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- -Montreal (in Canada), 1991. Eleven year old Delphis grew up in a poor neighborhood and an unstable family environment. One night he decides to take control of his life and becomes L'Ouragan (Hurricane). Armed with a lightning bolt on his bandanna and his middle finger held high, he leads his life as he sees fit, in a world that has no place for him. His adventure is like a road trip, from the slums to downtown, from one family to another. In the course of his time on the streets and in his attempts to conquer himself, he finds what's most important: his purity.
- Hakeem and A-Mac are like brothers. Together they face immigrant life in Montreal, while 'spotting' cars after school. Boost gives us a glimpse into the awkward adventures of teenage boyhood, then the jolt, when that innocence ends abruptly.
- George Zimbel's work has documented the 20th century with grace, spontaneity and a remarkable eye for telling a story in one 35 mm frame.
- With intimate access to two of Transcendental Meditation's leaders - filmmaker David Lynch and dedicated disciple Bobby Roth - Shadows of Paradise documents the Movement's metamorphosis following the death of founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
- Aliza Sommer-Herz, aged 109 and the world's oldest Holocaust survivor, tells the story of how music saved her life: both during her time at Theresienstadt concentration camp and in the years afterwards.
- An animal trainer becomes an unlikely whistleblower and is sued for $1.5 million for plotting to steal a walrus, falling down the rabbit hole of a personal quest while a larger movement grows to end marine mammal captivity.
- Fifty years after Quebec unions initiated the first "Common Front" to shut down the province, Pouvoir Oublier asks if the working class forgotten the power it once held? Better yet can they forget the tragic consequences of past actions?
- After 48 years of emotional longing, a mother meets her son who she relinquished at birth. In the months after the reunion, Dorothy and Joe must overcome nearly five decades of separation in order to reconnect.
- While on a geology training session, Canadian astronauts are interrupted by an Atikamekw elder. They ask him to leave, the elder decides to leave on one condition: the astronauts must deliver a sacred message to the spirits of the moon
- Triumph of the Wall is a film about expectations. Its the story of two guys who embarked on an eight week journey and spent the next eight years trying to figure out how to finish what they started.
- Are heroes made or are they born? Human mythology suggests heroes are never made. New research suggests otherwise.
- Where does music live in the human brain? How and in what form, does a sound, a song, a musical piece become an embedded emotion, image, memory or unforgettable melody? How and why does music succeed, often very quickly, in transforming the physiology and neural connections of the human brain, from a baby in gestation to our last breath? Tuning the Brain with Music is a documentary film that introduces us to the spectacular transformative powers that music has on the plasticity and anatomy of the human brain in a sustainable way. The stories at the heart of the film are many and varied: there are premature babies who in intensive care units are appeased by music therapy sessions; Canadian veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress that music has saved from suicide; autistic girls who have formed a rock band; survivors of cancer and stroke for whom music has been an integral part of their medical healing protocol; and homeless youth for whom music is their lifeline.
- How the quest for an ephemeral monster changes the monster hunter, for good or ill.
- A man tries to come to terms with his connection to the most infamous group of mass murderers of the 20th century. How does he live with his past?
- Vie de Chateau is led by its multiple heroes - maids, concierges, retired employees ... - the documentary is a journey through time and space, it lets us roam between the present and the past, from the kitchens to the sumptuous lounges, from present day weddings to Winston Churchill's arrival for the Quebec Conference in 1944. The film also ventures into the various departments that keep the Château churning at all hours.
- What happens when a rabbinical matchmaker, a Hasidic couple and a single, explore the precise meaning of humanity's most powerful word? Using downright silliness, Kosher Love reveals that we're all the same in our search for love.
- From his hardcore training and brutal fights to his turbulent relationships, Underdog Plaza captures the life of the champion boxer Dierry Jean.
- In a small town in Alberta, Canada, a farming family is living the oil and natural gas boom. Yet there's a catch - their water can be lit on fire.
- The difficult life paths chosen by young Hasidic Jews who decide to turn their backs on the insular fundamentalist world into which they were born.
- Underdog Rises explores Dierry Jean's struggle to become a champion. With several important fights to come, the film focuses on Dierry's complex relationship with trainer Mike Moffa and the steps required for Dierry's ultimate dreams.