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  • 1982
    First Winter

    First Winter

    First Winter

    7.11982HD

    First Winter is a 1982 Canadian short film directed by John N. Smith. With the father away, an Irish immigrant family struggle to survive their first...

    First Winter
  • 2014
    Absences

    Absences

    Absences

    02014HD

    Carole Laganière dives deeply into personal territory in this beautifully crafted exploration of absence and loss and its painful effect on...

    Absences
  • 2012
    Timuti

    Timuti

    Timuti

    02012HD

    In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they call him Timuti, a name that recurs across...

    Timuti
  • 1966
    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    7.21966HD

    A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
  • 1963
    21-87

    21-87

    21-87

    6.81963HD

    This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National...

    21-87
  • 2013
    Chi

    Chi

    Chi

    6.22013HD

    Director Anne Wheeler joins actress Babz Chula on a trip to India to rid herself of cancer.

    Chi
  • 1999
    When the Day Breaks

    When the Day Breaks

    When the Day Breaks

    6.71999HD

    A rooster has his last biscuit for breakfast and goes grocery shopping. A pig prepares her breakfast (potato peelings, with the potatoes thrown in...

    When the Day Breaks
  • 1977
    The Sand Castle

    The Sand Castle

    The Sand Castle

    6.51977HD

    This short animated film features the sandman and the creatures he sculpts out of sand. These lively creatures build a castle and celebrate the...

    The Sand Castle
  • 1949
    How to Build an Igloo

    How to Build an Igloo

    How to Build an Igloo

    6.71949HD

    This classic short film shows how to make an igloo using only snow and a knife. Two Inuit men in Canada’s Far North choose the site, cut and...

    How to Build an Igloo
  • 1949
    Begone Dull Care

    Begone Dull Care

    Begone Dull Care

    6.81949HD

    In this extraordinary short animation, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted colours, shapes, and transformations directly onto their filmstrip....

    Begone Dull Care
  • 1976
    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

    5.71976HD

    This feature-length Oscar®-nominated documentary focuses on Malcolm Lowry, author of one of the major novels of the 20th century, Under the...

    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
  • 1980
    The Sweater

    The Sweater

    The Sweater

    6.11980HD

    In this animated short, Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket"...

    The Sweater
  • 1957
    A Chairy Tale

    A Chairy Tale

    A Chairy Tale

    6.71957HD

    An ordinary-looking chair refuses to be sat upon.

    A Chairy Tale
  • 1977
    J.A. Martin Photographer

    J.A. Martin Photographer

    J.A. Martin Photographer

    6.21977HD

    The wife of photographer J.A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian countryside at the turn of the century. She hopes the...

    J.A. Martin Photographer
  • 1988
    The Cat Came Back

    The Cat Came Back

    The Cat Came Back

    71988HD

    A pesky yellow cat becomes the bane of Mr. Johnson's life as it constantly outsmarts his increasingly desperate attempts to get rid of it.

    The Cat Came Back
  • 1977
    The Street

    The Street

    The Street

    5.61977HD

    This film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he...

    The Street
  • 1961
    Very Nice, Very Nice

    Very Nice, Very Nice

    Very Nice, Very Nice

    5.91961HD

    Arthur Lipsett's first film is an avant-garde blend of photography and sound. It looks behind the business-as-usual face we put on life and shows...

    Very Nice, Very Nice
  • 2013
    My Prairie Home

    My Prairie Home

    My Prairie Home

    6.72013HD

    A true Canadian iconoclast, acclaimed transgender country/electro-pop artist Rae Spoon revisits the stretches of rural Alberta that once constituted...

    My Prairie Home
  • 1962
    Lonely Boy

    Lonely Boy

    Lonely Boy

    6.21962HD

    This short film portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world....

    Lonely Boy
  • 1977
    The Bead Game

    The Bead Game

    The Bead Game

    6.61977HD

    To a percussive soundtrack, a succession of more complex animals forms and is consumed by their successors (all formed from beads). Finally, We reach...

    The Bead Game