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- DirectorMathieu DenisStarsAnthony TherrienAntoine L'ÉcuyerKarelle TremblayA teenage Québecer in the 1960s evolves from pro-independence activist to radical terrorist, in this gripping chronicle of the origins of the FLQ in the decade preceding the 1970 October Crisis.
- DirectorChloé RobichaudStarsSophie DesmaraisJean-Sébastien CourchesneGeneviève Boivin-RoussyThe film is about the pursuit of a goal and tackles the anxieties of a young athlete who lives only for the race.
- DirectorLéa PoolStarsCéline BonnierLysandre MénardDiane LavalléeIn a small convent school in rural Quebec, Mother Augustine provides a musical education to young women no matter their socio-economic background. However, with the looming changes brought by Vatican II and Quebec's Quiet Revolution, the school's future is at peril.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalAntoine Olivier PilonSuzanne ClémentA widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
- DirectorGuy ÉdoinStarsMonica BellucciPascale BussièresLarissa CorriveauAn actress mother and her estranged gay son's lives intersect with those of two medical professionals after an unexpected tragedy, forcing secrets to be revealed and personal demons to be dealt with.
- DirectorJeremy PodeswaStarsStephen DillaneRade SerbedzijaRosamund PikeA child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.
- DirectorMaxime GirouxStarsMartin DubreuilHadas YaronLuzer TwerskyIn Félix and Meira, an unusual romance blossoms between two lost souls who inhabit the same neighborhood but vastly different worlds.
- DirectorKarim HussainStarsMarie-Josée CrozeBarbara UlrichIlona ElkinAn unknown creature has murdered the Creator of Universe and unleashed the ability to produce miracles. This ability is now in the hands of human beings who have driven themselves into destructive envy and the horrible chaos of suddenly becoming Gods themselves.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsBruce GreenwoodElias KoteasDon McKellarA man plagued by neuroses frequents the club Exotica in an attempt to find solace, but even there his past is never far away.
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsJulie ChristieMichael MurphyGordon PinsentA man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
- DirectorFrançois GirardStarsCarlo CecchiJean-Luc BideauChristoph KonczA red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.
- DirectorPedro MorelliStarsTyler LabineAlison PillMichael EklundA multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about one of the others.
- DirectorVincenzo NataliStarsNicole de BoerMaurice Dean WintDavid HewlettA group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja SmitsA programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
- DirectorGeorge MendelukStarsMax IronsSamantha BarksTerence StampSet in 1930s Ukraine, as Stalin advances the ambitions of communists in the Kremlin, young artist Yuri battles to save his lover Natalka from the Holodomor, the death-by-starvation program that ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians.
- DirectorJacques Toulemonde VidalStarsJuana AcostaKolia AbiteboulBruno ClairefondAnna is a young Colombian woman living in Paris, daily struggling with her emotional frailty. She tries to spend more time with her ten-year-old son, Nathan, but Philippe, her former husband, doesn't trust her anymore and threatens her to take full custody of the child. Having no other choice, she convinces her boyfriend Bruno to help her, and the three of them fly away to Colombia. During this journey, Anna will strive to build a new family, and will face the difficulty of being a mother.
- DirectorLouise ArchambaultStarsGabrielle Marion-RivardAlexandre LandryMélissa Désormeaux-PoulinGabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin, at the recreation centre where they are choir members, they have been inseparable. However, because they are "different," their loved ones are fearful of their relationship. As the choir prepares for an important music festival, Gabrielle does everything she can to gain her independence. As determined as she is, Gabrielle must still confront other people's prejudices as well as her own limitations in the hope of experiencing a love far from the "ordinary".
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsMelvil PoupaudEmmanuel SchwartzSuzanne ClémentA drama that charts ten years in a transgender woman's relationship with her lover.
- DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsVanessa ParadisKevin ParentHélène FlorentA love story between a man and woman. And between a mother and her son. A mystical and fantastical odyssey on love.
