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What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a who's-who of famous Canadians, hopes to find the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Eugene Levy

True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Donald Sutherland

For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lyna Hart

This film explores how Canada wavers between rejection and acceptance of closer ties with the United States, tracing the historical precedents of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael J. Reynolds

Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Christine Welsh

Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dan Beirne

Renowned as the richest gold strike in North American mining history, the Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) set off a stampede of over 100,000 people on...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: L. Harvey Gold

Amidst a mostly Catholic community, a small tiny Anglican church offers more to the community of Placentia than people may think, and holds many...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Christopher Newhook

Mixing animation with a wealth of archival footage, Chris Auchter’s film explores the 1985 dispute over clearcut logging on Haida Gwaii. On one...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Delores Churchill

A young Ojibwa girl from 1770 marries a Scottish fur trader and leaves home for the shores of Georgian Bay. Although the union is beneficial for her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hazel King

In the summer of 2000, federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alanis Obomsawin

A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dorothy Livesay

Phil Comeau shines a spotlight on the Ordre de Jacques-Cartier, a powerful secret society that operated from 1926 to 1965, infiltrating every sector...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: André Roy

The Indian Act, passed in Canada in 1876, made members of Aboriginal peoples second-class citizens, separated from the white population: nomadic for...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gwenlaouen Le Gouil

Surviving Eugenics is a documentary about the history and ongoing significance of eugenics. Anchored by survivor narratives from the province of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leilani Muir

This short film recreates the story of David Thompson – a man who, over the course of his lifetime, mapped a-million-and-a-half square miles of...

Genre: History

Cast: James B. Douglas

Documentary on the Canadian career of train robber Billy Miner, who became a folk hero in British Columbia. Locations near Kamloops and Mission are...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Charlie Johnstone

This short film realistically portrays the conflict Henry Hudson experienced when he went in search of an open water route to the Orient, and no one...

Genre: History

Cast: Powys Thomas

Set in 1815, this is the dramatic story of a child of the fur trade, son of a Native mother and a Scottish-Canadian fur trader. John Mackenzie's...

Genre: History

Cast: Bobby Kitchkeesic

The dramatic story of two youths--one French and one Indigenous--who share a pivotal time in Canada's history: the first contact between European and...

Genre: History

Cast: Jason Nicholas

Who would have thought that Canadian history could be so much fun? Blackfly is set in the 18th century fur-trading post of Fort Simpson-Eaton and is...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ron James

The story of the people building the AVRO Arrow, an advanced jet fighter-interceptor designed to defend Canada's vast territory during the Cold War....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dan Aykroyd

Jonathan Roberge dives into the world of Montréal crime during the 1957-1977 period, when the city saw a prolonged war between the police and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jonathan Roberge

From 1535 to 1760, this story follows the Bellerose family, beginning with François Bellerose's arrival in New France with Jacques Cartier and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dominique Briand