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Ernest & Celestine

December 2012 •French

Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.

Speak, Silent One

June 1973 •Spanish

Ramiro's grandfather is on vacation in a hostel in the mountains with his family. Decides to send theirs to Madrid and stay in a shelter, saying his health requires. But the reason is another ...

L'arche des canopées

July 2021 •French

Inuk

May 2012 •Kalaallisut

Several years after losing his father, Inuk learns the way of his people again.

Where Is He?

June 2020 •French

A woman reflects on existence, solitude and God while surrounded by nature

The Death of Richie

January 1977 •English

A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.

The Dirties

October 2013 •English

The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.

Avalanche

September 1978 •English

After an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort, a holiday at a winter wonderland turns into a game of survival for a group of vacationers.

The Big Cat

April 1949 •Spanish

A city boy arrives in his late mother's birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by a cougar.

High Tide at Noon

April 1957 •English

After returning home to a rugged island near Nova Scotia, Joanna, daughter of the local bigwig, struggles to choose between three eligible bachelors -- the rebel, the steadfast friend and the poetry-quoting newcomer. As the local lobster supply dwindles due to overfishing, the island's inhabitants encounter economic difficulties.

Peg o' My Heart

May 1933 •English

Peg and her father live a simple life in an Irish fishing village. One day Sir Gerald arrives at the village to tell Pat that Peg is heir to estate of her grandfather, who hated Pat. The upshot of the will is that she must go to England for 3 years to learn to be a lady and that Pat can never see her again.

The Crystal Cradle

May 1976 •French

An androgynous poet/dreamer sits and writes and meditates on the aching void that is her life.

Time is the Thief of Memory

March 2024 •English

A meditation on memory around Iceland's famous Ring Road.

The Oxbow Cure

August 2013 •English

The Oxbow Cure is a winter tale of Lena, a middle-aged woman who has recently been diagnosed with a life-altering disease. In an attempt to come to terms with her transforming body, she leaves her home in the city for a new life in remote northern Ontario. While exploring the natural world outside her cottage, she begins to create an interior routine. A frozen lake, mere steps from her front door, is a source of both fear and fascination.

solitude

August 2021 •English

Vic + Flo Saw a Bear

September 2013 •French

Two recently released prisoners learn to live in a sugar shack deep in the forest.

In the Pines

November 2011 •English

Simultaneously an exploration of nature and psyche, ‘In The Pines’ documents a young woman’s hunt for extraterrestrial meaning. Part science fiction, part psychothriller, part poetry - this film crafts a scene viewers will be eager to revisit.

Hound-Dog Man

November 1959 •English

A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney constantly in hot water for disobeying his mother. The lad should be watching the family farm, but he falls in with his older brother, Clint, and his reckless buddy Blackie Scantling who take him hunting in hillbilly country. The boy falls in love with a beautiful mountain girl, while Blackie has his own fling with another attractive hillbilly maiden, Nita Stringer, and then becomes mixed up with an older, married woman, Sussie Bell.

The Country Years

June 1992 •French

An adolescent comes of age during a summer in the Rhône valley with his maternal grandparents. Jules seems a little too close to his mother and distant from his father, who wants Jules out of their Parisian house. It's to be a summer of transition, perhaps to a boarding school, and during these weeks in the country, Jules fishes with his grandfather; proves himself to the local youths, a group led by the bullying Red; takes on some tough guys; feels rejected by his mother; and, meets and pursues Evelyne, the village beauty. She's responsive, and Jules doesn't exactly know what to do next. Then, something happens that propels Jules into decisiveness and maturity.

The Light That Shines

July 2021 •English

What happens when you are left alone with nothing to be remembered for? A man tries to keep his sanity in tact by writing a letter to get help, but keeps getting memories of his fears and what was lost, will he manage to get out alive or he is left to rot with what remains inside with him?