shape,...

It’s the opportunity of a lifetime for artist Phil Richards, who’s been commissioned to create Canada’s official portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabe...

A computer scientist scans dreams with a computer.

The magic island of Fogo, seen from the eyes of the kids and the reason why its inhabitants will never leave it.

Walker is a young Aboriginal foster child whose only playmate is his dog. Jamie is a lonely young white boy who is afraid of dogs, and has some strang...

Zlatko Grgic's short animated film depicts how humans evolved from the sea and the problems that ensued. Using humour, he shows how industry leads to...

Canada's northwest has been opened up by the Alaska Highway. This film looks at the construction of the highway and at the resources and development i...

A grandmother tells her young grandchild the moving tale of a lonely girl and an unforgettable magical cat in this animated short narrated by Oscar®,...

A record of the living conditions and military operations of the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade during the Korean War.

Shoal Lake 40 women talk about their struggles, and those of their parents and grandparents, in trying to raise their families in a hazardous state of...

Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting o...