A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.

One day, Carmen Müller realizes that her husband Werner has been unemployed for months and has accumulated debts of 80,000 DM in their bank...

The story of a young boy forced to spend all five years of his short life in hospital while the federal and provincial governments argued over which...

Elliot Page brings attention to the injustices and injuries caused by environmental racism in his home province, in this urgent documentary on...

On the surface 19-year-old Mirjam's life appears perfect. She is a world champion freestyle disco dancer and the pride of her modern, evangelical...

This short film serves as a cautionary tale to farmers who recklessly cut down trees on their land. When prairie farmers engaged in this practice to...

Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the...

With little or no embellishment, filmmaker Marguerite Duras offers a simple, often wordless chronicle of a woman's day. She and her friend are seen...

After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

An old and poor couple, Charles and Lucie, scrape by working as a concierge and an untalented antique dealer, respectively. But one day, their dreary...

A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems. Featuring ongoing...

A married young academic falls under the sexual thrall of a much older man whose air of jaded ennui conceals a secret desire for vengeance.

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to...

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring...

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs,...

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships...

Nina Geld's passion and talent have made her a rising star in the comedy scene, but she's an emotional mess offstage. When a new professional...

A young woman returns home and must confront her ex-boyfriend when an unexpected tragedy occurs.

A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy...

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the...