CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION - CANADA
A FILM BY BRIAN D. JOHNSON
The Colour of Ink explores the magic of ink-making through the adventures of Jason S. Logan, a contemporary alchemist who harvests natural pigments from unlikely landscapes.
2019 - CANADA - 79 MINUTES - COLOUR
A FILM BY ALBERT NERENBERG AND NIK SHEEHAN
From antiquity’s first fart joke to the ubiquitous whoopee cushion, the act of flatus both amuses and dismays... and now may contribute to civilization’s demise. Who Farted? is a frightening, illuminating, and funny journey through the absurd reality of 21st Century human survival.
1996 - CANADA
A FILM BY NIK SHEEHAN
A post-modern documentary about the meaning and nature of love from a gay perspective.
109 MINUTES - CANADA - 1997
A FILM BY NIK SHEEHAN
A biography of the writer Scott Symons.
49 MINUTES - CANADA - 1997
A FILM BY NIK SHEEHAN
Paul Young teaches his final year at the Ontario College of Art.
Theatrical starts April 30, 2021
100 MINUTES - FRANCE - WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY GRÉGORY MAGNE
Anne Walberg is a master in perfumes. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible gift to many companies. She is a diva, selfish and temperamental. Guillaume is her new driver and the only one who dares facing her. This is probably why she does not fire him.
Theatrical Starts April 30, 2021
76 MINUTES/ 4K/ COLOUR/ SWEDEN/ GERMANY, NORWAY/ 2019 (WITH ENGLISH AND FRENCH SUBTITLES)
A FILM BY ROY ANDERSSON
WITH JAN-EJE FERLING, MARTIN SERNER, BENGT BERGIUS
A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour and banality.
We wander, dreamlike, gently guided by our Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments take on the same significance as historical events: a couple floats over a war-torn Cologne; on the way to a birthday party, a father stops to tie his daughter’s shoelaces in the pouring rain; teenage girls dance outside a cafe; a defeated army marches to a prisoner of war camp.
Simultaneously an ode and a lament, ABOUT ENDLESSNESS presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.
Theatrical starts April 23, 2021
2020 - 76 MINUTES - USA - COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE
A FILM BY JOHAN VON SYDOW
NARRATED BY WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
TINY TIM: KING FOR A DAY is a biographical doc about a musician who is not only well known for hits such as Tip Toe Through The Tulips but for his trail blazing personae that paved the way for other rock stars such as David Bowie, Prince, Iggy Pop and Boy George. An outcast from a young age, Herbert Khary’s rise to stardom as Tiny Tim is the ultimate fairytale. Considered a freak by many of his peers, Tiny Tim left no one unaffected. His wedding on the Carson Show was watched by over 45 million Americans and his queer personality have been celebrated by the likes of Bob Dylan, Marilyn Manson and Lady Gaga. There were plans and hopes that Tiny Tim would be a lasting star, not only a novelty act but one man ruined these plans: Tiny Tim.
Theatrical starts April 16, 2021
2020 - BRAZIL, UNITED STATES - 77 MINUTES
A FILM BY MALIA SCHARF, MAX BASCH
When Kenny Scharf arrived in NYC in the early 1980’s, he quickly met and befriended Keith Haring and Jean Michel Basquiat; There, amongst the fervent creative bustle of a depressed downtown scene the trio would soon change the way we think about art, the world, and ourselves. But unlike Haring and Basquiat, who both died tragically young, Kenny lived through cataclysmic shifts in the East Village as well as the ravages of AIDS and economic depression.
1985 - CANADA - COLOUR - 60 MINUTES
A FILM BY NIK SHEEHAN
The first Canadian film on the subject of AIDS. In 1985-86 it was featured in festivals and theatres around the world. "No Sad Songs" attracted much critical attention for its sardonic dramatic performances which are interwoven throughout the documentary footage. The film centres on Jim Black, 37, and his views on the premature death in store for him. Catherine Hunt, who has a brother in the U.S. with the illness, speaks with remarkable emotion of the values such a crisis brings out in families and friends.
USA - 101 MINUTES - COLOUR
A FILM BY JAMES REDFORD
Amy Tan has firmly established herself as one of America’s most respected literary voices. Born to Chinese immigrant parents, it would be decades before the author of The Joy Luck Club would fully understand the inherited trauma rooted in the legacies of women who survived the Chinese tradition of concubinage.
*Available TV and AIRLINE ONLY
2020 - 86 MINUTES - USA - COLOUR
A FILM BY SIMON BIRD
Adapted from the graphic novel by Joff Winterhart, Days of the Bagnold Summer is a tender, funny coming-of-age story about single parenting and heavy metal. Sue works in a library. Daniel eats chips and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his dad and his dad’s new wife in Florida. But when they cancel his trip at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together. An epic war of wills ensues in the unassuming battleground of their suburban home as they each reckon with private tragedies – and pursue their personal passions. Featuring original songs by Belle and Sebastian.
