Interest: Strong Female Leads

La fonte des glaces (The Thawing of Ice)

Director François Péloquin
Year 2024
Run Time 106min
Genre Drama
Louise Denoncourt, a parole officer unlike any other, skillfully manages an experimental rehabilitation wing for murderers. A new inmate in her custody is suspected of killing her mother. Tormented by doubt, Louise embarks on a mission that quickly spirals out of control. How far will she go to stop her from killing again?
 

Director

François Péloquin

Cast

Lothaire Bluteau, Christine Beaulieu

Producer

Ziad Touma

Genre

Drama

Interests

Social Justice & Politics, Strong Female Leads

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
G
 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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Barbaracadabra

Directors Renaud Lessard, Barbara Ulrich
Year 2025
Run Time 82min
Genre Documentary
As the star of Gilles Groulx’s Le chat dans le sac (1964), Barbara Ulrich epitomized a new sense of youthful vitality and freedom then emerging not only in Quebec’s cinema, but in its society at large. Sixty years later, Ulrich joined filmmaker Renaud Lessard for a cinematic experiment, one that provided her with the means to overcome her fears and define herself on her own terms.

Directors

Renaud Lessard, Barbara Ulrich

Writers

Barbara Ulrich, Renaud Lessard

Cast

Barbara Ulrich

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Arts and Culture, Strong Female Leads

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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We Lend a Hand

Director Colin Field
Year 2025
Run Time 49min
Genre Documentary
We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes is a documentary film that tells the extraordinary story of 40,000 teenage girls who volunteered on Canadian farms and helped win the Second World War.
 

Director

Colin Field

Writer

Felipe Giaj-Levra

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Biography, Environment, History, 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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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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This Is Not a Test

Director Adam MacDonald
Year 2025
Run Time 102min
Genre Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller
In this thrilling twist on a zombie apocalypse, a group of teenagers barricade themselves into their high school to stave off hordes of zombies. Based on the popular YA novel of the same name by Courtney Summers.

Director

Adam MacDonald

Writers

Adam MacDonald, Courtney Summers

Cast

Olivia Holt, Missy Peregrym, Luke Macfarlane

Producers

Adam MacDonald, Cybill Lui

Genres

Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Interests

Literary Adaptation, 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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Menteuse (Compulsive Liar 2)

Director Émile Gaudreault
Year 2025
Run Time 102min
Genre Comedy

A sequel to the smash-hit comedy Menteur (Compulsive Liar), this hilarious film was the highest grossing Canadian film of the year in 2025. Virginie lies all the time, but only because she cares about protecting people’s feelings. As her lies build, her whole world gets turned on its head, when all her lies become true! 

Director

Émile Gaudreault

Gaudreault co-wrote Louis 19, le roi des ondes, which Ron Howard adapted into EDtv. Gaudreault both co-wrote and directed De pere en flic (the highest-grossing French-language film in Canadian history), Le vrai du faux, Le sens de l'humour and Mambo Italiano, which earned six Canadian Comedy Award nominations. He also wrote and directed De père en flic 2, and most recently, the comedy Menteur. He also co-wrote the upcoming Lignes de fuite, and is producing the English-language remake of De père en flic, Fathers and Guns.

Writers

Eric K. Boulianne, Émile Gaudreault, Sébastien Ravary

Cast

Catherine Chabot, Antoine Bertrand, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé

Producers

Émile Gaudreault, Marie-Alexandra Forget, André Dupuy

Genre

Comedy

Interests

Family Relationships, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

French

Ratings by Province

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

Director Kid Koala
Year 2025
Run Time 86min
Genre Animation, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
In this charming animated adventure set in the distant future, a young girl raised by a robot becomes a space cadet, and gets selected for her first interstellar adventure. As she encounters challenges on her quest, she is guided by the lessons and memories of her childhood.

Director

Kid Koala

Writer

Mylène Chollet

Producer

Ginette Petit

Genres

Animation, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Interests

Family Relationships, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

No Dialogue

Ratings by Province

G
 Alberta
NR
 British Columbia
NR
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
 Nova Scotia
G
 Northwest Territories
G
 Nunavut
NR
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
NR
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Sedna, Empress of the Sea

Director Jerry Thevenet
Year 2022
Run Time 83min
Genre Animation, Family
In this brilliant animated reimagining of an Inuit legend, a young girl named Sedna is kidnapped by an evil raven and held captive on a remote island. Her escape takes her on an unforgettable journey full of action, songs and laughs.

 

Director

Jerry Thevenet

Writer

Jerry Thevenet

Cast

Shawn Youngchief, Paula Davis

Producer

Jerry Thevenet

Genres

Animation, Family

Interests

BIPOC Stories, Indigenous Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads

Original Languages

English, French, 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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Deux femmes en or (Two Women)

Director Chloé Robichaud
Year 2025
Run Time 100min
Genre Comedy, Drama
Two mothers living next door to each other each feel overwhelmed by societal pressures, and undervalued in their respective marriages. When one enters into a spontaneous affair, it sends both of them on a journey of self-realization.
 

Director

Chloé Robichaud

Writer

Catherine Léger

Cast

Laurence Leboeuf, Mani Soleymanlou, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman

Producers

Martin Paul-Hus, Catherine Léger

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Interests

Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

French

Ratings by Province

14A
 Alberta
14A
 British Columbia
14A
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
NR
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
14A
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
13+
 Québec
14A
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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