Sarah Polley

2010年。キリスト教の一派、メノナイトに属する信徒たちが人里離れた場所でコミュニティを営んでいた。そんなある日、女性たちはある恐るべき事実を知る。コミュニティの男たちが女性に薬を盛り、意識を失っている間にレイプするという非道な振る舞いを何年にもわたって続けていたのだと。女性たちは屋根裏部屋で今後どうすべきかを話し合うことにしたが、議論は信仰や赦しの問題にまで及んでいく。

2010年。キリスト教の一派、メノナイトに属する信徒たちが人里離れた場所でコミュニティを営んでいた。そんなある日、女性たちはある恐るべき事実を知る。コミュニティの男たちが女性に薬を盛り、意識を失っている間にレイプするという非道な振る舞いを何年にもわたって続けていたのだと。女性たちは屋根裏部屋で今後どうすべきかを話し合うことにしたが、議論は信仰や赦しの問題にまで及んでいく。

The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than today. Readers turn to her work for answers as they confront the rise of authoritarian leaders, deal with increasingly intrusive technologies, and discuss climate change. Her books are useful as survival tools for hard times. But few know her private life. Who is the woman behind the stories? How does she always seem to know what is coming?

The Secret Path is an animated film adaptation of Gord Downie's album and Jeff Lemire's graphic novel. Working with Downie's poetry and music, Lemire has created a powerful visual representation of the life of Chanie Wenjack.

Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.

Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies depending of their implication in the events, which are remembered in different ways; so a trail of questions remains to be answered, because memory is always changing and the discovery of truth often depends on who is telling the tale.

Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies depending of their implication in the events, which are remembered in different ways; so a trail of questions remains to be answered, because memory is always changing and the discovery of truth often depends on who is telling the tale.

Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies depending of their implication in the events, which are remembered in different ways; so a trail of questions remains to be answered, because memory is always changing and the discovery of truth often depends on who is telling the tale.

Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.

Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.

Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.

Ten years after ending their partnership as rock musicians, two women become re-acquainted in the course of one night.

2092年、化学の進歩で不死が可能となった世界で、118歳のニモは唯一の命に限りある人間だった。ニモは記憶をたどり昔のことを思い出す。かつて9歳の少年だったニモの人生は、母親について行くか父の元に残るかの選択によって決まったのだった。

Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.

This is an all new feature length documentary, with interviews from almost everyone involved with the production of the film. Gilliam never shies away from the truth, even when it comes to himself, and so this documentary is self-effacing and refreshingly frank. The documentary details not only the battles Gilliam had with Columbia in getting the film finished and released, but also the imagination and innovation that went into the production.

When Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson set upon Iceland to film Beowulf & Grendel starring Gerard Butler and Stellan Skarsgard in 2004, they expected the usual complication involved in making a movie, but what they encountered made them wonder if the Norse gods were actually working against them.

グラントとフィオナは仲むつまじい老夫婦。だがフィオナがアルツハイマーと診断され、養護施設に入ることとなり……。女優サラ・ポーリーが脚本も手がけて送る初監督作品は、認知症を真正面からとらえた愛の物語。

グラントとフィオナは仲むつまじい老夫婦。だがフィオナがアルツハイマーと診断され、養護施設に入ることとなり……。女優サラ・ポーリーが脚本も手がけて送る初監督作品は、認知症を真正面からとらえた愛の物語。

