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A non-narrative hand-painted visual poem about diaspora, homeland, and the tragic mass-deportations of the Kalmyk people during WWII.

"This film is one of the first French Unit productions of the “Société Nouvelle/Challenge for Change” program. When an old area of Montréal is to be d...

A child founds a strange ball.

"A film in which both sound and image were created with a minimum of photographic or electronic equipment. The images are a few simple geometric forms...

This feature documentary highlights the nature of Arctic sea ice, and its crucial importance to life in the Far North. Underwater photography presents...

As a child in Vietnam, Thao’s mother often rescued ants from bowls of sugar water. Years later they would return the favour. Boat People is an animate...

Written and directed by Jason Young (Animals, Inside Time),Gun Killers takes us into the rural, secluded paradise that retired blacksmiths John and N...

This short documentary from the Canada Carries On series celebrates the contribution of Canada’s railroads to the war effort. The film includes a sequ...

A freewheeling cinematic experience, this film is the work of two filmmakers who relate their perceptions of each other through their respective anima...

A film about winter railroading in the Canadian Rockies and the men who keep the lines clear. The stretch between Revelstoke and Field, British Columb...

This experimental feature-length drama by Gilles Groulx follows three main characters who embody different attitudes about consumerism. A window onto...

A film that witnesses the Acadian awakening and the unprecedented popular awareness that manifested itself in 1972 in northeastern New Brunswick.

Why don't we do something to ease the suffering of the poor, the excluded? Because we live in fear of "the other," the stranger. Filmed a few months b...

This short documentary film by filmmaker Sophie Dupuis presents a poetic and contemplative point of view of the daily life of the sailors of the friga...

Training film for the Canadian Department of National Defence.

This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who’s Who series introduces viewers to the chipmunk.

This short documentary filmed in Pangnirtung features 2 elders reminiscing about the dances held in their community 50 years ago. One of the elders is...

Baymen, no matter where they go, remain above all else Newfoundlanders. They were born to the sea, to a place in the life of their cliffside village,...

In a pounding critique of Canada's colonial history, this short film draws parallels between the annihilation of the bison in the 1890s and the devast...