Alan Zweig

Alan Zweig Trailers

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Alan Zweig is a Toronto documentary filmmaker known for often using film to explore his own life.

Most Popular Alan Zweig Trailers

Total trailers found: 18

15 Reasons to Live Trailer (2013)

04 October 2013

What gives your life meaning? Family, yoga, good food, those shoes that were on sale? Ray Robertson outlines his own list in his non-fiction book “Why Not: Fifteen Reasons To Live?” And that has inspired Alan Zweig’s documentary feature 15 REASONS TO LIVE which takes up that list as a call to adventure.

The Darling Family Trailer (1994)

26 August 1994

Coppers Trailer (2019)

07 September 2019

A look at the careers of retired police officers, as described in their own words.

Videodrome Trailer (1983)

04 February 1983

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers.

I, Curmudgeon Trailer (2004)

01 May 2004

Curmudgeon. Contrarian. Misanthrope. Naysayer. For all the people interviewed in this film, someone has used one of the above words to describe them.

Vinyl Trailer (2000)

01 August 2000

Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig analyzes the phenomenon of record collecting.

There Is a House Here Trailer (2017)

12 September 2017

Spanning years of correspondence and three separate trips to Nunavut, Alan Zweig's latest documentary navigates issues of culture and identity with his pen-pal and semi-reluctant guide, Tatanniq Idlout, a.

Hope Trailer (2017)

06 June 2017

This sequel to the 2015 documentary "Hurt" picks up as Steve Fonyo recovers from his coma and admits that he needs to make changes to his life if he is going to be able to continue on.

Stealing Images Trailer (1989)

01 September 1989

A short drama film about a film director who is exploring the city for inspiration.

Lovable Trailer (2007)

23 April 2007

At some point, everyone has asked the question, why is it so hard to find love? In this final installment of the autobiographical trilogy that includes Vinyl and I, Curmudgeon, Alan Zweig reflects with disarming candour on why, if he longs for a partner and children, he is still single at mid-life.

When Jews Were Funny Trailer (2013)

14 November 2013

From the 1930's to the 1970's, pretty well every comedian or comic you might see on TV or the movies was Jewish.

Records Trailer (2021)

01 October 2021

Twenty-one years after Alan Zweig’s groundbreaking first feature documentary Vinyl, Zweig returns to the topic of compulsive record collecting with newfound introspection and a sunnier disposition.

Ecstasy Trailer (1999)

01 September 1999

While on her way home from a Rave, Stacey encounters God and is given a special mission. Not quite sure how to deal with this, she tries her best; losing friends and gaining converts before a final, miraculous event transforms her from average Rave Girl into Stacey of Suburbia.

Chunk Blower Trailer (1990)

21 January 1990

Promo trailer/reel for an ultimately unproduced horror feature.

Love, Harold Trailer (2025)

21 September 2025

When an old friend takes his own life, Alan Zweig seeks out others grappling with the suicide of a loved one.

The Ballad of Don Quinn Trailer (1992)

15 September 1992

The Ballad of Don Quinn tells the story of southern Saskatchewan’s original punk rocker and his attempts to resurrect his band a decade after their scarcely noticed demise.

Hurt Trailer (2015)

14 September 2015

HURT is a documentary portrait of Steve Fonyo, a one-legged cancer survivor who successfully completed a cross-Canada run in the '80s, only to spend three decades mired in crime and addiction.

A Hard Name Trailer (2009)

03 May 2009

A documentary focusing on ex-convicts who reveal their struggles with trying to adapt to life on the outside.