Festival Favorites
Dounia et la Princesse d'Alep
Forced to leave war-torn Syria, a young girl draws strength from the wisdom of the ancient world brought to her through magic nigella seeds.
- Canada • 2023
- Director Marya Zarif, André Kadi
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Infinity Pool
A couple on vacation venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a world of horror.
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- Canada, Hungary, France • 2023
- Director Brandon Cronenberg
- Cast Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Thomas Kretschmann, Amanda Brugel, John Ralston
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Hulu, YouTube, Apple TV
My Animal
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- Canada • 2023
- Director Jacqueline Castel
- Cast Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg, Heidi von Palleske, Stephen McHattie, Cory Lipman, Joe Apollonio
- Genre Drama, Horror, Romance
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, Sundance
Twice Colonized
Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter embarks on a journey to reclaim her culture after the sudden death of her son.
- Canada • 2023
- Director Lin Alluna
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ayoungman
A documentary tracking the aftermath of the killing of Siksika Nation member Kristian Ayoungman.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Larry Day, Holly Fortier
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Babysitter
A middle-aged misogynist and his sensitive brother, Jean-Michel, team up to co-author a confessional book apologizing for their past misogyny.
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- Canada, France • 2022
- Director Monia Chokri
- Cast Monia Chokri, Patrick Hivon, Steve Laplante, Nadia Tereszkiewicz
- Genre Comedy
- Available on MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI, Sundance
Big Fight in Little Chinatown
A documentary about the collective fight to save Chinatowns across North America.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Karen Cho
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Documentary about the life and career of Indigenous musician and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Madison Thomas
- Cast Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joni Mitchell, Robbie Robertson, Jackson Browne, Sonia Manzano, George Stroumboulopoulos
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Crimes of the Future
Surgery is the new sex!
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- Canada, France, Greece • 2022
- Director David Cronenberg
- Cast Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Welket Bungué, Don McKellar
- Genre Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Hulu, YouTube, Apple TV
Donkeyhead
Four adult siblings navigate their own lives and relationships with each other while caring for their ailing Sikh father.
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- Canada • 2022
- Director Agam Darshi
- Cast Agam Darshi, Stephen Lobo, Huse Madhavji, Kim Coates, Sandy Sidhu
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Falcon Lake
A romance-turned-ghost story about first love in rural Quebec.
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- France, Canada • 2022
- Director Charlotte Le Bon
- Cast Monia Chokri, Jeff Roop, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Sara Montpetit, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, Joseph Engel
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Fire of Love
Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things: each other, and volcanoes.
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- Canada, United States • 2022
- Director Sara Dosa
- Cast Miranda July
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Hulu, YouTube, Disney Plus, Apple TV
Framing Agnes
The story of Agnes, a pioneering transgender woman who participated in gender health research at UCLA in the 1960s.
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- Canada, United States • 2022
- Director Chase Joynt
- Cast Zackary Drucker, Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Max Wolf Valerio, Silas Howard, Stephen Ira
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Kino Now, Eventive
Geographies of Solitude
The life of scientist Zoe Lucas, who has lived alone for decades on the remote Sable Island, studying the ecosystem.
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- Canada • 2022
- Director Jacquelyn Mills
- Cast Zoe Lucas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Into the Weeds: Dewayne “Lee” Johnson vs. Monsanto Company
A Bay Area groundskeeper sues Monsanto for possibly causing his severe health problems due to contact with its herbicide.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Jennifer Baichwal
- Cast Dewayne Johnson
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
A drug consumption site gives hope to a marginalized community ravaged by the overdose crisis.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Colin Askey
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Midwives
In a country torn by conflict, Hla and Nyo Nyo are determined to provide healthcare for their community.
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- Canada, Germany, Myanmar • 2022
- Director Hnin Ei Hlaing
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Periphery
A short film about ethnic and racial diversity in the Jewish community in Toronto, Canada.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Sara Yacobi-Harris
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons
A striking portrait of the elusive African-American art star David Hammons, whose work offers an essential commentary on race in the US.
- United States • 2022
- Director Harold Crooks, Judd Tully
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Kino Now, Apple TV
The Photographer
The story of Faye Schulman, one of the only known Jewish partisan photographers of World War Two.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Emily Pasternak
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Swearing Jar
While it is a rare and miraculous thing to find your one true soul mate, finding two of them can pose a significant problem.
