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- Ava attempts to go straight after prison, but her twin is murdered and being a witness to the shooting, she is forced to run for her life.
- Doc and Zoe are two hapless kidnappers tasked with what appears to be a simple abduction for hire, only to find out that it's anything but and end up in the middle of a political conspiracy.
- A young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.
- Mara, a Romanian nurse, has married one of her patients. She is waiting for US citizenship and is being blackmailed for an alleged sham marriage. She is on her own. Her husband does not help her.
- In the 1960s, just after Mali gains its independence, a young socialist meets and falls in love with a woman trying to escape an arranged marriage.
- They belong to the armed wing of the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which is also an active guerrilla movement. The mission of these female fighters? Defend Kurdish territory in Iraq and Syria, and defeat ISIS (the armed militants of the so-called Islamic State group), all while embodying a revolutionary ideal advocating female empowerment. As filmmaker Zaynê Akyol follows their highly regimented lives, seasoned fighters like Rojen and Sozdar openly share with us their most intimate thoughts and dreams. Even as fighting against ISIS intensifies in the Middle East, these women bravely continue their battle against barbarism. Offering a window into this largely unknown world, Gulîstan, Land of Roses exposes the hidden face of this highly mediatized war: the female, feminist face of a revolutionary group united by a common vision of freedom.
- Six Montréal CEGEP students head out on a canoe trip to celebrate their graduation. A web of secrets and lies... a stash of coke and cash... the decaying body of a dead biker... their home video falls into the wrong hands as the beauty of the Quebec bush becomes a nightmare... then it gets worse.
- Thousands of kilometers apart, three young migrants undergo mental, emotional, and physical transformations in order to survive the violence of their new worlds.
- Two young girls playing by a lake, oblivious to what is going on around them.
- Murdochville,1957. A family is forced to move, as the father, pained by a long miners' strike, finds a new job in the city.
- It showcases the shift of nationalism from the late 1960s to the present.
- In 2003, nine Americans and three Canadians were arrested in Acapulco during a police crackdown on child prostitution and pornography. Filmmaker Diego Briceño-Orduz traveled to Acapulco to meet with some of the street kids who fell victim to the accused "sex tourists" and follows them during the ensuing two-year trial and ultimately discovers that no verdict will ever redeem the harsh reality endured by these kids. Souvenir Kids takes us to the streets of Acapulco where the souvenirs that are bought and sold are not just postcards and trinkets, but the dignity and self-esteem of teenagers living on the margins of society.
- At a historical crossroad, Sudan is about to split in two. A referendum on self-determination in early 2011 will likely separate the Muslim North and the Christian South into two countries. Yet the current country's capital Khartoum, is a haven of peace and stability here Sudanese from different regions, ethnicity and religion coexist. Youth from diverse backgrounds are all waiting each in their own way to built Sudan. But their country is a ticking bomb. The film follows young people ranging from the ages of 8 to 30 whom all line in Khartoum, and are each confronted with a unique quest. The Waiting Room is an intimate portrait of a society that remains unknown to most and misunderstood by many.
- African hip hop pioneer Didier Awadi is on a quest to craft an album that pays tribute to the great black revolutionary leaders and their struggle to realize a dream: a united, independent Africa.
- A documentary that highlights the music new wave movement in Quebec (Canada).
- As a child, Marie-Pascale began to make a raucous sound. As a young adult, she discovers that this voice can be the instrument of katajjaq, or Inuit throat singing. This discovery propels her on a quest and jostle her life. She learns to practice throat singing with the Inuk singer, Charlotte Qamaniq. She meets the Inuit people of today. By listening to their stories and History, she senses parts of her own, intimate, and collective story.
- -When the punk movement reached Montreal (Canada) in 1977, it ignited the passions of a handful of young people who were forever changed by it. Thirty years later, some of the players from this momentous time give a surprisingly frank account of their experiences at this key period in their lives-the music and the drugs, as well as a burning need to do things differently. The film includes rare archival footage of the Montreal punk scene and features the music of the earliest local punk bands: The 222s, The Normals and The Chromosomes.
- Sophie and Dave, old college friends, run into each other downtown. Over a drunken night at Sophie's apartment, these two old friends get to know each other again. But can Dave be trusted? Is he a dog, or a wolf?
- A short about a second-generation immigrant who contemplates his unfamiliarity with his South Asian heritage and his disconnection with his parent's experience while he empties the family home.
- Edgar, a lonely, socially awkward immigrant takes care of an apartment for a friend away on vacation. As he visits, he becomes familiar with the absent woman's intimate space. He begins to desire her and anticipate her return. The months go by, the mail piles up and eventually, reality sinks in.
- -24 hours in a desolate industrial town, J.D. and Alex search for the right place to conceive a baby. Alex's biological clock is confronted with J.D.'s drunken state in a collision of emotions that takes them from euphoria to frustration.
- 16 years ago Natasha converted to Islam. Three years later, following the birth of her daughter Amina, she decided to start wearing the Hijab. Today at thirteen, it is Amina's turn to wear it but she has doubts - Natasha and her daughter set out on a quest to find out more about the tradition and its meaning, meetings muslim women from different backgrounds. As they progress, Natasha's perception of her religion is shaken in ways she had never anticipated. I Wear The Veil is a moving introspective documentary, a mother's quest for her own identity and religion as an occidental Muslim woman.
- When stores and offices close and most people go home to sleep, an invisible army of nightshift janitors moves in to clean. Midnight Ballads plunges into the reality of five hard-working Latino immigrants living in Montreal. Mauser is new on the job after having recently escaped political persecution by Mexican police. By peering into their lives and hearing the impassioned stories of each of these workers, we discover a rarely seen Latino subculture and the people responsible for the dirtiest job in town.
- Most tigers today are privately owned - experts estimate that the number of tigers living in the United States is nearly double of those in the wild. What's life like for the American tiger?