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This animated short tells the story of J.B. Edwards, an Easterner who went west to create a fuel company called Consolidated Dragons. When the supply...

The first thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Reflection is an exploration of Montreal through an abstract lens. Director Sylvie Trouvé examines how reflected images pervade our surroundings, how...

Set to a kinetic soundtrack, Sou is a dazzling multi-layered animated collage piece on how a Western man, through ill-equipped eyes, views the seducti...

When morning arrives in Society of Clothes, shirts and pants step outside the closet, transforming into living entities. In the world of the film, eve...

This film is meant to inspire an interest in reading, especially for those who have difficulties. Words act out their meaning: scare is scary, fun is...

This short documentary examines the role of convoy ships during World War II, focusing on the Corvette Port Arthur. The corvette, a highly mobile weap...

Early abstract 3d stereoscopic animation by Norman McLaren collaborator Gretta Ekman.

A child of the Beat Generation, Gérald Leblanc conjoined urban-ness and American-ness, wandering and belonging, far beyond the boundaries of taboo. In...

Amid a severe housing crisis that made international headlines in 2011, the federal government imposed third-party management on the Attawapiskat Firs...

This animated short, based on the book by Rachna Gilmore, is the story of Gita, an 8-year-old girl who can't wait to celebrate Divali - the Hindu fest...

The film documents Bill Reid's own trip home to visit his parents in Sarnia, Ontario, and the family's conversations about the communication difficult...

This documentary tells the story of a Chinese cemetery in BC that became a National Heritage site. For Chinese pioneers who died in Canada, Victoria's...

The West. A prospector is awakened by the sound of music outside his cave to see an animal band and a chorus line of dancing cacti.

This film tells the story of the efforts of the first Canadian to attempt to fly a human powered heavier than air aircraft

Drawn to unorthodox materials and themes, Mochi Lin works with diaphanous stockings and acetate to depict courtship in the insect world. Her musical c...

This short film recreates the experience of Sylvie, a battered woman who seeks shelter in a Montréal transition house. Faced with the threat of violen...

A short glimpse into the world of painter Frederick Varley.