Genre: Documentary

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#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
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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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
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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G
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NR
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NR
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R. Roussil, le cul par terre (R. Roussil, From the Ground Up)

Director Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer
Year 2025
Run Time 77min
Genre Documentary
Built around a rich compilation of archival footage, this documentary draws on numerous interviews Roussil gave throughout his career. It traces his journey, from his exile in France early in his career to his life in his mill in Tourrette-sur-Loup, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, where he created most of his works.

Director

Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer

Genre

Documentary

Original Language

French

Ratings by Province

NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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Soul of the Foot

Director Mustafa Uzuner
Year 2025
Run Time 65min
Genre Documentary
Through Soul of the Foot, Mustafa Uzuner delivers a meditation in three movements that reflect a piece of Turkish history: the country’s interrupted attempt to join the European Union, which is still pending. The film spans 25 years and explores the intimate and collective memory of this project. 

Director

Mustafa Uzuner

Genre

Documentary

Interest

BIPOC Stories

Original Language

Other Language

Ratings by Province

NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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Play It Loud! How Toronto Got Soul

Director Graeme Mathieson
Year 2024
Run Time 84min
Genre Documentary
Play it Loud is a feature documentary that tells the little known story of how Jamaican music became a critical and unlikely part of Canadian culture, told through the life, music, struggles and triumphs of beloved singer Jay Douglas.

Director

Graeme Mathieson

Cast

Jay Douglas, Jackie Richardson

Producer

Andrew Munger

Genre

Documentary

Interest

BIPOC Stories

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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Blue Rodeo: Lost Together

Director Dale Heslip
Year 2024
Run Time 88min
Genre Documentary
A feature documentary about one of Canada's most beloved bands whose songs are like lifelong friends, having seeped into every stage of our lives. Theirs is a tale of determination, success and 40 years of enduring friendships.

Director

Dale Heslip

Cast

Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor, Bazil Donovan

Genre

Documentary

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

PG
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NR
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NR
 Manitoba
PG
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
PG
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NR
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NR
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NR
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PG
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NR
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NR
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NR
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The Stand

Director Christopher Auchter (Haida)
Year 2024
Run Time 94min
Genre Documentary
In 1985, the Haida Nation stood in the path of destruction—and changed the course of Canadian history.

Director

Christopher Auchter (Haida)

Genre

Documentary

Original Language

English

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A Cliff Becomes a Bridge

Director Warda Rose Youssouf
Year 2026
Run Time 10min
Genre Documentary
An intimate documentary about displacement, family, and belonging, in which a filmmaker’s effort to reconnect with her sister becomes a deeper exploration of trauma, refugee identity, loneliness, and how art and storytelling support healing after survival.
 

Director

Warda Rose Youssouf

Cast

Amira Youssouf

Producer

Warda Rose Youssouf

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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Graham Greene: I’m Just Me

Director Tara Johns
Year 2025
Run Time 4min
Genre Documentary
Behind every great role is an actor bold enough to believe in himself. In this surrealist sketch, we learn lessons on acting and life—straight from the fox’s mouth.

Director

Tara Johns

Cast

Graham Greene

Producer

Robert Vroom

Genre

Documentary

Interest

Cult & Offbeat Cinema

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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Silver Screamers

Director Sean Cisterna
Year 2025
Run Time 95min
Genre Documentary
A heartwarming and spine-tingling documentary that follows a group of spirited senior citizens as they embark on an extraordinary adventure far outside their comfort zones: creating a horror film.
 

Director

Sean Cisterna

Writer

Sean Cisterna

Cast

Sonny Lauzon, Diane Ament, Sean Cisterna

Producers

Sean Cisterna, Ivonete de Sousa

Genre

Documentary

Interest

Arts and Culture

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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NR
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