The Girl Who Cried Pearls (2025) ***

A surprising animated film about credulity and greed.

The Flying Sailor (2022) ***

Affairs Of The Art (2021) ***

The Forbidden Reel (2020) ***

Fascinating documentary about the Afghan film industry before the Soviet invasion and before the Taliban.

Moi Barnabé (2020) ***

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany Of Rosie Ming (2016) ***

A warm and witty animated feature by Ann Marie Fleming about a young Canadian poet who undergoes a life-changing experience when she attends a poetry festival in Iran.

Mamie (2016) ***

Mamie lives in Gaspésie in a house that faces away from the sea. Her granddaughter wonders: “Why isn’t Mamie interested in me? What happened that made Mamie so indifferent?”

D'où je viens (2014) ***

Touching documentary about a boy.

Jutra (2014) ***

Animated documentary short about a great Canadian filmmaker Claude Jutra.

My Prairie Home (2013) ***

Well-made documentary about a transgendred country singer from Alberta.

Village Of Idiots (2000) ***

An adaptation of a Jewish folk tale.

Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square (1998) ***

Fascinating portrait of the life in China under Mao, as seen through the eyes of the author, a young boy during the Cultural Revolution and an immigrant after the Tiananmen Square massacre. The film is very ambiguous about its politics (it could be seen as both pro- and anti-Communist), reflecting the ideological confusion dominating in China since Mao's death. Produced by Don McWilliams.

Snow Cat (1998) ***

A sad midwinter tale about a young girl and her cat. Narrated by Maureen Stapleton, the film uses a new finger-paint technique of animation.

Mon enfant ma terre (1998) ***

A powerful indictment against the landmine industry. Animation technique: computer-coloured drawings on paper.

Frank The Wrabbit (1998) ***

A very funny cartoon about a smart rabbit.

When The Dust Settles (1997) ***

Two moles are fighting.

Locked (1997) ***

Powerful condemnation of child labor in the Third World. An Indian cartoon co-produced with the National Film Board of Canada.

La Salla (1996) ****

Computer-animated dose of pure anarchy from Richard Condie.

Words (1996) ***

Imaginative cartoon about words and their meanings. Didactic, but fun.

Quilt (1996) ***

Kaleidoscopic images of quilt designs and motifs. Computer animation.