Language: English

  • Cathedral Bluffs

    “Cathedral Bluffs” is a satire about the interrelationships of consumerism, religion, and fine art. Consumers stream en masse through a shopping mall. The action freezes and the title of a Renaissance painting is superimposed on the resulting still. The film then cuts to the actual painting, superimposed with contemporary advertising copy.

  • the art of the morning

    A lyrical look at how one person prepares for the day ahead, savouring each moment.

  • I Love My Work

    Some of life’s little obstacles that get in the way of a girl and what she really wants: to do her work.

  • Loretta’s Flowers

    On a languid summer’s day in Toronto, a young woman cycles between increasingly intimate encounters with three discrete relations, trapped in a pattern of insatiable longing.

  • THE GENDER LADY: THE FABULOUS DR. MAY COHEN

    Roe v Wade and women’s abortion rights are under concerted attack in a number of American states. In Canada abortion has been legal for more than 30 years, but access to abortion services varies considerably across the country and conservative MPs and MLAs are increasingly participating in anti-choice strategy gatherings. Into this retrogressive context arrives a timely documentary: the compelling story of a courageous, pro-choice feminist campaigning Canadian family physician, “The Gender Lady – The Fabulous Dr May Cohen”. Dr. May Cohen has advocated for women’s health, women’s rights, abortion rights, LGBT rights and human sexuality for more than fifty…

  • The Gender Lady: The Fabulous Dr. May Cohen Short

    This is a short preview of the full documentary The Gender Lady: The Fabulous Dr. May Cohen. Dr. May Cohen is a brilliant Canadian physician and women’s rights trailblazer. For over 60 years, she has advocated powerfully in Canada and internationally for women’s reproductive rights, women’s health and women physicians’ advancement — and in the end, for us all. May is widely recognized for her many contributions to women’s health, sexuality, abortion choice and human rights. Numerous medical awards bear her name. The Gender Lady explores Dr. Cohen’s life and career and her extraordinary gender equity and human sexuality contributions.…

  • Extractions

    A personal film about Canada’s extraction industry and its detrimental effects on the land and Indigenous peoples. This film parallels resource extraction with the booming child apprehension Industry currently operating in Canada which is responsible for putting more Indigenous children into foster care than were in Residential Schools. As the filmmaker reviews his life and how these Industries have affected him, he also reflects on having his own eggs retrieved and frozen to make an Indigenous baby.

  • War Movie

    Two close friends leave a movie theatre after having seen a war movie. One is set off by it, and the other is ambivalent. This seemingly innocuous disagreement spirals into a larger point of contention between the two, unearthing deeper truths.

  • On the Rocks

    The filmmaker puts the spotlight on her husband, a recovering alcoholic, to learn and understand his thought process as an addict. She also reflects on her own struggles dealing with the alcoholism and its effect on their marriage.

  • GIK:SKWOD: How I lost My Indian Name

    In this experimental short film, a Seneca filmmaker shares how he lost his Native American “Indian” name. BACKGROUND: This is storytelling told through narration, images and text. In “Gik:skwod,” the filmmaker made cuts according to his eye blinks. During his film studies at Syracuse University, he read an excerpt from Walter Murch’s “In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing.” In the excerpt, Murch explains how we naturally edit what we see through our eye blinks. The filmmaker created “Gik:Skwod” by experimenting with Murch’s editing concept.