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The Work of Art (2008)
An evocation of the power of art to enrich lives. Grammy and Juno Award winning pop star Nelly Furtado joins non-profit volunteer arts organization Artbound on their first assignment to build Free The Children's first all girls secondary school in...
Directed by Shayna Haddon
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GrandParenting (2013)
The idea of grandparents as caregivers is nothing new. Grandparents are often the people that parents turn to when they need advice, help, childcare, and support. But what of the grandparents who have had to step in beyond the role of doting elders?...
Directed by Karen Shopsowitz
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The File Folder (2013)
This is a story about Violet-Rose Pharoah, a former child in care. After she overcame the challenges of aging out, she started a blog “The File Folder” that allows other young people who were in care to share their experiences.
Her goal is to collect...
Directed by Irina Sedunova [nid:7317]
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THE FILE FOLDER (2013)
The Ministry of Children and Family Development in British Columbia provides foster care for children from birth to the age of 19. But when youth reach their 19th birthday, the parental role of the government finishes abruptly – even though young people...
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Pico Meter (2012)
Dr. Rodney Herring, of the Advanced Microscopy Facility at the University of Victoria, has realized his childhood dream of building the worlds most powerful electron microscope. With this instrument, he will be gazing into the subatomic world and...
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Mars Project (2012)
A decade ago rapper Khari "Conspiracy" Stewart was diagnosed with a psychological disorder, but he has rejected the label and is pursuing a spiritual path.
For half of his life, Khari "Conspiracy" Stewart has fought a spiritual war...
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The story of Mr. Chi Pig from hardcore stalwarts SNFU and his struggle with drugs, mental illness and punk rock. You're not going to need to know a lot about punk rock to love Mr. Chi Pig and his debut self-titled biographical documentary. You won...
Directed by Sean Patrick Shaul
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Alone Up There (2012)
Directed by Sean Patrick Shaul //
ALONE UP THERE is a firsthand journey to understand one of the most difficult art forms.
The stand-up comedian is both an artist and an artisan: painstakingly developing a persona, scripting and editing an act,...
Directed by Sean Patrick Shaul
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Degrees North (2008)
A feature documentary shot south to north across the latitudes of Canada. Beginning at Pelee Island (42 degrees north)
and finishing at the Arctic Circle (66 degrees north), DEGREES NORTH is a journey of discovery, space, and time.
Using light,...
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Powerlines (1998)
Powerlines is a poetic documentary about the mystery of electromagnetic fields, the promise of new energy and the dangers of electromagnetic pollution. With music, image and dance, the film explores the differences between the energy of life and the...
Directed by Helen Hall
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Discover an American master portrait photographer, his influence on the modern Manhattan art world, and the legacy he left behind in his hometown of Heber Springs, Arkansas. This feature documentary discovers an American master, his influence on the...
Directed by Martin Lavut
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Remembering Arthur (2006)
Remembering Arthur is a feature-length documentary about an influential yet little-known Canadian filmmaker.
Although the Montreal-born artist's work won many awards and received an Oscar nomination, his life ended tragically in suicide. This...
Directed by Martin Lavut
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Sisters In Arms (2010)
SISTERS IN ARMS is a one-hour documentary that tells the story of three remarkable women who have chosen the most difficult and dangerous military professions and are facing combat on the battle fronts of Afghanistan. Corporal Katie Hodges is a...
Directed by Beth Freeman
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Saving My Family Farm (2010)
Saving My Family Farm focusing on the sale of my family’s 6 generation farm in Whitby, ON. It's an ongoing project as the film was completed in 2010 but the farm was demolished in 2012, so the film focuses on the family farm itself, its role, the...
Directed by Kathleen Mackey
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The Clean Bin Project (2010)
Is it possible to live completely waste free? In this multi-award winning, festival favourite, partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least garbage Their light-hearted competition is...
Directed by Grant Baldwin
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Semisweet: Life in Chocolate (2012)
Semisweet is a film that links stories of characters from across three continents who are connected solely by one simple thing: chocolate. It's a story told through the personal journeys and lives of extraordinary characters. And, although their...
Directed by MICHAEL ALLCOCK
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Mallamall (2012)
95% of India's retail industry is run by small entrepreneurs. From street corners to bazaars, in small stores and narrow lanes, the sounds of street callers are matched only by the colors of their merchandize. Every sale is fortified by history,...
Directed by Lalita Krishna
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How Can a Boy (2012)
A young Karen man, a refugee at the age of ten when the Burmese military attacked his village, deals with loss and the guilt of being one of the lucky ones to survive the horrors of the civil war by helping his community and telling world the truth about...
