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Browse 49 movies from Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Women are lucky, they get to have the only organ in the human body dedicated exclusively for pleasure: the clitoris! In this humorous and instructive animated documentary, find out its unrecognized anatomy and its unknown herstory.
Aug 2017
Vuk, a 30-year-old ex-convict haunted by his best friend's suicide, is trying to save his younger brother, Zizi.
Mar 2023
In a village at the tip of Nova Scotia, an Acadian community of 2,000 inhabitants is preparing to begin yet another lobster fishing season. The fishermen are preparing all year round for this great return to school day, on the verge of their feet, all waiting for the Atlantic wind to finally calm down, to be able to weigh anchor.
Jan 2021
Felix, fourteen, starts a relationship with an older boy, hoping to get caught by his conservative father so he can confront him.
Aug 2018
On Valentine's Day, a young couple preparing to spend a romantic moment in the spa has their evening messed up by the appearance of a monstrous creature.
May 2018
A perverted boy looks through a peephole. He sees something he is not suppose to see, a woman farting in a bathtub.
Dec 2018
There are many kinds of "looks" out there, and we often forget the impact they have on us. This story tells how a human being can be tamed by the critical gaze of those around him. Under the gaze of various "wide-eyed creatures", a "small-eyed" boy grows up to become a "wide-eyed" adult.
Feb 2024
Unity in an art form (music), no matter genre or age.
Apr 2019
Two acquaintances desperately wish they didn't have to shake hands.
The Plaza Saint-Hubert was long shunned by the petty-bourgeoisie of Montreal for its too "kitsch" allure or the questionable choices of town planning which shaped the layout of its facades. However, the biome of the Plaza is no longer resisting the tendencies of gentrification that are affecting the city of Montreal as a whole. This short film focuses on the real open wound that is the repair site of the mythical Plaza. An incongruous universe where wedding dresses dance with mechanical shovels.
May 2017
A young woman's television stops working, so she gets a telescope to watch TV through her neighbor's window.
Director Kayla Fragman presents a deeply personal, sensory piece on Parkinson’s disease and her Portuguese grandparents who lived in Quebec for 45 years.
In the distant future, within the city of LOS MUTANTES, FREDA DAVIS and LUCILLE NERO, two spies from the National Union of National Spies (N.U.N.S.), ask BETTY POWELL to help bring down the Catholic Association of Quebec (C.A.Q.) and its oppressive leader, JEANNE VERSACON.
Apr 2021
Narrated as a letter to a mother, this short film traces the emotional undercurrents of leaving home and adjusting to a new environment, blending inner transformation with the changing landscape.
May 2025
Francine faces the inevitable: she must sell her motorcycle, her greatest passion. Plunged into the apprehension of mourning, a potential buyer offers her an exchange that will bring her out of her torpor.
A young woman is chased across a schoolyard by faceless people. She escapes by entering a car that drives by the schoolyard, and she is brought to a garden.
An animated documentary about a memorable event: in spring 1997, a coloring contest is launched for the release of a new variety of ketchup.
May 2015
Wind burial, influenced by Shamanism, is an old Mongolian tradition. When someone dies, the corpse is carried on a cart until a bump causes the body to fall. The place where the body lands becomes a simple tomb.
Aug 2012