Roman Kroitor Movies

  • 1966
    Little White Crimes

    Little White Crimes

    Little White Crimes

    01966HD

    A tale from downtown, where the morality of business is not always as transparent as the shining glass fronts of the office buildings. The film...

    Little White Crimes
  • 1952
    Age of the Beaver

    Age of the Beaver

    Age of the Beaver

    01952HD

    This film provides a brief history of the fur trade in Canada, showing its effects on exploration and settlement. Engravings and paintings from the...

    Age of the Beaver
  • 1977
    Hold the Ketchup

    Hold the Ketchup

    Hold the Ketchup

    01977HD

    This short documentary is about newcomers to Canada and what they eat. Funny, mouth-watering and visually delectable, it takes us into the specialty...

    Hold the Ketchup
  • 1978
    So Long To Run

    So Long To Run

    So Long To Run

    01978HD

    A young mother faces hardship in the form of an abusive ex-husband and overzealous social worker.

    So Long To Run
  • 1958
    The Days Before Christmas

    The Days Before Christmas

    The Days Before Christmas

    01958HD

    This short documentary depicts Christmastime in Montreal. The milling crowds, department store Santas, Brink's messengers, kindergarten angels and...

    The Days Before Christmas
  • 1977
    Strangers at the Door

    Strangers at the Door

    Strangers at the Door

    01977HD

    This drama tells the harrowing story of an immigrant family in the New World. On arrival in Canada, their hopes for a better life were dashed when...

    Strangers at the Door
  • 1985
    We Are Born of Stars

    We Are Born of Stars

    We Are Born of Stars

    01985HD

    WE ARE BORN OF STARS is the first Anaglyph single projector 3D film created for IMAX/IMAX Dome projection. Using computer graphics, the film traces...

    We Are Born of Stars
  • 1967
    In the Labyrinth

    In the Labyrinth

    In the Labyrinth

    101967HD

    "Labyrinth" is a groundbreaking multi-screen 45-minute presentation produced for Chamber III of the Labyrinth at Expo 67 in Montreal, using 35 mm and...

    In the Labyrinth
  • 1977
    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention

    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention

    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention

    01977HD

    This feature documentary offers an incisive look at Canadian politics at the 1976 Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention. Cape Bretoner...

    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention
  • 1963
    21-87

    21-87

    21-87

    6.81963HD

    This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National...

    21-87
  • 1979
    Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels

    Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels

    Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels

    01979HD

    This short fiction film tells the love story between a young anglophone and a young francophone who unite their destinies in roller skates.

    Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels
  • 1964
    Above the Horizon

    Above the Horizon

    Above the Horizon

    01964HD

    An exciting exploration of the weather and how man may one day learn to control it. For this film a great deal of extraordinary colour footage of the...

    Above the Horizon
  • 1982
    First Winter

    First Winter

    First Winter

    6.91982HD

    First Winter is a 1982 Canadian short film directed by John N. Smith. With the father away, an Irish immigrant family struggle to survive their first...

    First Winter
  • 1963
    Toronto Jazz

    Toronto Jazz

    Toronto Jazz

    61963HD

    Toronto is regarded as the third largest jazz centre in North America. This film features a cross-section of jazz bands of that city: the Lenny Breau...

    Toronto Jazz
  • 1977
    Bekevar Jubilee

    Bekevar Jubilee

    Bekevar Jubilee

    01977HD

    A warm and lively film, Bekevar Jubilee dips into history to look at a time when the first Hungarian peasants came to settle the plains of...

    Bekevar Jubilee
  • 1953
    Rescue Party

    Rescue Party

    Rescue Party

    01953HD

    Designed for civil defense rescue, this film demonstrates five stages of rescue in removing trapped or injured persons from a building damaged by...

    Rescue Party
  • 1958
    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    01958HD

    St. Joseph's Oratory, a picturesque shrine silhouetted against Mount Royal, draws pilgrims by the thousands every year. They come from California by...

    Pilgrimage
  • 1962
    Lonely Boy

    Lonely Boy

    Lonely Boy

    5.91962HD

    This short film portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world....

    Lonely Boy
  • 1959
    The Back-breaking Leaf

    The Back-breaking Leaf

    The Back-breaking Leaf

    101959HD

    Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. At the end of July, transient field workers move in for a brief bonanza...

    The Back-breaking Leaf
  • 2006
    Live Before the Letter

    Live Before the Letter

    Live Before the Letter

    02006HD

    Thanks to the development of techniques and the adventurous spirit of pioneering filmmakers, among whom Michel Brault occupies a central place, a new...

    Live Before the Letter