- DirectorRuba NaddaStarsPatricia ClarksonAlexander SiddigElena AnayaA romantic drama about a brief, unexpected love affair that catches two people completely off-guard.
- DirectorDouglas JacksonStarsVictoria TennantJean LeclercChris SarandonA woman is stalked by a psychopathic killer. She eventually kills him, only for the man to show up again, this time sane and without any knowledge of the attacks. The police don't believe her, but one detective agrees to look into it.
- DirectorRichie MehtaStarsJohn Paul RuttanRufus SewellGillian AndersonAfter the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later - one that may bring him home.
- DirectorJim DonovanStarsLaura JordanGianpaolo VenutaKaren SimpsonA street-savvy teen tries to turn her life around but soon goes back to her old ways.
- DirectorKim ChapironStarsAdam ButcherShane KippelMatthew MoralesThree juvenile delinquents are sentenced to a correctional facility where they encounter gang violence, death, and harassment from staff and other inmates.
- DirectorAdam MacDonaldStarsJeff RoopMissy PeregrymNicholas CampbellAn urban couple goes camping in the woods and find themselves lost in the territory of a predatory black bear.
- DirectorChristophe GansStarsRadha MitchellLaurie HoldenSean BeanA woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJude LawJennifer Jason LeighIan HolmA game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsRalph FiennesMiranda RichardsonGabriel ByrneA mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsLubna AzabalMélissa Désormeaux-PoulinMaxim GaudetteTwins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
- DirectorClaude GagnonStarsGail TraversMacha GrenonEiji OkudaJean and her sister, played by Macha Grenon, have a life long infatuation with the Japanese Pianist who once lived across the street from them during their high school years. The film is set during the family's reunion on Vancouver Island and flashes back and forth over the last 10 years. By coincidence, Yoshi who is now a world famous Pianist is giving a concert in Vancouver and Amy is anxious to see him again but her sister curiously is not at all interested. The girls explore old passions, stalking, sibling rivalry and wrong life choice based on the fantasies of their youth. When Amy discovers her sister over the years, had nearly 7 or 8 sexual encounters with Yoshi, she is devastated. Inspite of the fact that Amy had chosen a career path which relocated her to New York City in order to increase her chances of a possible relationship with the handsome, exotic and gifted former neighbour, she never did meet Yoshi so her passions for him continued to smolder right up to the time of the family reunion. Will they meet Yoshi, will he now choose Amy? A delicate but not precious slice of life with unusual plot twists and turns which inspires the audience to ask of themselves, what have my life influences been and were my choices reasonable and wise?
- DirectorKyle RideoutStarsMichael EklundSara CanningChristopher HeyerdahlPhotographer Eadweard Muybridge launches his pioneering movement studies while attempting to keep his marriage intact and staving off morality forces that view the images he captures as degenerate.
- DirectorGary YatesStarsKevin PollakLiane BalabanJonas ChernickAn aging con-man and a beautiful, ambitious student cross paths in a scam that promises to make them both rich.
- DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean BridgersA little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.
- DirectorDamian LeeStarsJonathan ScarfeNina DobrevZachary BennettAt the dawn of World War 2, a Rabbi's daughter and a disenchanted German soldier fall in love and are separated by the war. They struggle on a perilous journey to find one another.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot KidderDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
- DirectorPaul ZillerStarsMargot KidderShaun JohnstonLorraine BraccoA woman has a miscarriage. After her grief becomes bearable, she attempts to adopt a baby, but discovers evidence that her baby might not have been dead when it was removed from her stomach. If so, who took the baby, why and where?
- DirectorRobert CuffleyStarsAmanda CrewKim CoatesDustin MilliganLeigh Parrish, a likeable, small-town girl, now famous actress, takes increasingly drastic steps to protect her fame.
- DirectorMichael MelskiStarsGlen GouldZach ToveyCindy SampsonAvery Paul, a disgraced boxer and ex-convict, is hired to abduct a runaway from a notorious drug house and return her safely to her family. But nothing goes as planned and nothing is what it seems.
