Documentary

I LOST MY MOM

75 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

In the form of a filmed journal, filmmaker Denys Desjardins documents the extraordinary sequence of events that drove him to place his mother in a CSHLD (long-term care home).

NICOLE

23 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

In this touching documentary, filmmaker Chadi Bennani accompanies his mother, Dominique, as she sets out to empty Nicole’s apartment, her mother who passed two years prior. Through their discoveries, Dominique and Chadi share their memories of Nicole, as well as their apprehensions of a future without her.

ZUG ISLAND

22 min, Documentary, Canada. 5.1

In search of the source of a mysterious hum, a sound man meets locals of an abandoned neighborhood devastated by decades of industrial rollout.

THE FAMILY OF THE FOREST

85 min, Documentaire, Canada, 5.1

Gérard and Catherine sacrificed family, friends and their homeland of Belgium for a life of self-sufficiency deep in the boreal forest of Gaspé Peninsula, Québec. Now 15 years later, as their three sons become young adults, what will happen to this remarkable life they’ve given everything to create?

FAR BEYOND THE PASTURELANDS

84 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

In a remote himalayan region, the villagers of Maikot are preparing for the harvest of a mysterious aphrodisiac caterpillar-mushroom worth more than gold.

THE END OF WONDERLAND

85 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Tara Emory, veteran sex-industry artist, confronts a family history of hoarding through art as she faces eviction from her studio Wonderland.