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A little creature watches the transformation of a feather and follows a whale to where icebergs melt, leaving birds with nowhere to land. The material...

An evocation of the origins of the world. A hymn to the beauty of the human form. A celebration of movement. A metaphor for life and death. Lodela dra...

This documentary by director Paul Cowan is about four athletes and a team that competed in the 1976 Olympics. They had trained courageously to be amon...

Individuals who have moved away from Fogo Island express their opinions on the life and problems of the Island.

This very short film from the Canada Vignettes series documents the annual pilgrimage that members of Saskatchewan’s Métis Catholic community make to...

This short film retraces the life of Herman Smith Johannsen – the man who introduced the sport of cross-country skiing to Canadians. From past to pres...

Feature documentary on the agricultural Abitibi. This film is a real plea for the earth and for a more human kind of life in the face of a society tha...

This short documentary shows Canada's top swimmers in training for the 1964 Olympic Games. Under the critical eye of coach Ed Healy, they practice lon...

This documentary is a portrait of Point St. Charles, one of Montreal’s notoriously bleak neighbourhoods. Many of the residents are English-speaking an...

The Dingles are Doris and her three cats. Life is idyllic, until the day a big windstorm threatens to blow the cats away.

The story of a young Micmac girl whose name means "the light from the dawn."

How Montreal is transformed from winter to spring. Inspired by Berlin: Symphony of a great city, Printemps Now! is a cinematographic poem, an audiovi...

This short film serves as a poem-on-film about the coming of the machine age on the eve of World War I. Images and sounds combine to recreate a bygone...

Three sisters have spent years bracing themselves for the pivotal moment that opens this film: the final verdict in their trial against their cousin,...

This short surrealistic film portrays a growing boy and the bizarre world of imposed conditions and contradictions he evolves in. Made by students of...

A woman plays out her existence on the screen of her life. Alcohol is the essence of her being. She imbibes her youth and becomes completely absorbed...

Documents the lives of three long-haul truck drivers whose routes take them throughout North America - even to the Arctic. The complexity of their wor...

A study of the conflict between generations that can arise despite the best efforts of everyone to avoid it. Mrs. Whalley is an aging grandmother who...

Stolen money, a love intrigue and a police chase unite with the main theme, which is a day in the life of an old woman who scratches out a living coll...