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40 Acres
Anchored by an incredible performance from Danielle Deadwyler, 40 Acres is a pulse-pounding action thriller that was met with critical acclaim when it premiered at TIFF, and was named to their annual Canada’s Top Ten list.
“A riveting and fiercely political thriller as poignant as a T.S. Eliot poem and as gory as a George A. Romero flick.” — Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail
Director
R.T. Thorne
Writers
R.T. Thorne, Glenn Taylor, Lora Campbell
Cast
Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Greyeyes (Plains Cree), Kataem O'Connor
Producer
Jennifer Holness
Genres
Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Interest
Black Filmmaker
Original Languages
Cree, English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR Dub
The Apprentice
Featuring Academy Award nominated performances by Stan and Strong, and winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture, this revelatory film is truly a biopic unlike any other.
“Thoughtful and inspired in its direction, engaging in its visual textures and featuring fully committed performances from its primary cast.” — John Serba, Decider
Director
Ali Abbasi
Writer
Gabriel Sherman
Cast
Jeremy Strong, Sebastian Stan, Martin Donovan
Producers
Ali Abbasi, Ruth Treacy, Louis Tisné
Genre
Drama
Interests
Biography, History
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, EN Subtitles, FR Dub, FR Subtitles, Other Dub, Other Subtitles
Can I Get a Witness?
Director
Ann Marie Fleming
Fleming is a visual artist, filmmaker and writer who has animated over 20 films, including the shorts Stories Sarah Tells, Big Trees, A Short Film About Tegan & Sara, Question Period, and Old Dog. Her features include New Shoes, The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, The French Guy, and Can I Get a Witness, which premiered at TIFF 2024. Fleming has won nearly 20 awards and nominations for her films, including 15 for Window Horses.
Writer
Ann Marie Fleming
Cast
Joel Oulette (Cree/Métis), Sandra Oh, Keira Jang
Producer
Ann Marie Fleming
Genre
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Interests
Arts and Culture, Asian Filmmaker, BIPOC Stories, Environment, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR CC, FR Dub
Canadian Distributor
Mongrel Media
Young Werther
While on a simple errand to Toronto, a carefree and charming young writer named Werther (Douglas Booth) meets Charlotte (Alison Pill), who he believes love of his life. There's only one thing standing in the way - her engagement to another man. Despite the urgings of his hypochondriac best friend, Werther turns his world upside down in a desperate, misguided and hilarious quest to win her heart.
Director
José Lourenço
Writers
Johann Goethe, José Lourenço
Cast
Alison Pill, Patrick J. Adams, Iris Apatow
Producer
Douglas Booth
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Interest
Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR Dub, FR Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
Wildling Pictures
We The North: From Prehistoric to Historic
Director
Sami Khan
Producers
Stephanie Azam, Vinay Virmani
Genre
Documentary
Interests
BIPOC Stories, History, Sports
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR CC, FR Dub
Fireheart
Directors
Laurent Zeitoun, Theodore Ty
Writers
Jennica Harper, Laurent Zeitoun, Daphne Ballon
Cast
Alice Pol, Vincent Cassel, Valérie Lemercier
Producers
André Rouleau, Valérie d'Auteuil, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou
Genres
Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Interests
Family Relationships, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Language Version
FR Dub
Canadian Distributor
eOne
Me and My Moulton
Director
Torill Kove
Writer
Torill Kove
Cast
Andrea Bræin Hovig
Producers
Lise Fearnley, Marcy Page, David Verrall
Genre
Animation
Interests
Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences
Original Languages
English, French
Language Versions
EN CC, FR CC, FR Dub
Canadian Distributor
National Film Board (NFB)
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Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
Director
Phyllis Grant
Genre
Animation
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
English
Language Version
FR Dub
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Village Of Idiots
Directors
Eugene Fedorenko, Rose Newlove
Writer
John Lazarus
Producers
Michael Scott, David Verrall
Genres
Animation, Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, Classics, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences
Original Language
English
Language Versions
FR Dub, FR Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
National Film Board (NFB)
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Night Raiders
A compelling and propulsive dystopian thriller grounded in an allegory for the residential school system, Night Raiders is the story of Niska (Tailfeathers), a Cree mother in an impossible situation. As she travels across a war-torn Turtle Island (North America), she is caught in a desperate attempt to save her daughter from a state-run forced re-education camp. With the world against her, Niska joins forces with a group of underground resistance fighters seeking to free their children and save their future.
