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This short film brings together animated interpretations of four poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: "Riverdale Lion" by John Robert Colombo, "A Kite...

Michel is the charismatic subject of this documentary about following your sex drive. Sharing unique life experiences with great verve, an aging lotha...

When the Japanese invade the Aleutian Islands, the Allied forces must push them back.

This animated short, based on the book by Rachna Gilmore, is the story of Gita, an 8-year-old girl who can't wait to celebrate Divali - the Hindu fest...

This documentary tells the story of a Chinese cemetery in BC that became a National Heritage site. For Chinese pioneers who died in Canada, Victoria's...

An early experiment in employing computers to animate film. The result is a dazzling vibration of geometric forms in vivid color, an effect achieved b...

a portrait of the changing social and political context of the nuclear family in the 1970s, focusing on four families of varying circumstances: a trad...

This short documentary focuses on one day in a kindergarten classroom. We watch the teacher encouraging children to turn their curiosity into question...

Old Dog shows how elderly dogs' lives are improved by technology - from diapers for amputees to doggie strollers - through animated vignettes. The sou...

The story of a young woman facing her father’s death, remembering moments in life that help her make sense of it, and finding connection in unlikely p...

This short film recreates the experience of Sylvie, a battered woman who seeks shelter in a Montréal transition house. Faced with the threat of violen...

In this zany tale, three storybook characters experience the dangers and temptations of life while trying to maintain physical and moral integrity. Th...

The big whale round-up at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, is brought to the screen with a realism not often found in fish stories. Cameras are on hand to r...

This short animated film is about Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.

A man is taken to the doctor's office, but it's not for an ordinary checkup. A huge syringe is thrust into his head. Out of the syringe oozes a sticky...

"I've often wondered what makes beauty" - So says Monique Miller who personifies in this short documentary universal woman, anxious to please since ch...

This short documentary depicts the stories of two hibakusha, survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This film follows th...

This feature documentary gives voice to various English-speaking groups in Montréal and other places in Québec as they react to the October Crisis of...

The decorative pattern style of a traditional Metis coat is explored.