After a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment
In this uplifting eco-doc, two opera singers-turned-agriculture workers try to sustain a Manitoban organic farm against the ravages of climate change.
In the mesmerizing experimental film, Maryam Tafakory conjures an archival séance, unpacking the history of Iran’s first-ever women’s newspaper.
Denis Delestrac & Robert Lang · 2019 · 1h18m
An investigative look into the impact of gold mining, this sweeping film answers the question: what does our lust for gold cost and who pays the price?
Alexandre Sheldon · 2019 · 1m
As many accept the death of privacy, techies and hackers in Montreal discuss ways to work against monetization of data and loss of autonomy in the digital age.
Amy Miller · 2019 · 1h16m
Tomorrow’s Power showcases three communities around the world and their responses to economic and environmental emergencies.
On Demand
Jason DaSilva · 2019 · 1h18m
On Demand
Jason DaSilva · 2019 · 1h18m
A devoted father and filmmaker with a drive to keep the cameras rolling and show his son and the world what it means to live with disability.
Nathalie Berger & Leo David Hyde · 2019 · 1h8m
A humorous and incisive take on the exploitative industry of unpaid internships, against “experience” being earned at the expense of a living wage.
Anne Reijniers, Paul Shemisi Betutua, Nizar Saleh & Rob Jacobs · 2019 · 58m
Anne Reijniers, Paul Shemisi Betutua, Nizar Saleh & Rob Jacobs · 2019 · 58m
Two Congolese and two Belgian filmmakers decided to film the explosion of political art in Kinshasa, in the process making a rare portrait of the country.
Razan Alsalah · 2019 · 9m
An exile, unable to return to Palestine, becomes a digital spectre floating over the infrastructure of Israeli military occupation in Palestine.
Part of the Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora collection
On Demand
Daniel Negatu · 2019 · 30m
There is no singular immigrant experience, a fact beautifully rendered in this story of trauma, migration and the strain to navigate “home.”
Part of the Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada collection
Rubaiyat Hossain · 2019 · 1h35m
A riveting story of the women who organized a labour union at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Sylvia Vollenhoven & Fredrik Gertten · 2019 · h
Sylvia Vollenhoven & Fredrik Gertten · 2019 · h
Glamorous grandmother and activist Mariette Liefferink is on a relentless mission to uncover the truth and force the gold industry in Africa to clean up it’s dangerous mess.
Shannon Walsh · 2019 · 1h27m
A compelling meditation on the resilience of five women in the face of ecological and personal disaster, revealing surprising ways to re-imagine life in the ruins.
On Demand
Elaine Brière · 2019 · 1h30m
Haiti Betrayed reveals how Canada conspired with the United States and France in 2004 to topple the democratically-elected government.
Jadis Dumas · 2019 · 1h13m
In this inspiring story of Indigenous resilience, decolonization and family bonds, a Kwakwaka'wakw girl living in Vancouver navigates her own path to education.
Josh Murphy · 2019 · 1h15m
An exploration of the high ecological, financial and cultural cost of fish hatcheries, and our belief that the natural habitats we destroy can be manufactured.
Lucy Parker · 2019 · 1h15m
A UK documentary reveals construction workers uncovering a blacklist and exposing undercover police infiltrating their movements with careful detail.
On Demand
Ariel Nasr · 2019 · 44m
The story of the Quebec Mosque Shooting, portraying a resilient Muslim community in Ste-Foy as they struggle to survive and shift the narrative of what it means to be Muslim.