George III Wickersham
Nikki, una joven pintora, decide trasladarse junto a su marido a la casa de campo de su suegro, recientemente fallecido de manera accidental. Mientras preparan su funeral, una serie de extraños sucesos tienen lugar en la casa, sobre la que se rumorea una siniestra leyenda. (FILMAFFINITY)
Wilbur Newman
Es Navidad y Daniel el travieso, con solo seis años, está haciendo una lista de regalos, comprobándola dos, tres veces y muchas más. Quiere encontrar el regalo perfecto para el gruñón de su vecino, el señor Wilson. Hará falta un milagro para dar con el regalo perfecto, pero un milagro es precisamente lo que encuentra gracias a la visita de un ángel cuya misión es transmitir el espíritu de la Navidad a todo aquel que lo necesite.
Ojciec James
A young lady about to get married realizes that she has a problem: she fantasizes about every man she sees. She goes to confess at church but unknowingly confesses to a young man who is not a priest. He agrees to help her, but falls in love with her along the way. Unfortunately she still thinks he is a priest.
President Taft
El joven jugador amateur Francis Quimet tiene un talento innato para el golf y un gran sueño: llegar a competir con los mejores jugadores del mundo en un gran torneo. Para un chico de clase humilde, esto es prácticamente imposible. Pero, a fuerza de voluntad, coraje y talento, Quimet intentará vencer todas las barreras para convertirse en campeón del Open de Estados Unidos...
Vocals
Filmmaker Karen Cho travels from Montreal to Vancouver to uncover stories from the last survivors of the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act, a set of laws imposed to single out the Chinese as unwanted immigrants to Canada from 1885 to 1947. Through a combination of history, poetry and raw emotion, this documentary sheds light on an era that shaped the identity of generations.
Principal Haney (voice)
When the prospect of an Elwood City concert by the Backstreet Boys drives everyone else into a frenzy, a disgusted Francine decides to counter with an "anti-cute" band of her own called U Stink. But things don't go quite the way she had planned.
Mr.Walden
The woman who birthed the most children in the City of Toronto within a certain time period would inherit a fortune in the midst of the Great Depression
Marchand anglais
In 1838, Francois-Xavier Bouchard (Francis Reddy) fights beside his Quebec countrymen and the English minority.
Leduc
Monet's glorious summer of painting ends abruptly with harsh attacks from his father and art critics. He intends to abandon everything, but is convinced otherwise by aspiring young artist Daniel. Having been abandoned by his own father, Daniel refuses to let Monet do the same to his son. As Monet shows Daniel a new way of seeing the world through art, Daniel helps Monet see the importance of family.
Phillip the Producer
En los años 20, lo que estaba en boga era asistir a fastuosas fiestas y a estrenos de Broadway para codearse con la flor y nata de la sociedad neoyorquina. En ese mundillo surgió un círculo literario de críticos, humoristas y escritores que pretendían reflejar con ingenio e ironía la estupidez de la cultura popular. Dentro de ese círculo brillaba la escritora Dorothy Parker, una mujer adelantada a su tiempo, pero que tenía problemas con el alcohol y cuya vida sentimental era un desastre.
Doctor (voice)
An animated version of the classic David Copperfield story. Filled with music, color, and anthropomorphic versions of the classic characters.
Director
Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.
Bank Manager
Un detective investiga los ataques que supuestamente una mujer recibe de un hombre al que ella misma mató.
Guy Pehrsson is summoned by his grandfather to return to the farming community of his childhood. He arrives from the City to find that his mother has finally left his alcoholic and abusive father and now lives among the Indians, Guy's childhood friends and neighbours. He also discovers friction between the white farmers and the local Indians, now faced with the choice of selling or retaining their land. A choice made harder by poverty. Guy's boyhood friend, Tom Redfox, leads those Indians who wish to keep their land. Against the background of ensuing confrontation, Guy becomes reacquainted with his estranged parents, his childhood friends and old values, leading to a tragedy that affect the whole community.
Using splashy hand-drawn animation, the story about a man who ends up in the hospital and probability theory is illustrated. When the guy awakens in a hospital bed, the doctor begins spouting all sorts of statistical probabilities--at which point the patient seems confused. So, the doctor explains the history behind probability theory as well as its application.
Rancewell
A business man plans to dump toxic waste on a city park, but it doesn't go according to plan.
Mr. Peters
Un joven deportista es asesinado impúnemente. Luego de un macabro ritual es resucitado como un zombie que se dedica a perseguir y acabar con sus asesinos. Un detective de la policía se ve involucrado y tendrá una invitación al infierno.
Bronowski
The daughter of a leading politician tries to carve out a career in the world of international journalism.
Mayor
Drama ambientado a finales del siglo XIX y basado en la historia real de Ned Hanlan, un delincuente juvenil que llega a convertirse en un remero de talla mundial. Al ver en él una oportunidad de hacer dinero fácil, Bill (David Haughton), aficionado a las apuestas, decide entrenar y promocionar a Hanlan en el mundo de las competiciones. Con el tiempo crece el talento de Hanlan y con él su fama, llegando a convertirse en campeón del mundo, cosechando premios en tres continentes y siendo el primer remero que utilizó con éxito el "asiento móvil". Pero todo se complica cuando Hanlan cae presa de un hombre de negocios sin escrúpulos (Christopher Plummer) que le enseñará el alto precio que, en ocasiones, hay que pagar por la fama.