Anchored by an incredible lead performance from Tailfeathers along with a stellar supporting cast, this powerful and heartfelt debut feature from Danis Goulet premiered at TIFF in 2021 and was nominated for eleven Canadian Screen Awards, winning six, including Best Original Screenplay.
“Night Raiders should become the most talked-about Canadian film of the year. And for good reason.” – Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail
Director
Danis Goulet (Cree/Métis)
Danis Goulet is an award-winning Cree/Métis filmmaker from La Ronge, SK, now based in Toronto. Her films have screened at festivals worldwide including Sundance, Berlinale, TIFF, and MoMA. She has directed numerous short films, including Wapawekka, Barefoot, Wakening, Blind Spot, and others. Night Raiders was her first feature film. It premiered at TIFF 2021 and went on to win 14 awards, including six CSAs. She has also directed episodes of Reservation Dogs and North of North.
Writer
Danis Goulet (Cree/Métis)
Cast
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blackfoot/Sámi), Brooklyn Letexier-Hart (Cree/Métis), Alex Tarrant (Māori-Niuean-Samoan), Shaun Sipos, Amanda Plummer
Producers
Taika Waititi (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui), Paul Barkin, Tara Woodbury, Ainsley Gardiner (Ngāti Awa/Te Whānau-a-Apanui/Ngāti Pikiao/Whakatōhea), Georgina Allison Conder
Genres
Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics, Strong Female Leads
Original Languages
English, Other Language
Language Versions
EN CC, FR Dub, FR Subtitles, Other CC
Canadian Distributor
Elevation Pictures
Giant Little Ones
Heartfelt and intimate, this film explores friendship, self-discovery and the power of unlabeled love.
Director
Keith Behrman
Behrman is a writer and filmmaker whose writing and directing credits include the shorts Thomas; White Cloud, Blue Mountain; and Ernest. He directed episodes of The Unprofessionals, Da Vinci’s Inquest, This Is Wonderland, among others, and created the show The Stagers. His first feature, Flower and Garnet, premiered at TIFF and won 17 awards. His second feature, Giant Little Ones, also premiered at TIFF and won eight awards internationally.
Writer
Keith Behrman
Cast
Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, Kyle MacLachlan, Maria Bello
Producer
Allison Black
Genre
Drama
Interests
Family Relationships, LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR Dub, FR Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
Mongrel Media
Oscar Peterson: Black + White
Director
Barry Avrich
Prolific producer, director, and writer Avrich has made many acclaimed documentaries including The Last Mogul, Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky, David Foster: Off the Record, and Oscar Peterson: Black + White, for which he won a best direction CSA in 2022. Avrich has authored three books, and produced and directed several film adaptations of theatrical productions, such as the 2021 Stratford Festival production Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women, for which he was nominated for a CSA.
Cast
Jon Batiste, Daniel Clarke Bouchard, Measha Brueggergosman, Herbie Hancock
Producers
Barry Avrich, Mark Selby
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR Dub
45 R.P.M.
This heartfelt and often funny coming-of-age drama takes a turn when a strange weather condition suddenly allows Parry to receive a radio broadcast from New York City, and he starts to believe that a contest the station is running might just be his ticket out of town.
Director
David Schultz
Winnipeg-born writer and director Schultz has worked in TV, shorts and feature films. He wrote and directed the features Jet Boy, Rufus, and Considering Love and Other Magic and wrote screen adaptations of Joy Fielding’s novels Don’t Cry Now, and The Other Woman, as well as the screenplay for The Humanity Bureau, starring Nicolas Cage. He’s currently writing the feature The Side of the Road.
