New From Canada
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Witness Alberta's Kainai First Nation community attempt to heal from the overdose epidemic and opioid crisis.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video
Simple comme Sylvain
When well-to-do Sophia falls in love with her contractor, Sylvain, she is willing to trade her privileged life for burning passion.
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- Canada • 2023
- Director Monia Chokri
- Cast Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Pierre-Yves Cardinal
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Eventive
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
In an alternate retelling of the “Scott Pilgrim” comics, an unemployed bassist falls in love with a mysterious girl with seven evil exes.
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- United Kingdom, United States, Japan • 2023
- Creator Bryan Lee O'Malley, BenDavid Grabinski
- Cast Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Satya Bhabha, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Brie Larson
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
To Kill A Tiger
Indian farmer Ranjit takes on an unprecedented battle when he demands justice for his daughter, the victim of a brutal rape.
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- Canada • 2022
- Director Nisha Pahuja
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Addams Family
The eccentric Addams family moves to a derelict asylum and lives in isolation until a local TV host vows to destroy the Addamses.
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- Canada, United States, United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan
- Cast Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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
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.
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- Canada • 2022
- Director Jennifer Baichwal
- Cast Dewayne Johnson
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
Rojek
Kurdish filmmaker Zaynê Akyol returns with conversations with imprisoned members of the Islamic State, alternating their words with aerial views of the countryside.
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- Canada • 2022
- Director Zayne Akyol
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Tom Sawyer
An animated adaptation of the popular classic “Tom Sawyer."
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- Canada • 2019
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- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Shahid VIP
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 Amazon Video
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 The Roku Channel, Hoopla
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, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Soft
Three adolescent queer friends find their formative summer break disrupted by the disappearance of someone close to them.
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- 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, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Nadia, Butterfly
22-year-old professional swimmer Nadia decides to retire after the next Olympics, subsequently struggling to define her identity outside the sport.
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- Canada • 2020
- Director Pascal Plante
- Cast Katerine Savard, Ariane Mainville, Hilary Caldwell, Cailin McMurray, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, John Ralston
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV
North of Normal
Cea moves to the city hoping for a normal life with her anything but normal mother.
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- Canada • 2022
- Director Carly Stone
- Cast Sarah Gadon, James D'Arcy, Robert Carlyle, Benedict Samuel, Riley O'Donnell, Janet Porter
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Longest Goodbye
A NASA psychologist investigates ways to provide mental health support in the future for Mars-bound astronauts.
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- Canada, Israel • 2023
- Director Ido Mizrahy
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kino Now