Genre: Experimental
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Cette maison (This House)
Drawing from the events surrounding her fourteen-year-old cousin’s murder in 2008, director Miryam Charles wants to finally unpack her grief and the trauma associated with it. Through dream-like reenactments of her own childhood and an imagined life for her cousin, Charles delves into the changing emotional, political, and historical climates surrounding her family as Haitian-Canadians in Quebec.
This beautifully crafted film is a bold and thought-provoking look at family, and a moving tribute to a life tragically cut short.
“A daring blend of documentary and fantasy that invests a deeply personal drama with a wide historical scope.” – Richard Brody, The New Yorker
Director
Miryam Charles
Writer
Miryam Charles
Cast
Schelby Jean-Baptiste
Producer
Felix Dufour-Laperriere
Genres
Documentary, Drama, Experimental
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Black Filmmaker, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Newcomer Stories
Original Language
French
Canadian Distributor
H264 Distribution
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Short Film Programme
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Director
Various
Genres
Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Family, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Interests
Arts and Culture, Biography, BIPOC Stories, Bullying, Classics, Cult & Offbeat Cinema, Discrimination, Environment, ESL, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, History, Indigenous Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+, Literary Adaptation, Newcomer Stories, Social Justice & Politics, Sports, Strong Female Leads
Original Languages
English, French
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Indigenous-made Short Films
Director
Various
Genres
Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Family, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Languages
English, French, Other Language
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Indigo
Director
Amanda Strong (Michif)
Writer
Daniel T. Fischer
Producers
Luke Sargent, Brett Long, Amanda Strong (Michif)
Genre
Experimental
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
Vtape
Cycles
Director
Joe Cobden
Cast
Joe Cobden, Marc Bendavid, Romina D'ugo, Laura Harris
Producers
Joe Cobden, Alyssa Swanzey
Genre
Experimental
Interest
Arts and Culture
Original Language
No Dialogue
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Bundle
Director
Jamie Whitecrow (Anishinaabe)
Genre
Experimental
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
English
I Have Seen The Future
An animated music video about a father-son tennis game set on a hot summer day in the suburbs. Content Note: Coarse language
Director
Cam Christiansen
Writer
Kris Demeanor
Cast
Cam Christiansen
Producers
Cam Christiansen, Maureen Hodgan
Genres
Animation, Experimental
Interests
Arts and Culture, Family Relationships, Sports
Original Language
English
Language Version
None
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How To Be Alone
Narrated by Tanya Davis to beautiful hand-drawn illustrations by Dorfman, Davis’s eloquent poem is full of powerful truths. With over 9.5 million views on YouTube, the film is an online sensation.
Director
Andrea Dorfman
Writer
Tanya Davis
Producers
Walter Forsyth, Andrea Dorfman
Genres
Animation, Experimental
Interest
Female Filmmaker
Original Language
English
Language Version
EN CC
A Short Film About Falling
Directors
Peter Lynch
Lynch earned international success with his wildly popular and critically-acclaimed Project Grizzly. His features include The Herd, Cyberman, A Whale of a Tale and Dem Bones. Lynch won a Genie for his short film Arrowhead. His most recent feature film, Birdland, was released in 2018.
Writers
Peter Lynch, Max Dean
Cast
Hadley Obodiac, Trystan Lackner
Producer
Mehernaz Lentin
Genre
Experimental
Interest
Arts and Culture
Original Language
English
In the Groove
Director
Clarence Ford
Cast
Kurt Browning
Producer
Sandra Cassaro
Genre
Experimental
Interests
Arts and Culture, Sports
Original Language
English
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Found
Director
Paramita Nath
Writers
Souvankham Thammavongsa, Paramita Nath
Cast
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Producers
Paramita Nath, Ted Biggs
Genre
Experimental
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, History, Newcomer Stories
Original Language
English
Bus No. 9
Director
Michael Downing
Cast
Chinny Hoan, Marc Roumy
Producers
Jonathan Orson, Joel Awerbuck
Genres
Drama, Experimental
Interest
Arts and Culture
Original Language
English
Baba (Dance)
Director
Jonathan Lawley
Writer
Jonathan Lawley
Cast
Stacey Armstrong, Cassidy DeFreitas, Alana Elmer
Producer
Wayne Lawley
Genre
Experimental
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories
Original Language
Other Language
Recycling elements of surrealism and cubism, this Genie-nominated animation explores relationships between art and war. Content Note: Violence
Director
Theodore Ushev
Producer
Marc Bertrand
Genre
Experimental
Interest
Arts and Culture
Original Language
No Dialogue
Language Version
None
Canadian Distributor
National Film Board (NFB)
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Grandfather on the Prairies
Jason meets his great-great-greatgrandfather and soon finds himself in a hilarious debate about what it means to be a hunter.
Director
Andrew Genaille (Sto:lo & Ojibway)
Writer
Andrew Genaille (Sto:lo & Ojibway)
Cast
Andrew Genaille (Sto:lo & Ojibway)
Producers
Andrew Genaille (Sto:lo & Ojibway), Lisa Genaille (Sto:lo & Ojibway), Robert Genaille (Sto:lo & Ojibway)
Genres
Animation, Experimental, Family
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, History, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
English
Language Version
None
An avant-garde collage of photography and sound that looks behind the business-as-usual face we put on in life, showing anxieties we’d rather forget.
Director
Arthur Lipsett
Producers
Colin Low, Tom Daly
Genre
Experimental
Interest
Arts and Culture
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
National Film Board (NFB)
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Nous Nous Souleverons (We Will Rise Up)
Through a performance of her own powerful poem, Innu poet Natasha Kanapé Fontaine invites us to rise up and bring light to the world.
Director
Natasha Kanapé Fontaine (Innu)
Genre
Experimental
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, History, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
French
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Throat Singing in Kangirsuk
A mesmerizing duet between two Inuit throat singers forms the soundtrack for this journey through the four seasons of the Arctic.
Directors
Manon Chamberland (Inuk), Eva Kaukai (Inuk)
Genre
Experimental
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
Inuktitut
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Zaasaakwe
A powerful call to action to all Indigenous people to shout for joy and celebrate their identity.
Director
Madison Thomas (Ojibwe/Saulteax)
Writer
Madison Thomas (Ojibwe/Saulteax)
Cast
Danni Black
Producers
Madison Thomas (Ojibwe/Saulteax), Darcy Waite (Cree)
Genre
Experimental
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
English
Director
Kent Monkman (Cree)
Producer
Anita Lee
Genres
Documentary, Drama, Experimental
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, History, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Languages
English, French
Canadian Distributor
National Film Board (NFB)