Original Language: Other Language
- Own Voice
Awaskinawason (Children of Earth)
Director
Antony Dubé (Atikamekw)
Writer
Antony Dubé (Atikamekw)
Genres
Animation, Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Environment, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
Other Language
Language Versions
EN Subtitles, FR Subtitles
- Own Voice
Ute Kanata (Here in Canada)
This poignant take on “O Canada” adapts the national anthem to the reality of the First Nations of Canada, and provides a rallying song for all peoples.
Director
Virginie Michel (Innu)
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
Other Language
Language Versions
EN Subtitles, FR Subtitles
- Own Voice
Cry Rock
Director
Banchi Hanuse (Nuxalk)
Writer
Banchi Hanuse (Nuxalk)
Producer
Banchi Hanuse (Nuxalk)
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Languages
English, Other Language
- Own Voice
Al Ghorba
Director
Alia Hijaab
Writer
Alia Hijaab
Producer
Alia Hijaab
Genres
Animation, Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, Newcomer Stories, Social Justice & Politics
Original Languages
English, Other Language
ScaredSacred
A five-year search around the world for ways in which people take the experience of being scared and turn it into something sacred. Sites of catastrophe are scoured for signs of hope.
Director
Velcrow Ripper
Writer
Velcrow Ripper
Producers
Cari Green, Harry Sutherland, Tracey Friesen
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Global Experiences, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Languages
English, Other Language
Canadian Distributor
Mongrel Media
- Own Voice
Leftover
Director
Eui Yong Zong
Writer
Eui Yong Zong
Producer
Andy Kloske
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Global Experiences, Newcomer Stories
Original Language
Other Language
Language Version
EN Subtitles
- Own Voice
Wapawekka
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 is a former programmer and current board member for TIFF, and was the former Director of the imagineNATIVE Film+Media Arts Festival. Her latest projects include the TV series Reservation Dogs, and the upcoming feature film Ivy.
Writer
Danis Goulet (Cree/Métis)
Producers
Christine Kleckner, Danis Goulet (Cree/Métis)
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Languages
English, Other Language
Language Versions
EN Subtitles, Other Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
Vtape
The Ghosts in Our Machine
In a film that explores the rights of non-human animals through the compassionate lens of international photographer Jo-Anne McArthur, we meet individual animals living within — and rescued from — the machine of our modern world.
Director
Liz Marshall
Writer
Liz Marshall
Producers
Nina Beveridge, Liz Marshall
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Environment, Female Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Languages
English, French, Other Language
Canadian Distributor
INDIECAN ENTERTAINMENT
My Enemy, My Brother
Director
Ann Shin
Producer
Ann Shin
Genre
Documentary
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, Social Justice & Politics
Original Languages
English, Other Language
- Own Voice
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
Begone Dull Care
Directors
Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart
Producer
Norman McLaren
Genres
Animation, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Interest
Arts and Culture
Original Languages
English, French, Other Language
Canadian Distributor
NFB
Speed Sisters
Director
Amber Fares
Writer
Amber Fares
Producers
Amber Fares, Avi Goldstein, Jessica Devaney
Genre
Documentary
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, Sports, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
Other Language
Language Version
EN CC
Canadian Distributor
KinoSmith
The Accountant of Auschwitz
This powerful documentary chronicles the trial of Oskar Gröning, one of the last surviving perpetrators of the Holocaust and a former members of the SS. In 2015, the 94 year old was brought to trial for his role in the murder of 300,000 Jewish people.
This thought-provoking and insightful film explores his life and actions before, after and during the Second World War. An emotionally affecting and intellectually challenging look at responsibility, forgiveness, justice, and the role of an individual in one of human history’s greatest evils.
The runner-up for the audience award at the 2018 Hot Docs festival, this deeply affecting documentary has resonated with critics and audiences around the world.
Director
Matthew Shoychet
Writer
Ricki Gurwitz
Producers
Ric Esther Bienstock, Ricki Gurwitz
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Biography, Global Experiences, History
Original Languages
English, Other Language
Language Version
EN CC
Canadian Distributor
Aqute Media
- Own Voice
Treading Water: Plight of the Manitoba First Nation Flood Evacuees
In 2011, close to 4000 First Nation people in Manitoba were forced from their homes after artificially diverted floodwater swamped their communities to save the city of Winnipeg. Most of the evacuees, the majority from Lake St. Martin and Little Saskatchewan First Nations, checked into Winnipeg hotels, assuming they would return to their homes within a couple of weeks. Shockingly, nearly 7 years later over 1700 evacuees remain displaced and continue to be stranded in a political firestorm between First Nation band councils, the Manitoba Association of Native Firefighters, hotel owners and the federal and provincial governments. The displacement has triggered a rise in substance abuse and suicide rates. Plans for getting people home seem to be at a standstill. Interspersing intimate clips of everyday life with footage of heated political debates, this deeply intimate documentary tells the unexpected story of the real people behind the national headlines of the 2011 Manitoba flood.
Directors
Janelle Wookey (Métis), Jérémie Wookey (Métis)
Writers
Janelle Wookey (Métis), Jérémie Wookey (Métis)
Producer
Janelle Wookey (Métis)
Genre
Documentary
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Environment, Female Filmmaker, History, Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Languages
English, Other Language
Canadian Distributor
APTN
What is Democracy?
Director
Astra Taylor
Writer
Astra Taylor
Producer
Lea Marin
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Languages
English, Other Language
Canadian Distributor
National Film Board (NFB)
- Own Voice
No Crying at the Dinner Table
Director
Carol Nguyen
Producers
Carol Nguyen, Aziz Zoromba
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Biography, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker
Original Languages
English, Other Language
- Own Voice
Apaja’simk (The Return)
Director
Trevor Gould (Mi’kmaw)
Writer
Trevor Gould (Mi’kmaw)
Cast
Tapit Gould, Miranda Gould, Noel Julien
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
Other Language
- Own Voice
Yéil (Raven)
An artistic retelling of the story of how Raven brought the sun, moon and stars into our world.
Director
Shaunoh
Cast
Guna Megan Jensen
Producer
Maggie Mac
Genre
Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Environment, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
Other Language
Language Version
EN Subtitles
- Own Voice
Four Faces of the Moon
Director
Amanda Strong (Michif)
Writers
Amanda Strong (Michif), Bracken Hanuse Corlett (Wuikinuxv-Klahoose)
Cast
Gail Maurice (Cree/Métis)
Producer
Bracken Hanuse Corlett (Wuikinuxv-Klahoose)
Genres
Action/Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Family
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, Family Relationships, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
Other Language
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Baba
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