Interest: Strong Female Leads
La soeur de Margot (Margot’s Sister)
A shy pre-teen struggles when her classmates begin to make fun of her sister’s disability, until she finds the courage within herself to stand up to them.
Director
Christine Doyon
Genre
Drama
Interests
Bullying, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
French
With Love From Munera
Munera Yusuf, a spirited young storyteller, revisits the spaces that have shaped her healing and growth from some of the most trying moments of her past.
Content note: Mention of attempted suicide.
Director
Yazmeen Kanji
Yazmeen Kanji is an award winning Indo-Caribbean Muslim filmmaker and founder of Films for a Cause, a social enterprise which provides advocacy and consulting for underrepresented communities in the film industry. Her 2020 film With Love From Munera won the Breakthroughs Film Festival Audience Choice Award. She is currently working on a feature documentary, The Sickling.
Writer
Yazmeen Kanji
Genre
Documentary
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Sensei
Director
Jill Roberts
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Female Filmmaker, Sports, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
N’xaxaitkw
Director
Asia Youngman (Cree-Métis)
Genres
Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Radical
Director
Deanne Foley
Writer
Mary Walsh
Cast
Mary Walsh
Producer
Annette Clarke
Genre
Comedy
Interests
Arts and Culture, Biography, Female Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Nancy’s Workshop
Director
Aïcha Diop
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads
Original Languages
English, French
Short Film Programme
If you’d like to show several short films together as a programme, please feel free to get in touch for advice and tips on selecting the perfect combination for your needs.
Director
Shorts Programme
Genres
Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Family, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Interests
Arts and Culture, Biography, BIPOC Stories, Bullying, Classics, Cult & Offbeat Cinema, Discrimination, Environment, ESL, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, History, Indigenous Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+, Literary Adaptation, Newcomer Stories, Social Justice & Politics, Sports, Strong Female Leads
Original Languages
English, French
You Are Here
Director
Daniel Cockburn
Writer
Daniel Cockburn
Cast
Tracy Wright, Shannon Beckner, Richard Clarkin, Jenni Burke, Robert Kennedy
Producer
Daniel Bekerman
Genres
Drama, Experimental, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Interests
Arts and Culture, Social Justice & Politics, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Life Classes
Director
William D. MacGillivray
Writer
William D. MacGillivray
Cast
Jacinta Cormier, Leon Dubinsky, Leo Jessome, Trudi Petersen, Jane Purves
Producer
Stephen Reynolds
Genre
Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, Family Relationships, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Sitting in Limbo
Boasting an infectious reggae score by Jimmy Cliff, the film was developed as part of the National Film Board’s Alternative Drama program, which placed non-professional actors in realistic situations. Issues including racism, poverty and teenage pregnancy are highlighted in what is also a very warm and pleasing film.
Sitting in Limbo achieved Honourable Mention for “its freshness and vitality” at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Director
John N. Smith
An Officer of the Order of Canada, Smith’s credits include award-winning TV docudramas such as Dieppe, Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story, and the Gemini Award-winning The Boys of St. Vincent. He also directed numerous feature films, including Sitting in Limbo, which won Best Canadian feature at TIFF in 1986, Dangerous Minds, A Cool Dry Place, Geraldine’s Fortune and Love & Savagery among others. In 2013, he won the Directors Guild of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award.
Writers
David Wilson, John N. Smith
Cast
Pat Dillon, Fabian Gibbs, Sylvie Clarke
Producers
John N. Smith, David Wilson
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Classics, Discrimination, Global Experiences, Social Justice & Politics, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English