イギリスのとある街にある工場で働くハンナは、働き者ではあるが誰とも口を利かず、孤独な毎日を送っていた。彼女の過去は誰も知らない。時々どこかに電話をかけるが、相手が出ても何も話さずに切ってしまう。全く休まないハンナを見た上司は、彼女に無理にでも休暇を取るように勧め、ハンナはある港町にやって来る。しかし休暇など欲しくなかった彼女はとりたててすることもない。 そんな時に入った中華料理屋で、至急看護師が欲しいと携帯で話す男を見かけ、ハンナは自分は看護師だと告げる。ある海底油田掘削所で火事が起こり、重傷を負った男性を看護する人が必要だという。ハンナはすぐにヘリコプターで採掘所に向かう。 患者のジョゼフは重度の火傷を負っており、さらに火事のせいで一時的に目が見えなくなっていた。火事の時、ある男が火の中に飛び込んで自殺したが、ジョゼフは彼を助けようとして重傷を負ったとハンナは聞かされる。 ハンナは黙々とジョゼフを看護する。ジョゼフは時には強引に、時には冗談を交えて何とかハンナ自身のことを聞き出そうとする。そんなジョゼフや、採掘所で働く心優しいコックのサイモンに、徐々にハンナは心を開いていく。

The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.

Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there...

Joe and his siblings have a couple of problems. First off, their stepparents are despicably evil. Secondly, they seemed to have killed them. Now this mixed up mess of half-sisters and step-brothers have to figure out how to dispose of the bodies, cover up the murders, collect their grandfather's inheritance and somehow stick together as a family -- all without getting caught. Not to mention Joe's incessant need to keep tabs on his promiscuous sister, an eye on the precocious little ones and a lustful watch on the girl next-door. Growing up has its complications. Murder's just one of them.

Cliff receives an unusual 18th birthday gift from his younger sister — marijuana, alcohol, a subway token and the mission to lose his virginity. This results in Cliff meeting a young street hustler named Butch. At first, as Butch introduces Cliff to gay street life in Toronto, Cliff is excited by his new relationship. But as the two grow closer, he finds that Butch has problems, including drug addiction, that are cause for serious concern.

Shane Bradley, who is fixated on ideas of luck and destiny, tries to win the girl of his dreams. After their relationship falters, Shane begins to think he might be unlucky and turns to gambling as an outlet for his obsession.

看護師アナは夫と暮らすがある朝、怪物のように変貌した隣家の娘に襲われ、夫は命を奪われる。しかも夫は直後、怪物のようになって生き返る。同じころ町では原因不明だが、次々に死者たちがゾンビになってよみがえり、市民を襲っていた。家を後にしたアナは麻薬の売人アンドレなどの生存者たちと出会いながら、あるショッピングモールに到着。モールにはゾンビたちも侵入できず食料も十分だったが、そこもゾンビの群れに襲われる。

Simon Cable wakes up in a hospital bed, confused and disoriented. He soon discovers from doctors that he has amnesia and is unable to remember the last two years of his life. Cable investigates what has happened to him and slowly pieces together his enigmatic past.

23歳のアンは、母親の家の裏庭にあるトレーラーハウスで失業中の夫と幼い2人の娘と暮らし、時間に追われる忙しい毎日を送っていた。だがある日、彼女は突然腹痛に襲われて病院に運ばれる。そして検査の結果、医師から余命2ヵ月の宣告を受ける。若さのせいでガンの進行が早く、すでに全身に転移してしまっていた。アンはこのことを誰にも打ち明けないと決意し、ノートに死ぬまでにしたいことを書き出していった。それはちょうど10項目になった。そしてその日から、彼女はその秘密のリストを一つずつ実行していくのだった…。

An intense relationship drama that takes the form of a mystery, The Event centers around a series of unexplained deaths that occur among the gay community in New York's fashionable Chelsea district. Nick, a district attorney investigating the most recent case, a suspicious apparent suicide, and her interviews with friends and family of the deceased trigger extensive and intricately interwoven flashbacks that reveal surprising facts about the man's life and death.

Bobby is about to abandon Tessa, but in a suicidal panic she persuades him to stay one last night and reenact the good old times in front of a video camera for posterity.

Bobby is about to abandon Tessa, but in a suicidal panic she persuades him to stay one last night and reenact the good old times in front of a video camera for posterity.

