Interest: Biography
Prisoner of Paradise
Director
Malcolm Clarke
Writers
Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, Biography, History
Original Language
English
Picturing a People: George Johnston, Tlingit Photographer
Director
Carol Geddess (Tlingit)
Writer
Carol Geddess (Tlingit)
Cast
Keith Smarch, Carol Geddess (Tlingit), Mark Porter, Sam Johnston
Producers
Sally Bochner, George Hargrave
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, Biography, BIPOC Stories, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Passing Through/Torn Formations
Director
Philip Hoffman
Writer
Philip Hoffman
Producer
Philip Hoffman
Genre
Experimental
Interests
Biography, Family Relationships
Original Language
English
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Director
Daniel Roher
Writer
Daniel Roher
Producers
Peter Raymont, Lana Belle Mauro, Andrew Munger, Stephen Paniccia, Sam Sutherland
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, Biography, History
Original Language
English
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry it On
A must-see for both lifelong and new fans of her work, this exceptional documentary premiered at TIFF in 2022 and was nominated for the DGC Allan King award for Best Documentary Film.
Director
Madison Thomas (Ojibwe/Saulteax)
Writer
Andrea Warner
Cast
Buffy Sainte-Marie (Cree)
Producer
Stephen Paniccia
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, Biography, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, History, Indigenous Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
La Bolduc
La Bolduc was one of the highest-grossing Canadian films of 2018 and was a nominee for the Prix Iris for Best Film.
Director
François Bouvier
Film and TV director Bouvier was nominated for the Best Director Genie in 1990 for his film Les matins infidèles. Since then, he has directed numerous television shows and films, including Histoires d'hiver and Maman Last Call, starring Patrick Huard. He recently directed the TV series Ruptures and the film La Bolduc. Currently he is completing work on the film La Cordonnière.
Writers
Frédéric Ouellet, Benjamin Alix
Cast
Debbie Lynch-White, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Mylène Mackay
Producers
Valérie d'Auteuil, André Rouleau
Genre
Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, Biography, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
French
The Grey Fox
After going in and out of prison for over 30 years after a career of stagecoach robbing, Bill Miner is released in 1901 to a completely new reality. Lost about what to do next, Miner finds his inspiration for his next great adventure from the film The Great Train Robbery. His plan to commit the first ever train robbery leads to a thrilling heist and an intriguing tale full of twists and turns.
Based on the true story of William Miner (nicknamed the Gentleman Bandit), The Grey Fox won 4 Genie Awards including Best Picture and has been included on TIFF’s top 10 list of the Best Canadian Films of All Time.
Director
Phillip Borsos
Borsos was a four-time Canadian Film Award and Genie Award winner, and an Oscar nominee for his short film Nails. His feature directorial debut, The Grey Fox, won 12 awards, including seven Genies, and was nominated for a Golden Globe. He also directed The Mean Season, One Magic Christmas, Bethune: The Making of a Hero, and Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog, before his tragic death from leukemia in 1995.
Writer
John Hunter
Cast
Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue
Producers
David Brady, Peter O'Brian
Genres
Action/Adventure, Drama
Interests
Biography, Classics, History
Original Language
English
Leave Them Laughing
Director
John Zaritsky
Cast
Carla Zilbersmith, Mac Zilber
Producer
Montana Berg
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, Biography, Family Relationships, Global Experiences, Social Justice & Politics, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
A Married Couple
In 1969, Allan King crafted one of the most intimate portraits of domestic life ever captured on film with A Married Couple. Billy and Antoinette Edwards are experiencing some marital crises: power struggles and gender politics have come between them, and their relationship is in deep, deep trouble.
Inviting the cameras into their home, the Edwards allow King to film their life over 10 weeks in Toronto, which — like the film itself — is intense and hectic, frightening and funny. It’s a cinéma verité documentary unlike any other. Throwing the conflict and intimacy of the bonds of marriage into a spotlight that is at once both harsh and tender.
Director
Allan King
Writer
Allan King
Cast
Billy Edwards, Antoinette Edwards
Producer
Allan King
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Biography, Classics, Family Relationships
Original Language
English
Joe
Director
Jill Haras
Genre
Animation
Interests
Biography, BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English