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- A politician has just a couple of minutes to convince people to vote for him, and tries to seduce his audience with promises he thinks they want to hear.
- Set in Ottawa's historic grand hotel on the eve of a young couple's arranged wedding, Chateau Laurier offers a wry slice-of-life glimpse into romance in the 1900s.
- Cyberspace and Cyberwar....what is right and what is wrong.
- 'Where Are the Dolls' follows a woman as she embarks on a late-night journey through an unfamiliar urban landscape, searching for something she cannot name. The film is inspired by the poem 'Where are the dolls who loved me so....' by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979). An impressionistic dream that emerges from the woman's subconscious, the film navigates issues of femininity, intimacy and sexuality.
- A Man is lost in the memory of his wife and the last good day they spent together.
- An allegory - where the virtual has taken over the real and where physical bodies are not present.
- Four young trick-or-treaters set out on a door-to-door adventure - making their way from house to house, collecting strange treats as they go - that could very well end up being... the Last Halloween!
- After an absence, Evan unexpectedly returns to face his now-famous, former bandmates. The surprise reunion is bittersweet, in this intimate depiction of the knotty complexities of relating to old friends, after everything has changed.
- Trapped in professional purgatory, four junior bankers must decide what they truly want before it's too late.
- Everyone has "that" friend - the one who shows up uninvited, drinks all your booze, and hits on your girlfriend - who we all secretly hate and wish would just go away; one night, a group of friends decide enough is enough and there's only one way to get rid of him for good - they MUST KILL KARL.
- Musical mantra derived from machine-gun micro-montage.
- Suzette is in an awful jam. Born deaf and poor in the rough and tumble mill town of Big Pine, she struggles to pay down her daddy's gambling debts by working nights as a cigarette girl at Big Jack Montag's swinging club, The Sweet Hippo. Problem is, Big Jack wants more from Suzette than just her time and half her tips. As time wears on, Suzette's hopes and dreams dwindle and fade. And now, making things worse, she thinks she might be falling in love with the club's star performer, Suitcase Sam! What's a girl to do?
- A blacklisted reporter reinvents a dead-end tabloid as a credible online news source, only to discover her true voice and that through small press, she can make a big difference.
- A young woman is found in the middle of an empty Montreal street, lost and without any recollection of how she got there. She's brought in by police who proceed to interview her - does she remember who she is? Can anyone else remember?
- A love triangle is complicated by an urban legend, Captivus, whereby an entangled couple cannot physically separate themselves.
- Nothing is what it appears when a young woman meets a young man outside a wedding.
- Jon and Caitlin imagine in great detail what disasters may occur if they were to lose their heads, follow their hearts and finally kiss.
- Jocelyn works at her Uncle's "Crying Booths" in the country, while crying is forbidden in the cities.
- On a summer day in the 1950s, a native Cree girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car. A woman at her kitchen table sings a lullaby in her Cree language. When the girl arrives at her destination, she undergoes a transformation that will turn the woman's gentle voice into a howl of anger and pain.
- The film centers on an unusual photograph dating back to the 1930s. An investigation of its particulars reveals a tapestry of secrets hidden in the details, and a tale of kidnapping and murder captured in a haunting moment.
- Bradley Moore is having a BAD day. He gets dumped, evicted and fired all before lunch. But when a stranger offers Brad a Golden Ticket, allowing him act without consequence for the remainder of the day, things take a turn...
- Where futures are known and happiness is guaranteed by G.O.D., a mother is given a choice- her child or her perfect future.
- The exploration of humour in Mennonite culture. Comedian Matt Falk digs into his cultural heritage by speaking to Mennonite humour masters in order to craft a killer new act in time for his live TV comedy special.
- Canadian First Nations actors Tara Beagan, Lorne Cardinal and Thomas King recite a poem about what it means to First Nations. They explain that society's perception is guided by images in films and other media of "Indians", but that they are not "the Indians (we) have in mind" as portrayed in those images. Although some of those images are positive and some negative, they tend to be stereotypes. First Nations people in Canada, they explain, live like everyone else - they're your neighbors, your bus drivers, your shopkeepers. But First Nations people have to live in the way that is provided to them from decisions made by the earliest settlers.
- "Brunt Toast" is the brainchild of the same team that created "Toothpaste", the 6-minute domestic opera that has been screened throughout the world has received numerous international prizes. Also featuring Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Colin Mochrie and Jessica Holmes, "Burnt Toast" is a series of eight comedic vignettes which were written by Dan Redican (story editor for Kids in the Hall). The stories follow the arc of the modern relationship from a darkly comedic viewpoint with each vignette using a different set of characters to tell stories from unrequited love through to marriage and on to divorce. What truly makes this project unique? It's an opera! That's right, all of the characters within these contemporary domestic settings spontaneously break out into grand operatic song in order to express even the most mundane thought - often with extremely funny results. This is achieved through pre-recording the tracks with famous opera singers and playing them back on-set where a mix of talented actors and opera stars bring these characters to life.