- DirectorJán KadárStarsYossi YadinLen BirmanMarilyn LightstoneA Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.
- DirectorJonathan SobolStarsKurt RussellJay BaruchelKatheryn WinnickCrunch Calhoun, a semi-reformed art thief, agrees to get his old gang back together to pull off one last heist.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsKit HaringtonNatalie PortmanJacob TremblayA decade after the death of an American television star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he shared with him, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
- DirectorJennifer LynchStarsVincent D'OnofrioEamon FarrenEvan BirdA young man held prisoner by a cab-driving serial killer must make a life or death choice between following in his captor's footsteps or breaking free.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsSarah PolleyScott SpeedmanMark RuffaloA young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.
- DirectorTimothy BondStarsStephanie ZimbalistThea GillDean CainA reporter is killed whilst investigating a story & her college friend and former professor join forces to try and find out who killed her.
- DirectorFederico HidalgoStarsVanessa BaucheJesse Aaron DwyreConrad PlaTeresa, an alluring Mexican woman, comes to Montreal in search of her husband who had abandoned her in Mexico. In Montreal she meets Fenton, a young man who falls in love with her and convinces her to let him help her find her husband. They criss-cross Montreal in their pursuit, persuading a string of comical characters to reveal clues that will lead them to the wayward husband. In the end, Teresa must decide whether to reveal the painful secret that haunts her.
- DirectorTeach GrantStarsDean WrayTantoo CardinalMartin CumminsIn the wake of tragedy a troubled detective clings to the last remaining semblance of the man he once was, to protect the city's most vulnerable, however, it is this fragile community that just might provide him with the salvation he is searching for.
- DirectorNathaniel WarshStarsAli AdatiaDarryl DoughertyNoelle DuBoisA womanizing reality-TV producer (Spencer) unwittingly sleeps with a mysterious woman (Alison), who turns out to be his own stalker. Alison then kidnaps Spencer and holds him hostage while she humiliates and abuses him, recording every moment on camera for her own twisted reality-TV show.
- DirectorJason BourqueStarsSean BeanPatrick SabonguiMary McCormackIdeologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman.
- DirectorDenis ChouinardStarsCéline BonnierGeneviève BujoldJuliette GosselinAfter serving 10 years for killing her lover Marco, Annie regains custody of her daughter, but the girl wants nothing to do with her. Desperate and haunted by memories of Marco, Annie sinks into growing confusion between past and present. Surprises await when she returns to the island where the murder took place.
- DirectorPierre HouleStarsCéline BonnierRoy DupuisPatrick HuardThe oldest daughter of an impoverished Montreal family, Monique Sparvieri vows to find a way to get out of the ghetto in which she lives. Abandoned by Michael, the love of her life, Monique finds herself alone again when her second husband, Gaston, is sentenced to ten months in prison. While many other women her age are still dreaming of Prince Charming, Monique takes her own destiny in her hands. She and her new love, Gerald Simard, plan a series of bank robberies. Intoxicated by passion and success, Monique isn't afraid of anything and she wants to make sure that her children don't experience the same miserable upbringing as she did.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsAidan QuinnDonald SutherlandBen KingsleyAn American naval officer is recruited for an operation to eliminate his lookalike, the infamous terrorist Carlos The Jackal.
- DirectorNathaniel WarshStarsAndré BhartiKatherine BarrellRay GallettiA recently-jilted woman has to decide whether to take back the man who dumped her or return to her college boyfriend.
- DirectorNathan MorlandoStarsJosh WigginsSophie NélisseJoe CobdenFollows Casey and Jonas, two teenagers desperate to escape their broken and abusive homes and examines the desperation of life on the run and the beauty of first love.
- DirectorPatricia RozemaStarsPascale BussièresRachael CrawfordHenry CzernyAn uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman who works at a local carnival that comes to town.