Directed by Ed Kucerak
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LOST YEARS is an epic documentary touching upon 150 years of the Chinese diaspora in Canada, USA, New Zealand and Australia, covering four generations of racism as revealed through the journey and family story of Kenda Gee. Kenda, a Chinese Canadian,...
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Kenda Gee |
High Plains Doctor: Healing on the Tibetan Plateau follows Dr. Isaac Harry Sobol, Chief Medical Officer of the Northern Canadian Territory of Nunavut, and his volunteer medical team as they assemble and conduct a primary care clinic in a remote Tibetan...
Directed by Michael Oved Dayan
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Glimpses of Heaven (2006)
As a small child, Peter Gary lay helpless while his mother took the brunt of Nazi machine gun fire meant for both of them. Left to die in a desolate forest with only a handful of other survivors, Gary narrowly escaped his own extermination on a frigid...
Directed by Michael Oved Dayan
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Tin City Voices (2011)
'Tin City Voices' is the story of survival in a third world slum. Filmmaker, Elijah Marchand, explores a shantytown in Georgetown, Guyana. We discover an abused woman, a pregnant mother, and a man struggling to find redemption for his violent...
Directed by Elijah Marchand
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The Courage To Stand (1999)
The Province of British Columbia Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration presents " The Courge to Stand".
The film depicts the recent experience of communities in B.C., it's relevance will hold for many...
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Global Television's documentary: "D-Day, Canada's 24 Hours of Destiny". Made for TV and DVD. Certified Platinum in Canada, Over 10,000 in DVD sales.
Directed by Lance Goddard
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The Last Conversation (2005)
As the last companion of Molinari, Jo Légaré was a privileged witness of his final years. Listening to him speak of his life and his work, she came to realise she would one day make a film about him. On screen, Molinari brings to life his childhood, his...
Directed by Jo Légaré
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Moli Who? (2006)
Moli who ? Molinari the enigma is a well-documented, humorous, compassionate and passionate portrait of the painter Guido Molinari. Artists, friends, art historians, former students and journalists from Montréal, Toronto and Paris recount stories and...
Directed by Jo Légaré
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believers (2012)
In 2008, Sacha Sewhdat returned from attending school in England, and saw that the same irreverence for religion had become more prevalent in North America. He observed that people's inability to understand religion was a direct result of negative...
Directed by Sacha Sewhdat
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On the World Stage (2011)
In order to expose the inner-workings and real-time influence of international diplomacy, On the World Stage tracks the journey of a group of university students during their preparations for and participation in the biggest United Nations simulation in...
Directed by Julien Fréchette
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How Beautiful We Are (2010)
Tram, Nadine, Julia and Khadija. Four young women of different ages, social standing, ethnic and religious origins. They have in common to have attended the same school, the International College of the Marcellines, founded by Sister Louise Bonta. Woman...
Directed by Jo Légaré
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Can a sacred plant from the Amazon heal our minds and spirits? For centuries, indigenous people of South America have used ayahuasca, a psychoactive plant medicine, to cure all manner of psycho-spiritual ills.
Today, thousands of Westerners, seeking...
Directed by Richard Meech
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Borealis (2008)
From Portage and Main in downtown Winnipeg to the family cottage near Parry Sound in Ontario, filmmaker Frank Wolf and his inexperienced friend Taku Hokoyama tackle raging rapids and gruelling portages on a 3,100 km canoe trip through Canada's...
Directed by Frank Wolf
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Mammalian (2010)
Departing the arctic capital of Yellowknife with 40 days of food loaded into their canoe, Frank Wolf and Taku Hokoyama strike out on a 2,000 km journey through the largest wilderness area in North America. The region contains one of the highest...
Directed by Frank Wolf
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On the Line (2011)
An eco-adventure documentary like no other. Follow Frank Wolf and Todd McGowan on a 2,400 km journey by foot, bike, raft and kayak as they seek to uncover the truth about a proposed 5.5 billion dollar oil pipeline.
Directed by Frank Wolf
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Quarantaine (2010)
“Marlene Millar and Philip Szporer's marvelously entertaining multi-disciplinary take on the male mid-life crisis. Mixing solo dance, collective scat, humour and pathos, Victorian gothic animation and great music, this Montreal stage adaptation is...
Directed by
Philip Szporer |
Father of three, successful TV actor and artist and proud member of the First Nations two-spirited gay community, Byron Chief-Moon is a fascinating mesh of dynamic personae. But when he dances alone in the forest, the complexity of the real world washes...
Directed by
Philip Szporer |
Life Under Mike (2000)
A look at the Mike Harris years in Ontario featuring exclusive interviews with Jack Layton and John Kenneth Galbraith. Post production was funded by Michael Moore.
Directed by James Motluk
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