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  • 2019
    The Bassinet

    The Bassinet

    The Bassinet

    62019HD

    When a vintage bassinet appears at filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung and long-time fiancée Victoria Mata’s home, it sets off a chain reaction of emotions. "The...

    The Bassinet
  • 1982
    First Winter

    First Winter

    First Winter

    7.11982HD

    First Winter is a 1982 Canadian short film directed by John N. Smith. With the father away, an Irish immigrant family struggle to survive their first...

    First Winter
  • 1968
    Data for Decision

    Data for Decision

    Data for Decision

    01968HD

    This short documentary is a portrait of the early era of computing and the process and implications of the digitization of large amounts of informatio...

    Data for Decision
  • 2000
    The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg

    The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg

    The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg

    5.3332000HD

    A short animation about a boy who sees an iceberg coming. Will he be in time to warn the captain?

    The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg
  • 1959
    Short and Suite

    Short and Suite

    Short and Suite

    61959HD

    A color cocktail by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart, translating into moving patterns of color and light the moods of music written for a jazz ensem...

    Short and Suite
  • 2002
    How the Fiddle Flows

    How the Fiddle Flows

    How the Fiddle Flows

    02002HD

    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 the...

    How the Fiddle Flows
  • 1967
    In the Labyrinth

    In the Labyrinth

    In the Labyrinth

    101967HD

    "Labyrinth" is a groundbreaking multi-screen 45-minute presentation produced for Chamber III of the Labyrinth at Expo 67 in Montreal, using 35 mm and...

    In the Labyrinth
  • 1966
    Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

    Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

    Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

    01966HD

    The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The film...

    Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
  • 2006
    Remembering Arthur

    Remembering Arthur

    Remembering Arthur

    02006HD

    "Remembering Arthur is a feature-length documentary about an influential yet little-known Canadian filmmaker. Although the Montreal-born artist's work...

    Remembering Arthur
  • 2001
    Strange Invaders

    Strange Invaders

    Strange Invaders

    5.72001HD

    Roger and Doris are a childless couple who get more than they bargained for when a strange child appears at their door one day.

    Strange Invaders
  • 1973
    Balablok

    Balablok

    Balablok

    5.91973HD

    Blocks and balls fight simply because they are different, until their battle reduces everyone to the same shape.

    Balablok
  • 2004
    John and Michael

    John and Michael

    John and Michael

    72004HD

    A gentle tale of love told in halting words. A film about healing after profound loss. John and Michael pays homage to two men with Down's syndrome w...

    John and Michael
  • 2008
    Club Native

    Club Native

    Club Native

    02008HD

    With moving stories from a range of characters from her Kahnawake Reserve, Mohawk filmmaker, Tracey Deer, reveals the divisive legacy of more than a h...

    Club Native
  • 1979
    Teach Me to Dance

    Teach Me to Dance

    Teach Me to Dance

    01979HD

    In this drama, Lesia convinces her English-Canadian friend Sarah to perform a Ukrainian dance with her as part of their school's Christmas pageant. Sa...

    Teach Me to Dance
  • 1988
    Peep and the Big Wide World

    Peep and the Big Wide World

    Peep and the Big Wide World

    01988HD

    Peep the chicken ventures out on an adventure into the Big Wide World and makes some friends along the way. Narrated by Peter Ustinov, this 1988 short...

    Peep and the Big Wide World
  • 1992
    A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong

    A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong

    A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong

    101992HD

    The documentary, using the dramatization of fact, makes the case that the Canadian government knowingly sent two unprepared infantry battalions to hel...

    A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong
  • 1996
    How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels

    How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels

    How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels

    6.81996HD

    Black and white drawings blended with photographic images depict an old man, with various tiny gadgets, trying to find the anatomy of the wings of an...

    How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels
  • 1984
    The Land That Devours Ships

    The Land That Devours Ships

    The Land That Devours Ships

    61984HD

    For almost a century and a half, Her Majesty's Ship Breadalbane lay wrecked and forgotten under the Arctic ice. In the spring of 1983, noted undersea...

    The Land That Devours Ships
  • 1958
    The Quest

    The Quest

    The Quest

    01958HD

    This short film is a re-enactment of the critical year in Dr. Frederick Banting's life when he discovered insulin for the treatment of diabetes at the...

    The Quest
  • 1978
    Special Delivery

    Special Delivery

    Special Delivery

    6.51978HD

    A hapless husband neglects to clear the icy walk, which leads to the mailman slipping and breaking his neck. A comedy of errors results from his attem...

    Special Delivery