Canada Council for the Arts Movie Trailers
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Finding Llorona Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
Sofia yearns to sing with the heartbreak voice of the ranchera singers she admires. One day, she receives an unexpected invitation to visit the mysterious "Paloma Negra" bar.
Great Grand Mother Trailer (1975)
02 January 1975
This short film is an ode to the women who settled the Prairies, from the days of early immigration to 1916 - when Manitobans became the first women in Canada to receive the provincial vote - and beyond.
Montreal Main Trailer (1974)
04 March 1974
An open and honest autobiographical account of male sexuality centered on Frank, an unemployed photographer, and his circle of mainly gay friends.
Shepherds in the Cave Trailer (2017)
02 January 2017
An international team of art restorers and archaeologists begin work on the restoration of medieval frescoes inside a network of ancient caves.
Pieces Within Trailer (2024)
29 November 2024
A poet's muse calls on his inner child to save their relationship.
Umbra Trailer (2010)
09 September 2010
An explorer adventures into an unknown world, yet it seems that he has been there before.
*Corpus Callosum Trailer (2002)
26 January 2002
A surreal and comic exploration of an office space and its inhabitants and the decorations of a living room.
Waydowntown Trailer (2002)
25 January 2002
Four young office workers have a bet going to see who can last the longest without going outside. In the maze that is the downtown core of a large city, glass skywalks connect apartment buildings, office towers and shopping malls.
Dreams on Fire Trailer (2021)
06 March 2021
Fleeing to Tokyo with the hopes that she can fulfil her dream of becoming a dancer, Yume is met with the harsh reality that success isn’t something that comes quickly or easily.
Handler is crazy Trailer (2019)
13 August 2019
A short documentary following Koyote Moone and her medical and psychiatric service dog Banner. This film explores issues surrounding non-visible disabilities and discrimination against service dog teams.
It's Nothing Trailer (2019)
06 September 2019
A recent graduate is urged by an impossibly perfect woman to start digging a hole in a nearby park, setting in motion a chain of events that threaten her emotional balance and carefully maintained routines.
A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke follows a big boned butch into skirmishes, drag, and the arms of a beautiful recruit.
2.57k Trailer (2015)
24 May 2015
Far away, inexplicable forces shape matter into form. And so life begins: people arise from dust and are drawn to each other by the magical frequency of 2,750 Hz.
Retrograde Trailer (2023)
19 May 2023
A minor traffic citation spirals into an all-consuming obsession for a neurotic young woman.
Archangel Trailer (1990)
01 September 1990
At the height of the October Revolution during the 1919 allied intervention in Arkhangelsk, the exploits of one-legged Canadian soldier Lt.
How do we know what we know? Trailer (2011)
18 October 2011
"How do we know what we know?" asks the journalist in the studio to the special correspondent in Turkey who couldn't get into the conflict zone in Syria.
fugitive l(i)ght Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
Edison and Lumiere footage of the Serpentine Dance, created by Loïe Fuller, is reworked to follow the poetic interpretations of several artists who experienced Fuller’s performances in person: texts of Mallarmé, lithographs of Toulouse-Lautrec, sketches of Whistler, and a futurist manifesto on dance by Marinetti.
Or D'Ur Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
Male prostitution in a Montreal brothel run by a hard-nosed procuress.
The Embrace of the Valkyries Trailer (2019)
17 September 2019
Four dancers perform in a violent, wild and organic landscape. A metaphor for what unites human with the biosphere.
Thalé Trailer (2012)
11 August 2012
Barry Doupé’s Thalé (2009) experiments with the phenomenology of light and colour through fiber-optic flower arrangements.
Fish Traps Trailer (1993)
28 October 1993
As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter.
Digging Up the Last Spike Trailer (2019)
08 January 2019
"Digging Up the Last Spike" is a video from Kamala Todd's installation piece at the exhibition Hexsa'a̱m: To Be Here Always, shown at the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery in 2019.
Blue Movie Trailer (2014)
18 December 2014
C+M, for YK. Subtractive colour blending is used in an attempt to conjure Yves Klein's 'L'accord bleu (RE 10)', 1960.
The Garden of Earthly Delights Trailer (2008)
01 January 2008
A visual duet consisting of a 16mm film and a 16mm photogram self-portrait collage. It is inspired by earthly pleasures and wonders as revealed in the vibrant marvels of Stan Brakhage's cinema and in the central panel of the 1504 triptych by Hieronymous Bosch titled “The Garden of Earthly Delights.
Twice Upon a Time Trailer (2017)
16 June 2017
Twice Upon a Time is a fairy tale for all generations about a king with split personality, split time and a split screen.
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Trailer (1987)
11 September 1987
Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle for her artistic ability.
Kissed Trailer (1996)
07 September 1996
Over the years, a child's romantic ideals about death blossom into necrophilia, the study of embalming and the most profound relationship of her life.
The Red Kitchen Trailer (1980)
29 May 1980
On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served.
Labour/Leisure Trailer (2019)
23 March 2019
An examination of the contrast between the industrial environments of the Okanagan Valley’s fruit orchards and the upscale vacation spots that surround them.
