Shirley Vercruysse

A mother embarks on a journey of acceptance and joy while supporting her child's gender transition in this heartfelt portrayal of single parenting and navigating the complexities surrounding gender and consent.

Un grupo de once personas de la comunidad LGTBI de Vancouver, tienen como tarea la de facilitar la inserción en Canadá de Drake, un solicitante de asilo gay de Uganda. Se embarcan juntos durante un año en búsqueda de emancipación personal. La repentina pandemia y las diferencias de opiniones en cuanto a sus mejores intereses ponen a prueba los límites de su compromiso y ponen en peligro su nuevo comienzo en Canadá.

Un grupo de once personas de la comunidad LGTBI de Vancouver, tienen como tarea la de facilitar la inserción en Canadá de Drake, un solicitante de asilo gay de Uganda. Se embarcan juntos durante un año en búsqueda de emancipación personal. La repentina pandemia y las diferencias de opiniones en cuanto a sus mejores intereses ponen a prueba los límites de su compromiso y ponen en peligro su nuevo comienzo en Canadá.

The Covid pandemic strikes a tragically familiar chord for the Inuvialuit of the Mackenzie River Delta. In the early 19th century John Franklin and his crew infected their ancestors with deadly smallpox. Other devastating epidemics would follow. Historian Randal Pokiak returns to the ancient site of Kitigaaruk, a community abandoned after the great flu epidemic of 1918, to deliver a vivid cautionary tale.

Filmmaker Jennifer Abbott explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of the climate crisis and the relationship between grief and hope in times of personal and planetary change.

On the heels of the Toronto Raptors’ historic NBA Championship and the record-setting number of Canadian draft picks, the Toronto hoop dream is more alive than ever. In this feature-length doc, director Ryan Sidhoo shines the spotlight on 12-year-old Elijah Fisher, 15-year-old Keone Davis and 18-year-old Cordell Veira as they navigate today’s youth basketball machine in pursuit of their own NBA dreams.

Built on a layer of frozen earth, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada has subarctic winters where temperatures routinely drop below −40°C. Meet the four season food producers who engage in small-scale agriculture, and those who support their back-to-the-land movement. These resilient unassuming farmers have carved out small patches of fertile soil, in an otherwise unforgiving expanse of isolated wilderness, to make a living and a life.

A beautifully composed and evocative documentary on the 25 houses of worship that line a single road in Richmond, BC.

A beautifully composed and evocative documentary on the 25 houses of worship that line a single road in Richmond, BC.

Director Mirjam Leuze’s The Whale and The Raven illuminates the many issues that have drawn whale researchers, the Gitga’at First Nation, and the Government of British Columbia into a complex conflict. As the people in the Great Bear Rainforest struggle to protect their territory against the pressure and promise of the gas industry, caught in between are the countless beings that call this place home.

In a world of fixed positions and prescribed roles, expanding the definition of gender requires the courage to dive deep into understanding and acceptance. Written and directed by Christina Willings, Beauty explores the lives of five gender-creative kids, each uniquely engaged in shaping their ideas of what it means to be fully human. Claiming your own sense of gender when everything around you insists that you comply and conform can be challenging, and sometimes scary—but family and friends are there to help. Free-flowing animated elements, ranging from images of octopuses to astronauts, draw together the kids’ shared experiences in beautifully rendered fantasias that celebrate the power of imagination and the flourishing force of self-determination. Playful, goofy, loving and brave, each of these remarkable young people—including Ladner, B.C.’s transgender advocate Tru Wilson—have found their own way to break free and show the world what it really means to be your true self.

In a world of fixed positions and prescribed roles, expanding the definition of gender requires the courage to dive deep into understanding and acceptance. Written and directed by Christina Willings, Beauty explores the lives of five gender-creative kids, each uniquely engaged in shaping their ideas of what it means to be fully human. Claiming your own sense of gender when everything around you insists that you comply and conform can be challenging, and sometimes scary—but family and friends are there to help. Free-flowing animated elements, ranging from images of octopuses to astronauts, draw together the kids’ shared experiences in beautifully rendered fantasias that celebrate the power of imagination and the flourishing force of self-determination. Playful, goofy, loving and brave, each of these remarkable young people—including Ladner, B.C.’s transgender advocate Tru Wilson—have found their own way to break free and show the world what it really means to be your true self.

Documentary about the Holy Angels Residential School in Alberta, where hundreds of First Nations children were imprisoned.

In a unique and defiant blend, the film tells the story of six generations of Indigenous activism through song and story.