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- Canada • 2022
- Director Lindsay Mackay
- Cast Adelaide Clemens, Douglas Smith, Patrick J. Adams, Kathleen Turner, David Hewlett, Jade Ma
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Wildhood
Teenage Link embarks on a journey to find his estranged mother while reconnecting with his indigenous roots and sexuality.
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- Canada • 2022
- Director Bretten Hannam
- Cast Phillip Lewitski, Joshua Odjick, Michael Greyeyes, Joel Thomas Hynes, Avery Winters-Anthony, Savonna Spracklin
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Eventive
You Can Live Forever
Sent to live in a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a teenage lesbian falls in love with a devout follower.
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- Canada • 2022
- Director Mark Slutsky, Sarah Watts
- Cast Anwen O'Driscoll, June Laporte, Liane Balaban, Hasani Freeman
- Genre Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Kino Now, YouTube, Apple TV, Eventive
All My Puny Sorrows
Two sisters struggle to face the demons haunting them from the past after one of them unsuccessfully attempts suicide.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Michael McGowan
- Cast Alison Pill, Sarah Gadon, Amybeth McNulty, Mare Winningham, Donal Logue, Mimi Kuzyk
- Genre Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Hulu, YouTube, FlixFling, Apple TV
Avi: From the North
A young girl describes her home in Northern Canada along with images of the land and culture.
- Canada • 2021
- Director Avi Maksagak
- Cast
- Genre Experimental
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Beans
A 12-year-old indigenous girl grapples with conflicting aspects of her identity during the 1990 Oka Crisis.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Tracey Deer
- Cast Kiawentiio, Violah Beauvais, Rainbow Dickerson, Joel Montgrand, Paulina Jewel Alexis, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
- Genre Drama
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Hulu, YouTube, Apple TV, Filmrise
Best Sellers
A retired author reluctantly joins a young publisher on a book tour.
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- Canada, United States • 2021
- Director Lina Roessler
- Cast Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza, Scott Speedman, Ellen Wong, Cary Elwes, Luc Morissette
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Crackle, Hoopla, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Plex, YouTube, Apple TV, fuboTV
Bootlegger
Two radically opposed women divide their northern Quebec community into two sides over the free sale of alcohol.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Caroline Monnet
- Cast Pascale Bussières, Devery Jacobs, Samian, Jacques Newashish, Dominique Pétin, Joséphine Bacon
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Bump
A young man’s unwillingness to let go of a trivial encounter leads him to seek retribution.
- Canada • 2021
- Director Maziyar Khatam
- Cast Maziyar Khatam, Dylan Ray Hatton
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Sundance
Charlotte
The true story of German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon living in the south of France between 1941 and 1943.
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- France, Canada • 2021
- Director Éric Warin, Tahir Rana
- Cast Keira Knightley, Raoul Bhaneja, Hanneke Talbot, Scott McCord, Jean-Michel Le Gal, Sadie Deogrades
- Genre Animation
- Available on Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, Hulu, YouTube, Apple TV, Gooddeed
Drunken Birds
(Les oiseaux ivres)
Mexican drug-cartel worker Willy goes to Canada in search of his missing girlfriend Marlena.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Ivan Grbovic
- Cast Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Marine Johnson, Hélène Florent, Claude Legault, Maxime Dumontier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Eventive
Fanmi
A daughter reeling from the end of a relationship is visited by her mother, who has her own news to share.
- • 2021
- Director Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, Carmine Pierre-Dufour
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Eventive
Film, the Living Record of our Memory
Even today, we can watch films captured over 125 years ago—but how? This documentary pays homage to film preservation.
- Spain, Canada • 2021
- Director Inés Toharia Terán
- Cast Ann Adachi-Tasch, Margaret Bodde, Serge Bromberg, Te-Ling Chen, Benjamin Chowkwan Ado
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kino Now, YouTube, Apple TV
French Exit
The story of an aging socialite, her directionless son, and a cat embodying the spirit of a dead loved one.
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- Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Azazel Jacobs
- Cast Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Witness Alberta's Kainai First Nation community attempt to heal from the overdose epidemic and opioid crisis.
