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Psychology

Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen?

Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen?

WARNING: This film contains imagery of anorexia and eating disorders that may be disturbing to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. “Hey, let’s go on a diet together.” …

Eisha Marjara
2024 | 24 min
Anything for Fame

Anything for Fame

In the ruthless “attention economy” of the Internet, young influencers gamble everything for fame-‘n’-fortune. A startling and timely study of contemporary celebrity, Anything for Fame ventures into the virtual Wild …

Tyler Funk
2023 | 1 h 24 min
Avenue Zero

Avenue Zero

Human trafficking is a reality: Asian girls are enslaved in suburban massage parlors; domestic workers toil like slaves in suburban homes; girls in a Montreal subway station are lured into …

Hélène Choquette
2009 | 52 min
Beauty

Beauty

Beauty explores the lives of five gender-creative kids, each uniquely engaged in shaping their own sense of what it means to be fully human. Whether it’s dealing with bullies, explaining …

Christina Willings
2018 | 23 min
A Better Man

A Better Man

Illuminating a new paradigm for domestic-violence prevention, A Better Man offers a fresh and nuanced look at the healing and revelation that can happen for everyone involved when men take …

Attiya Khan & Lawrence Jackman
2017 | 1 h 17 min
Big Drive

Big Drive

This short animation film tells the story of a family road trip across the Canadian prairies set in the 1970s. In an era before in-car movies and video games, 4 …

Anita Lebeau
2011 | 9 min
Blood and Water

Blood and Water

When the 2004 tsunami hit the coast of Sri Lanka, 65-year-old Anton Ambrose's wife and daughter were killed. "In five minutes," he says, "I lost everything."

A year later, Anton …

Rohan Fernando
2007 | 1 h 17 min
Bob's Birthday

Bob's Birthday

When Margaret plans a celebration for her husband Bob, she underestimates the sudden impact of middle age on his mood. A witty, offbeat animated portrait of a frustrated dentist wrestling …

Alison Snowden & David Fine
1993 | 12 min
Children of Soldiers

Children of Soldiers

In this documentary shot at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa during a troop deployment to Afghanistan, children and teens talk about the particular circumstances of having soldiers as parents.

Directed by …

Claire Corriveau
2010 | 51 min
The Day Is Listening

The Day Is Listening

A man loves a woman; both of them love literature. Through the imagery of Félix Dufour-Laperrière and the poetry of Hélène Dorion, this film delicately depicts the murmur of its …

Félix Dufour-Laperrière
2013 | 8 min
The Future Is Now!

The Future Is Now!

In this feature film, a journalist (Liane Balaban) meets “The Man of Today” (Paul Ahmarani) who, while a responsible citizen, is disengaged from greater society. He believes once he’s dead …

Gary Burns & Jim Brown
2010 | 1 h 31 min
Griefwalker

Griefwalker

This documentary introduces us to Stephen Jenkinson, once the leader of a palliative care counselling team at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. Through his daytime job, he has been at the …

Tim Wilson
2008 | 1 h 10 min
I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors

I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors

This short animation is director Ann Marie Fleming’s animated adaptation of Bernice Eisenstein’s acclaimed illustrated memoir. Using the healing power of humour, the film probes the taboos around a very …

Ann Marie Fleming
2010 | 15 min
Invisible City

Invisible City

Invisible City is a moving story of two boys from Regent Park crossing into adulthood – their mothers and mentors rooting for them to succeed; their environment and social pressures …

Hubert Davis
2009 | 1 h 15 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
Jaded

Jaded

This sharp and funny mockumentary uses role reversal to illustrate the realities of overt and systemic racism in the workplace.

Cal Garingan
2010 | 14 min
Junior

Junior

This full-length documentary offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at our national sport, hockey. Taking in an entire season of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, this film reveals the daily lives of players …

Isabelle Lavigne & Stéphane Thibault
2008 | 1 h 36 min
Kids Talkin' About Death

Kids Talkin' About Death

Kids Talkin' About Death is an insightful look into how kids see and interpret death, from the loss of a parent to helping a grieving friend. Candid, charming and astute, …

Sue Huff
2005 | 19 min
Life with Murder

Life with Murder

When their son is accused of murdering his sister, a mother and father face perhaps the most awful decision any parent could have to make: whether to break with their …

John Kastner
2010 | 1 h 34 min
Living Together

Living Together

In a series of captivating encounters, several young people try to find the ideal roommate, that rare gem with whom they can share their space—and their values. A complex and …

Halima Elkhatabi
2024 | 1 h 15 min
NCR: Not Criminally Responsible

NCR: Not Criminally Responsible

While gripped by psychosis, a troubled young man stabs a complete stranger six times in a crowded shopping mall. The young man is declared not criminally responsible on account of …

John Kastner
2013 | 1 h 39 min
Namrata

Namrata

This short documentary tells the intensely personal story of Namrata Gill – one of the many real-life inspirations for Deepa Mehta’s Heaven on Earth – in her own words. After …

Shazia Javed
2009 | 9 min
Night Fair

Night Fair

IMPORTANT: For the optimal experience, please use headphones and turn up the volume.

