Brendan Canning

History

Canadian musician. Member of Broken Social Scene.

Movies

Records
Self
Twenty-one years after Alan Zweig’s groundbreaking first feature documentary Vinyl, Zweig returns to the topic of compulsive record collecting with newfound introspection and a sunnier disposition. Punctuated by his signature mirror-confessionals, Records compiles colourful interviews with vinyl enthusiasts, swirling around the proverbial maxim that music has the power to connect us all.
Sugar Daddy
Music Store Owner
When a struggling musician can't afford her rent, she signs up for a website where rich older men pay to date younger women. Her new money-making venture sends her down a dark rabbit hole that forces her to grow up fast, shaping her music, and how she sees the world.
Silas
Music
A profile of the life of Liberian activist Silas Siakor, a tireless crusader against illegal logging and a symbol of resistance for a new generation.
Superconnected
An incomplete document of a music scene
Diamond Tongues
Music
Edith dreams of being a successful actress but just can't seem to make things happen. When she can't figure out what she's doing wrong, she begins to do everything wrong.
Wet Bum
Music
An awkward teenage outcast finds unlikely companions in two aged residents of the retirement home in which she works.
The Canyons
Music
The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature.
Trigger
Original Music Composer
Ten years after ending their partnership as rock musicians, two women become re-acquainted in the course of one night.