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Browse 62 movies from Canadian Film Centre (CFC)
At Phoenix Progressive School, students take notes lying on parlor couches and are encouraged to explore their gifts through electives like break-dancing and graphic-novel writing. In the midst of all this liberal pedagogy and budding talent, Molly Maxwell feels unexceptional, until she falls for her attractive English teacher, Ben.
Jan 2013
Dr. Samantha Goodman is a beautiful, young psychiatrist. Burnt out, she drives to the family’s winter cottage to spend time with her husband and sister. A relaxing weekend is jarringly interrupted when a terrifying and unexpected guest arrives. What follows is an extraordinary night of terror and evil mind games where escape is not an option.
Mar 2005
Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
Mar 2021
Joe and his siblings have a couple of problems. First off, their stepparents are despicably evil. Secondly, they seemed to have killed them. Now this mixed up mess of half-sisters and step-brothers have to figure out how to dispose of the bodies, cover up the murders, collect their grandfather's inheritance and somehow stick together as a family -- all without getting caught. Not to mention Joe's incessant need to keep tabs on his promiscuous sister, an eye on the precocious little ones and a lustful watch on the girl next-door. Growing up has its complications. Murder's just one of them.
Sep 2004
Two scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
Mar 2018
When his secret girlfriend falls ill, an undocumented worker living in Toronto must choose between getting caught and getting her the emergency medical attention she desperately needs.
Jan 2015
Lena flees to her rural hometown after her 13-year-old daughter's overdose attracts the attention of child services. She reunites with her estranged mother, and is forced to face a past she has tried to ignore.
Nov 2013
A surreal love story about a nineteen year old girl with the personality of an abused dog, and her oppressively misguided boyfriend.
Jan 2012
Unwilling to process a near-fatal car accident, an overworked director arrives late to the set of his horror film to find that most of the crew has left. Determined to complete the film, he and the remaining crew find out that his trauma from the accident refuses to let him go that easily.
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Ben and Ellen use the elevator in their building when all of a sudden, Hank, the blood covered security man of the building rushes into the elevator, claiming that there is a dangerous alien-like creature in the building.
Sep 1996
An indie-rock singer loses her voice on the precipice of her first world tour.
Sep 2013
Following reports of a mysterious crash, an aging farmer encounters a visitor determined on disrupting his quiet way of life.
Nov 2015
A family's daily lives are affected by a recent event.
Dec 2016
Re-imagines the story of Cain and Abel, with Cain as a pathetic drug addict and Abel as his straight-arrow, disapproving brother. Their struggle for supremacy is told through the would-be monologue of their roommate, an aspiring stand-up comic who plans to use them as fodder for his stage debut.
Sep 1993
Lost in an isolated forest with her abusive boyfriend, Sadie finds a sinister way to get the love she's always wanted.
Sep 2014
An urban love story about the soul of a mother, the heart of a fighter, and the faith of a child.
May 2009
A nine-year-old boy gets suspended from school and embarks on a journey through the streets of Toronto — before returning home to face his mother.
Sep 2019
A young woman, being accused of stealing from her employer, falls in love with her lawyer while spending Christmas holidays with him and his family.
Sep 2002
Nadia has to put up with her star co-worker, the friendly and perky Grace. Nadia isn’t like her and wants nothing to do with her, yet Grace is all she thinks about. This resentment starts to fester, making Nadia crave something… different. She begins to transform, and it’s starting to show. Can she overcome these changes she’s experiencing, or will she succumb to the rage and jealousy she harbours inside?
Aug 2023
Mary Howell the Fourth is a chain-smoking promiscuous carpenter, famous in her small town for having recently and tragically dead parents. She's trying to hold it together for her two younger sisters, but grief is playing weird tricks on Mary. Those tricks are the three ghosts that share her name: her grandmother, great- grandmother, and great-great grandmother.
Mar 2020