Beatrice's fiancé is killed by a monster in Iceland. The monster is immortal, but longs to die. Beatrice helps him achieve this by contacting a scientist who can destroy matter painlessly.

A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.

Commissioned by the Toronto International Film Festival to mark the event's 25th anniversary in September 2000, the "Preludes" program consisted of ten short films by Canadian directors which were inspired in some way by the festival. Each film screened as a prelude to a feature film in the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival program. The full "Preludes" anthology was screened on the web in November 2000, and was given theatrical retrospectives at the TIFF Lightbox in the subsequent years.

A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness.

Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of the Gulf War in the Middle East.

A festival is a concentration of hope. Audiences hungering for something startingly new, famously familiar or just plain "good". Actors hoping their well-conceived sincerity and ritual entrances have that special glow. Press and critics poised to love or hate lucidly. And proud, desperate filmmakers looking for that little blessing on their latest self-projection. All squeezing together for a few days, in a few rooms wondering whether this will truly be the perfect place at the perfect time. Of course, it rarely is. Mostly it's just a collection of almosts. Delicious, shared almosts.

Two brothers in their early 20s, one black, one white, each the other's keeper since their family was torn apart by a decade old tragedy. Neville is a comedian struggling with his comedy, and his brother, Matthew, is a boxer consumed with the pleasure and pain of his skin. Neville becomes enchanted with Niko, a beguiling young singer who becomes entangled with him on his journey of self-discovery. With the support of their long-time friend Julian and Sister Sarah, a nun with a past, Neville and Matthew come to understand love in all its forms. Written by Conquering Lion Productions/FilmWorks

A black comedy, Don't Think Twice is a disturbing and profound examination of the morals of a man forced to choose between lover and family.

A black comedy, Don't Think Twice is a disturbing and profound examination of the morals of a man forced to choose between lover and family.

A black comedy, Don't Think Twice is a disturbing and profound examination of the morals of a man forced to choose between lover and family.

Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a neighborhood cafe.

A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.

人体にバイオ・ケーブルを接続して楽しむゲーム“イグジステンズ”の発表会で、開発デザイナーが狙撃される。現場に居合わせた警備員テッドは彼女を守ろうとするが……。監督は鬼才デヴィッド・クローネンバーグ。

Grocery store clerk Simon occasionally sells drugs from his cash register at work, so when soap opera actors Adam and Zack come looking for Ecstasy on a quiet Christmas Eve, they are surprised to find Ronna covering his shift. Desperate for money, Ronna decides to become an impromptu drug dealer, unaware that Adam and Zack are secretly working for obsessed narcotics officer Burke.

Short drama by Sarah Polley. The film was made for the "On the Fly 4" film festival. The film was shot and edited in one day.

Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. It shows when Tom is required to kill his old friend Karl.

Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.

How can a smart middle class girl suddenly turn into a devoted right wing debater? That's what happens with Catherine when she meets the charismatic leaders of the neo-nazi organization NIM. Catherine, a first-year university student who feels alienated from the liberal campus, joins a hate group through the Internet and becomes their voice, only to gradually question their beliefs even as she becomes more deeply involved.

雪深い小さな町。ある日の朝、平和な日常が一瞬で崩れ去った。子どもたちを乗せたスクールバスがスリップをおこし、凍った湖に転落。多くの⼦供の命が奪われた。町にやって来たベテランの弁護士スティーブンスは集団訴訟を起こすべく、子供を失った親たちを説得して訪ねてまわる。やがてスティーブンスは事故の唯⼀の⽣存者の美しい少⼥ニコールに訴訟に勝つために証⾔するように説得する。しかし、彼⼥が口にしたのは意外な「真実」だった・・・。

Powerful story about love, struggle and passion of an over protective mother and her piano prodigy.

William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family) haunted with his past. He had moved to the city and become a fit, well-adjusted gay man, but during his visit home, he becomes unhinged as the newly remembered reasons for his miserable adolescence come to life in each of their presents.