Writer
David Schultz
Cast
Jordan Gavaris, Michael Madsen, Kim Coates, Justine Banszky, MacKenzie Porter
Producers
Anand Ramayya, Michael Frislev, Chad Oakes
Genre
Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, Family Relationships, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR Dub
Canadian Distributor
IndustryWorks
The Little Bear Movie
While on a camping trip, Little Bear and his father find a lost cub who has been separated from his parents by a storm. The two become fast friends, and after Cub saves Little Bear from a mountain lion named Trouble, the pair return to Little Bear’s house to meet his pals Cat, Owl, Duck and Hen. The group of friends set out on an exciting adventure to find Cub’s parents.
Based on the beloved book series by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, The Little Bear Movie is a rollicking adventure story, full of the joys and responsibilities of friendship and teamwork.
Director
Raymond Jafelice
Writers
Raymond Jafelice, Nancy Barr
Cast
Kristin Fairlie, Dan Hennessey, Janet-Laine Green
Genres
Action/Adventure, Animation, Family
Interest
Literary Adaptation
Original Language
English
Language Version
FR Dub
Canadian Distributor
Nelvana
My Salinger Year
Director
Philippe Falardeau
Quebecois director and screenwriter Falardeau has won more than 32 international awards for his films, which include Monsieur Lazhar, La moitié gauche du frigo, C’est pas moi, je le jure!, The Good Lie, Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre, and My Salinger Year. He also directed the TV shows Le temps des framboises, and Lac-Mégantic - ceci n’est pas un accident.
Writers
Philippe Falardeau, Joanna Rakoff
Cast
Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Seana Kerslake
Producers
Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
Genre
Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, Literary Adaptation, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR Dub, FR Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
Mongrel Media
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Beans
Beans takes place at the height of the 1990 Mohawk Resistance at Kanehsatà:ke (also known as the Oka Crisis), a 78-day standoff between Indigenous land defenders, Quebec police, the RCMP and the Canadian military, over the proposed expansion of a golf course on to a Mohawk burial ground. Twelve-year-old Tekehentahkhwa (nicknamed “Beans”, played by Kiawentiio) is forced into an early coming of age by these events, as her innocence turns to anger over the treatment of her people.
Drawing from her own experiences as a child, director Tracey Deer provides a poignant and engaging chronicle of these real-life events that shook the nation, as well as a much-needed look at how the traumatic events impacted youth in the community.
Beans premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and won the 2021 Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture.
Content Note: This film includes coarse language, violence, and thematic elements that may not be suitable for all audiences.
Director
Tracey Deer (Mohawk)
In 2008, Deer won a Gemini Award in Best Documentary Writing, for Club Native. Her debut doc was the award-winning Mohawk Girls, which she adapted into a TV series that ran for five seasons and was nominated for seven CSAs. Beans has won eleven awards, including Best Picture at the CSAs. Most recently, she directed episodes of the series Three Pines, and is currently working on the feature Thorpe, about Native American Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe.
Writers
Tracey Deer (Mohawk), Meredith Vuchnich
Cast
Kiawentiio (Mohawk), Dawn Ford, Violah Beauvais (Mohawk), Rainbow Dickerson (Rappahannock), Brittany Leborgne (Mohawk)
Producer
Anne-Marie Gélinas
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Bullying, Discrimination, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, History, Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR Dub, FR Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
Mongrel Media
The Saddest Music in the World
When Winnipeg is named the ”saddest city in the world” for the fourth year running, Baroness Port-Huntley (Rossellini) concocts an elaborate scheme to promote her beer by advertising a contest to find the saddest music in the world.
With a $25,000 prize up for grabs, composers from all over the world are soon pouring into Winnipeg to play her their woeful tunes. Things get even more interesting when her own former lover, Broadway producer Chester Kent (McKinney) enters the competition.
