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Director
Jeff Chiba Stearns
Producer
Jeff Chiba Stearns
Genres
Animation, Drama
Interest
Arts and Culture
Original Language
English
How To Be Alone
Narrated by Tanya Davis to beautiful hand-drawn illustrations by Dorfman, Davis’s eloquent poem is full of powerful truths. With over 9.5 million views on YouTube, the film is an online sensation.
Director
Andrea Dorfman
Dorfman’s short live action/animation collaboration with poet-musician Tanya Davis, How to Be Alone, garnered over 10 million views on YouTube and was adapted into a book published by HarperCollins, illustrated by Dorfman. They made a follow-up, the NFB animation How to Be at Home, during the first Covid lockdown. Dorfman has directed the feature films Parsley Days, Love That Boy, Heartbeat, and Spinster, and animated the NFB shorts Flawed and Big Mouth.
Writer
Tanya Davis
Producers
Walter Forsyth, Andrea Dorfman
Genres
Animation, Experimental
Interest
Female Filmmaker
Original Language
English
And That’s Remarkable
Director
Linnea Ritland
Genres
Animation, Drama
Interests
Bullying, Female Filmmaker
Original Language
English
Dystopianest Dystopia Ever
Director
Jon Murray
Writer
Jon Murray
Producer
Jon Murray
Genre
Comedy
Interests
Arts and Culture, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Volta
In this gorgeously shot documentary, Ryan Mullins is guided by a former projectionist on a tour of a derelict movie theatre in rural Ghana that is now serving as a make-shift school.
Director
Ryan Mullins
Producers
Noah Dumahasi, Ryan Mullins
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Global Experiences
Original Language
English
Lights for Gita
Director
Michel Vo
Genre
Animation
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Global Experiences
Original Languages
English, French
Mr. Sanderson
Directors
Ray Sanderson, Terrie McIntosh (Ojibwe)
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
The Blue Butterfly
Director
Léa Pool
A Member of the Order of Canada, Pool has earned three Genie Award nominations for Best Direction. Her films include Emporte Moi, Mouvements du désir, Lost and Delirious, La dernière fugue, Et au pire, on se mariera and Hôtel Silence, as well as the documentaries Pink Ribbons, Inc and Double peine. La passion d'Augustine won 15 awards, among them six Prix Iris, including Best Film and Best Director.
Writer
Pete McCormack
Cast
William Hurt, Pascale Bussières, Marc Donato, Raoul Max Trujillo, Marianella Jimenez
Producers
Claude Bonin, Francine Atlaire, Arnie Gelbart, Michael Haggiag
Genres
Drama, Family
Interests
Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker
Original Language
English
SARS-CoV-2
We have been changed in innumerable ways by the historical event of SARS-CoV-2. Ways that we haven’t begun to comprehend. In this short, an individual reflects on the chaos and monotony of the past year.
Director
Andrew Huculiak
Writer
Andrew Huculiak
Cast
Emily Schoen
Producer
Josh Huculiak
Genre
Documentary
Interest
Global Experiences
Original Language
English
Oscar Peterson: Black + White
Director
Barry Avrich
Avrich is an acclaimed documentarian whose many directing credits include Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky, Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz, Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella, Oscar Peterson: Black + White, for which he won a CSA, and The Road Between Us, which won TIFF’s People’s Choice Documentary Award. Avrich has authored three books, and adapted several theatrical productions for the screen.
Cast
Jon Batiste, Daniel Clarke Bouchard, Measha Brueggergosman, Herbie Hancock
Producers
Barry Avrich, Mark Selby
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English