In Canada’s Capital Region

Set during World War I, we witness the struggle of Michael Dunne, a conflicted Canadian soldier, who must return to the horrors of the battlefield in order to keep a promise to the woman he loves. The film shows the heroism of those that fought in battle, and of those that loved them.

AMAL, a multi-layered portrait of contemporary India, follows an auto-rickshaw driver in New Delhi (Amal), who is content with his small but vital role in life. One day he drives an eccentric billionaire who, disguised as a vagabond, is searching the streets for the last morsel of humanity, and someone he can leave all his money to. Amal's life may change forever. AMAL is a modern day fable that asks what success means to each individual and ultimately reveals that the poorest of men are sometimes the richest.

Metaphorical rather than didactic, "Forever Quebec" is a documentary of creation characterized by esthetics and the cinematographic language. Scenes of life collected on the moment at the four corners of the city, give the pulse of the city and the events offer a representative pallet of the diversity of the hearts which populate it. A "cinematographic vagrancy"...

Josh is an ordinary teen living in an ordinary suburb, wedged between the high school, the mine and the skate park. One morning he finds his friend Thomas's dead body. Next, he discovers that three more friends also have killed themselves, leaving him out of their pact. As the sole survivor, Josh becomes more and more detached from the world around him. Only Mia, his best friend's girl, can reach him. With more questions than answers, Josh's is the story of a survivor. It is a modern portrait of today's teens: invincible yet fragile, clear-thinking yet confused, idealistic yet jaded.

NORMAL explores the lives of three strangers following a tragic accident two years earlier. Catherine is a suburban mother whose loss of her eldest son renders her incapable of connecting with her husband and younger son. Walt is a failed writer and philandering professor who sabotages his relationships. Jordie, a sensitive teenager having paid a price for a mistake, continues on a downward journey.

AMAL, a multi-layered portrait of contemporary India, follows an auto-rickshaw driver in New Delhi (Amal), who is content with his small but vital role in life. One day he drives an eccentric billionaire who, disguised as a vagabond, is searching the streets for the last morsel of humanity, and someone he can leave all his money to. Amal's life may change forever. AMAL is a modern day fable that asks what success means to each individual and ultimately reveals that the poorest of men are sometimes the richest.

My Winnipeg, a documentary by Guy Maddin wends its way though the birthplace of personal mythologies, attempting to understand the nature of memory. Equal parts mystical rumination and personal history, city chronicle and deranged post-Freudian proletarian fantasy, My Winnipeg, framed as a goodbye letter, blends local myth with childhood trauma. Guy Maddin defines the true meaning of "home" and the shackles that bind him simply fall away.

What does a human being need to live? The film uses the 1950s-era tuberculosis epidemic in the Far North as its starting point. The spread of the disease forced many Inuit to go to various Canadian cities for treatment. Tivii is taken to a sanitorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones and faced with a completely alien world, he finds himself unable to communicate with anyone. When his nurse, Carole, realizes that Tivii's illness is not the most serious threat to his well-being, she arranges to have a young orphan, Kaki, transferred to the institution. The boy is also sick, but has experience of both worlds and speaks both languages. By sharing his culture with Kaki and opening it up to others, Tivii rediscovers his pride and energy. Ultimately he also rediscovers hope through a plan to adopt Kaki, bring him home and make him part of his family.

NORMAL explores the lives of three strangers following a tragic accident two years earlier. Catherine is a suburban mother whose loss of her eldest son renders her incapable of connecting with her husband and younger son. Walt is a failed writer and philandering professor who sabotages his relationships. Jordie, a sensitive teenager having paid a price for a mistake, continues on a downward journey.

In China, it is simply known as "The River." But the Yangtze is undergoing a truly astonishing transformation wrought by the largest hydroelectric project in history, the Three Gorges Dam. Canadian documentary filmmaker Yung Chang returns to the gorgeous, now-disappearing landscape of his grandfather's youth to trace the surreal life of a "farewell cruise" that traverses the gargantuan waterway.

What does a human being need to live? The film uses the 1950s-era tuberculosis epidemic in the Far North as its starting point. The spread of the disease forced many Inuit to go to various Canadian cities for treatment. Tivii is taken to a sanitorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones and faced with a completely alien world, he finds himself unable to communicate with anyone. When his nurse, Carole, realizes that Tivii's illness is not the most serious threat to his well-being, she arranges to have a young orphan, Kaki, transferred to the institution. The boy is also sick, but has experience of both worlds and speaks both languages. By sharing his culture with Kaki and opening it up to others, Tivii rediscovers his pride and energy. Ultimately he also rediscovers hope through a plan to adopt Kaki, bring him home and make him part of his family.

Set during World War I, we witness the struggle of Michael Dunne, a conflicted Canadian soldier, who must return to the horrors of the battlefield in order to keep a promise to the woman he loves. The film shows the heroism of those that fought in battle, and of those that loved them.