Maleena, the only mixed-race student in her school, experiences racism from her school friends, but does not understand why. With the help of her loving and understanding mother, she is able to reconcile her identity as a mixed raced girl.
In her trademark playful style, Quebec cartoonist and animator Diane Obomsawin, a.k.a. Obom, adapts her latest graphic novel for the screen, using endearing anthropomorphic figures to tell poignant real-life stories of love.
Gabrielle is a young independent woman, master of her own life and choices. But when unexpected news come hurtling into her life, Gabrielle is forced to face difficult questions.
In her latest animated short, Academy Award-winning director Torill Kove explores the beauty and complexity of parental love, the bonds that we form over time, and the ways in which they stretch and shape us.
Forced to empty and clean her late father's house quickly, Renee arrives to a gigantic mess and realizes her father is a hoarder. In the six following days, Renee will try and seek her significance, her own presence, in this clutter.
Lily-May, in the throes of teenage angst, announces to her parents that she wants to die, in the comforting surroundings of an assisted suicide clinic. Dark comedy set in a futuristic world, not so different from our own.
In 1977, David Boswell created the comic book anti-hero Reid Fleming, the World's Toughest Milkman. More than 30 years later, the big screen Hollywood Adaptation remains in contractual limbo.
Born in an era when whales were on everyone's menu and her family members were being harpooned, then shot, then captured and put on display, Granny (J2) miraculously survived in the west coast waters for over a century.
No Reservations is a political satire inspired by the true-life events of the Dakota Access Pipeline construction. The film presents a unique point of view, and a voice of accountability to the Indigenous people of North America.
The art of handmade film is a rarity in today's industry. Experimental filmmaker Lindsay McIntyre spends days preparing the film emulsion she shoots on and hand develops herself.
Evan returns to see the band he used to manage after a painful three-year hiatus and a radical change, now living as a trans man. He must find a way towards self-acceptance and love, especially as he encounters his ex.
While doing laundry in her apartment complex Sheila props open her front door with the deadbolt giving a stranger quick access to her apartment. Locked out with no keys, phone or ID, she struggles find out who is in her home.
An elderly Filipino man finds a young, distraught woman rummaging through his yard. After realizing the young woman is also Filipino and understands Tagalog, he invites her over for lunch.
A woman explores her personal history through journals, artwork, and family photos to overcome shame about her body. When her childhood medical records reveal that she was obese at 3 years old, she questions when being fat became a choice.
A refugee father and daughter arrive in Toronto, greeted by the raucous noise of the Canadian National Air Show. Pushed to relive the trauma of their past, they struggle to find meaning in this longstanding Canadian tradition.
In an atmosphere grown suddenly impossible to breathe, a diver and a woman appear to be the only survivors. As their reserves of air run out, will they make love or war?
Inheriting the family home is a chance for Jules and his partner, Alice, to write their own page in his family history. But they are thwarted by a strange force that spreads insidiously throughout the house.
