Remembering the Children: The Red Deer Indian Industrial School
For over 100 years, many of the Indigenous children of Canada were forcefully taken from their families and sent hundred or thousands of kilometers away to Residential Schools whose purpose was to take away their language and culture and replace it with that of the European colonizers, often using abuse and neglect to achieve this […]
Spilled Water Never Returns
A corresponding-style film to the friendships that I have lost over the years as an immigrant from Hong Kong. Director Biography – Anthony Lee Hong Konger, filmmaker. Lives and works in Vancouver.
The Founder Effect -DCFF23 Winner – Best Feature Film Canada
OUTLINE: When a young boy goes missing in the town of Hope, his grandfather must grapple with their family history and navigate mysterious phenomena as he sets out on a quest of conscience to save his grandson from the shadows. SUMMARY: A perfect family getaway is suddenly upended when a policeman’s grandson disappears. Jack Rooney […]
ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR -DCFF23 Winner – Best Documentary Canada
ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR Singer Isabelle Cyr takes a fascinating journey in France to meet her Acadian cousins, whose ancestors were deported from Canada. During the journey, where past and present mingle with personal discoveries, she composes a song on her identity and connections with the people. Director Biography – Phil Comeau Phil Comeau, an Acadian […]
Inner Sounds
Inner Sounds Director Biography – Benjamin Shimwa Benjamin Shimwa is a Malawian-Canadian poet, director, and editor. Benjamin has been writing narrative poems since the age of 13 and his love transitioned into writing stories and making videos that would bring his poetry to life. Seeing how much joy he got from making videos, Benjamin began […]
Isolation -Short -Canada -dcff21 Finalist
Set in a world running parallel to our own pandemic-gripped reality, ISOLATION dips into the life of John (Alexander Johnson), a young man sequestered in his high-rise apartment, waiting in tandem with a paused outside world swept up in illness. Even locked doors in the sky can be knocked upon, however, and when his past […]
Lady of the Sea -Short -Canada -dcff21 Finalist
There once was a lady from the sea, born from the corals and the currents, the tides and the waves. These are the lessons that she taught me. Director Biography – Emmett Sparling Emmett Sparling has been creating films for the past few years on his travels. He is constantly inspired by nature and the […]
Reptile House -Short -Canada -Dcff21 -Finalist
A man looking to buy a snake gets far more than he bargained for as he is drawn into a mysterious woman’s home of exotic reptiles. “Thena loves her precious reptiles, and closely questions any who come to buy one. The worthy may gain a reptile, but those who are not may lose their lives!” […]
Mr. Emancipation -Doc -Canada -dcff21 -Winner -Best Doc Canada
Mr. Emancipation is the story of Walter L Perry’s determination to put on a celebration that would transcend divisions of race and class. He staged an Emancipation Day festival that was where everyone wanted to be. Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr, Jesse Owens all headed there because, as civil rights activist Dick Gregory said […]
The House of The Rising Sun
Join our cast of fabulous femme fatales as we take a tasteful tango down a dark alley to The House Of The Rising Sun. This playful retelling of the chilling blues classic will have you at the edge of your seat. There’s a reason this tune has enchanted the hearts of many for so long. […]