Labour, Art and Activism
The newly-released Magnus Isacsson Collection features a selection of key works and classics from this important Canadian director touching on topics of labour, art, and activism.
Browse Our Latests Educational Catalogue
We are unveiling Cinema Politica’s 2022-2023 Educational Catalogue! This stunning 135 title catalogue includes films covering an impressive breadth of topics, subjects, and academic disciplines.
DEAR JACKIE Premieres in Montreal on June 17
Cinema Politica Distribution and Catbird Productions are thrilled to announce the theatrical premiere of DEAR JACKIE, Henri Pardo’s debut feature documentary to open in Montreal theatres on Friday, June 17.
General Call for Submissions 2021
Cinema Politica is seeking submissions of independent films that combine strong creative vision with political perspective. We are interested in works of any length that contribute to justice and equality movements, activism, knowledge and discourse.
Documentary Futurism: The Next 150
How do we document that which has yet to occur? Cinema Politica’s Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 project seeks to usher in a new kind of filmmaking that brings actuality into conversation with speculation, and realism with the imaginary. Taking inspiration from Afrofuturism, Indigenous futurism, speculative fiction and non-fiction, these 15 films inaugurate a new […]
News from Dokufest Kosovo
This summer, Cinema Politica’s co-founders are in Kosovo for the 20th jubilee edition of the Dokufest, the International Documentary and Short Film Festival held each year in Prizren.
Cinema Politica Launches Documentary Futurism – The Podcast
CP is thrilled to launch a new audio series that gives listeners a unique insight into the dynamic and engaged filmmaking process behind The Next 150—Documentary Futurism projects.
CP Publishing
From time to time Cinema Politica publishes pamphlets, booklets, and more recently, a real, physical, bonafide BOOK.
Give the Gift of CP On Demand!
Subscribe to CP On Demand by January 5 for a 60-day free trial to access our growing collection of independent political films!
CAMFRANGLAIS Wins the CP 2019 Audience Choice Award
CAMFRANGLAIS, a futuristic story about linguistic sovereignty, melds streams of Indigenous futurism with Afrofuturism to imagine a not-so-distant world in 2117 …
Cinema Politica On Demand Films for International Women’s Day
From Indigenous Lenca and Garifuna resistance in Honduras and the armed vigilante Gulabi Gang fighting femicide in India, to the pharmaceutical industry’s commodification of the female orgasm …
First Peoples, First Screens Program Shows in Ontario this Fall
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This Fall Cinema Politica Ontario, in partnership with the Ontario Arts Council, is proud to present six in person Ontario screening events featuring works from our program First Peoples, First Screens (2nd Edition).
CP Announces Jury for The Next 150 – Documentary Futurism Project
Three exceptional artists will select 15 winning proposals.
Call for New Board Members
Cinema Politica is looking for new Board Members – read more, apply, spread the word!
Real Tales of Revolution and Reflection Make Up CP on Demand’s First VOD additions of 2018
Our latest On Demand acquisitions epitomize the spirit of the times as they chronicle environmental standoffs, alt-right uprisings, and the not-yet departed ghosts of Europe’s political past.
CFS – Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada
The representation of Blackness and the lives of Black people on screen has a long, dynamic and troubled history in Canada.
