Canada Council For The Arts Movies

  • 1975
    Great Grand Mother

    Great Grand Mother

    Great Grand Mother

    01975HD

    This short film is an ode to the women who settled the Prairies, from the days of early immigration to 1916 - when Manitobans became the first women...

    Great Grand Mother
  • 1996
    Kissed

    Kissed

    Kissed

    6.51996HD

    Over the years, a child's romantic ideals about death blossom into necrophilia, the study of embalming and the most profound relationship of her life.

    Kissed
  • 1987
    Family Viewing

    Family Viewing

    Family Viewing

    5.71987HD

    An emotionally constrained view of the displacement of human feelings in our video saturated society. Van regularly visits his grandmother in a...

    Family Viewing
  • 2002
    Waydowntown

    Waydowntown

    Waydowntown

    5.62002HD

    Four young office workers have a bet going to see who can last the longest without going outside. In the maze that is the downtown core of a large...

    Waydowntown
  • 2006
    Finding Llorona

    Finding Llorona

    Finding Llorona

    02006HD

    Sofia yearns to sing with the heartbreak voice of the ranchera singers she admires. One day, she receives an unexpected invitation to visit the...

    Finding Llorona
  • 2023
    Asog

    Asog

    Asog

    02023HD

    This unique narrative incorporating documentary elements follows Rey, a 40-year-old non-binary teacher and typhoon survivor, on a roadtrip to fame....

    Asog
  • 1990
    Archangel

    Archangel

    Archangel

    5.61990HD

    At the height of the October Revolution during the 1919 allied intervention in Arkhangelsk, the exploits of one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John...

    Archangel
  • 1995
    Your Name in Cellulite

    Your Name in Cellulite

    Your Name in Cellulite

    21995HD

    A wickedly funny satire about the disparity between a woman's natural beauty and the ideal promoted by the mega-billion dollar advertising industry,...

    Your Name in Cellulite
  • 1992
    Careful

    Careful

    Careful

    6.11992HD

    The mountain-village passions of a German widow and her sons unfold in the style of a 1920s expressionist movie.

    Careful
  • 1994
    The Darling Family

    The Darling Family

    The Darling Family

    01994HD

    The Darling Family
  • 2019
    It's Nothing

    It's Nothing

    It's Nothing

    02019HD

    A recent graduate is urged by an impossibly perfect woman to start digging a hole in a nearby park, setting in motion a chain of events that threaten...

    It's Nothing
  • 1987
    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    5.81987HD

    Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle...

    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
  • 2019
    Handler is crazy

    Handler is crazy

    Handler is crazy

    02019HD

    A short documentary following Koyote Moone and her medical and psychiatric service dog Banner. This film explores issues surrounding non-visible...

    Handler is crazy
  • 1995
    A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke

    A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke

    A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke

    01995HD

    A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke follows a big boned butch into skirmishes, drag, and the arms of a beautiful recruit. The public and private lives...

    A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke
  • 2017
    Shepherds in the Cave

    Shepherds in the Cave

    Shepherds in the Cave

    02017HD

    An international team of art restorers and archaeologists begin work on the restoration of medieval frescoes inside a network of ancient caves. Faced...

    Shepherds in the Cave
  • 2008
    Glorious

    Glorious

    Glorious

    3.52008HD

    A story about an aging crime family patriarch.

    Glorious
  • 2024
    Pieces Within

    Pieces Within

    Pieces Within

    02024HD

    A poet's muse calls on his inner child to save their relationship.

    Pieces Within
  • 1985
    Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh

    Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh

    Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh

    21985HD

    Inspired by the early trash films of John Waters, the film stars Estdelacropolis as Demira, a gay porn actor struggling with both his emotionally...

    Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh
  • 2009
    To My Son in Spain: Finnish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War

    To My Son in Spain: Finnish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War

    To My Son in Spain: Finnish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War

    02009HD

    This documentary features the story of Jules Paivio, the last living Canadian volunteer of the infamous Mackenzie-Papineau Battallion of the...

    To My Son in Spain: Finnish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War
  • 1980
    The Red Kitchen

    The Red Kitchen

    The Red Kitchen

    51980HD

    On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women...

    The Red Kitchen