Interest: History
La mémoire des anges (The Memories of Angels)
Director
Luc Bourdon
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, History
Original Languages
English, French
Grass
Director
Ron Mann
Writer
Solomon Vesta
Cast
Woody Harrelson
Producers
Sue Len Quon, Ron Mann
Genre
Documentary
Interests
History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
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.
Producers
Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, Biography, Female Filmmaker, History
Original Language
English
Experimental Eskimos
Director
Barry Greenwald
Cast
Eric Tagoona, Zebedee Nungak, Peter Ittinuar
Producer
Peter Raymont
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Languages
English, Inuktitut
Ararat
Director
Atom Egoyan
Egoyan is a Companion of the Order of Canada, and received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in 2015 for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. He has produced a significant body of work in film, television, and theatre. He has won over 60 awards, and was nominated for 80 others, including two Academy Award nominations for The Sweet Hereafter. His films have screened at festivals and in major retrospectives around the world, and a number of books have been written about his work. His films include Exotica, Ararat, The Captive, and Seven Veils, among many others.
Writer
Atom Egoyan
Cast
Simon Abkarian, Charles Aznavour, Christopher Plummer, Arsinée Khanjian
Producers
Robert Lantos, Atom Egoyan
Genre
Drama
Interests
Discrimination, Global Experiences, History, Newcomer Stories, Social Justice & Politics, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Canada’s Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
An American thug is imported to crush the Seafarers’ Union in this exploration of the corrupt state of labour management relations in Canada from the 1940s to the ‘60s.
Director
Donald Brittain
An Officer of the Order of Canada, Brittain was one of Canada’s most respected and prolific documentary filmmakers. A few of his notable films include Fields of Sacrifice, Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen, Memorandum, and the Genie Award-winning Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed. He wrote the 1975 Oscar-nominated short doc Whistling Smith and co-directed Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry, which garnered 6 Canadian Film Awards and an Academy Award nomination.
Writers
Donald Brittain, Richard Nielsen
Cast
Maury Chaykin
Producers
Paul Wright, Donald Brittain, Adam Symansky, Andy Thomson
Genre
Drama
Interests
Biography, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
La guerre du feu (Quest for Fire)
A trio of prehistoric warriors travel the earth in search of fire, encountering sabre-toothed tigers, mammoths and cannibals along the way.
Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers
J.H. Rosny Sr., Gérard Brach
Cast
Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Perlman, Everett McGill, Nicholas Kadi
Producers
John Kemeny, Denis Héroux
Genre
Drama
Interests
History, Literary Adaptation
Original Language
French
Ce qu’il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life)
In 1952, an Inuk hunter (Natar Ungalaaq) leaves his northern community to be treated for tuberculosis in Quebec City, where he is alone and despondent until a young orphan arrives at the sanatorium.
Director
Benoît Pilon
Writer
Bernard Émond
Cast
Natar Ungalaaq (Inuk)
Producer
Bernadette Payeur
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
French
Luck
This charming and fast-paced romantic comedy is a certified crowd-pleaser, winning the award for Best Narrative Feature at South By Southwest.
Director
Peter Wellington
Writer
Peter Wellington
Cast
Sarah Polley, Luke Kirby, Jed Rees
Producers
Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Interests
History, Sports
Original Language
English
La sarrasine
Montreal, 1904: an Italian-Canadian immigrant couple is caught in the heightened tension between the city’s Italian and French-Canadian communities. Winner of a Genie for Tony Nardi’s performance.
Director
Paul Tana
Writers
Paul Tana, Tony Nardi, Bruno Ramirez
Cast
Enrica Maria Modugno, Tony Nardi
Producer
Marc Daigle
Genre
Drama
Interests
Discrimination, History, Newcomer Stories
Original Language
French