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Call of the Orcas

Director Jessica Plumb
Year 2024
Run Time 11min
Genre Documentary
Call of the Orcas explores urgent efforts to recover endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales of the Pacific Northwest, through the eyes of one of their human champions, researcher Ken Balcomb, who passed away in 2022. Balcomb’s survey work over nearly fifty years helped people see these orcas as individuals, in family groups, and led to a subspecies listing under the US Endangered Species Act. 

Director

Jessica Plumb

Genre

Documentary

Interest

Environment

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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Jules au pays d’Asha (Adventures in the Land of Asha)

Director Sophie Farkas Bolla
Year 2023
Run Time 89min
Genre Action/Adventure, Drama

Director

Sophie Farkas Bolla

Writers

Sophie Farkas Bolla, Sarah Lalonde

Cast

Gaby Jourdain, Alex Dupras

Producers

Hany Ouichou, Kim O'Bomsawin (Abenaki)

Genres

Action/Adventure, Drama

Interest

BIPOC Stories

Original Language

French

Ratings by Province

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

Director Nat Boltt
Year 2026
Run Time 101min
Genre Comedy, Drama
A lost boy in search of heaven, three odd nuns on a mission, a car powered by God (and stolen money). This is a road trip like no other. A comedic near-tragedy that just keeps going South.

Director

Nat Boltt

Writer

Joy Cowley

Cast

Miriam Margolyes

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Interest

Family Relationships

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

PG
 Alberta
G
 British Columbia
G
 Manitoba
NR
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
PG
 Nova Scotia
PG
 Northwest Territories
PG
 Nunavut
G
 Ontario
NR
 Prince Edward Island
G
 Québec
G
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Kensington Market: Heart of the City

Director Stuart Clarfield
Year 2024
Run Time 104min
Genre Documentary

Director

Stuart Clarfield

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Arts and Culture, History

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
G
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Salmon Secrets

Director Jérémy Mathieu
Year 2024
Run Time 40min
Genre Documentary
Fish farming threatens wild salmon with extinction. Though Canada pledged to remove farms from BC waters by 2025, industry resists. Salmon Secrets follows Clayoquot Action's underwater investigation near Tofino, with First Nations advocates and experts highlighting salmon recovery after farm closures.

Director

Jérémy Mathieu

Genre

Documentary

Interest

Environment

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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Shook

Director Amar Wala
Year 2024
Run Time 113min
Genre Drama, Romance
After a run-in with his estranged father, an aspiring writer learns a secret that will force him to balance family, love, and success while navigating the divide between the exciting city life he wants and his suburban reality.

Director

Amar Wala

Amar Wala is an award-winning Toronto-based filmmaker and alumni of York University’s Film Program. His debut feature The Secret Trial 5 earned him jury recognition as an Emerging Filmmaker at Hot Docs and was named as one of the Top Ten Docs of the Decade by Realscreen. Wala has also directed and produced award-winning television series such as the acclaimed CBC Arts program In The Making and the award-winning comedy series Next Stop.   

Writer

Adnan Khan

Cast

Saamer Usmani, Amy Forsyth, Pamela Sinha

Genres

Drama, Romance

Interest

Family Relationships

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

14A
 Alberta
14A
 British Columbia
14A
 Manitoba
14A
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
14A
 Nova Scotia
14A
 Northwest Territories
14A
 Nunavut
14A
 Ontario
14A
 Prince Edward Island
G
 Québec
14A
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Monica’s News

Director Pamela Gallant
Year 2024
Run Time 85min
Genre Drama

Director

Pamela Gallant

Writer

Pamela Gallant

Cast

Polly Gallant-Mclean, Elisa Paszt

Producer

Terry Greenlaw

Genre

Drama

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
 Alberta
NR
 British Columbia
NR
 Manitoba
PG
 New Brunswick
NR
 Newfoundland and Labrador
PG
 Nova Scotia
NR
 Northwest Territories
NR
 Nunavut
NR
 Ontario
PG
 Prince Edward Island
NR
 Québec
NR
 Saskatchewan
NR
 Yukon
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Sur la corde raide (High Wire)

Directors Claude Guilmain, Christian Langlois
Year 2019
Run Time 82min
Genre Documentary

Directors

Claude Guilmain, Christian Langlois

Writer

Claude Guilmain

Cast

Jean Chrétien

Producers

Dominic Desjardins, Denis McCready

Genre

Documentary

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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Special of the Day

Director Christopher Bevan
Year 2011
Run Time 5min
Genre Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Vita Nova, the city in the stars. Home to those of the human race deemed worthy to move on from the chaos of Earth. For those left behind a deadly hunt for outlaws takes place in the wilderness with the promise of living a new life and a new beginning the prize. The special of the day.

Director

Christopher Bevan

Genre

Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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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Marée noire

Director Chantal Caron
Year 2024
Run Time 12min
Genre Experimental
Marée noire is a cry of the species, a survival instinct against the elements. A final breath of life before being swept away by the Earth, or perhaps conversely, a battle to be fought against all odds to hold on before extinction.

Director

Chantal Caron

Genre

Experimental

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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