Gisèle Guilbault

Most Popular Gisèle Guilbault Trailers

Total trailers found: 21

Older, Stronger, Wiser Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

In this short documentary, five black women talk about their lives in rural and urban Canada between the 1920s and 1950s.

The Sparky Book Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish tells us the poignant story of his best friend, Sparky the dog, and Sparky's owner, a young girl suffering from a serious illness.

Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages Trailer (1989)

04 July 1989

This animated short challenges enduring myths, spawned by fairy tales and romances, about women in medieval society.

A Prairie Story Trailer (2006)

29 July 2006

A prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis: rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia. Director Anne Koizumi laments the changing face of her hometown of Calgary in this critique of the bacteria-like spread of suburbia and exurbia.

Hands of History Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

This documentary follows four female First Nations artists—Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert are First Nations artists who seek to find a continuum from traditional to contemporary forms of expression.

Behind the Veil: Nuns Trailer (1984)

19 September 1984

The history of nuns mirrors the history of all women -- in what we are taught about the past, women are almost invisible.

Land of the Heads Trailer (2009)

01 March 2009

Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes wrinkles, in the most extreme way.

Madame Tutli-Putli Trailer (2007)

19 May 2007

Madame Tutli-Putli boards the Night Train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past.

Wild Life Trailer (2011)

10 February 2011

This Oscar-nominated animated short tells the story of a dapper young remittance man who is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching in 1909.

Maq and the Spirit of the Woods Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

When an elder in the community offers him a small piece of pipestone, Maq carves a little person out of it.

Understanding the Law: The Worm Trailer (2000)

20 September 2000

In this animated short, Mrs. Popcorn is shocked to discover a worm in her canned drink. When the beverage company refuses to accept the blame, she's outraged! An intrepid consumer, Mrs.

Welcome to Kentucky Trailer (2004)

02 April 2004

Get lost in this slightly surreal animated short composed of exquisite black-and-white illustrations.

Toward Intimacy Trailer (1992)

15 September 1992

This feature documentary follows a number of women with disabilities as they affirm their right to seek, develop and sustain intimate relationships with the partners of their choice.

Balloons Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Two little men float into the deep blue sky, tied to balloons. But then each decides the sky belongs to him.

The Danish Poet Trailer (2006)

15 February 2006

A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.

Come Again in Spring Trailer (2007)

27 August 2007

When an old man is visited by Death at his home in the meadows, he has to delve deep to secure more time for himself.

Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square Trailer (1998)

16 October 1998

This film illustrates the life of the film director, Shui-Bo Wang in The People's Republic of China. We learn of the life of the director in his own words and images from a child steeped in the values of Chinese communism exemplified by Chairman Mao, to a young man striving to live up to those ideals both as an artist and a soldier.

Walk In The Forest Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Diane Obomsawin's whimsical animated short follows medicine man Walk-in-the-forest on a walk in the woods that leads to the discovery of an intriguing secret world.

To a Safer Place Trailer (1987)

11 November 1987

Sexually abused by her father from infancy to early adolescence, Shirley Turcotte is now in her thirties and has succeeded in building a rich and full life.

Peggy Baker: Four Phrases Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

“A primary metaphor for dance is simply transformation,” explains Peggy Baker as her image dissolves into a flurry of loose contour drawings and ink splatters.

Spirit of the Kata Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

Five women are black belts in karate, which to them is more than self-defense, it's a philosophy for life.