Film artist David Rimmer pays tribute to Al Neil, an institution in West Coast art mythology in this portrait of the musician, poet and sculptor.
Three female electronic dance music artists battle demons from painful pasts as they emerge to become beacons on the global festival scene. Along their journeys, they encounter plenty of resistance as they dare to enter the male-dominated realm of electronic music and EDM.
This compilation of six animated motion comics is based on the rise of female DJ's, each climbing the ranks of the international electronic music scene while wrestling with their own personal struggles. Based on the feature documentary AMPLIFY HER, it shifts the women's stories into a graphic novel esthetic, imagined by 16 female artists.
Documentary on composer and artistic rebel Sophie-Carmen (Sonia) Eckhardt-Gramatte.
The Borealis String Quartet, one of Canada's finest chamber music ensembles, performs at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in Vancouver, BC.
China is the largest manufacturer in the world, and English translations of Chinese instructions often say more about the culture than they do about the product. Filmmaker Lulu Keating brings the "Hand-Pressing Flashlight" instructions to life, creating a land of extremes.
Chanterelle Rain is an evocative, animated love song to the summer rains that give us the treasured culinary gift of chanterelle mushrooms.
This cinematic journey searches the secrets of uninhibited creativity, following four Vancouver artists: master painter and AIDS activist Tiko Kerr, ballet dancer Alexis Fletcher, luthier Nicole Alosinac and fiery singer Colleen Rennison of the blues-rock band No Sinner.
With a nod to the theatre of the absurd, Kelvin Redvers has created a musical like no other to provoke discussion about relationships between law enforcement and First Nations people.
Distant Sounds profiles Qiu Xia He, a Chinese-born pipa musician who lives in Vancouver.
A girl loves dogs. She wants to be one. Shot on location in Dawson City and on Manitoulin Island, Dog=God is an experimental, musical, ecstatic ode to dogs and those who both master and worship them.
Part performance film, part biopic, Ferron: girl on a road traces, the life, the songs, the loves, the heartbreaks, and the pioneering path carved by a true folk legend.
Part performance film, part biopic, Ferron: girl on a road traces, the life, the songs, the loves, the heartbreaks, and the pioneering path carved by a true folk legend.
The short musical drama Gibson Woods explores the presence of history and the connection between the African Nova Scotian and Mi’Kmaq communities.
This documentary celebrates Long John Baldry's long and influential career and features footage of early performances and commentary from a number of musicians for whom he was a great influence.
A maker of the most elaborate and sometimes outrageous masks, Reg Davidson is at the top of his class. Portrait of a Mask Maker joins him in his studio to watch him carve and share his views about Haida art.
In this short film, the portrait of a classical violinist changes by the second in artistic style and medium as he plays.
This charming and lively animation by Vancouver artist Deb Dawson pays tribute to the genius of the late Canadian musician commonly known as Ray Condo (1950-2004).
A portrait of Robert Davidson, one of the great masters of contemporary Haida art.
A portrait of Robert Davidson, one of the great masters of contemporary Haida art. Special edition includes extra features.
Based on the award-winning play by the Electric Company Theatre, this musical drama centers on Dr. Lynn Magnusson, a brilliant geneticist racing to isolate a cancer-causing gene.
High school students in Victoria, B.C. who benefited from a successful elementary school strings program launch a campaign to have the program reinstated after local authorities cut it in an attempt to balance a school district budget.
This documentary of a performance by the Silk Road ensemble features stunning musicianship with Chinese and Brazilian musicians that bridges cultural gaps and delights audiences.
From Vancouver filmmaker Marianne Kaplan comes an exciting glimpse of the process of change presently taking place in South Africa. Instead of detailing the horrors of apartheid, Songololo portrays the emergent post-apartheid culture, born of the collective past and aspirations of black South Africa.