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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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Odd Kid Out (2002)
Odd Kid Out: An Intimate Portrait of Living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
The stigma associated with this 'Disorder' is so severe that many individuals and those close to them suffer in isolation. In this deeply personal film...
Directed by Karen O'Donnell
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Up The Yangtze (2007)
The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river's edge - a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead.
The Three Gorges Dam - contested symbol of the...
Directed by Yung Chang
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Almost Home (2003)
In 1972, five young film students made a documentary about the Sayisi Dene, an aboriginal band in Northern Canada that had been forcibly relocated from their ancestral home 16 years earlier. Today, three of the original group, now seasoned filmmakers,...
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Homefront (2007)
A one-hour documentary about the heroes behind the heroes. Homefront records the experience of the spouses, children, parents, and families of Canadian soldiers steadfastly waiting at home as our military engages in its most dangerous mission since the...
Directed by Ava Karvonen
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When Silence is Golden (2007)
When Silence is Golden follows the film`s director in her quest to lift the silence on the gold mining activities of a Canadian mining company near a small town in Western Ghana. Through her journey, we meet the inhabitants of this town who, despite...
Directed by Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque
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Broke. (2009)
Broke, the latest documentary from award-winning filmmaker Rosie Dransfeld, is set in a pawnshop. The owner, David Woolfson, is a banker of last resort. A grouchy old guy with a mushy heart, Jewish immigrant from South Africa, he’s been running the store...
Directed by Rosie Dransfeld
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Breakout! The Power Of One (2009)
Three stories which demonstrate that you are never too young to make a difference. From 11 year old Alaina Podmorow who started an organization to help girls get an education in Afghanistan, to Craig Kielburger whose ‘Free The Children’ is the largest...
Directed by Lalita Krishna
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Bats have always coexisted with man. Despite this, science has only recently begun to realize that bats possess secrets of immeasurable benefit to human beings; qualities that science is now harnessing to help the blind, to save victims of stroke, to...
Directed by Jon KALINA & Jean-Marie MIGAUD
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Exposure explores how toxins and radiation in the environment are affecting our health. It examines women's health, focusing on breast cancer and the possibilities for reducing cancer through the phasing out of toxins in the air we breathe, the food...
Directed by Francine Zuckerman
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The Market (2010)
In Canada, Sandra's kidneys are failing and her blood type is not compatible with her mother or daughter, ruling them out as donors. Sandra has been waiting for a new kidney for over 5 years and the disease has, at age 40, put her life on hold....
Directed by Rama Rau
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Painting Daddy (2010)
Painting Daddy is a daughter’s concrete poem filmed in moving images about her artist father, Jan Burka.
Directed by ASTRA BURKA
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Resilience: Stories of Single Black Mothers is an intimate, richly detailed documentary that confronts long-held stereotypes by stepping inside the lives of three real women in the real world.
With honesty, intelligence and humour, Nancy, Simone and...
Directed by Lana Lovell
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The Take (2004)
The Take is a political thriller that turns the globalization debate on its head. The film follows Argentina's radical new movement of occupied businesses: groups of workers who are claiming the country's bankrupt workplaces and running them...
Directed by Avi Lewis
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The Great War (2007)
The Great War Project is a docu-drama and reality TV series produced by Galafilm and the CBC.
Directed by Brian McKenna
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Margaret & Evergon (2011)
MARGARET & EVERGON: SYNOPSIS
In 1999, the celebrated Montreal photographer Evergon took a remarkable series of nude portraits of his own mother, then 80 years old: black and white images that embodied not the infirmities of old age, but a timeless...
Directed by Donald Winkler
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JOURNEY OF A DREAM (2011)
This revolutionary politically driven Rock-U-mentary is the first of its kind to put a spotlight on the hidden musical talents of his birth place Darjeeling that struggles to survive much less get noticed. Journey of a Dream takes a candid look into the...
Directed by Shenpenn Khymsar
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General Idea: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle is an hour long documentary about the internationally acclaimed Canadian artists collective called General Idea. They produced art that targeted and mimicked the media, consumerism and celebrity, and...
Directed by Annette Mangaard
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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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Bigfoot's Reflection (2007)
Bigfoot’s Reflection is a modern psychological and ecological exploration of the giant ape-man legend of North America from the perspective of those who choose to study it and guard its wild habitat. The hour long POV documentary examines the struggles...
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Saving Luna (2008)
Luna, a wild baby killer whale, gets separated from his family and seeks friendship from people, but when officials try to stop him, his life becomes a saga of conflict, loneliness, sorrow and love.
Directed by
Michael Parfit |
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An unflinching look at the heart of racial inequality in Canada
This one-hour documentary unearths the story of the children, women, men who were students and teachers in Canada’s racially segregated schools. With a vibrant musical score composed...
Directed by Sylvia D. Hamilton
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Radio Worth Fighting For (2004)
A one-hour documentary about the crusade to save CKUA, Canada’s oldest non-profit broadcaster.
Over the past 76 years CKUA has launched the careers of many talented announcers and musicians -- and fostered fiercely loyal fans. tells the CKUA story...
Directed by
Lisa Miller |
65_redroses (2009)
Redefining the traditional scope of documentary film in an electronic age, 65_RedRoses leaves viewers with a new appreciation of life and the digital world. This personal and touching journey takes an unflinching look into the lives of Eva Markvoort and...
Directed by
Philip Lyall |