- An old woman must triumph over Death in a Mexican wrestling match if she wishes to save her husband and daughter.
- At the defining moment of his military career, Sir Francis Drake risks everything to engage his nemesis in a battle of honour. It's 1596. Spain declares war against England. Sir Francis Drake and his navigator and best friend, Giovanni Battista Boazio, are called upon to protect the Queen's shores and lead her Navy to victory. Before the battle begins, Sir Drake encounters his old nemesis, Vice Admiral Lord Howard of Effingham. The men are quickly embroiled in a surprising yet fiery showdown, the force of which not even an attacking Spanish Armada can extinguish. 'First we finish the game, then we finish the invincible Armanda.' --Sir Francis Drake
- When openly gay Leo decides to bring his boyfriend Mitchell home for the first time at his families' Seder the boundaries of love and understanding get a little strained. Will everything go smoothly or will it all go to pot?
- When his girlfriend kicks him out of their apartment, a repentant young man tries to win back her heart by serenading her with his trusty guitar. The results are not quite as he'd expected.
- What happens when a ten-year-old boy suddenly learns he has just a few hours to live? When Ben comes down with the flu, his parents call their neighbour, a retired doctor to have a look. The Doc diagnoses a mild flu. However - Ben later hears his father and Doc, talking outside his window. Doc announces that "he probably won't make it through the day." Ben does not realize that Doc is talking about his aged Golden Retriever. Unbeknownst to his parents, Ben is resigned to the fact that he has just hours to live. The film is a poignant, funny description of those hours.
- A warming planet has made water scarce, food a rarity, and wearing plants like jewelry fashionable. James, a hapless office worker, becomes obsessed with nurturing his plant in order to obtain the respect of his peers and risks everything to not Wait for Rain. Wait for Rain is a futuristic comedy about James the pitiful office worker who must sacrifice himself to get the attention of the girl he desires. WAIT FOR RAIN is the winner of the National Screen Institute Drama Prize, the Bravo!Fact, the National Film Board FAP, and the festival winner at the Okanagan and Comic Con Film Festivals. It is the anticipated follow-up to Kyle's first short film Hop the Twig.
- A science fiction, off-beat comedy about a boy who has an existential crisis about his place in the world after learning that the universe will one day collapse in an epic big crunch.
- Garth and Maddie are about to host a dinner party when they see a strange little girl in their backyard. She is the first sign that the world has suddenly and inexplicably changed.
- Group Home tells the story of Pat (Louza) a single dad running a home for abused kids and teens in early 1980's Toronto, while struggling to raise his own two sons, Jason and Reggie. His co-worker, Winnie (Bent) is everything that Pat isn't - charming, good looking, witty and a hit with the ladies. The two share a brotherly bond, highlighted by their mutual motivation to improve the lives of kids who never asked to end up on the doorstep of the Group Home.
- When a hapless burglar breaks into a house with the loot of his dreams, his luck soon changes and it may turn out to be his last job.
- A Mountie alone in the Shield without a horse, bemoaning his overall condition, runs across a French speaking girl tied to the railway tracks, and then encounters a notorious killer named Trapper John. True Canadian humor ensues.
- Rob and Ashley have a big announcement, but when their news brings a family dinner to a screeching halt, they're forced to question their choice. Family First is a dark comedy about family approval and the blindness of love.
- Packing up his office on his last day, a university professor discovers that retirement may not be what he had hoped. A poignant glimpse of the fragility of meaning in human existence.
- Newlyweds George and Anna check into the Sparkle Lite Motel expecting a night of marital bliss only to discover that their honeymoon suite has other plans for them.
- An injured policeman is surgically enhanced and recruited for a Special Ops team.
- The toughest kid at school puts the fear of god into the scrawniest 8 year old on campus by telling him vicious rumors of The Strap. But sometimes the little guy can really topple the giant.
- A rose seller attempts to sell a rose to a female tango dancer. Memories form from his past as a child and remind him of his love for the Tango. Color, song and dance are used as expression as a replacement for spoken word.
- A jovial shirtless man attempts to rouse a contingent of lethargic dancers to life in NUDE CABOOSE. His highjinks really get the deadbeats bustin' out until something unusual catches his eye. Dance floor seduction distilled into a fateful moment!
- An unsolved homicide in a small, rural town leaves two former police partners in ruins and unearths a dark secret that's since formed between them.
- It's one of the iconic photographs of the 20th century, Marilyn Monroe in New York City, 1954... in a white dress on a subway grate for a scene in the film The 7 Year Itch ...62 Years after American / Canadian photographer George Zimbel shot the frame, this is the story of that night and how photographers rights to record history have diminished since that shoot.
- Inspired by true events, residential school survivor Jacob Wematim, struggles to hang onto his land and indigenous identity as his personal demons resurface and manifest in the form of the Wendigo spirit.
- An evocation of the power of art.