- DirectorBob NelsonStarsClive OwenMaria BelloJaeden MartellA divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
- DirectorScooter CorkleStarsDianna AgronShawn AshmoreRachelle LefevreA woman with a troubled past sets out to find her missing brother.
- DirectorPhilippe FalardeauStarsMohamed FellagSophie NélisseÉmilien NéronAt a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.
- DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsJuliette LewisGina GershonMickey RourkeA woman gets in way over her head when she's in the wrong place at the wrong time.
- DirectorGaurav SethStarsJulian RichingsMichelle NoldenDamon RunyanAs the world rages in war and civil strife, a CIA agent arrives at a secret underground prison to interrogate a time-traveling terrorist, who she believes is responsible for the unfolding catastrophe.
- DirectorJason StoneStarsStefanie ScottThéodore PellerinSaïd TaghmaouiAlex is floating unconscious in a lake when light from a UFO of light saves her by enhancing her abilities such as telekinesis and healing power. Her friend Sean helps her. The authorities want her - not just for stealing a police car.
- DirectorPaul AlmondStarsGeneviève BujoldMarc StrangeGerard ParkesA woman believes she is beginning to lose her mind when she begins seeing ghosts and spirits.
- DirectorJennifer AlleynManon BriandMarie-Julie DallaireStarsMarie-Hélène MontpetitPascal ContamineFrance CastelImmigrant cabbie connects nervous filmmaker, lawyer, mystery man, possibly HIV+ gay man. Comedy and tragedy mingle, awash in philosophy.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsPascale BussièresAlexis MartinSerge ThériaultAfter surviving a car wreck virtually unscathed, a young model compels her best friend to impregnate her at the salt flats in Utah.
- DirectorCurtis CrawfordStarsMischa BartonRon LeaMarco GrazziniAn online stalker torments a young woman.
- DirectorChristopher CantwellStarsAaron PaulScoot McNairyMary Elizabeth WinsteadA young boy in a small North Dakota town befriends a potentially dangerous fugitive.
- DirectorAndrew WilligStarsAlexandra VoicuNathalie J. CernyMichelle BrezinskiWhen a demanding lover inspires her to write, an idle woman must fake the relationship in order to complete her new book.
- DirectorFrançois DelisleStarsLuc SenaySimon PoitrasDidier LucienA separate couple meet again after ten years when we found the body of their missing son. During their forced reunion, they both handle the death of their child in their own way. Amid the guilt of losing a loved one, they haltingly move toward affirmation of life, acceptance of death and even the possibility of reconciliation. Chorus is a love story that emerges from mourning and leads to two survivors clinging to each other as if to heal the deepest cut of all.
- DirectorDavid WinningStarsNicole de BoerGina HoldenIris QuinnMarissa went into a coma while pregnant and wakes up five years later to find that she delivered her baby, but it is gone. She then notices that her friend has a child the exact same age as her child would be, but that friend was not pregnant when Marissa first went into her coma. The story unfolds.
- DirectorDavid WinningStarsNicole de BoerGina HoldenIris QuinnMarissa went into a coma while pregnant and wakes up five years later to find that she delivered her baby, but it is gone. She then notices that her friend has a child the exact same age as her child would be, but that friend was not pregnant when Marissa first went into her coma. The story unfolds.
- DirectorRay RaghavanStarsDavid James LewisEmily HolmesMackenzie GrayAfter a random school shootout leaves a scientist's daughter and the shooter dead, he uses nano-robots to look into a psychopath's memories to find reasons for violence and a way to treat it.
- DirectorDanishka EsterhazyStarsSara CanningMathieu BourguetFerron GuerreiroA dark historical drama about two sisters, the man that comes between them, and the tragedy that results. Set in the 1870s.
- DirectorWilson ConeybeareStarsDonald SutherlandVincent KartheiserOliver Dennis2 men are chained up in a basement. The captor has cameras aimed at them and is streaming it on the internet - turning it into a "trial" on the held, retired judge's last court case. The viewers become the jurors.