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  • 2004
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    Ryan

    Ryan

    6.60 2004 HD

    Centres on Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who in later years lived on skid row in Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse.

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  • 1992
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    Careful

    Careful

    6.10 1992 HD

    The mountain-village passions of a German widow and her sons unfold in the style of a 1920s movie.

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  • 1996
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    Kissed

    Kissed

    6.40 1996 HD

    Over the years, a child's romantic ideals about death blossom into necrophilia, the study of embalming and the most profound relationship of her life.

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  • 1987
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    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    5.80 1987 HD

    Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle...

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  • 1990
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    Archangel

    Archangel

    5.70 1990 HD

    At the height of the October Revolution during the 1919 allied intervention in Arkhangelsk, the exploits of one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John...

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  • 2024
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    The Queen of My Dreams

    The Queen of My Dreams

    9.00 2024 HD

    Azra is worlds apart from her conservative Muslim mother. When her father suddenly dies on a trip home to Pakistan, Azra finds herself on a...

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  • 1987
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    Family Viewing

    Family Viewing

    5.70 1987 HD

    An emotionally constrained view of the displacement of human feelings in our video saturated society. Van regularly visits his grandmother in a...

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  • 2021
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    Dreams on Fire

    Dreams on Fire

    10.00 2021 HD

    Fleeing to Tokyo with the hopes that she can fulfil her dream of becoming a dancer, Yume is met with the harsh reality that success isn’t...

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  • 2002
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    Waydowntown

    Waydowntown

    5.60 2002 HD

    Four young office workers have a bet going to see who can last the longest without going outside. In the maze that is the downtown core of a large...

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  • 1975
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    Great Grand Mother

    Great Grand Mother

    1 1975 HD

    This short film is an ode to the women who settled the Prairies, from the days of early immigration to 1916 - when Manitobans became the first women...

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  • 2017
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    Shepherds in the Cave

    Shepherds in the Cave

    1 2017 HD

    An international team of art restorers and archaeologists begin work on the restoration of medieval frescoes inside a network of ancient caves. Faced...

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  • 2023
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    Uapishka

    Uapishka

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2023
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    Asog

    Asog

    1 2023 HD

    This unique narrative incorporating documentary elements follows Rey, a 40-year-old non-binary teacher and typhoon survivor, on a roadtrip to fame....

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  • 2009
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    To My Son in Spain: Finnish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War

    To My Son in Spain: Finnish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War

    1 2009 HD

    This documentary features the story of Jules Paivio, the last living Canadian volunteer of the infamous Mackenzie-Papineau Battallion of the...

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  • 2022
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    Geographies of Solitude

    Geographies of Solitude

    8.20 2022 HD

    An immersion into the rich landscapes of Sable Island and the life of Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived over 40 years on...

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  • 1974
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    Montreal Main

    Montreal Main

    5.20 1974 HD

    An open and honest autobiographical account of male sexuality centered on Frank, an unemployed photographer, and his circle of mainly gay friends. He...

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  • 2023
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    Retrograde

    Retrograde

    3.00 2023 HD

    A minor traffic citation spirals into an all-consuming obsession for a neurotic young woman.

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  • 2017
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    Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?

    Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?

    6.20 2017 HD

    “In 1946, my great-grandfather murdered a black man named Bill Spann and got away with it.” So begins Travis Wilkerson’s critically...

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  • 1995
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    A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke

    A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke

    1 1995 HD

    A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke follows a big boned butch into skirmishes, drag, and the arms of a beautiful recruit. The public and private lives...

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  • 2019
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    Digging Up the Last Spike

    Digging Up the Last Spike

    1 2019 HD

    "Digging Up the Last Spike" is a video from Kamala Todd's installation piece at the exhibition Hexsa'a̱m: To Be Here Always, shown at the Morris and...

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