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A vast, timely, and often chilling investigation into the idea and practice of democracy, ranging from Ancient Greece and Renaissance Europe to civil...

A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival...

When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s...

Did Cartier dream of making a country from this land of a million birds? In his records of his exploration he certainly marvelled at seeing the great...

This film tells the story of a young Montrealer who edits an underground newspaper with help from his female friend and a draft dodger from the...

This animated short tackles the twin issues of urban planning and climate change. Set in the imaginary city of Colvert, the film highlights the fact...

Alanis Obomsawin’s documentary The People of the Kattawapiskak River exposes the housing crisis faced by 1,700 Cree in Northern Ontario, a...

Walker takes us on a personal journey into a world of myth and imagination that he learned from his grandmother. He travels from the Moors of Devon...

There is no indication that this typical online flirtation between two strangers would turn into a case of shocking international intrigue. For...

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open source documentary film about the "the changing concept of copyright" directed by Brett Gaylor.

Inspired by the drawn-on-film pieces by Norman McLaren, Len Lye, and Man Ray, Becky & Joe collaborated with musicians Delicate Steve to create the...

Animated interpretations of two poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: “Perishing Bird” by D.G. Jones, and “Mon école” by...

The relationship between lovers Yves and Claude comes to an abrupt conclusion when, as the couple are making love, Yves slices Claude's throat,...

This movie tells the story of a father, a mother and their young boy who, to get out of misery, leave the village where they live to try their luck...

Dancing Around the Table: Part One provides a fascinating look at the crucial role Indigenous people played in shaping the Canadian Constitution. The...

This feature documentary retraces the century of haggling by successive federal and provincial governments to agree on a formula to bring home the...

IDFA and Canadian filmmaker Peter Wintonick had a close relationship for decades. He was a hard worker and often far from home, visiting festivals...

This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series. The secret winter manoeuvres of the British Army's Lovat Scouts took place in the...

After 11 strangers unite to help a gay youth escape life-threatening violence in Uganda, the unexpected pandemic and conflicting opinions over his...

The meeting of two worlds that never met. One of poetry and freedom, and the other of silence and darkness. A story that begins in a maximum security...