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Winner of the Audience Award at Mill Valley Film Festival
Winner of the Audience Award at Newport International Festival
Responding to the needs of her autistic son and her own need to go back to work, innovative educator Elaine... more>
The lives of Boston soccer moms Patti Quigley and Susan Retik are shattered on 9/11 when their husbands die in the attack. After grieving their losses, they set out on an inspiring journey to help widows from another world – Afghanista... more>
Canadian Premiere
“I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.” James Cook
Cook expert and bestselling author Vanessa Collingridge searches for the man behind the... more>
World Premiere
The vehicle drifts across the centre-line, its speed pushing 70 km/
hr. As it races downhill, the rider hangs on. Metal screams and
rattles, and small wheels struggle to grip the pavement. Welcome to
the picture-po... more>
BC Premiere
What would happen if 40 of the world’s most forward thinkers assembled in Dharamsala to discuss, and solve, the world’s problems. What if an opportunity was presented to hold extensive meetings with the Dalai Lama to ... more>
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox is an offbeat, funny, and ultimately moving documentary about a socially responsible company and the family that runs it. Dr. Emanuel Bronner was a master soapmaker, self-proclaimed rabbi and, allegedly,... more>
BC Premiere
Anyone ever involved in the arts knows the hoops you must jump through whether it’s for funding or permission. The Gates reveals the 26-year odyssey that Christo and Jean Claude embarked on to bring a wonderful installatio... more>
Canadian Premiere
Roller derby, one of the most iconic images of the cultural gestalt of the 1970s, seemingly disappeared overnight along with bellbottoms and disco. However, like those fashion and musical institutions, roller derby... more>
Canadian Premiere
Winner Premio Speciale at Cimamerichp 2007
In the summer of 1909, the stuff of family legends and world history was born. 18-year-old Giovanni Piras left his home in Mamoiada, a small village in Barbagia, Sardinia,... more>
In 2004, Langford’s Fire Chief Bob Becket went to Afghanistan with two other firemen, armed only with humanitarian aid and the need to educate and re-build. But what they have brought back is a standard for making change happen, one... more>
The small town of Belene is nestled on the banks of the gorgeous Danube River deep in modern Bulgaria. Its hopeful citizens are about
to embark on a bright new journey. Massive rusty cranes, foreign investors, and the joyful chants of... more>
This is truly a made-in-Victoria film not to be missed. The Victoria High School band is profiled in this outstanding documentary about
the band’s growth, its many personalities, and its remarkable journey to the heart of Motown to... more>
This poignant documentary by journalist Tiffany Burns examines an RCMP investigative technique known by its code name Mr. Big, in which confessions, often suspiciously coerced, are drawn out of suspects through techniques that are... more>
BC Premiere
Never Apologize, Malcolm McDowell’s celebration of Lindsay Anderson, is a unique hybrid of film, theatre and literature.
Anderson, the award-winning director, critic, essayist and anarchist, cast McDowell in his first... more>
Wuhan is a city in central China about the size of London, and it is here that director Weijun Chen has conducted an experiment in democracy.
A grade three class at Evergreen Primary School has their first encounter with democracy by... more>
Toronto’s Walker brothers have elevated one of the world’s simplest
playground games to the realm of internationally recognized competitive
sporting events. With thousands of members worldwide, and an annual World
Championship event... more>
Victoria residents know very well the story of Luna, a young orca who strayed, or was cast off, from Vancouver Island’s L Pod. Upon the orcas’ return to these waters every year, whale watchers anxiously await sightings of Luna. Luna,... more>
BC Premiere
This remarkable documentary offers two distinct, intriguing stories. The first is the journey of Irina Pantaeva, a young Siberian woman who, in 1992, was “discovered” and moved to Paris to pursue a modeling career. Two... more>