Using archival documents, fictions, current accounts, and excerpts from a theatrical creation, Paul Tana paints a nuanced portrait of the Italians of Montreal. From the first waves of immigration at the beginning of the century to the men and women taken to a prisoner of war camps during World War II, to the hardships and joys of building vibrant lives in Montréal. Caffè Italia Montréal chronicles a significant chapter in Canada’s history.
John Westmore
La joven novia de un director de televisión le enseña a su novio como experimentar con el cuerpo astral. Él pronto descubre que cuando deja su cuerpo, se ve envuelto en crímenes y hechos ilícitos.
District Attorney
Pittsburgh, 1901. Los hermanos Ed y Jack Biddle son acusados de asesinato y condenados a morir en la horca, a pesar de que mantienen su inocencia. En la prisión del condado conocen a la señora Soffel, esposa del alcaide que intenta reconfortarles llevándoles la palabra de Dios.
Ron / Robertson
A girl starts her own investigation after the police fail to catch a local serial killer.
Narrator (voice)
Conventioneer Leader
Virginia Wainwright vuelve al instituto después del terrible accidente que le ha bloqueado la memoria. Cuando parece que su vida se está normalizando, comienza una cadena de asesinatos... (FILMAFFINITY)
Julie's Father
A downbeat story of life inside a women's prison. There is more crime inside than out. When the inmates see that a woman is soon to be admitted for killing a young boy, they begin to plan her murder.
A drifter stranded in Kansas accepts a job offer from a wheat harvester who, in desperation over his cancer and financial woes, attempts suicide but becomes a father-figure to the young man.
Concierge Hotel
A pesar de ser vigilado desde el aire por un helicóptero que sobrevuela una zona boscosa situada en la frontera entre los Estados Unidos y Canadá, el presunto guía de un individuo que luce un traje acaba con su vida, disparándole a bocajarro. En su huida, el guía, que obedece al nombre de Lentini, trata de zafarse del acoso del helicóptero y de la policía con un automóvil que se dirige hacia el aeropuerto. Para evitar ser reconocido en este lugar lleno de agentes del orden, Lentini ha suplantado la personalidad de un individuo cuyo cuerpo se encuentra en la morgue. Precisamente, se trata del mismo cadáver que Romain Duprey intenta descubrir si corresponde con el de su hijo Julien. Al tiempo que el inspector Mackenzie y su equipo llevan a cabo una minuciosa investigación sobre la presunta desaparición de Julien, Romain se encomienda a encontrar a su hijo, con quien ha roto cualquier tipo de relación desde hace tiempo.
Father
Nobody ever listens to Jacob, so he always has to repeat himself. A trip to the grocery store leads to a misunderstanding and Jacob falls asleep hiding in a park. When he wakes up, he discovers that he is in trouble for insulting the store clerk. He is sent to a prison for children that is located on Slimer's Island and is run by the Hooded Fang, an ex-wrestler who outwardly hates children. Meanwhile, Child Power representatives the Intrepid Shapiro and Fearless O'Toole try to find the prison's hidden location to help free the children.
Sergeant
Al volver de un viaje de negocios, Frank descubre que su novia Janie está trabajando en un nuevo complejo hotelero donde el dueño le ha dado un departamento, así como otros regalos a cambio de sus afectos. Las tensiones entre Frank y Janie escalan fuera de control hasta que la toma como rehén en un enfrentamiento con la policía.
M. Lowery
Patricia y su prima, dos adolescentes, vuelven a casa, de noche, después de una fiesta. Patricia será testigo del brutal asesinato de su prima pero afortunadamente, logrará escapar del asesino. La muchacha declara a la policía los hechos y la policía empieza la investigación. Más adelante, Patricia decidirá cambiar su testimonio y decir que su hermano es el culpable del asesinato de su prima. El inspector Carella sospecha que la chica miente.
Narrator
There's a "silver lining in every cloud" as Donald O'Neary turns every misfortune his two neighbours can engineer into gold coins. Against the background of the Irish countryside, the customary "rich but dumb" characters meet their match in the "poor but crafty" hero. The story introduces the student to our rich multicultural background through the exploration of folklore of one of the peoples that make up Canada's cultural mosaic.
Mr. Wilson
The wife of photographer J.A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian countryside at the turn of the century. She hopes the intimacy will revive their marriage.
Policeman
A TV news cameraman's appetite for fine wine, fast cars and beautiful women draws him into the grip of a heroin smuggler.
voice
Men struggle with day-to-day tasks in a world where all of the women have disappeared.
Narrator
A BAFTA award nominated animation based on a poem by Earle Birney and a painting by El Greco. The theme concerns the responsibility of the innovator for the thing he makes. In the film, a carpenter builds a cross but is reluctant to become involved in the right or wrong of situations that bring men to die on crosses. His interest is in his own craftsmanship. To illustrate this moral, the filmmaker used light-pen drawings, giving colour and emphasis through optical processes.
The lives of a businessman and his family begin to spiral downward after he has an affair at an insurance convention.