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At the height of the golden age of reggae, some of Jamaica’s brightest stars left their homeland behind to shine their light in an unlikely hub...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Keith “Jerry” Brown

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...

Genre: Documentary

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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

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

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

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

Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sheila McCarthy

This documentary chronicles ocean disposal of surplus World War II chemical weapons by Canada, Germany, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Jones

This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Roman Kroitor

Produced in 1988, this feature documentary presents a living history of Quebec's last 40 years as seen through the eyes of one couple. Pauline Julien...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Anne Henderson

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

After literally swimming across the Atlantic Ocean, an Englishman takes a country trip across Canada on a railcar.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Buster Keaton

They raised children, baked cakes... and built world-class fighter planes. Sixty years ago, thousands of women from Thunder Bay and the Prairies...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martine Friesen

In pursuit of a better future, a young girl decides to emigrate. She leaves her homeland behind along with her belongings and her loved ones. In the...

Genre: Animation

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This feature-length documentary chronicles the Sundance ceremony brought to Eastern Canada by William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kani Malsom

It was a way of life. It was the backbone of a society. And then the cod fishery off the east coast of Newfoundland collapsed. Taking Stock traces...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Chris Brookes

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

In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alanis Obomsawin

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

Seances, co-created with the National Film Board of Canada, presents a wholly new way of experiencing film narrative. By dynamically generating a...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Mathieu Amalric