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YOUR NORTH STAR TO FILMS FROM CANADA IN THE U.S.

Discover films and series each month.

New Arrivals

My Salinger Year

Aspiring writer Joanna works at a fabled literary agency. Life changes.

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NIGHT OF KINGS

African fairy tale meets stark realism in this powerful prison drama.

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KUESSIPAN

The close friendship of two girls is changed when one falls in love.

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VIOLATION

Two sisters and their husbands gather in a cottage. The horror begins.

ANTIGONE

A defiant young woman fights the system to save her troubled brother.

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Oscar Loves Canada

OSCAR WINNER

THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS

A group of friends gather around beloved Remy, who is gravely ill.

WATER

When her husband dies, a young widow is confined in a Hindu ashram.

MONSIEUR LAZHAR

Mr. Lazhar learns that it is not easy to replace a popular teacher.

OSCAR WINNER

THE MAN WHO SKIED DOWN EVEREST

The startling portrait of a skier who takes on his biggest challenge.

THE SWEET HEREAFTER

In the aftermath of a bus accident, a small town struggles to recover.

OSCAR WINNER

THE DANISH POET

A poet seeking inspiration discovers much magic on holiday in Norway.

In The Spotlight

INDIGENOUS VOICES

ANGRY INUK

An uncompromising look at the maligned traditional Inuit seal hunt.

CLASSIC

THE MAN WHO SKIED DOWN EVEREST

The startling portrait of a skier who takes on his biggest challenge.

SPOTLIGHT ON JAZZ

BORN TO BE BLUE

Celebrate International Jazz Day with this cool biopic of Chet Baker.

NFB Gems

DOCUMENTARY

WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?

This timely exploration of democracy is both urgent and eye-opening.

SHORT OSCAR WINNER

THE DANISH POET

A poet seeking inspiration discovers much magic on holiday in Norway.

EARTH DAY

THE WHALE AND THE RAVEN

An Indigenous community struggles to protect nature against industry.

EARTH DAY

METAMORPHOSIS

This poetic warning of environmental catastrophe offers some answers.

INDIGENOUS VOICES

NIPAWISTAMASOWIN: WE WILL STAND UP

Canada’s flawed justice system faces Indigenous cross-examination.