An American in his thirties, an English teenager and a young Canadian mother are all expatriated for criminal offences to their native Jamaica which they left as children.
With their young daughter suffering from a rare genetic disease, a filmmaker and his wife decide to spend a year with her and their son in a village in the Swiss Alps.
After learning that her father is not her father, a filmmaker in the middle of shooting a documentary about her family investigates her identity.
On Easter in Montreal, an actress crosses paths with a fellow actor who became homeless following a concussion.
Our moral and concrete relationship to the phenomenon of debt based on the contemplation articulated by the writer Margaret Atwood in a book on the subject.
During the summer of 2010, the director followed some young Quebecers to learn more about their fascination towards Western Canada.
Filmmaker, theaterperson, actress, feminist activist and mother, Paule Baillargeon tells her story through thirty vignettes presented in chronological order.
A meditation on time articulated through images of nature and science in action gleaned from around the world.
A look at the state of affairs in Black Africa sixty years after the decolonization movement recounted by hip hop musicians.
A critical look at the ins and outs of fundraising for breast cancer research organized by multinational corporations.
Reflection on progress, whose perverse effects and traps threaten the future of humanity today.
Some thirty Quebec intellectuals question the causes and consequences of the dissolution of the national dream.
Obsessed with his English-speaking neighbour, a young French-speaking man with a bad attitude falls into an acute neurosis.
A portrait of the Canadian mining industry from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century to the present day.
Three Quebec teenagers of Chinese origin return with the filmmaker to the country where they were born to revisit the home where they were adopted.
A journalist helps an isolated and morose citizen reconnect with modern society by introducing him to a number of artists, scientists and philosophers.
A look into the world of the founder of a Christian community in Alberta leading a fierce fight against the gas industry.
The life and difficulties of black Canadian runner Harry Jerome, who broke the world record for the 100-meter dash in 1960.
Portrait of Argentinian jurist Luis Moreno Ocampo, controversial first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
In Cairo, a forty-year-old woman trains her daughters in belly dancing, a skill she learned from her mother.
A look at the working-class Montreal neighborhood of St-Henri and its inhabitants on the first day of school.
The career of poet, journalist, and police officer G
Meetings with prostitutes of different ages living in Ottawa, Quebec City or in the Mont
In Abitibi, the day-to-day life of men of various nationalities who are responible for the cutting of young hardwoods, accelerating the growth of conifers.
Captured as teenagers and trained to kill by Ugandan rebels, the young women who managed to escape from them try to return to normal life in their village.
Some of the world’s best drummers are gathered at a summer camp in Ontario to teach their art to aspiring percussionists.