The Mountain of SGaana spins a magical tale of a young man who is stolen away to the spirit world, and the young woman who rescues him. Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter’s dream-like gem brilliantly entwines traditional animation with formal elements of Haida art, which are brought to life by a rich, evocative palette and stylized effects. As a young fisherman cruises along a rugged shoreline, a tiny mouse in Haida regalia appears and starts to knit a blanket. A story unfolds on the blanket as it grows longer, illustrating the ancient tale of Haida master sea hunter Naa-Naa-Simgat and his beloved, Kuuga Kuns. When a sGaana (the Haida word for “killer whale”) captures the hunter and drags him down into a supernatural world, the courageous Kuuga Kuns sets off to save him. Will the lovers manage to escape the undersea Mountain of SGaana, or will they, too, become part of the Haida spirit world forever?

The Mountain of SGaana spins a magical tale of a young man who is stolen away to the spirit world, and the young woman who rescues him. Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter’s dream-like gem brilliantly entwines traditional animation with formal elements of Haida art, which are brought to life by a rich, evocative palette and stylized effects. As a young fisherman cruises along a rugged shoreline, a tiny mouse in Haida regalia appears and starts to knit a blanket. A story unfolds on the blanket as it grows longer, illustrating the ancient tale of Haida master sea hunter Naa-Naa-Simgat and his beloved, Kuuga Kuns. When a sGaana (the Haida word for “killer whale”) captures the hunter and drags him down into a supernatural world, the courageous Kuuga Kuns sets off to save him. Will the lovers manage to escape the undersea Mountain of SGaana, or will they, too, become part of the Haida spirit world forever?

Alone in an aging cosmos, a traveller's pilgrimage comes to an end.

Rosie Ming, una joven poeta canadiense, es invitada a tocar en un Festival de Poesía en Shiraz, Irán, pero ella preferiría estar en París. Ella vive en casa con sus abuelos chinos sobre protectores y nunca ha estado en ningún lado sola. Una vez en Irán, se encuentra en compañía de poetas y persas, todos los que cuentan historias que la obligan a confrontar su pasado; el padre iraní que ella asumió la abandonó y la naturaleza de la poesía misma. Se trata de construir puentes entre divisiones culturales y generacionales. Se trata de ser curioso. Mantenerse abierto. Y encontrar tu propia voz a través de la magia de la poesía. Rosie emprende un viaje involuntario de perdón, reconciliación y quizás, sobre todo, comprensión, al conocer el pasado de su padre, su propia identidad cultural y su responsabilidad con respecto a ella.

Terry and Dean head north to make sweet cash in the oil patch.

II Guerra Mundial. Clara sólo tiene doce años, pero se embarcará en una peligrosa misión junto a su madre y sus hermanos para rescatar a su padre, que está retenido en un campo de prisioneros de guerra. Con la ayuda del misterioso y mágico Drosselmeyer, puede que la pequeña Clara consiga experimentar un auténtico milagro navideño.

Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs. In these artificial neighborhoods, there is a sense of careless sprawl in an car dominated culture that ineffectually tries to create the more organically grown older communities. Interspersed with the comments of various experts about the nature of suburbia

Tras una impulsiva aventura amorosa con su joven y espectacular secretaria, Walter Pearce se siente avergonzado y totalmente arrepentido. Dominado por el pánico, decide confesar la indiscreción a la que ha sido su esposa durante 24 años el día de su aniversario de bodas. Ante la revelación, su mujer Deborah le echa a patadas de casa a media noche. Entretanto, el arrogante Skylar Echerman, una emergente estrella de fútbol americano del instituto local, se lesiona de gravedad, por lo que deberá guardar reposo en casa durante la larga convalecencia. Skylar y Walter, que hasta el momento han sido vecinos, se sienten muy unidos en su profunda desgracia ahora que los sueños de ambos han sido aniquilados. Por ese motivo deciden vivir juntos en casa del primero, en lo que será una convivencia desastrosamente irresponsable. (FILMAFFINITY)

Caleb is 27, and was raised in the majestic Kootenays by his bush hippie parents. He loves his father Jim and understands his reverence for wood working, coriander and Soya products, but he just doesn't get Jim's determined effort to achieve economic disaster at every turn. His father is a relentlessly unsuccessful business man, and as the junior partner in their carpentry shop, Caleb is powerless to stop the fiscal self sabotage. When Matthew, an old friend of Jim's, arrives in the valley to develop a high-end fishing lodge, Caleb sees fortune looming, provided he can keep his father distracted long enough. But a small deception leads to colossal betrayal, and soon Caleb must face the fact that he's reached that treasured day when a boy becomes man enough to tell his father get lost.

A young man in Calgary, Alberta is multiphobic: nonetheless, he believes that he is the cause of the fear which is killing people around him.

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 city, glass skywalks connect apartment buildings, office towers and shopping malls. Its day 28 of the bet and over the lunch hour, as the office prepares for the company founder's retirement party, things start to seriously unravel.