Mélanie Bouchard

Most Popular Mélanie Bouchard Trailers

Total trailers found: 39

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying Trailer (2024)

07 May 2024

Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying is a short meditation on love, grief, and imagination. The hand-drawn animated documentary was created through a collaboration between mother, elder and narrator Edith Almadi and filmmakers Natalie Baird and Toby Gillies.

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again Trailer (2021)

06 May 2021

After marrying a settler, Mary Two-Axe Earley lost her legal status as a First Nations woman. Dedicating her life to activism, she campaigned to have First Nations women's rights restored and coordinated a movement that continues to this day.

A Return to Memory Trailer (2024)

17 October 2024

When Canada entered World War II, the National Film Board suddenly had an urgent new mission—and hundreds of women stepped forward, helping to create Canadian cinema as we now know it.

Bone Mother Trailer (2018)

14 October 2018

A vain and arrogant youth dares to enter Baba Yaga’s living house of bones. What emerges will forever fill our nights with terror.

White Noise Trailer (2019)

16 November 2019

A reflection on the fate of humanity in the Anthropocene epoch, White Noise is a roller-coaster of a film, a whirlwind of sounds and images.

Miserable Miracle Trailer (2023)

17 September 2023

Directed by Japanese filmmaker Ryo Orikasa, this animated short was inspired by Henri Michaux’s book of poetry and drawings of the same name, about his experiences with mescaline.

Song for Cuba Trailer (2014)

10 May 2014

This short experimental documentary about memory and music follows a young Cuban couple charting a new course for their lives on an island in the North Atlantic.

Manivald Trailer (2018)

16 June 2018

Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing machine.

Roger D'Astous Trailer (2016)

11 March 2016

A documentary about Montreal architect Roger D'astous, who battled all his life to create a Nordic architecture.

Secretariat's Jockey, Ron Turcotte Trailer (2013)

01 June 2013

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, this heartfelt documentary follows Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte as he returns to the people and places that mark his life, providing a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of this resilient and legendary jockey.

Standing on the Line Trailer (2019)

08 May 2019

In both amateur and professional sports, being gay remains taboo. Few dare to come out of the closet for fear of being stigmatized, and for many, the pressure to perform is compounded by a further strain: whether or not to affirm their sexual identity.

The Devil's Share Trailer (2018)

16 February 2018

Quebec, on the cusp of the 1960s. The province is on the brink of momentous change. Deftly selecting clips from nearly 200 films from the National Film Board of Canada archives, director Luc Bourdon reinterprets the historical record, offering us a new and distinctive perspective on the Quiet Revolution.

Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night Trailer (2020)

24 September 2020

After a late night high school graduation party, Chantal and Delphine find themselves walking home alone in the dark.

Baek-il Trailer (2022)

14 August 2022

The Korean legend of Ungnyeo, a bear reborn as a woman, becomes a percussive and mesmerizing riff on the themes of transformation and quarantine.

The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer Trailer (2014)

07 September 2014

This short animation presents the haunting story of two brothers who share the scars, though not the memories, of an untold history that has driven them to existential extremes.

Shannon Amen Trailer (2019)

26 September 2019

Shannon Amen unearths the passionate and pained expressions of a young woman overwhelmed by guilt and anxiety as she struggles to reconcile her sexual identity with her religious faith.

Mabel Trailer (2016)

01 January 2016

Feisty, fiercely independent and firmly rooted in place, 90 year-old Mabel Robinson broke barriers back in the 40s when she became the first woman in Hubbards, Nova Scotia, to launch her own business—a hairdressing salon where she still provides shampoo-n-sets over 70 years later.

Nadine Trailer (2017)

07 March 2017

From out of nowhere, the most beautiful girl in the world sits at the table across from me at the library.

Where the Land Ends Trailer (2019)

02 March 2019

A documentary that explores what it means to be a young person in Quebec after the dissolution of the Quebec sovereignty movement.

A Quiet Girl Trailer (2024)

01 March 2024

Adopted Montreal filmmaker Adrian Wills discovers, on camera and in real time, the startling truths of his complex beginnings in Newfoundland.

Undertaker for Life! Trailer (2022)

01 November 2022

With candour, compassion and a healthy dose of humour, an insightful group of morticians and funeral directors take us on a philosophical journey through our inevitable mortality and behind the scenes of their industry's daily routines.

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger Trailer (2019)

10 September 2019

The story of a young boy forced to spend all five years of his short life in hospital while the federal and provincial governments argued over which was responsible for his care, as well as the long struggle of Indigenous activists to force the Canadian government to enforce “Jordan’s Principle” — the promise that no First Nations children would experience inequitable access to government-funded services again.

K'i Tah Amongst the Birch Trailer (2020)

09 September 2020

Filmmaker/activist Melaw Nakehk’o has spent the pandemic with her family at a remote land camp in the Northwest Territories, “getting wood, listening to the wind, staying warm and dry, and watching the sun move across the sky.

The Tooth Trailer (2017)

15 September 2017

Every child knows full well that losing a tooth is only the prologue to a magical experience—namely, a night-time visit from the tooth fairy and the gift she leaves behind.

The Commute Trailer (2022)

14 August 2022

The distinctive three-note chime of the Toronto subway kicks off a zippy tale of bike theft and survival in an unfamiliar new town.

My World, Your Melody Trailer (2024)

07 May 2024

A choir of tropical frogs performs infectious pop in delightfully unsettling animation from Costa Rican-Canadian artist Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes.

Cedar Tree of Life Trailer (2018)

08 September 2018

A short, expressionist documentary, exploring the relationship between Cedar and three Indigenous women who work with it, weave with it, and live with it.

Hedgehog's Home Trailer (2017)

14 January 2017

In a lush and lively forest lives a hedgehog. He is at once admired, respected and envied by the other animals.

III Trailer (2022)

08 September 2022

By a hot summer day on the lakeshore, three siblings face death for the first time through their contact with nature.

Assez French Trailer (2023)

22 February 2023

At her family’s cabin on Wakaw Lake, Saskatchewan, renowned Fransaskois singer-songwriter Alexis Normand invites audiences into a series of candid exchanges about belonging and bilingualism on the Prairies.

Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher Trailer (2023)

17 October 2023

Part oral history and part visual poem, Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher is the story of Evelyn Campbell, a trailblazer for an Inuit-led educational system in the small community of Rigolet, Labrador.

Boat People Trailer (2023)

27 April 2023

As a child in Vietnam, Thao’s mother often rescued ants from bowls of sugar water. Years later they would return the favour.

Absences Trailer (2014)

25 April 2014

Carole Laganière dives deeply into personal territory in this beautifully crafted exploration of absence and loss and its painful effect on daily lives.

Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections Trailer (2022)

21 September 2022

While visiting his native country to shoot his first live-action film (PHI 1.618), animation filmmaker Theodore Ushev recounts the highlights of his life in Bulgaria and recalls the various underground artistic movements that have influenced him.

Pour la cause Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

Deyzangeroo Trailer (2018)

19 June 2018

Many cultures have viewed the lunar eclipse as a powerful reminder of the Day of Judgment. People chant prayers, sing songs and recite poetry, all in an effort to communicate with nature and the cosmic forces in the sky.

Into the Light Trailer (2020)

25 November 2020

Stories Are in Our Bones Trailer (2020)

08 March 2020

In this layered short film, filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother), a residential school survivor who retains a deep knowledge and memory of the land.

Bill Loewen: Music in the Prairie Night Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

“Ideas and inventions are a strange thing.” William H. Loewen’s dynamic support of the arts has translated into a blossoming of imaginative work in Manitoba and across the country.