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War

Angel Peacock

Angel Peacock

Dawod is a 12 year old Yazidi boy. The Yazidi are a small Kurdish-speaking sect from northern Iraq that dates back to Mesopotamian times – who have been persecuted for …

Peter Svatek
2019 | 24 min
The Apology

The Apology

The Apology follows the personal journeys of three former “comfort women” who were among the 200,000 girls and young women kidnapped and forced into military sexual slavery by the Imperial …

Tiffany Hsiung
2016 | 1 h 44 min
Far from Bashar

Far from Bashar

A few years ago, the al-Mahamids fled Bashar al-Assad and Syria to settle in Montreal. A nuanced portrayal of a courageous family coping with a seemingly interminable war, thousands of …

Pascal Sanchez
2020 | 1 h 13 min
First Stripes

First Stripes

A group of civilians embark on 12 weeks of intensive training that will see them gradually transformed into soldiers of the Canadian Armed Forces. For the third instalment in his …

Jean-François Caissy
2018 | 1 h 46 min
Freelancer on the Front Lines

Freelancer on the Front Lines

This fast-paced documentary follows Canadian freelance reporter Jesse Rosenfeld’s journey across the Middle East. Having made the region the focus of his work, he shows us the thorny geopolitical realities …

Santiago Bertolino
2016 | 1 h 38 min
Gloria Victoria

Gloria Victoria

Gloria Victoria unfolds on the still-smouldering rubble of a furious 20th century, propelled by the exalting “invasion” theme from Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony (No. 7). Resembling a military march with bolero …

Theodore Ushev
2012 | 6 min
Grace, Milly, Lucy... Child Soldiers

Grace, Milly, Lucy... Child Soldiers

This feature documentary exposes the little-known tragedy of girl soldiers in Uganda. How can they learn to live normal lives again after being abducted and trained to become killing machines? …

Raymonde Provencher
2010 | 1 h 12 min
High Wire

High Wire

High Wire examines the reasons that Canada declined to take part in the 2003 US-led military mission in Iraq, shining a spotlight on the diplomatic tug of war that took …

Claude Guilmain
2019 | 1 h 22 min
Martha

Martha

Even at a frail 90, Martha Katz has an impish energy that remains undiminished. She chides grandson-filmmaker Daniel Schubert over his choice of shirt during a visit to her Los …

Daniel Schubert
2020 | 21 min
My Son Shall Be Armenian

My Son Shall Be Armenian

Exploring the question of Armenian identity, My Son Shall Be Armenian follows filmmaker Hagop Goudsouzian, who travels with five Montreal men and women of Armenian descent to the land of …

Hagop Goudsouzian
2004 | 1 h 20 min
My War

My War

A disturbing portrait of four Western volunteers who risk their lives to fight ISIS alongside Kurdish forces. The feature documentary My War probes the complex motives behind the need to …

Julien Fréchette
2018 | 1 h 37 min
Paris 1919

Paris 1919

This feature-length film, based on Margaret MacMillan's acclaimed book of the same name, takes us inside the most ambitious peace talks in history. Revisiting the event with a vivid sense …

Paul Cowan
2008 | 1 h 33 min
Return to Vimy

Return to Vimy

In this short film, a young woman visits the Vimy Memorial to make a charcoal imprint of the engraved name of her great-grandfather who was lost in battle. She brings …

Denis McCready
2017 | 9 min
The Strangest Dream

The Strangest Dream

This is the story of Joseph Rotblat, the only nuclear scientist to leave the Manhattan Project, the U.S. government’s secret program to build the first atomic bomb. His was a …

Eric Bednarski
2008 | 1 h 29 min
Tiger Spirit

Tiger Spirit

This documentary tells the story of modern Korea, a nation divided in half. The psychic scar shared by families divided during the Korean War in the 1950s is symbolized by …

Min Sook Lee
2008 | 52 min
Unspoken Tears (Trauma Through Words)

Unspoken Tears (Trauma Through Words)

How can refugee children integrate into Quebec’s school system, given the unspeakable violence they’ve experienced? Following a psychologist specializing in conflict-related trauma, Unspoken Tears pays tribute to the admirable resilience …

Hélène Magny
2022 | 1 h 15 min
The Van Doos, 100 Years with the Royal 22e Régiment

The Van Doos, 100 Years with the Royal 22e Régiment

This documentary marks the 100th anniversary of the Royal 22e Régiment, the only French-speaking Canadian battalion to fight in the First World War. Widely known by its colloquial name, “The …

Claude Guilmain
2014 | 52 min