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Family

Alphée of the Stars (Short Version)

Alphée of the Stars (Short Version)

Alphée has a rare genetic disorder that hampers her development. Yet she continues to defy medical expectations. When her parents intuitively reject the idea of placing her in a specialized …

Hugo Latulippe
2013 | 52 min
Autism: The Road Back

Autism: The Road Back

Autism: The Road Back charts the personal journey of three families with children who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. It talks to parents, service providers, and experts in …

Sharon Bartlett & Maria LeRose
2005 | 54 min
Big Trees

Big Trees

This short semi-animated film tells the story of a woman's spectacular ocean view from her apartment in Vancouver’s West End. How far will she go when leaves start to obscure …

Ann Marie Fleming
2013 | 12 min
Flawed

Flawed

Flawed is nothing less than a beautiful gift from Andrea Dorfman's vivid imagination, a charming little film about very big ideas. Dorfman has the uncanny ability to transform the intensely …

Andrea Dorfman
2010 | 12 min
French Enough

French Enough

At her family’s cabin on Wakaw Lake, Saskatchewan, renowned Fransaskois singer-songwriter Alexis Normand invites audiences into a series of candid exchanges about belonging and bilingualism on the Prairies. Weaving together …

Alexis Normand
2022 | 18 min
Hardwood

Hardwood

Hardwood is a personal journey by director Hubert Davis, the son of former Harlem Globetrotter Mel Davis, who explores how his father's decisions affected his life and those of his …

Hubert Davis
2004 | 29 min
Hope

Hope

Hope, from first time documentary filmmakers Stuart Reaugh and Thomas Buchan, follows artist Ken Paquette, his partner Winnie Peters and their five boys (ages four through fifteen) as they …

Thomas Buchan & Stuart Reaugh
2008 | 58 min
I Am Skylar

I Am Skylar

I Am Skylar is the emotionally compelling story of an articulate 14-year-old girl who is thoughtfully defining her future and the woman she is to become. Surrounded by a family …

Rachel Bower
2019 | 15 min
Impromptu

Impromptu

Impromptu reminds us of the redemptive power of food, wine, music and love, as seen through the eyes of a modern man. While preparing yet another gourmet dinner for his …

Bruce Alcock
2013 | 10 min
It's a Dog's Life

It's a Dog's Life

This short animation features Fifi the dog, who fantasizes about interstellar travel as an escape from his day-to-day existence as the family scapegoat. While doing whatever it takes to please …

Julie Rembauville & Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
2012 | 7 min
It's a Girl's World

It's a Girl's World

It's a Girl's World takes us inside the tumultuous relationships of a clique of popular 10-year-old girls. Playground bullying captured on camera shows a disturbing picture of how these girls …

Lynn Glazier
2004 | 52 min
A Motorcycle Saved My Life

A Motorcycle Saved My Life

In A Motorcycle Saved My Life, the open road presents a point of departure for director lori lozinski to process deep-seated grief. Revisiting the formative experiences that drove her …

lori lozinski
2022 | 12 min
The Necktie

The Necktie

A mixture of puppet and hand-drawn animation, The Necktie is the story of Valentin and his quest to find meaning in his life. Stuck in a dead-end job, he has …

Jean-François Lévesque
2008 | 12 min
A Passage Beyond Fortune

A Passage Beyond Fortune

Through an intimate archive of the Chow’s family lineage, A Passage Beyond Fortune offers an homage to the culturally significant but buried history of Chinese-Canadian communities in Moose Jaw.

Weiye Su
2022 | 16 min
Perfecting the Art of Longing

Perfecting the Art of Longing

Cut off from his loved ones due to the pandemic lockdown, a quadriplegic rabbi in a long-term-care facility is filmed remotely by his daughter. Offering powerful meditations on love and …

Kitra Cahana
2021 | 12 min
Pumpkins and Old Lace

Pumpkins and Old Lace

This short animation tells the story of a photographer who’s hunting the perfect “Granny or Grandpa” poster face for an adult diaper company. Camera in hand, he approaches a retirement …

Juliette Loubières
2010 | 8 min
Rose & Violet

Rose & Violet

The animated short film Rose & Violet tells the story of two Conjoined twin sisters who are recruited as star acrobats in the world’s biggest circus. They seem bound for …

Claude Grosch & Luc Otter
2011 | 26 min
Runaway

Runaway

Cordell Barker, director of the Oscar®-nominated films The Cat Came Back , Strange Invaders, is back with Runaway. Set to the rousing music of Ben Charest (Triplets …

Cordell Barker
2009 | 9 min
Seguridad

Seguridad

In Seguridad, Cuba’s “youngest soldier” uncovers a family secret that compels her to explore her father’s troubled past and its connection to the Cuban Revolution.

Tamara Segura
2024 | 1 h 16 min
The Singing Lumberjack

The Singing Lumberjack

For nearly 40 years, Charlie Chamberlain was one of the most popular vocalists in Canada—and the most beloved member of the old-time band Don Messer and His Islanders. This five-minute …

Rachel Bower
2015 | 6 min
Sunday

Sunday

In keeping with their Sunday tradition, after mass a family flocks to grandma and grandpa’s house, where the chaotic discussion soon begins to resemble a raucous gathering of crows on …

Patrick Doyon
2011 | 9 min
Timuti

Timuti

In this short film, artist Jobie Weetaluktuk turns his gaze on his family and the power of ritual through the story of a young woman and her unplanned child.

In …

Jobie Weetaluktuk
2012 | 29 min