- Canada • 2021
- Director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
My Salinger Year
Aspiring writer Joanna works at a fabled literary agency. Life changes.
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- Canada, Ireland • 2021
- Director Philippe Falardeau
- Cast Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Seána Kerslake, Brían F. O'Byrne, Colm Feore
- Genre Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, AMC+ Amazon Channel, YouTube, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Apple TV, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Nalujuk Night
Every January 6th from the dark of the Nunatsiavut night, the Nalujuit appear on the sea ice...
- Canada • 2021
- Director Jennie Williams
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Night of the Kings
(La nuit des rois)
African fairy tale meets stark realism in this powerful prison drama.
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- France, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire • 2021
- Director Philippe Lacôte
- Cast Koné Bakary, Steve Tientcheu, Digbeu Jean Cyrille, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Issaka Sawadogo, Denis Lavant
- Genre Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Kanopy, Hulu, YouTube, Apple TV, Neonrated
Night Raiders
In a post-war future, a mother joins an underground band of vigilantes to try and rescue her daughter from a state-run institution.
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- Canada, New Zealand • 2021
- Director Danis Goulet
- Cast Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer, Violet Nelson
- Genre Science Fiction
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Hulu, YouTube, Apple TV
Northern Comfort: A Drive Around Town
A documentary about the dynamic between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Northern Quebec.
- • 2021
- Director Melanie Lameboy
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Oscar Peterson: Black + White
Learn about the life and legacy of Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Barry Avrich
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu
Run Woman Run
Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, Beck is determined to turn her life around with the help of an unlikely coach.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Zoe Leigh Hopkins
- Cast
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Saint-Narcisse
Dominic is a young man in love with himself -- until he meets his identical twin.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Bruce LaBruce
- Cast Félix-Antoine Duval, Tania Kontoyanni, Alexandra Petrachuk, Angèle Coutu, Andreas Apergis, Myriam Côté
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Dekkoo, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, Filmmovement
See for Me
A blind former skier is cat-sitting in a large secluded mansion when three thieves break in, attempting to steal the hidden safe.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Randall Okita
- Cast Skyler Davenport, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Laura Vandervoort, Pascal Langdale
- Genre Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, Shudder, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Hulu, YouTube, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, Apple TV, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Tribeca
Social Hygiene
(Hygiène sociale)
Hedonistic philosopher and delinquent Antonin's way with words has put him into a bind.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Denis Côté
- Cast Maxim Gaudette, Éléonore Loiselle, Ève Duranceau, Larissa Corriveau, Kathleen Fortin, Évelyne Rompré
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Spamflix, IndieFlix, Apple TV
The Exchange
Friends don’t have to be alike in every way.
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- United States • 2021
- Director Dan Mazer
- Cast Ed Oxenbould, Avan Jogia, Justin Hartley, Jennifer Irwin, Paul Braunstein
- Genre Comedy
- Available on DIRECTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Showtime, Vudu, Paramount+ with Showtime, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, , YouTube, Showtime Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Paramount+ Amazon Channel, fuboTV
The Gig Is Up
A very human documentary about technology.
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- Canada, France • 2021
- Director Shannon Walsh
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV
The Mohel
A Jewish couple flies in a mohel to perform a circumcision.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Charles Wahl
- Cast Daniel Maslany, Kaelen Ohm, Sam Rosenthal, Sherry Smith, Bob Mann
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Becoming Nakuset
After she is uprooted from her home as a child, she goes on a tireless search for her identity
- Canada • 2020
- Director Victoria Anderson-Gardner
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Bone Cage
An eloquent depiction of the tragedy of young people in rural communities, employed in the destruction of their environment.
- Canada • 2020
- Director Taylor Olson
- Cast Taylor Olson, Amy Groening, Sam Vigneault, Ursula Calder, Christian Murray
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Call Me Human
(Je m'appelle humain)
A portrait of Innu poet Joséphine Bacon.
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- Canada • 2020
- Director Kim O'Bomsawin
- Cast Joséphine Bacon
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dune
A young man embarks on a dangerous interplanetary quest to ensure the survival of his people.
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- United States, Canada • 2020
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgård, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Jason Momoa
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, TNT, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, TBS, YouTube, Apple TV, Max, Max Amazon Channel