Realized in Guy Maddin’s signature black-and-white style that imitates the look of ’20s and ’30s cinema, this delightfully quirky film is a triumph of the imagination. A cross between a silent film and a Hollywood musical, The Saddest Music in the World is truly unlike anything you’ve ever seen before!
Director
Guy Maddin
Writers
Kazuo Ishiguro, George Toles, Guy Maddin
Cast
Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox
Producers
Atom Egoyan, Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron, Jody Shapiro
Genres
Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Interests
Arts and Culture, Cult & Offbeat Cinema
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN Subtitles, FR Dub
Canadian Distributor
TVA Films
Sharkwater
Filmed in gorgeous high-definition video, Sharkwater takes you into shark-filled oceans, exposing the true nature of sharks as well as the way human interference has turned this noble predator into prey. Stewart teams up with a rogue environmentalist group on a breathtaking adventure to battle shark poachers around the globe. His incredible journey will make you see sharks in a whole new light.
Winner of many Audience and Critics Choice awards at film festivals around the world.
Director
Rob Stewart
Stewart was an award-winning journalist and filmmaker, whose docs Sharkwater and Revolution earned awards at festivals worldwide. A tireless activist, Stewart was credited with saving a third of the world’s sharks. He tragically passed away in 2017, while filming Sharkwater: Extinction, which was completed posthumously and premiered at TIFF 2018.
Writer
Rob Stewart
Producers
Brian Stewart, Rob Stewart
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Environment, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Language Version
FR Dub
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
Ricky’s girlfriend, Lucy (Lucy Decoutere), has run off, and in between his efforts to win her back, he’s also planning the boys’ biggest heist yet: a haphazard plot that finds him enlisting the help of his nerdy friend Bubbles (Smith).
Following a television series beloved by millions on both sides of the border, Trailer Park Boys: The Movie dishes up more hilarity for fans and newcomers to Dartmouth alike.
Director
Mike Clattenburg
Clattenburg is an award-winning writer and director whose credits include many episodes of Trailer Park Boys, for which he won a Gemini Award, as well as five Trailer Park Boys movies and specials. He has directed numerous shorts, including Crackin’ Down Hard, which won an award at TIFF. He also directed episodes of shows such as Republic of Doyle, and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, as well as features like Afghan Luke and Moving Day.
Writers
Mike Clattenburg, Robb Wells
Cast
Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, Hugh Dilllon, Lucy DeCoutere
Producers
Mike Clattenburg, Barrie Dunn, Michael Volpe, Ivan Reitman, Tom Pollock
Genres
Action/Adventure, Comedy
Interest
Cult & Offbeat Cinema
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR Dub, FR Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
eOne
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Water
Fortunately, she finds friends in the beautiful Kilyani (Ray) and in the forward-thinking Narayan (Abraham). With their help, Chuyia attempts to escape the confines of her existence. Boasting lush visuals, Water could easily be a bleak story of deprivation and loss, but in Mehta’s gentle hands, it becomes one charged with hope and optimism.
Water was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Director
Deepa Mehta
A member of the Order of Canada, Mehta is an award-winning filmmaker who gained acclaim for her trilogy, Fire, Earth and the Oscar-nominated Water. Her adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children was nominated for eight CSAs. She has also directed Bollywood/Hollywood, Beeba Boys, Anatomy of Violence, and many other films. Her film Funny Boy won multiple awards, including the CSAs for best direction and best screenplay. Her television credits include episodes of Leila, Yellowjackets, and Little America.
Writer
Deepa Mehta
Cast
Sarala Kariyawasam, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas
Producers
David Hamilton, Mark Burton, Ajay Virmani, Doug Mankoff
Genre
Drama
Interests
Asian Filmmaker, BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, History, Social Justice & Politics, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
Other Language
Language Versions
EN Subtitles, FR Dub
Canadian Distributor
Mongrel Media