Careful Trailer (1992)
30 September 1992
The mountain-village passions of a German widow and her sons unfold in the style of a 1920s expressionist movie.
Your Name in Cellulite Trailer (1995)
06 March 1995
A wickedly funny satire about the disparity between a woman's natural beauty and the ideal promoted by the mega-billion dollar advertising industry, this animated film shows us how far we will go to change the shape of our bodies to meet the demands of an impossible image.
Ratgirl Trailer (2025)
25 March 2025
Ratgirl, a diffident 19 year-old woman, as she and her older roommate Alice discover their apartment is infested with rats — a claim which is adamantly ignored by their miserly landlord.
Ryan Trailer (2004)
17 May 2004
Centres on Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who in later years lived on skid row in Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse.
Migration Trailer (2014)
01 April 2014
A vintage nature film exploring the migratory pattern of a herd of wild creatures.
Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
Inspired by the early trash films of John Waters, the film stars Estdelacropolis as Demira, a gay porn actor struggling with both his emotionally complicated relationship with his mother Esther and his desire to break out of porn and into mainstream movies.
Legend of the Storm Trailer (2015)
30 July 2015
Nine-year-old Otsí:tsa's innocence is destroyed when violence engulfs her community during the Oka Crisis, a 78-day standoff that erupted between the Mohawk Nation and the Canadian Government during the summer of 1990.
Asog Trailer (2025)
22 August 2025
This unique narrative incorporating documentary elements follows Rey, a 40-year-old non-binary teacher and typhoon survivor, on a roadtrip to fame.
Brief Somebodies Trailer (2026)
28 May 2026
While rehearsing a sexual assault scene, a pair of actors form a connection they’ll be forced to reconfigure once filming begins.
Geographies of Solitude Trailer (2022)
17 February 2022
An immersion into the rich landscapes of Sable Island and the life of Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived over 40 years on this remote strip of sand.
To My Son in Spain: Finnish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War Trailer (2009)
30 May 2009
This documentary features the story of Jules Paivio, the last living Canadian volunteer of the infamous Mackenzie-Papineau Battallion of the “International Brigades”.
Beauty's Pride Trailer (2025)
28 May 2025
Beauty’s Pride is an evocative short film to accompany Born Ruffians’ new album by the same name.
In Living Memory Trailer (1997)
12 August 1997
In Living Memory is a bittersweet dialogue between father and daughter, challenging traditional notions of remembering and forgetting.
MYURBANEYES Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
A film about urbanity and Indigeneity dedicated to Kamala Todd's child.
Uapishka Trailer (2023)
14 October 2023
North of the 51st parallel, where the dense boreal forest opens onto an arctic islet, the snow-capped peaks of the Uapishka Mountains watch over the Nitassinan of Pessamit.
Ken, Fucked Up Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
The second installment of Mattel's Royal couple begins the morning after. Ken wakes from his perfect relationship slumber to discover to discover that life is not a series of ghetto blaster moments.
The Drawer and the Crow Trailer (2009)
04 December 2009
Best Canadian Short Film - Ottawa International Animation Festival 2009
Cabbage Trailer (2023)
04 March 2023
An intimate work made in collaboration with the filmmaker’s family, Cabbage re-frames language and explores personal agency within an ableist paradigm.
Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? Trailer (2017)
20 January 2017
“In 1946, my great-grandfather murdered a black man named Bill Spann and got away with it.” So begins Travis Wilkerson’s critically acclaimed documentary, DID YOU WONDER WHO FIRED THE GUN?, which takes us on a journey through the American South to uncover the truth behind a horrific incident and the societal mores that allowed it to happen.
Blanche Fraise Trailer (2011)
01 January 2011
Synopsis: A rabbit couple tries to survive in a dying forest...
Four Toronto Films Trailer (2007)
09 July 2007
Static shots with moving shadow of the tripod, including the shooting camera, are shifting through the film about direct association between an object and the machine which transforms it into an image - shadow drawings are completed one day by windows, clouds in a lake and texture of walls.
Illegal_its Impact on the Body Trailer (2016)
11 November 2016
A compilation from histories of illegal immigrants in Canada, nomadic friends who quickly disappeared into new identities or were forcibly deported.
SPINELESS Trailer (2025)
01 January 2025
In "SPINELESS", artist Marissa Sean Cruz embodies an ogre-girl character who gets a bone lodged in her throat and is unsure if she has died from asphyxiation.
Sente Trailer (2024)
04 September 2024
The film collects field recordings and drawing filled with artifacts, amplified noises, and live analog processing, peering into the fringes of fleeting moments.
High Roads Trailer (2025)
18 October 2025
High Roads is a journey through the practices of four women who use their bodies, breath, and minds as tools for everyday resistance to military occupation.
Empty Pages Trailer (2025)
24 April 2025
Everyday plastic and its impact are the focus of this haunting dance film. Set against Iceland’s silent skies and stunning frozen landscapes, the experience of touch is revealed - in both its presence and its absence.