Educational Film: No

Shook

Director Amar Wala
Year 2024
Run Time 113min
Genre Drama, Romance
After a run-in with his estranged father, an aspiring writer learns a secret that will force him to balance family, love, and success while navigating the divide between the exciting city life he wants and his suburban reality.

Director

Amar Wala

Amar Wala is an award-winning Toronto-based filmmaker and alumni of York University’s Film Program. His debut feature The Secret Trial 5 earned him jury recognition as an Emerging Filmmaker at Hot Docs and was named as one of the Top Ten Docs of the Decade by Realscreen. Wala has also directed and produced award-winning television series such as the acclaimed CBC Arts program In The Making and the award-winning comedy series Next Stop.   

Writer

Adnan Khan

Cast

Saamer Usmani, Amy Forsyth, Pamela Sinha

Genres

Drama, Romance

Interest

Family Relationships

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

14A
 Alberta
14A
 British Columbia
14A
 Manitoba
14A
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
14A
 Nova Scotia
14A
 Northwest Territories
14A
 Nunavut
14A
 Ontario
14A
 Prince Edward Island
G
 Québec
14A
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Shared Waters, Shared Crisis

Director Jessica Plumb
Year 2025
Run Time 25min
Genre Documentary
Set on the Canadian/US border, the third film of the Salish Sea trilogy weaves three community stories, revealing the role of habitat restoration, traditional indigenous fishing practices, and marine guardianship in the recovery of iconic Northwest species. Together these stories explore the interconnected ecosystems of the Fraser River, its estuary, and the vital role they contribute to the heart of the Salish Sea.

Director

Jessica Plumb

Genre

Documentary

Interest

Environment

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
 Alberta
NR
 British Columbia
NR
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
NR
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
NR
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Monica’s News

Director Pamela Gallant
Year 2024
Run Time 85min
Genre Drama

Director

Pamela Gallant

Writer

Pamela Gallant

Cast

Polly Gallant-Mclean, Elisa Paszt

Producer

Terry Greenlaw

Genre

Drama

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
 Alberta
NR
 British Columbia
NR
 Manitoba
PG
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
PG
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
NR
 Ontario
PG
 Prince Edward Island
NR
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Sur la corde raide (High Wire)

Directors Claude Guilmain, Christian Langlois
Year 2019
Run Time 82min
Genre Documentary

Directors

Claude Guilmain, Christian Langlois

Writer

Claude Guilmain

Cast

Jean Chrétien

Producers

Dominic Desjardins, Denis McCready

Genre

Documentary

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
 Alberta
NR
 British Columbia
NR
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
NR
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
NR
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Special of the Day

Director Christopher Bevan
Year 2011
Run Time 5min
Genre Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Vita Nova, the city in the stars. Home to those of the human race deemed worthy to move on from the chaos of Earth. For those left behind a deadly hunt for outlaws takes place in the wilderness with the promise of living a new life and a new beginning the prize. The special of the day.

Director

Christopher Bevan

Genre

Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
 Alberta
NR
 British Columbia
NR
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
NR
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
NR
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Own Voice

#WhileBlack

Directors Jennifer Holness, Sidney Fussell
Year 2026
Run Time 84min
Genre Documentary
Everyday citizens who recorded police violence share their stories and grapple with the aftermath of their viral videos, revealing broader consequences for communities and media corporations.

Directors

Jennifer Holness

Holness is a director, writer, and producer whose producing credits include award-winning films Stateless, Guns, and Love, Sex, and Eating the Bones, and series like She’s the Mayor and Shoot the Messenger. She wrote and directed Subjects of Desire and recently received the Canadian Media Producers Association’s Established Producer Award, and directed an episode of the series BLK: An Origin Story. Next, she is producing the feature Rip Tide.

Writers

Ann Shin, Jennifer Holness, Sidney Fussell

Cast

Darnella Frazier, Matthew Cagle, Matthew Mitchell

Producer

Mariam Bastani

Genre

Documentary

Interest

BIPOC Stories

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
 Alberta
NR
 British Columbia
NR
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
NR
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
NR
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Marée noire

Director Chantal Caron
Year 2024
Run Time 12min
Genre Experimental
Marée noire is a cry of the species, a survival instinct against the elements. A final breath of life before being swept away by the Earth, or perhaps conversely, a battle to be fought against all odds to hold on before extinction.

Director

Chantal Caron

Genre

Experimental

Original Language

No Dialogue

Ratings by Province

NR
 Alberta
NR
 British Columbia
NR
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
NR
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
NR
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Ville Neuve

Director Felix Dufour-Laperriere
Year 2019
Run Time 76min
Genre Animation, Drama
Summer by the sea on Quebec’s Atlantic coast. Joseph moves into a friend’s house. He convinces Emma, his ex-wife, to join him there. While the 1995 referendum campaign on Quebec’s independence is thriving, houses are burning, speeches are clashing as lovers find each other and fall in love again.

Director

Felix Dufour-Laperriere

Writer

Felix Dufour-Laperriere

Cast

Théodore Pellerin, Robert Lalonde, Johanne-Marie Tremblay

Producer

Galilé Marion-Gauvin

Genres

Animation, Drama

Original Language

French

Ratings by Province

NR
 Alberta
NR
 British Columbia
NR
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
NR
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
G
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Ababouiné (Ababooned)

Director André Forcier
Year 2024
Run Time 94min
Genre Comedy, Drama
In 1957, in a working-class neighborhood of Montreal, a young apprentice typographer participates in the publication of an anti-clerical pamphlet.

Director

André Forcier

Writers

Jean Boileau, Laurie Perron, André Forcier

Cast

Alexandre Bélanger, Miguel Bédard, Julien Bernatchez

Producers

Louis Laverdière, Roger Frappier, Linda Pinet

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Original Language

French

Ratings by Province

NR
 Alberta
NR
 British Columbia
NR
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
NR
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
G
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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L’océan vu du coeur

Directors Marie-Dominique Michaud, Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol
Year 2023
Run Time 96min
Genre Documentary
A look at the ocean in its wholeness. Hubert Reeves, surrounded by passionate scientists and explorers, presents us with an overview that explores the diversity of its living organisms, the necessity to protect it, the threats it faces due to human activities, but also the possibilities for preventing them and its extraordinary ability to regenerate itself when given the possibility.

Directors

Marie-Dominique Michaud, Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol

Writer

Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol

Cast

Frédéric Lenoir, Hubert Reeves, Gilles Boeuf

Producers

Marie-Dominique Michaud, Chantale Page, Jacques Blain

Genre

Documentary

Original Languages

English, French

Ratings by Province

NR
 Alberta
NR
 British Columbia
NR
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
NR
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
G
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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