Educational Film: No
Un crabe dans le tête (Soft Shell Man)
An underwater photographer returns home after a diving mishap and must face the complex and intricate web of his relationships. Starring David La Haye and Isabelle Blais.
Director
André Turpin
Writer
André Turpin
Cast
David La Haye, Isabelle Blais
Producers
Luc Déry, Joseph Hillel
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
French
Trigger
Director
Bruce McDonald
McDonald directed the cult hits Highway 61, Roadkill, Hard Core Logo, The Tracey Fragments, starring Elliot Page and Pontypool, the award-winning series Twitch City, and episodes of Degrassi and Heartland. He has also directed the features Trigger, The Husband, Hellions, Weirdos, and Dreamland, and episodes of Creeped Out and Malory Towers.
Cast
Tracy Wright, Molly Parker, Daniel MacIvor, Bob Martin
Producers
Leonard Farlinger, Jennifer Jonas, Daniel MacIvor
Genre
Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Transformer
Director
Michael Del Monte
Cast
Janae Marie Kroczaleski
Producers
Lyndon Hall, Tad Munnings
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Biography, LGBTQ2S+, Social Justice & Politics, Sports, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Top of the Food Chain
The residents of a secluded Canadian town are being mysteriously and gruesomely devoured. Starring Campbell Scott.
Director
John Paizs
Since filming the widely-praised Crime Wave in his native Winnipeg, Paizs has directed Top of the Food Chain and Marker, and has worked on such TV series as Kids in the Hall, The Adventures of Shirley Holmes and John Woo’s Once a Thief. He is currently writing and illustrating a graphic novel and working as the director in residence at the Canadian Film Centre.
Writers
Philip Bedard, Larry Lalonde
Cast
Lorry Ayers, Robert Bockstael, Campbell Scott
Producers
Suzanne Berger, Jana Edelbaum
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Train of Dreams
Tony, a 16-year-old high school dropout, is desperate to escape from his home life and his struggling single mother. After this rebel without a cause gets into criminal trouble, he is forced to spend time in juvenile detention, where an inspiring teacher desperately tries to get through to him.
Captured in the raw, cinema-verité style in a way that only NFB films of this era can, this moving and realistic coming-of-age story features a truly remarkable performance from Jason St. Amour, and a timeless message of hope that resonates now more than ever.
Director
John N. Smith
An Officer of the Order of Canada, Smith’s credits include award-winning TV docudramas such as Dieppe, Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story, and the Gemini Award-winning The Boys of St. Vincent. He also directed numerous feature films, including Sitting in Limbo, which won Best Canadian feature at TIFF in 1986, Dangerous Minds, A Cool Dry Place, Geraldine’s Fortune and Love & Savagery among others. In 2013, he won the Directors Guild of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award.
Writers
Sally Bochner, Sam Grana
Cast
Jason St. Amour
Producers
John N. Smith, Sam Grana
Genre
Drama
Interests
Classics, Family Relationships
Original Language
English
To Live To Sing
A long-running Sichuan Opera troupe faces certain demise when their theatre is slated for demolition.
Director
Johnny Ma
Writer
Johnny Ma
Cast
Guidan Gan, Xiaoli Zhao
Producers
Wu Xian Jian, Jing Wang
Genre
Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, Asian Filmmaker, BIPOC Stories, Global Experiences
Original Language
Other Language
Tiger Spirit
Director
Min Sook Lee
Producers
Min Sook Lee, Ed Barreveld
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Asian Filmmaker, Female Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics, Strong Female Leads
Original Languages
English, Korean
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
Director
Tara Johns
Writer
Tara Johns
Cast
Macha Grenon, Gil Bellows, Julia Sarah Stone
Producer
Barbara Shrier
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Interests
Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker
Original Language
English
The Wrong Guy
Outraged at being passed over for a promotion, corporate drone Nelson Hibbert (Dave Foley) threatens to kill his boss. When the boss turns up dead, Hibbert assumes he’ll be a suspect and goes on the run to Mexico, where the real killer is coincidentally also headed. Also starring Colm Feore and Jennifer Tilly.
Director
David Steinberg
Writers
Dave Foley, David Anthony Higgins, Jay Kogen
Cast
Dave Foley, Jennifer Tilly
Producer
Jon Slan
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
The World is Watching
Directors
Peter Raymont
Raymont has produced and directed over 100 documentaries, which have earned more than 50 international awards. His producing credits include West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson, Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr and Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band. He also directed the doc Margaret Atwood: A Word after a Word after a Word is Power, and produced Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On, which premiered at TIFF 2022.
Writers
Peter Raymont, Harold Crooks
Producers
Jim Monro, Peter Raymont, Harold Crooks
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Global Experiences, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English