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  • 1982
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    The Road to Patriation

    The Road to Patriation

    1 1982 HD

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

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  • 2022
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    Unarchived

    Unarchived

    1 2022 HD

    In community archives across British Columbia, local knowledge keepers are hand-fashioning a more inclusive history. Through a collage of personal...

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  • 2023
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    Harvey

    Harvey

    1 2023 HD

    A short film adapted from the graphic novel of the same name, HARVEY depicts a young boy who candidly recalls the spring day when his world turned...

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  • 2009
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    Finding Farley

    Finding Farley

    1 2009 HD

    In this feature documentary, husband-and-wife team Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison (Being Caribou), along with their 2-year-old son and dog, retrace...

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  • 2013
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    Tallest Heights

    Tallest Heights

    10.00 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor

    A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1977
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    Games of the XXI Olympiad

    Games of the XXI Olympiad

    4.80 1977 HD

    Edited from almost 100 km of film footage shot during the Games, this feature documentary is a breathtaking portrait of the 1976 Montreal Olympics....

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  • 1980
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    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance

    1 1980 HD

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  • 2020
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    The Magnitude of All Things

    The Magnitude of All Things

    1 2020 HD

    Filmmaker Jennifer Abbott explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of the climate crisis and the relationship between grief and hope in...

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  • 2002
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    How the Fiddle Flows

    How the Fiddle Flows

    1 2002 HD

    How the Fiddle Flows follows Canada's great rivers west along the fur-trading route of the early Europeans. The newcomers introduced the fiddle to...

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  • 1974
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    In Praise of Hands

    In Praise of Hands

    1 1974 HD

    This short documentary pays tribute to the craftsmen everywhere whose work adds color and richness to life. Filmed in the Canadian Arctic, Finland,...

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  • 2010
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    Jelena's Song

    Jelena's Song

    5.00 2010 HD

    In this short lyrical film, haunting childhood memories, photographs and family stories form the heart of a woman's search for transformation. A...

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  • 2024
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    A Quiet Girl

    A Quiet Girl

    1 2024 HD

    Adopted Montreal filmmaker Adrian Wills discovers, on camera and in real time, the startling truths of his complex beginnings in Newfoundland....

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  • 1964
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    Percé on the Rocks

    Percé on the Rocks

    1 1964 HD

    This quirky little short by Gilles Carle was filmed on the pierced rock that stands near Quebec’s Gaspé peninsula. It is perhaps the...

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  • 2015
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    Quiet Zone

    Quiet Zone

    9.00 2015 HD

    Otherworldly frequencies and textured, fluctuating images beautifully visualize the distress of people who suffer from electromagnetic...

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  • 1965
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    Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials

    Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials

    6.20 1965 HD

    A behind-the-scenes documentary about director Michelangelo Antonioni as he's shooting his segment of The Three Faces, a vehicle for Soraya, the...

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  • 2014
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    Absences

    Absences

    1 2014 HD

    Carole Laganière dives deeply into personal territory in this beautifully crafted exploration of absence and loss and its painful effect on...

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  • 1999
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    Rosies of the North

    Rosies of the North

    1 1999 HD

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

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  • 2004
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    Louise

    Louise

    1 2004 HD

    This animated short is an ode to Louise, a fiercely independent 96-year old inspired by animator Anita Lebeau's grandmother. Speaking in her own...

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  • 2006
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    Sayonara Super 8

    Sayonara Super 8

    1 2006 HD

    Pia Yona Massie's Sayonara Super 8 uses personal archival footage to ask questions about the fragile nature of memory, human relationships and the...

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