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Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Polley

Humanity’s ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards collapse? Ronald...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Stephen Hawking

The evolution of the depiction of Native Americans in film, from the silent era until today, featuring clips from hundreds of movies and candid...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adam Beach

The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Gilbert Sicotte

With "sealfies" and social media, a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit is wading into the world of activism, using humour and reason to confront...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His...

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The story of one shepherd's single-handed quest to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the French Alps throughout the first half of the...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Philippe Noiret

Utilising the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen technique, this visually poetic non-narrative film revisits Diego Vélasquez’s 1652...

Genre: Animation

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A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Roy Dupuis

A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Noam Chomsky

Norman is not just an admirer of nature, he's a part of it. He survives the harshness of the climate and the wildlife by coexisting with it. With his...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Norman Winther

For people living with structural dissociation, falling asleep can be a challenge—a time when multiple contradictory thoughts conspire to keep...

Genre: Animation

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Walking down the street or sitting on a commuter train, few of us can resist the siren song of that small, illuminated device in our pockets. Through...

Genre: Animation

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One dancer, one body, one phone. In a time of collective alienation and technological mass control, one woman rediscovers her soul and reclaims her...

Genre: Animation

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With dynamic energy captured using India ink on paper, a liberating tango with a stranger enables a woman to reconnect with herself.

Genre: Animation

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A choir of tropical frogs performs infectious pop in delightfully unsettling animation from Costa Rican-Canadian artist Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes....

Genre: Animation

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When morning arrives in Society of Clothes, shirts and pants step outside the closet, transforming into living entities. In the world of the film,...

Genre: Animation

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Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying is a short meditation on love, grief, and imagination. The hand-drawn animated documentary was created...

Genre: Animation

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Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Elliot Page

In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors....

Genre: Animation

Cast: Grant Munro