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  • 2006
    The Refugees of the Blue Planet

    The Refugees of the Blue Planet

    The Refugees of the Blue Planet

    02006HD

    For around ten years, natural disasters have been occurring more frequently, causing widespread destruction; yet industrialized countries still refuse...

    The Refugees of the Blue Planet
  • 1997
    Totem Talk

    Totem Talk

    Totem Talk

    01997HD

    Traditional Northwestern Indigenous spiritual images combined with cutting-edge computer animation in this surreal short film about the power of tradi...

    Totem Talk
  • 2018
    Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political

    Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political

    Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political

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    With a meticulous selection of interviews, performances and photos drawn from a vast and rich archival collection, Pauline Julien, Intimate and Politi...

    Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political
  • 1967
    Netsilik Series

    Netsilik Series

    Netsilik Series

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    These films reveal the live reality of traditional Eskimo life before the European acculturation. The Netsilik Eskimos of the Pelly Bay region in the...

    Netsilik Series
  • 2006
    Game

    Game

    Game

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    A visual and musical game which builds and destroys itself according to the vivacious rhythm of Serge Prokofiev’s Scherzo to Piano Concerto No. 2.

    Game
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice

    Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice

    Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice

    61967HD

    The family is on the shore of Pelly Bay in May-June. A seal basks beside its hole under a warming sun. The hunter stalks the seal, kills it and drags...

    Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice
  • 1958
    Trans Canada Summer

    Trans Canada Summer

    Trans Canada Summer

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    The camera traces the Trans-Canada Highway, unveiling Canada's people, resources, and diverse geography from east to west. It showcases remarkable eng...

    Trans Canada Summer
  • 1983
    The Kid Who Couldn't Miss

    The Kid Who Couldn't Miss

    The Kid Who Couldn't Miss

    01983HD

    Paul Cowan's feature-length film combines fiction and reality to tell the story of how William Avery (Billy) Bishop became one of the leading fighter...

    The Kid Who Couldn't Miss
  • 1978
    Canada Vignettes: Land Bridge

    Canada Vignettes: Land Bridge

    Canada Vignettes: Land Bridge

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    This film describes the journey of nomadic Asian people to North America via a land bridge.

    Canada Vignettes: Land Bridge
  • 1972
    Cowboy and Indian

    Cowboy and Indian

    Cowboy and Indian

    01972HD

    This film goes no farther west than Toronto. The Indian is Robert Markle, from a family of Mohawk steel workers. The cowboy is his longtime art associ...

    Cowboy and Indian
  • 1979
    Caninabis

    Caninabis

    Caninabis

    61979HD

    Driven by his love of cannabis, a street dog displays incredible promise for the drug squad when he chases down a local dealer. He makes headlines wor...

    Caninabis
  • 2012
    Here and the Great Elsewhere

    Here and the Great Elsewhere

    Here and the Great Elsewhere

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    This abstract yet compelling philosophical tale uses the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen as a metaphor for the particles that make up the universe. Through...

    Here and the Great Elsewhere
  • 1983
    Anybody's Son Will Do

    Anybody's Son Will Do

    Anybody's Son Will Do

    71983HD

    All soldiers belong to the same profession, no matter what country they serve, and it makes them different from everybody else. They have to be differ...

    Anybody's Son Will Do
  • 1991
    Le complexe d'Édith

    Le complexe d'Édith

    Le complexe d'Édith

    01991HD

    Today, Edith is tired of being the favorite spectator of her parents, famous but somewhat outdated singers. She wants to sing too. But just as she dec...

    Le complexe d'Édith
  • 1976
    Augusta

    Augusta

    Augusta

    01976HD

    This short documentary is the portrait of an 88-year-old woman who lives alone in a log cabin without running water or electricity. Augusta is a non-s...

    Augusta
  • 2020
    60 Day Cycle

    60 Day Cycle

    60 Day Cycle

    02020HD

    When society shifts abruptly into pandemic low gear, a lone cyclist embarks on a tour that begins with shuttered shops and empty streets, and ends wit...

    60 Day Cycle
  • 1977
    Spinnolio

    Spinnolio

    Spinnolio

    01977HD

    A lonely woodcarver longs for a son, so he builds a wooden puppet and names it Spinnolio

    Spinnolio
  • 1945
    Fishing Partners

    Fishing Partners

    Fishing Partners

    01945HD

    How a scientist helped the fishermen in a Gaspe fishing village.

    Fishing Partners
  • 2024
    Dan Roberts on Fishing

    Dan Roberts on Fishing

    Dan Roberts on Fishing

    02024HD

    Through the use of film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film looks at t...

    Dan Roberts on Fishing
  • 1956
    Fighter Wing

    Fighter Wing

    Fighter Wing

    01956HD

    Fred Davis introduces us to Canadian Air Force operations in Zweibrucken, West Germany. Follow Green Section as they perform drills and explain what i...

    Fighter Wing