New From Canada
Dancing the Twist in Bamako
(Twist à Bamako)
In the 1960's in post-colonial Mali, a socialist falls in love with a woman trying to escape an arranged marriage.
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- France, Canada, Senegal • 2022
- Director Robert Guédiguian
- Cast Stéphane Bak, Alicia Da Luz Gomes, Diouc Koma, Issaka Sawadogo, Bakary Diombera, Alassane Gueye
- Genre Drama
- Available on Eventive
My Grown-Up Christmas List
The love story between a journalist and a military officer evolves over several Christmases.
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- Canada, United States • 2022
- Director Andrew Cymek
- Cast Kayla Wallace, Kevin McGarry, Lindsay Merrithew, Susan Hamann, James M. Jenkinson
- Genre Comedy, Romance, TV Movie
- Available on , Hallmark Movies Now Amazon Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
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, OVID, 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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, Sundance
Hammer
Having a bad day? Maybe Dad can help.
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- Canada • 2019
- Director Christian Sparkes
- Cast Will Patton, Mark O'Brien, Dayle McLeod, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Ben Cotton, Connor Price
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video
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 Amazon Video
9/11 Kids
Filmmakers follow up with the students who were with President George W. Bush when he learned of the 9/11 attacks.
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- Canada • 2020
- Director Elizabeth St. Philip
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Curiosity Stream
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Night Logan Woke Up
(La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé)
The Larouches, a Quebec family, struggle to cope with the death of the family matriarch.
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- Canada • 2022
- Creator Xavier Dolan
- Cast Julie Le Breton, Éric Bruneau, Patrick Hivon, Xavier Dolan, Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Anne Dorval
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Sundance
Soft
Three adolescent queer friends find their formative summer break disrupted by the disappearance of someone close to them.
- Canada • 2023
- Director Joseph Amenta
- Cast Matteus Lunot, Zion Matheson, Harlow Joy, Miyoko Anderson, Trevor Hayes, Krista Morin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Pachinko
A Korean immigrant family leaves their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
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- United States, Korea, Canada • 2022
- Creator Justin Chon, Kogonada
- Cast Kim Min-ha, Youn Yuh-jung, Jin Ha, Steven SangHyun Noh
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV Plus
The River You Step In
Social worker Stevie allows three of her at-risk clients to stay in her home in the East End of Toronto.
- Canada • 2019
- Director Jon Michaelson
- Cast Astrid Van Wieren, Sharmila Dey, Daniel Briere, Claire Burns, Marcel Stewart
- Genre Drama
- Available on Vudu, Tubi TV, Sparqfest
Kin
The lives of a Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and the consequences of their choices.
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- Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom • 2021
- Creator Ciaran Donnelly, Peter McKenna
- Cast Charlie Cox, Aidan Gillen, Clare Dunne, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Emmett Scanlan, Sam Keeley
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hoopla
752 Is Not a Number
A man embarks on a quest for justice and the truth after the mysterious downing of a Ukraine flight on January 8, 2020.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Babak Payami
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV
Beau Is Afraid
A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother’s funeral.
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- United States, United Kingdom, Finland • 2023
- Director Ari Aster
- Cast Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane, Denis Ménochet, Kylie Rogers, Stephen McKinley Henderson
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, DIRECTV