Friendship brings immense joy to our lives, offering a unique connection that's distinct from romantic or familial love and often shapes us in ways we don’t fully appreciate. By exploring different kinds of friendships across various generations and situations, we uncover aspects of ourselves tha...

A collection of films examine the complex, challenging relationships between children and their parents, and the fragility of family bonds.

This collection includes documentaries and feature films from over 20 European Union countries, illustrating the continents diversity as well as the many commonalities which connect the countries.

This collection of documentaries focuses on groups and individuals advocating for the rights of others, and their own communities. By turns shocking, inspirational, maddening and hopeful, these powerful films, and their defiant subjects, will long linger in the memory.

All of the films presented in the MATRIARCH/FUTURES collection value the paramount presence and love Matriarchs exude. We recognize the weight carried by Matriarchs actively making changes and envisioning harmonious ways to continue onward. This collection displays stories that are deeply root...

Inside Out is a not-for-profit registered charity that exists to challenge attitudes and change lives through the promotion, production and exhibition of film made by and about 2SLGBTQ+ people of all ages, races and abilities. For more than three decades, Inside Out has brought Toronto's 2SLGBTQ+...

This collection of short films, documentaries and fiction features highlights the work of Indigenous filmmaker from around the world.

Land Acknowledgement
We would like to acknowledge that HighballTV’s headquarters are located in Toronto, which is on the traditional territory of the Mississauga...

Coming-Of-Age films are some of the most lauded in film history, from classics such as Rebel Without A Cause and The 400 Blows, to the John Hughes movies of the 80s and beyond, it is one of cinema's most beloved genres. This collection of international films features a multitude of stories all fo...

This collection, which features both fiction and non-fiction films, explores issues relating to mental health. Some of the films address these issues overtly, some more subtly. What the they do all have in common, however, is that they each offer a compassionate, empathetic perspective on those c...

LAND connects us to our ancestors, both future and past. As time spirals forward, it is the land that continues to ground us. Exploring the interactions and relationships between LAND, stewardship, cultures, communities, and Nations by Indigenous filmmakers from around the World.

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A collection of films exploring 2SLGBTQ+ stories from around the globe. Documentaries, shorts and features that delve into joy, freedom, love, as well oppressive societies, lived trauma and overcoming daily fear. Come along for the journey with some amazing complicated characters and subjects who...

From issues relating to LGBTQ2S+ rights, the rights of Indigenous peoples to the right to free speech and the right to a fair trial, these films provide valuable insights into the lives of people fighting for justice for themselves, for others and for their communities.

This collection celebrates films which swing for the fences, taking bold, idiosyncratic approaches to storytelling. These films are linked by the filmmaker's willingness to challenge audience expectations and play with genre conventions, resulting in daring, fantastical and, occasionally, downrig...

The team here at Highball TV are always drawn to films which celebrate art and illustrate the power of creativity. This collection features a number of films which do just that. Between them, they portray the ways in which theatre, film, dance, art and music can inspire others, give a voice to th...

A collection of cinema that pushes traditional narrative structures and chooses to expand our understanding of storytelling. Allow yourself to let go of ways you interpret film while watching any of these films that either experiment, combine documentary and fiction, contort plots and characters,...

Founded by Leah Meyerhoff in 2013, Film Fatales supports an inclusive community of women feature film and television directors who meet regularly to share resources, collaborate on projects and build an environment in which to make their films. In the past ten years the organization has expanded ...

Things are going bump in the night in black and white in this collection of classic horror, which features icons of the genre, Vincent Price, Lon Chaney and Bela Lugosi.

This collection of films from around the world - Europe, Asia, North America and Africa are represented - looks at childhood and adolescence. Featuring both fiction and non-fiction films, they examine themes such as vulnerability, identity, innocence and victimization, as well as tenacity, courag...

This collection is personal.

I’m Ukrainian-Canadian. Ukrainian was my first language, I grew up in the Ukrainian community that included many activities and events that celebrated Ukrainian culture.

When I went to Ukraine for the first time when I was 15 years old, it felt like I was coming hom...

Each of the films in this collection see filmmakers directing the camera towards their own families - their parents, siblings, or their extended families. This provides them with a unique level of access to their subjects which, in turn, creates an intimacy that any other director would be unlike...

This collection of documentaries examines the lives of people, either from a biographical, observational or historical standpoint. These stories of musicians, artists, activists, and others, offer up portraits of individuals whose lives inspire, and provide audiences with an insight into how othe...

A collection of documentaries that look at the environments in which we live, from both a macro and micro perspective. From workplaces to communities to countries, these films offer a look at how the with the spaces and places in which we live, work and engage with others impact our lives.

"What I want is to make people feel the passing of time."

These words of Chantal Akerman run like a thread through this program selection. For more than two decades, directors from around the world have used time and long duration to investigate and explore what it means to be human today. Yet, ...