People have been committing so-called honour crimes since time immemorial. While many of us believed these acts were a thing of the past, reality has bluntly taught us otherwise. Around the world, people are dying by the thousands in the name of honour. The Shafi a murders were Canada’s wake-up c...

After years of struggle and shame, five Indigenous Canadians are bravely telling their stories. Crazywater is an emotional and revealing exploration of substance abuse among Indigenous people in Canada, directed by Inuvialuit filmmaker Dennis Allen. Rarely have their own perspectives on the sensi...

Ten years ago during the second Intifada, Yousef Elhaj left his wife and three small children in Bethlehem to start a new life for them in San Francisco. For a decade he has worked day and night to build his business, save for their future, and remain connected from afar, while waiting to become ...

Confessions of an Innocent Man, directed by Academy Award®-nominated David Paperny, is a raw exposé that examines William Sampson's harrowing experience while imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for a crime he did not commit.

Sampson, who was working as a business consultant in Saudi Arabia at the time o...

A short documentary about the eternal questions of life, mortality and the true purpose of art.

Violinist Jessica Moss and singer/guitarist Efrim Menuck are struggling to balance parenthood with making music in their internationally acclaimed Montreal-based band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. They are one of a growing number of bands to have accepted an infant (Efrim and Jessica’s...

A documentary recounting the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S.

"Collectors" focuses on two of the country's premier serial killer enthusiasts. Rick Staton, a funeral director in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has started many serial killers painting; he was the exclusive dealer of America's most notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Staton's extensive collection...

A 93-year-old woman reflects on her marriage of 62 years in this animated exploration of a timeless romance.

James Colburn was born with Fragile X Syndrome. At 26, he is a child at heart who finds joy in small things and uses his gift of comedic timing to inspire those around him. James is living proof there is love and laughter in the face of autism.

Ever had regrets about a business opportunity you took a pass on? In the seventies, Ronald Wayne got together with two young computer enthusiasts in Silicon Valley and formed a company. The two young men were Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and the company became Apple. CoFounder is the uplifting st...

It took 26 years and 1,500 miles to find it.

Survival of the un-fittest.

David Peters has committed himself to mastering his own ceramic technique. Harvesting strictly from the local areas around south west Montana, he has created his own style and approach to wood fire pots. Even before David, ceramic art or the human race, the clay David has chosen to work with was ...

“Christmas with Dad” follows 22-year-old AJ as he and his family prepare for the festive season and the arrival of an eighth child. With remarkable access and insight the film reveals a young man struggling to define his role as a father, haunted by his own childhood and facing an uncertain futur...

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, a first-time, exhibition event - the women's 800 and men's 1500 meter wheelchair races wowed the world.

"Choosing Victory" follows five of the athletes on their journey to make the Olympic team. Ultimately three of the five athletes competed in the Ol...

Michel Roux Jr sets out to discover the secret of chocolate not just why we're addicted to the sublime and complex foodstuff but its rich and varied history, from a sacred drink of Aztec Emperors to the aphrodisiac of choice at the court of Louis XIV in Versailles. For Michel Roux Jr the best cho...

A young woman’s experiences in the first year of grad school, presented through a series of conversations re-contextualized by abstracted characters.

World Premier at Sundance 2009. China’s remote western region of Xinjiang is home to a booming market in Jade, the gemstone much prized by the Chinese. Local Muslim minority Uyghur turn from farming to digging during the winter months to supplement their income.

China Reverse accompanies Chinese who arrived in Vienna by chance, many years ago, seeking a better future. In the meantime they have grown and developed. They constantly look ahead, these days to the future of their children. Homesick? Maybe, but what for? The subjects of China Reverse could be ...

This incisive portrait of the daily lives of children and teens from four military families reveals the particular circumstances of life at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa. Every day, each must come to grips with absence, an uncertain future and the looming perspective of death. In a world where gi...

Children of Beqaa documents director Elias Matar and his daughter Lyla, traveling to the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon in June of 2016 to work with Salam LADC, a local NGO. Here in the Beqaa, there are over 800,000 Syrian refugees who have been living in a state of limbo for the past 5 years. These refug...

Dale Chihuly reunites with some of the world's best glassblowers who have been important in the development of many of his most well known series.

Directed by Peter West and
music by Tom Tom Club

Covering nearly half a century of Dale Chihuly's work, Chihuly Outside documents his career as an installation artist, in particular his work done out in the landscape. The film begins with Chihuly's early experiments with floating glass on water and using ice and neon in large-scale installation...