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Shall We Dance?
3 items
This collection brings together films that treat dance on film as both art and language. In The Dance, performance becomes an intimate expression, every gesture carrying emotion. Breath: with Pina Bausch offers a rare encounter with the legendary Pina Bausch, whose choreography forever changed th...
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I Will Bury You
1 season
This multi-award winning dark comedy series follows two brothers as they attempt to carry out their mother’s final wishes by scattering her ashes in the places she loved… if they can only figure out where that might be. Dealing with issues of grief, loss, and sibling rivalry, this genre defying s...
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Strangers In a Room
Movie + 6 extras
Jae Kim, a second-generation Korean actor, encounters a demonic vision on the day of a big commercial audition. After a micro-aggression during the audition deeply affects him, Jae is plunged into a state of shock and depression. Seeking solace and grappling with his feelings, Jae isolates himsel...
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Little Bird
Movie
Toronto International Film Festival
Little Bird follows the journey of a young adult struggling to face the paramount loss of their mother. In this semi autobiographical film, we are taken on an afternoon journey through grief. This short film will break your heart and help piece it back togethe...
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Rustic Oracle
Movie + 1 extra
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Kingston Canadian Film FestivalSet in the 90’s, this dramatic feature introduces audiences to 8 year old Ivy as she grapples to understand the circumstances around her older sister becoming a missing person. Highligh...
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ODEHIMIN
Movie
Accompanied by the beat of a drum, Odemin, heart berry, reminds us of the importance of connecting oneself with the land and water while exploring themes of self love and body image in this healing short film.
Canada - 2020 - 3mins
Directed By: Kijâtai-Alexandra Veillette-Cheezo
Written By: Kij... -
Ajornavianngilatit
Movie + 1 extra
imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival
An incredibly sweet story of a single mother who has dedicated her life to her child and, working hard for her family, goes out for a night of fun. She meets someone special and has to navigate her feelings during the initial parts of a queer relationship...
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Angakusajaujak - The Shaman's Apprentice
Movie + 1 extra
Toronto International Film Festival
Annecy International Animation Film Festival
SXSWWe are transported to the arctic and beyond as a young shaman apprentice is met with her first obstacle. On a guided journey to the underworld she is tasked to find the answers needed to help heal an sick comm...
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The Boonashy
Movie
Winner Best Actor, Best Animation, Best Director - Wild Bunch Film Festival 2023
Winner Best Cast - Alternative Film Festival 2023
Winner Best Director, Best Editing - Indie Shorts Mag 2023Lem tirelessly seeks the prized Boonashy, a notoriously taxing and addictive creature to hunt. But then a...
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LAND
10 items
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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Maybe Someday
Movie + 1 extra
"Maybe Someday is, indeed, a beautiful little film about loss and grief, love and letting go." The Independent Critic
BFI Flare
Cinequest Film Festival
Outfest LA Film FestivalMaybe Someday follows Jay (Michelle Ehlen), a photographer in her 40s, battling a mixture of denial and depression as ...
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Mama Gloria
Movie + 1 extra
"In her first feature, director Luchina Fisher lovingly captures the lived experience of a woman who deserves to go down in queer history." POV Magazine
Chigago International Film Festival
BFI Flare
Inside Out Film FestivalMeet Mama Gloria. Chicago’s Black transgender icon Gloria Allen blazed ...
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Last Days At Sea
Movie
"Venice Atienza’s wistful and evocative documentary is rooted in the liminal space between childhood and adolescence." The Guardian
Berlin International Film Festival
Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam12-year-old Reyboy lives in Karihatag, ...
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How The Room Felt
Movie + 1 extra
"A group of Georgian queers laugh, argue, party and love in this intimate and nuanced portrait of a close-knit LGBTQ+ community." POV Magazine
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
Thessaloniki Documentary FestivalIn the Geo...
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La Leyenda Negra
Movie + 1 extra
"...a deft blend of the intimate and the political that recalls the fire-in-the-belly feistiness of early Spike Lee joints." Screen International
Sundance Film Festival
IndieLisboa International Film Festival
BFI FlareIn writer-director Patricia Vidal Delgado's debut feature, a soon-to-be undo...
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Usina-Desejo contra a Indústria do Medothe
Movie + 3 extras
Created by filmmaking collective Anarca Filmes, Usina-Desejo contra a Indústria do Medothe is the group's first interactive film, bringing alternative endings (see Screening Instructions below) for the viewer to choose from. Directed by Amanda Seraphico, Clarissa Ribeiro and Lorran Dias, the film...
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Project Gutenberg
Movie + 1 extra
"Chow Yun-fat channels some of his most iconic screen work as a suave, sophisticated, sharp-dressed gentleman criminal..." Hollywood Reporter
Tokyo International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
MoMA - The ContendersDirected by Felix Chong (writer of Infernal Affairs) an...
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The White Fortress
Movie + 1 extra
"The White Fortress is a startling, hypnotizing, but above all haunting work destined to linger." Globe and Mail
Berlin International Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film FestivalSet in the rundown Sarajevo suburb of Alipasino Polje, writer/direct...
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Immaculat
Movie + 1 extra
"a compelling story about lost innocence" Cineuropa
Venice Film Festival
Stockholm International Film Festival
São Paulo International Film FestivalDirectors Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark powerful, gripping drama centres on Daria (Ana Dumitraşcu), a young woman entering rehab having ...
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The Slaughter
Movie + 1 extra
A group of friends, looking for a place to party, break into an abandoned film studio. Amusing themselves by screening some old movies, they stumble across what appears to be home-made film featuring a brutal masked murder. They soon begin to suspect they might be the victims in the sequel when t...
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Dust and Ashes
Movie + 1 extra
"A grieving young South Korean factory worker resorts to desperate measures in Park Hee-kwon’s enigmatic drama." Screendaily
Talinn Black Nights Film Festival
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Five Flavours Asian Film FestivalSet over a three day period, Dust And Ashes follows a g...
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Pattern
Movie + 1 extra
Reelworld Film Festival
Montreal International Black Film Festival
British Urban Film FestivalIntimate, and powerful, Pattern examines the challenges facing Curtis (Al St. Louis) who, while coming to terms with the death of his partner, is struggling to cope with a heavy workload, financial ins...
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When A Farm Goes Aflame
Movie + 1 extra
Berlin International Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
CPX:DOXA filmmaker completes his debut film: A reflection on his parents assumed monogamous long-distance marriage as well as his own Nigerian background and identity. He thereafter accidentally discovers his father’s secret; a second...
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Who Loves The Sun
Movie + 1 extra
"A gentle, often funny chamber piece in which his wonderful cast works out family problems against the stunning backdrop of Canadian cottage country." Globe and Mail
BFI London Film Festival
AFI Fest
Cleveland International Film FestivalFive years after suddenly disappearing from the Manitoba ...