2021 - USA
A FILM BY STEVEN CANTOR
FEATURING TWYLA THARP, MISTY COPELAND, HERMAN CORNEJO
Twyla Moves paints an intimate portrait of Tharp’s storied career and her intensive creative process. A pioneer of both modern dance and ballet, Tharp will share in-depth insight into her influential career from pioneering dances, her cinematic partnership with Miloš Forman (Hair, Amadeus, Ragtime), and her successful career as a Broadway star alongside such luminaries as Billy Joel, Frank Sinatra and David Byrne.
Theatrical starts February 5, 2021
2020 - RUSSIA - DRAMA - 1.33 - 120 MIN - IN RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH AND FRENCH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY ANDREI KONCHALOVSKY
FEATURING: JULIA VYSOTSKAYA, VLADISLAV KOMAROV, ANDREI GUSEV
A provincial town in the south of the USSR, 1962. Lyudmila, a devout Communist Party official and idealistic veteran of WW II, is a scourge of anything she perceives as anti-Soviet sentiment. Together with other local Party officials, she is taken by surprise by a strike at the local factory, in which her own daughter is taking part. As the situation quickly spirals out of control, Lyudmila begins a desperate search for her daughter in the face of curfews, mass arrests, and the authorities’ ruthless attempts to cover up the state violence. Her once unquestioning faith in the party line is shaken by her growing awareness of its human toll, tearing apart the world she thought she knew.
VOD/ TV ONLY
2015 - COLOUR - 81 MINUTES - IN MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY EDWARD BURGER
One Mind is a rare cinematic portrait of life inside one of China’s most austere and revered Zen communities. The monks at Zhenru Chan Monastery continue to uphold a strict monastic code established over 1400 years ago by the founding patriarchs of Zen in China. In harmony with the land that sustains them, the monks operate an organic farm, grow tea, and harvest bamboo to fuel their kitchen fires. At the heart of this community, a group of cloistered meditators sit in silence for 8 hours every day. Suggesting a Zen version of the critically acclaimed film Into Great Silence, One Mind offers an intimate glimpse into a thriving Buddhist monastery in modern China.
Theatrical starts January 22, 2021
PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME / FELKÉSZÜLÉS MEGHATÁROZATLAN IDEIG TARTÓ EGYÜTTLÉTRE
2020 - 92 MINUTES - HUNGRY - IN HUNGARIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILMY BY LILI HORVÁT
Márta, a 40-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man. She waits for him in vain at the Liberty Bridge – he does not appear at the rendezvous. Márta starts to search for him desperately, but when she finally finds him, the love of her life claims that they have never met before.
VOD and Broadcast Only
2020 - 107 MINS - USA A FILM BY ODED BINNUN, MIHAL BREZIS FEATURING: BRIAN COX, ROSANNA ARQUETTE, JJ FEILD, THORA BIRCH, TIM MATHESON, PETER COYOTE, TREAT WILLIAMS
A rugged old Scotsman reluctantly leaves his isolated island for San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, his life will be unexpectedly transformed by a baby grandson and a beautiful woman.
Theatrical starts October 2021
74 MINS - UNITED KINGDOM, PORTUGAL - COLOUR
A FILM BY ANA ROCHA DE SOUSA
Portugal’s Oscar Entry for Best International Film!
In the outskirts of London, Portuguese couple and parents of three, Bela and Jota, struggle to make ends meet. When a misunderstanding arises at school with their deaf daughter, the British social services grow concerned for the safety of their children. LISTEN portrays the tireless battle of these immigrant parents against the law to keep their family together.
COLOUR - 101 MINUTES - GREECE - IN GREEK WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY GEORGIS GRIGORAKIS
A contemporary Western about a native farmer who lives and works alone in a farmhouse in the heart of a mountain forest in Northern Greece. For years now, he has been fighting with an expanding industrial Monster digging up the forest, disturbing the lush flora and threatening his property. Yet, the greatest threat comes with the sudden arrival of his young son, after a twenty year separation.
2020 - COLOUR - DOCUMENTARY
A FILM BY JIA ZHANG-KE
In May 2019, a large number of prominent Chinese writers and scholars gathered in a village in China’s Shanxi Province – which happens to be Jia Zhang-ke’s native province. Images from this literary event open an 18-chapter ‘symphony’ which spans the history of Chinese society since 1949. The story is told through memories of the late writer-activist Ma Feng and the testimonies of three major writers who are active today: Jia Pingwa (born in the 1950s), Yu Hua (born in the 1960s) and Liang Hong (born in the 1970s). These writers recount their own lives and literary careers, which allows the film to weave a 70-year spiritual history of the Chinese people.