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A trove of home video tapes spurs a filmmaker to investigate repressed parts of his past and come to terms with his own identity. A search for the cause of his father’s surprising death turns into a cathartic journey of reconnection and healing.

A determined 15-year-old, guided by her supportive mother, challenges the fashion industry’s norms and confronts ableism as she breaks barriers on the runway, helping to redefine beauty and advocate for inclusivity.

Elliot, dedicated rugby player and coach, finds a community that sees him for who he is and supports his personal and athletic growth. Elliot has autism, and his personal success inspires him to become an advocate for disability awareness.

When 50-year-old Kirby moved out of the family home as a teen, his parents assumed that living in a group setting would suit him because of his intellectual disability. After many failed attempts, it became clear that Kirby just wanted to live on his own. For twenty years now he has been doing just that and thriving — in a quaint little house on a colourful small-town street, surrounded by affable neighbours and a unique support network that understands the power of community and belonging.

An inspiring adventure that follows along with the team and runners that create and execute the epic Monarch Ultra relay – a 4,200 km ultra-run through North America, mimicking the migration path of the Monarch butterfly.

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Shocking stories from frontline workers in Ontario reveal fault lines in the system exacerbated by COVID-19.

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Jim is sick of going to funerals. Roger has regular surgeries to keep him alive. Sandy still struggles to pay the bills twenty years after her husband died. Their town is sick, and they want justice. In a company town both sustained and poisoned by big industry, a growing group of widows, workers and family members fight for justice in a system stacked against them.

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Celebrate the last hoorah at the Pig’s Ear – watering hole, community centre, classroom, concert venue, too-good time. The legendary tavern kept its doors open for 152 years, welcoming an eclectic mix of characters; musicians, community organizers, students, professors and blue collar workers. This touching portrait chronicles the final months of the tavern, a window into the warmth and spirit of the owners, staff and patrons.

Alex Unger, aka ELMS, lives a double life: he creates haunting music, and farms cattle. In this short, he explores how one influences the other, what drives his art, and how one of these lifestyles is more of a privilege than he thought.

“Gitigaa” is the Anishinaabe word for “spots”. When you add the letter “n” to the end, it becomes connected to the land. “Garden” is gitigaan, or spots on the land, each spot being recognized as its own ecosystem. The Gitigaan Project began as a space for growing food, but has evolved into a multi-dimensional site where Anishinaabe history is explored, an understanding of traditional food is revealed, and the importance of integrating Indigenous knowledge and language in the everyday is examined.

This documentary sensitively shows a glimpse into the lives of two Syrian refugee families living in Canada. We see how they are thriving in their new homes with the help of some folks who sponsored them and helped give them a community to lean on in what can be a very difficult process.

Against the backdrop of the coming winter, this documentary intimately chronicles the lives of five people connected to the Warming Room - a homeless shelter of last resort - as they search for housing, security, and new hope.

Inspired by a flashback about his birthmark, filmmaker Lester Alfonso is convinced that making a film will help confront a distant trauma rooted in cultural superstition. A follow-up to his award-winning film Twelve (2009), BIRTHMARK is a wry, sensitive, and candidly confessional exercise in creative anthropology. Soliciting fellow mark-bearers to add their testimonies to his own, Lester documents his journey to find peace and forgiveness, and to quiet the voice in his head.

On the eve of her 35th birthday, Megan moved back into her childhood home. For the first time in her life, she was alone; both of her parents are dead. In cleaning out her parents’ belongings, she found her father’s journal, long believed lost in a fire. It chronicled his 1973 solo bike journey through Ireland when he was just 26 years old. Struggling with her own grief and broken heart, she decides to take her father’s journal and his original 1973 red Peugeot and return to the land of her ancestors. Will retracing her father’s journey help her to find her own way forward?

The Weber Brothers struggle to define success – a confusing and elusive concept for any artist. Their career has been both rewarding, and punishing. With archival footage dating back to their beginnings, and interviews with the brothers, their band, and a selection of their myriad of musical peers, we see why they remain optimistic.