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Taking "Isle of the Dead," a work by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin as his starting point, Norman McLaren creates a deeply disturbing surr...

Portrays Louis Robichaud, Canadian politician and former Premier of New Brunswick.

This short animation tells the story of Saoussan, a young girl struggling to adjust to life in Canada after being uprooted from her wartorn homeland....

Inspired by the early trash films of John Waters, the film stars Estdelacropolis as Demira, a gay porn actor struggling with both his emotionally comp...

This feature fiction film describes Acadia from a new and humorous angle. In a small village in the Acadian region of Nova Scotia, a couple living out...

This short documentary focuses on the children of alcoholics. In the relaxed environment of a mountain campsite, a group of young people discuss their...

A vivid recollection of the free west of the North American Indigenous Peoples and the vast herds of buffalo that once thundered across the plains. Fr...

This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From the h...

An experimental animation about four people at a beach, three men and one woman.

Story of Aate Pitkänen, a idealistic Canadian-Finn who went to Soviet Karelia.

Jeannot has Down’s Syndrome. Living in a claustrophobic suburban setting, he is treated like a child by his parents and denied any responsibilities of...

The case of Anne Morton, victim of a schizophrenic breakdown, is recounted in an unusual new psychological film which pictures the operations of a men...

While knitting, two women recall moments from their lives--memories of their neighbours, husbands, mothers, and of other women knitting.

Overture is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short....

A BAFTA award nominated animation based on a poem by Earle Birney and a painting by El Greco. The theme concerns the responsibility of the innovator f...

A tour of Trans-Canada Airlines’ maintenance shops in Winnipeg before taking off for a trial flight on the British-built Vickers Viscount airplane, th...

Grace Fall is about the struggles and joys of trying to perform impossibly well in a circus whose troupe members aren’t really visible, but can certai...

A comparison of four different families in India, France, Japan, and Canada.

This short documentary explores homophobic language and its consequences among teenagers. Name-calling and cruel language hurt, say the teens who spea...