Telefilm Canada
41) Henchmen
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English
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When a comic book fanboy stumbles upon one of the world's most powerful weapons, he must decide between his helping his supervillain idol dominate the world, or being a hero who saves the planet.
42) Dead ringers
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English
Description
In portrayals that won the New York Film Critics Best Actor Award, Jeremy Irons plays twin gynecologists whose emotional dependency collapses into mind games, madness, and murder.
44) Closet monster
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English
Description
A fresh take on the coming-of-age story, this surreal tale follows the artistically driven Oscar, hovering on the brink of adulthood. Struggling to find his place in the world after a rough childhood and haunted by images of a tragic incident, Oscar dreams of escaping his small town. After he meets a mysterious and attractive new co-worker, Oscar follows the guidance of his pet hamster Buffy and faces his demons to find the life he wants.
45) Margarita
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English
Description
This charming lesbian drama tells the tale of an undocumented Mexican nanny, Margarita whose girlfriend Jane is reluctant to commit and whose yuppie employers a nice Toronto family with money problems are about to let her go.
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English
Description
David Suzuki, iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster, and activist, delivers a lecture on the eve of his 75th birthday, which he describes as a distillation of his life and thoughts, his legacy, what he wants to say before he dies. Filmed before a live audience, in front of a memory box of moving, distilled images, he articulates a core, urgent message: the limits of the biosphere have been exhausted and it is imperative that humans rethink...
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English
Description
The documentary will examine how getting back to the land is tied to other movements such as Black Lives Matter, Idle No More, and Times Up. It is a feature film that presents four stories of people living life on their terms, serving as leaders and role models who are lending their voice to the underdog and leading a revolution to a better world, from the ground up! An Indigenous-owned, youth-run organic farm in Hawaii, and Black urban grower in...
52) All hat
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English
Description
Ray Dokes is an ex-con who returns to his rural Ontario roots and outwits a corrupt and wealthy thoroughbred owner trying to take over a slew of local farms.
53) Barney Thomson
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English
Description
Awkward hairdresser Barney Thomson, lives a life of desperate mediocrity, but his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer in this hilarious dark comedy.
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English
Description
"The acclaimed comedy team of Lanny Morris and Vince Collins are at the top of their game when a beautiful woman is found dead in their hotel suite. Though both stars have airtight alibis, the resulting scandal forces the duo to terminate the act. Now, years after the breakup, journalist Karen O'Connor resolves to uncover the truth that lies behind the mysterious incident"--Container.
55) Trigger
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English
Description
Inspired by the classic film 'My Dinner with Andre'. The story of two lifelong friends, Victoria and Kathryn, who started a neighborhood band together. Ten years after their band, Trigger, came to an end, the dysfunctional duo join forces once more for a benefit concert in Toronto. After their decade-long estrangement, the two women come together for dinner, the concert, and the after-party, with the chance and hope of recapturing their once-magical...
Series
Film Movement series. Volume II volume film 8
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English
Description
After a violent marital argument resulting in Antoine's death, Lucy discovers his secret life of gangsters, money laundering and violence. Followed, threatened and badgered by the gangsters, Lucie becomes trapped by her deceit.
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English
Description
A truly inspiring story of one ordinary family's extraordinary journey. An orphaned boy named Tomas is adopted by Maire O'Donnell to live on a whimsical Irish isle filled with new friends, secret caves and a lost baby pup seal stranded on the coast. But when Maire's reluctant husband Alec refuses to accept Tomas as his own son, the boy drifts down a fateful path of adventure and self-discovery, illuminating how rainbows can shine around, and within,...
58) Our house
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English
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Aspiring inventor Ethan drops out of college and moves back home to take care of his younger siblings, Matt and Becca, when their parents die in a tragic car accident. While struggling with his newfound responsibilities, Ethan experiments in the garage with a device he hopes will generate wireless electricity. The machine instead seems to wake dead spirits in the home and the siblings struggle to contact their parents while grappling with the realization...
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English
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"When the heir of the Imperial Throne becomes the target of an assassination by his despised older brother, the young prince must flee the kingdom and seek protection. His only hope for survival is a reluctant war-weary crusader named Jacob, who must overcome his own personal demons and rally the assistance of a mythical outlaw known as The White Ghost. Together they must fight side by side in an epic battle to return the prince to his rightful place...
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English
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Based on a true story about revenge, fear and redemption. In 19th century St. Pierre, a convict sentenced to death strives to better himself in the eyes of the police chief's beautiful wife and that of the town that she has him working in. Since there is no guillotine or executioner, one of each has to be sent for from France.