Interest: BIPOC Stories

Own Voice

Please, After You

Director Rob Michaels
Year 2024
Run Time 93min
Genre Comedy, Drama
Ali's life in Canada as a young immigrant is going well – he’s got an engineering degree, a chance at a lucrative internship, and even a romance on the horizon. Then, everything turns upside down when his wide-eyed cousin Omid comes from overseas for what Ali soon realises is not just a regular “visit” but rather an attempt to seek political asylum. 
 

Director

Rob Michaels

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Interests

Asian Filmmaker, BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Newcomer Stories

Original Languages

English, Other Language

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Jules au pays d’Asha (Adventures in the Land of Asha)

Director Sophie Farkas Bolla
Year 2023
Run Time 89min
Genre Action/Adventure, Drama

Director

Sophie Farkas Bolla

Writers

Sophie Farkas Bolla, Sarah Lalonde

Cast

Gaby Jourdain, Alex Dupras

Producers

Hany Ouichou, Kim O'Bomsawin (Abenaki)

Genres

Action/Adventure, Drama

Interest

BIPOC Stories

Original Language

French

Ratings by Province

NR
 Alberta
G
 British Columbia
G
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
G
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
G
 Québec
G
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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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
 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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Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan (Once Upon My Mother)

Director Ken Scott
Year 2025
Run Time 102min
Genre Drama
A mother's unwavering devotion helps her son, born with a clubfoot in 1963, overcome physical challenges and social barriers. Her powerful promise drives their remarkable journey through life's ups and downs.

Director

Ken Scott

Writers

Ken Scott, Roland Perez

Cast

Jonathan Cohen, Leïla Bekhti, Joséphine Japy

Producers

Sophie Tepper, Sidonie Dumas

Genre

Drama

Interest

BIPOC Stories

Original Language

French

Ratings by Province

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

Producers

Andrew Munger, Clement Virgo

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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Eitr

Director Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller
Year 2023
Run Time 14min
Genre Comedy, Drama
A closeted Arab wholesale perfume seller, attempting to mask his identity with excessive amounts of Polo Sport adjacent cologne, is knocked off center when a charming customer sees through his act.
 

Director

Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller

Writer

Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller

Cast

Augusto Bitter, Guled Abdi, Mostafa Shaker

Producer

Farah Abdo

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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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The Jazz Infernal

Director Will Niava
Year 2025
Run Time 16min
Genre Drama
Koffi, a young Ivorian trumpeter, arrives in Montreal with nothing but the legacy of his father to guide him. Lost between the city's noise and the silence of his past, he must confront his roots to finally find his own voice.
 

Director

Will Niava

Writer

Kristelle Laroche

Cast

Alexis Belhumeur

Producer

Jerad Anderson

Genre

Drama

Interests

Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships

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
NR
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Redlights

Director Eva Thomas (Ojibwe)
Year 2023
Run Time 14min
Genre Drama
An evening outing takes a dangerous turn for two Indigenous women.
 

Director

Eva Thomas (Ojibwe)

Cast

Ellyn Jade (Ojibwe), Kaniehtiio Horn (Mohawk)

Producer

Alan Bacchus

Genre

Drama

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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I Am The Blues

Director Daniel Cross
Year 2015
Run Time 180min
Genre Documentary

A musical journey through the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou, the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta and Moonshine soaked BBQs in the North Mississippi Hill Country. Visiting the last original blues devils, many in their 80s, still living in the deep south, working without management and touring the Chitlin’ Circuit. Let Bobby Rush, Barbara Lynn, Henry Gray, Carol Fran, Lazy Lester, Bilbo Walker, RL Boyce, Jimmy ’Duck’ Holmes, Lil Buck Sinegal, LC Ulmer and their friends awaken the blues in all of us.

Director

Daniel Cross

Genre

Documentary

Interest

BIPOC Stories

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

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