Interest: Female Filmmaker

Hypersensitive

Director Martine Frossard
Year 2025
Run Time 6min
Genre Animation
A young woman navigates her surreal inner landscape, resisting a world that demands she silence her feelings.

Director

Martine Frossard

Genre

Animation

Interests

Female Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads

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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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
 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 Pitch

Director Michele Hozer
Year 2025
Run Time 99min
Genre Documentary
When Diana Matheson retires from the game she helped define, she takes on her biggest challenge yet: building Canada’s first women’s professional soccer league — and shaking up a system that has sidelined women for decades.

Director

Michele Hozer

Cast

Diana Matheson, Christine Sinclair, Erin McLeod

Producer

Bryn Hughes

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Female Filmmaker, Sports, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

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

Director Sophy Romvari
Year 2025
Run Time 90min
Genre Drama
A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child.
 

Director

Sophy Romvari

Cast

Amy Zimmer, Eylul Guven, Iringó Réti

Producer

Ryan Bobkin

Genre

Drama

Interests

Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Newcomer Stories

Original Languages

English, 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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Ciclo

Director Andrea Martínez Crowther
Year 2013
Run Time 92min
Genre Documentary
In 1956 brothers Arturo and Gustavo Martinez made a bicycle trip from Mexico City to Toronto. They were the first to accomplish this feat, and it changed their lives forever. Fifty three years later these two men, now 75 and 78, drive along the exact same route followed by a small film crew. 

Director

Andrea Martínez Crowther

Cast

Gustavo Martinez, Arturo Martínez

Producer

Ana Villegas

Genre

Documentary

Interests

BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, History, Sports

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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Blueberry Grunt

Director Sherry White
Year 2025
Run Time 85min
Genre Drama
Vivian and Harold's camping trip reveals their tensions, leading to a life-or-death situation as they confront their past.
 

Director

Sherry White

Cast

Liisa Repo-Martell, Percy Hynes White, Joel Thomas Hynes

Producer

Rob Blackie

Genre

Drama

Interest

Female Filmmaker

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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Levers

Director Rhayne Vermette (Métis)
Year 2025
Run Time 95min
Genre Drama
After an explosion causes a complete blackout, residents of a Manitoba community struggle to maintain their composure and connections as darkness tests their resilience.

Director

Rhayne Vermette (Métis)

Writer

Rhayne Vermette (Métis)

Cast

Will George, Andrina Turenne, Val Vint

Producer

Rhayne Vermette (Métis)

Genre

Drama

Interests

Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker

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
NR
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

Director Janet Perlman
Year 1981
Run Time 10min
Genre Animation, Comedy

The classic Cinderella fairytale is given an endearing twist, presented by a cast of penguins!

Director

Janet Perlman

Genres

Animation, Comedy

Interests

Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker

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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Invasion of the Space Lobsters

Director Janet Perlman
Year 2005
Run Time 6min
Genre Animation
As they try to assemble their barbecue, a suburban family is stunned by the appearance of giant lobsters in an egg-shaped UFO, leading to hilarious pandemonium. In this clever animated throwback to 1950s monster movies, a neighbourhood learns the value of clear communication!

Director

Janet Perlman

Genre

Animation

Interest

Female Filmmaker

Original Languages

English, French

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Midnight at the Paradise

Director Vanessa Matsui
Year 2022
Run Time 96min
Genre Drama, Romance
In this heartfelt ode to independent theatres, Iris (Liane Balaban), feeling something is missing in her life, reconnects with her old fling Alex (Allan Hawco) who is back in town. With their paths colliding at a fateful screening at her favourite theatre, the two will soon face a potentially life-altering decision.

Director

Vanessa Matsui

Writer

Bill Robertson

Cast

Liane Balaban, Allan Hawco, Kenneth Welsh

Producer

Bill Robertson

Genres

Drama, Romance

Interests

Arts and Culture, Female Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads

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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