Unique alliance of art and science, the experimental film Night Fair focuses on brain activity through the …

Cynthia Naggar & Gueze
2020 | 5 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
Professor Norman Cornett: "Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?"

Professor Norman Cornett: "Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?"

This feature documentary by Alanis Obomsawin is a thoughtful tribute to Norman Cornett, a McGill University professor celebrated by scores of students appreciative of his unconventional yet powerful teaching methods …

Alanis Obomsawin
2009 | 1 h 20 min
Racing Thoughts

Racing Thoughts

This is a film about children who thought they were “crazy.” Who wanted to die. Who felt fear, anger and hopelessness. Four young people living with mental illness and their …

Louiselle Noël
2010 | 1 h 12 min
River of Life

River of Life

This documentary focuses on the Yukon River Quest, the world's longest annual canoe and kayak race. Athletes come from around the world to test their endurance, racing day and night …

Werner Walcher
2007 | 53 min
Saturday Night

Saturday Night

A short documentary essay on solitude, filmed in Spanish and narrated by filmmaker Rosana Matecki, Saturday Night offers a poetic and bittersweet snapshot of aging in an urban setting, viewed …

Rosana Matecki
2021 | 15 min
A Sense of Touch

A Sense of Touch

The evocative images in this film stimulate associations between visual and tactile information. Vivid close-ups of sensuous activities such as licking a popsicle, stroking a beard and walking barefoot in …

Don White
1983 | 6 min
Sessions

Sessions

Can we fight or even overcome cancer in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility? Filmmaker Danic Champoux believes so and in his documentary, Sessions, he dispels many of the clichés …

Danic Champoux
2012 | 1 h 24 min
The Sex Trade

The Sex Trade

This feature documentary is a study of the sex trade, a reality that has expanded worldwide to become a true industry, both online and off, over the course of the …

Eve Lamont
2015 | 1 h 16 min
Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence

Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence

Sophie Bissonnette's documentary analyzes the hypersexualization of our environment and its noxious effects on young people. Psychologists, teachers and school nurses criticize the unhealthy culture surrounding our children, where marketing …

Sophie Bissonnette
2007 | 35 min
Spare Change

Spare Change

This animation short by Ryan Larkin (Walking, Street Musique, etc.) recounts some “comical experiences” Larkin had during his many years as a panhandler in Montreal. It tells …

Ryan Larkin & Laurie Gordon
2008 | 7 min
The Spine

The Spine

In this animated short, Oscar® winner Chris Landreth returns with a poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a …

Chris Landreth
2009 | 11 min
Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows

Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows

In this Mathieu Fournier documentary on the first viral phenomenon of the digital age, Ghyslain Raza (the “Star Wars Kid”) breaks his silence and reflects on his story for the …

Mathieu Fournier
2022 | 1 h 19 min
Staying Real - Teens Confront Sexual Stereotypes

Staying Real - Teens Confront Sexual Stereotypes

A documentary geared to 11 to 13-year-olds in which preteens and teens discuss the adverse effects of the sexual stereotypes they're bombarded with. They talk about how hard it is …

Sophie Bissonnette
2010 | 24 min
Subconscious Password

Subconscious Password

In the middle of a crowded bar, Charles is feeling increasingly desperate. The cause of his misery is his old friend... you know... what’s-his-name... Directed by Chris Landreth, the filmmaker …

Chris Landreth
2013 | 10 min
They Think I'm Chinese!

They Think I'm Chinese!

Thousands of girls who were in the first wave of Chinese children to be adopted in Québec in the 1990s have reached adolescence. The filmmaker focused her lens on five …

Nicole Giguère
2011 | 52 min
Tying Your Own Shoes

Tying Your Own Shoes

This short animated documentary offers an intimate glimpse into the exceptional mindsets and emotional lives of four adult artists with Down Syndrome. An artful, four-way essay about ability, film explores …

Shira Avni
2009 | 16 min
Undertaker for Life!

Undertaker for Life!

Undertakers are anything but gloomy; they’re funny, generous and dedicated. We would gladly go on vacation with them, but sadly, they never have any dead time.

Georges Hannan
2022 | 52 min
Unspeakable

Unspeakable

Stuttering is as old as human speech. The biblical Moses stuttered. Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, King George VI and James Earl Jones were also afflicted with the disorder--yet it remains …

John Paskievich
2006 | 55 min
The Wild Horse Redemption

The Wild Horse Redemption

At a prison in the high desert foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, hardened criminals are taught the training methods of ‘horse whisperers’ and given 90 days to tame wild …

John Zaritsky
2008 | 52 min