Canada Council For The Arts Movies

  • 2025
    Asog

    Asog

    Asog

    62025HD

    This unique narrative incorporating documentary elements follows Rey, a 40-year-old non-binary teacher and typhoon survivor, on a roadtrip to fame....

    Asog
  • 2025
    Ratgirl

    Ratgirl

    Ratgirl

    02025HD

    Ratgirl, a diffident 19 year-old woman, as she and her older roommate Alice discover their apartment is infested with rats — a claim which is...

    Ratgirl
  • 2005
    MYURBANEYES

    MYURBANEYES

    MYURBANEYES

    02005HD

    A film about urbanity and Indigeneity dedicated to Kamala Todd's child.

    MYURBANEYES
  • 2004
    Ryan

    Ryan

    Ryan

    6.82004HD

    Centres on Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who in later years lived on skid row in Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse.

    Ryan
  • 2023
    Retrograde

    Retrograde

    Retrograde

    2.52023HD

    A minor traffic citation spirals into an all-consuming obsession for a neurotic young woman.

    Retrograde
  • 1993
    Fish Traps

    Fish Traps

    Fish Traps

    01993HD

    As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter. The days are getting shorter and...

    Fish Traps
  • 1996
    Kissed

    Kissed

    Kissed

    6.41996HD

    As a child, Sandra Larson was fixated on death. As a mortician, she discovers that her fixation goes beyond not just preparations and embalming, but...

    Kissed
  • 1990
    Archangel

    Archangel

    Archangel

    5.51990HD

    At the height of the October Revolution during the 1919 allied intervention in Arkhangelsk, the exploits of one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John...

    Archangel
  • 1970
    Green Fingers

    Green Fingers

    Green Fingers

    01970HD

    An eco-conscious gardener stumbles upon a second-hand cardigan that leads to an unexpected romance, quietly blooming in the green corners of the city.

    Green Fingers
  • 1987
    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    5.71987HD

    Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle...

    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
  • 2025
    Beauty's Pride

    Beauty's Pride

    Beauty's Pride

    102025HD

    Beauty’s Pride is an evocative short film to accompany Born Ruffians’ new album by the same name.

    Beauty's Pride
  • 2019
    Labour/Leisure

    Labour/Leisure

    Labour/Leisure

    02019HD

    An examination of the contrast between the industrial environments of the Okanagan Valley’s fruit orchards and the upscale vacation spots that...

    Labour/Leisure
  • 2022
    Geographies of Solitude

    Geographies of Solitude

    Geographies of Solitude

    7.82022HD

    An immersion into the rich landscapes of Sable Island and the life of Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived over 40 years on...

    Geographies of Solitude
  • 2009
    The Drawer and the Crow

    The Drawer and the Crow

    The Drawer and the Crow

    42009HD

    Best Canadian Short Film - Ottawa International Animation Festival 2009

    The Drawer and the Crow
  • 2021
    Dreams on Fire

    Dreams on Fire

    Dreams on Fire

    82021HD

    Fleeing to Tokyo with the hopes that she can fulfil her dream of becoming a dancer, Yume is met with the harsh reality that success isn’t...

    Dreams on Fire
  • 2002
    Waydowntown

    Waydowntown

    Waydowntown

    5.82002HD

    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...

    Waydowntown
  • 1995
    Your Name in Cellulite

    Your Name in Cellulite

    Your Name in Cellulite

    61995HD

    A wickedly funny satire about the disparity between a woman's natural beauty and the ideal promoted by the mega-billion dollar advertising industry,...

    Your Name in Cellulite
  • 1992
    Careful

    Careful

    Careful

    61992HD

    The mountain-village passions of a German widow and her sons unfold in the style of a 1920s expressionist movie.

    Careful
  • 1975
    Great Grand Mother

    Great Grand Mother

    Great Grand Mother

    71975HD

    This short film is an ode to the women who settled the Prairies, from the days of early immigration to 1916 - when Manitobans became the first women...

    Great Grand Mother
  • 1970
    The trees are hissing

    The trees are hissing

    The trees are hissing

    01970HD

    In 2024, an extraordinary phenomenon unfolded in Illinois: the simultaneous emergence of billions of periodical cicadas—an event occurring...

    The trees are hissing