Healing the nation

말 못할 트라우마를 가지고 자신만의 세계에 갇혀있던 ‘찰리’는 고등학교 신입생이 돼서도 친구들과 어울리지 못한 채 방황한다. 그러던 어느 날, 타인의 시선 따위는 신경 쓰지 않고 삶을 즐기는 ‘샘’과 ‘패트릭’ 남매를 만나 인생의 새로운 전환을 맞이한다. 멋진 음악과 친구들을 만나며 세상 밖으로 나가는 법을 배워가는 ‘찰리’. 자신도 모르는 사이 ‘샘’을 사랑하게 된 그는 이제껏 경험한적 없는 가슴 벅찬 나날을 보낸다.

미국 오레곤주 포틀랜드 끝자락에 위치한 광활한 삼림 지역, 포레스트 파크에서 몇 년간을 숨어 지내온 10대 소녀와 그녀의 아버지. 작은 실수 때문에 삼림 속에 숨어 지내던 그들의 삶이 발각되고, 이제 그들은 사회복지국의 책임 아래 인계된다. 그들은 새로운 환경에 적응하려고 노력하지만, 갑작스러운 행정기관의 결정 앞에 극단적인 선택으로 내몰린다. 완전한 독립을 찾아 황야로 나선 위험천만한 여행 속에서 공동체의 일원이 되고자 하는 바람과 분리된 삶을 유지해야 할 필요 사이, 두 가지의 욕망이 충돌한다. (2018년 제20회 서울국제여성영화제)

미그마크 부족이 거주하는 보호구역 바깥에 좀비가 창궐한다. 보안관인 트 레일러는 백인 좀비들로부터 임신한 아들의 여자친구와 보호구역으로 끊임 없이 밀려오는 난민까지 지켜내야 한다.

산업 폐기물로 물이 오염되고 암 발생률이 치솟았다. 이런 참상이 일어나는 곳은 언제나 소외 계층 거주지. 어디에 사는지에 따라 건강이 결정되는 비극을 막으려 주민들이 정부에 맞선다. 캐나다 노바스코샤 지역의 투쟁을 담은 다큐멘터리.

In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.

An ensemble film about four everyday people: a store manager, a security guard, a fire fighter and a clerk who struggle in the aftermath of trauma.

아동 심리치료사 메리언은 매니라는 특별한 9살 소년을 돌보게 된다. 항상 말없이 그림만 그리던 매니는 계속된 메리언의 관심에 자신이 미래를 통제할 수 있다고 말한다. 매니를 믿지 않았던 메리언 앞에 매니가 그린 그림들이 하나 둘 현실이 되자, 그녀는 모두가 감춘 소년의 비밀을 파헤치기 시작하는데…

Sophie Jacobs is going through the most difficult time of her life. Now, she just has to find out if it's real.

When Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committed a crime he agonizes over his decision to call the police.

For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and 15 children. As he wields his machete with ease, slicing a path to his cocoa trees, the small jungle plot he cultivates in southern Belize remains pristine and wild. His dreams for his children to inherit the land and the traditions of their Mayan ancestors present a familiar challenge. The kids feel their father's philosophies don't fit into a global economy, so they're charting their own course. Rohan Fernando's direction tenderly displays a generational shift, causalities of progress in modern times and a man valiantly protecting an endangered culture. Breathtaking vistas of lush rainforests contrast with the urban dystopia that pulled Pop’s children away from him. Will one child return to carry on a waning way of life

Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has committed suicide, and he begins to smell a rat. During his investigation, McKittrick questions three beautiful women, one of whom has a tie to his refugee past. Pursued by Nazi operatives, McKittrick learns of the death of another friend, and begins to suspect the dark Dr. Skaas.

CREE CODE TALKER reveals the role of Canadian Cree code talker Charles 'Checker' Tomkins during the Second World War. Digging deep into the US archives it depicts the true story of Charles' involvement with the US Air Force and the development of the code talkers communication system, which was used to transmit crucial military communications, using the Cree language as a vital secret weapon in combat.

The Blackfoot bareback horse-racing tradition returns in the astonishingly dangerous Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles with secondhand horses and a new jockey on his way to challenging the best riders in the Blackfoot Confederacy.

In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. INVASION is a new film about the Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and the larger Wet’suwet’en Nation standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence against Indigenous people. The Unist’ot’en Camp has been a beacon of resistance for nearly 10 years. It is a healing space for Indigenous people and settlers alike, and an active example of decolonization. The violence, environmental destruction, and disregard for human rights following TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) / Coastal GasLink’s interim injunction has been devastating to bear, but this fight is far from over.

The territory of Akwesasne straddles the Canada-U.S. border. When Canadian authorities prohibited the duty-free cross-border passage of personal purchases - a right established by the Jay Treaty of 1794 - Kanien'kéhaka protesters blocked the international bridge between Ontario and New York State.

NIN E TEPUEIAN - MY CRY is a documentary tracks the journey of Innu poet, actress and activist, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, at a pivotal time in her career as a committed artist. Santiago Bertolino's camera follows a young Innu poet over the course of a year. A voice rises, inspiration builds; another star finds its place amongst the constellation of contemporary Indigenous literature. A voice of prominent magnitude illuminates the road towards healing and renewal: Natasha Kanapé Fontaine.

This documentary digs into the stories of Indigenous women and families to reclaim their Indian Status through their fight for the elimination of sex-discrimination in the Indian Act. It highlights the impacts of the law on individuals, families and communities. Since the passing of Bill S-3 and its amendments, thousands of Indigenous people are now eligible for Indian Status.

Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child. An important figure in the history of Canadian Indigenous filmmaking, Gil Cardinal was born to a Métis mother but raised by a non-Indigenous foster family, and with this auto-biographical documentary he charts his efforts to find his biological mother and to understand why he was removed from her. Considered a milestone in documentary cinema, it addressed the country’s internal colonialism in a profoundly personal manner, winning a Special Jury Prize at Banff and multiple international awards.

“Those Who Come, Will Hear” proposes a unique meeting with the speakers of several indigenous and inuit languages of Quebec – all threatened with extinction. The film starts with the discovery of these unsung tongues through listening to the daily life of those who still speak them today. Buttressed by an exploration and creation of archives, the film allows us to better understand the musicality of these languages and reveals the cultural and human importance of these venerable oral traditions by nourishing a collective reflection on the consequences of their disappearance.

In this follow-up to his 2003 film, Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documents the events of the final journey of the G'psgolox Pole as it returns home to Kitamaat and the Haisla people, from where it went missing in 1929.