A collection of 7 animation short films inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each NFB award-winning film, in their peculiar way, deals with children's rights and addresses various aspects of the Convention. - From IMDB

Josephine has her eye on Joe, a hot-headed, petty criminal who taps phones for a living. When she finally worms her way into his heart she realises it's not a nice place to be. But is it too late?

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.

A mouse from the streets and a church mouse try to help a priest and an organist save Christmas by composing a Christmas carol.

After her father is accused of embezzlement, wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with her deceased mother's relatives on Prince Edward Island. While there, she must adjust to life in the small rural town of Avonlea, learn to cope with her infamous aunts, Hetty and Olivia, and learn to get along with her jealous cousins who become victims and cohorts in Sara’s antics and misadventures. Everything comes to a head when the adults are called away and her older cousin, Felicity, is left in charge – not knowing what troubles will ensue. Soon Sara must make a heart wrenching decision: whether to stay in Avonlea or return to her father. Through the combination of the episodes “The Journey Begins” and “Proof of the Pudding” this digitally-mastered movie was created as an introduction to the award-winning “Road to Avonlea” series.

In 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart's mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved in with her rich, snobbish grandmother, where Jane is verbally abused and her mother bullied. Jane is forced into a private academy, in which the other girls tell her that her father, whom Jane believes to be dead, is actually alive. Soon after, Andrew Stuart sends word that he would like to meet his long-lost daughter, so Jane is sent by train to Bright River to stay with him, where she encounters an old mystery that she must help her father overcome, new friends, and the chance to bring her father and mother back together again.

Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale. Elephant monarch King Babar tells the tale, that unfolds via flashback, of how a much-younger Barbar and his girlfriend Celeste save her village from the pugnacious rhinoceroses that have come to raid it.

「モンティ・パイソン」で知られる鬼才テリー・ギリアム監督が、ミュンヒハウゼン男爵の奇想天外な大冒険をつづった「ほらふき男爵の冒険」を映画化したファンタジー大作。 18世紀、トルコ軍占領下にあるドイツの海岸沿いの町。貧困と飢えに苦しむ人々であふれた崩れかけた城壁の中の廃墟と化した小さな町のロイヤル劇場の舞台に、バロン・ミュンヒハウゼンは突然姿を現わした。彼は、トルコ軍は自分を探していると語り、なぜトルコ軍に追われるはめになったかを話し始めるが、あまりにも荒唐無稽で誰にも相手にされない。

It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. While there, he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by George Cole, and falls in love with two women, one of them Cole's wife.

While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency room where the doctors diagnose him as suffering from an unknown bacteria, and a strange parasite which emerges from his mouth as a large slimy wormlike creature. Soon, there are more cases of bacterial infection, but the more immediate problem for the hospital is the wormlike creature which after accidental exposure to a genetic growth stimulant grows to monstrous proportions and starts a reign of terror and bloodshed in the hospitals abandoned wing.

A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.

A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to deal with his girlfriend's mental problems, which are gradually deteriorating into a split personality.

An armful of destitute orphans transported to the New World at the turn of the century. This is the turbulent and moving story of four British 'bricks for Empire building' - based on the memoirs of some of the 100,000 'home children' who helped build the new Canada.

The year is 1949 and reporter Hugh Jameson is looking for a story. He focuses on Emma Porter, a woman who was accused of the axe murder of her father thirty seven years earlier. Jameson disappears during his search and his wife hires Charles Ripley P.I. to find him. Ripley's search leads him to Emma's son who has his own nasty secrets to protect.

Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gideon, Ginny's very own guardian angel.

The live-action remake of the 1942 Disney animated classic.

A community turns against a respected prep school teacher and his family after he is arrested for a sex crime

A community turns against a respected prep school teacher and his family after he is arrested for a sex crime

A community turns against a respected prep school teacher and his family after he is arrested for a sex crime