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Mozart Decoded
Mozart Decoded (2007)
, 50minutes
Directed by Kevin Sullivan
Origin Canada
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films

A detailed look the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart Decoded starts with Mozart’s upbringing and follows his life through his success and affiliations. A priority of this documentary is finding out what motivated Mozart’s work and how organizations like the Freemasons impacted his most popular operas.
La Révolution du dansage
La Révolution du dansage (1976)
, 28minutes
Directed by Michel Brault, André Gladu
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians

Le film met en scène Mme Georgiana Blouin-Audet, violoniste et maître des danses traditionnelles à l'Île d'Orléans. À travers des entrevues menées par les cinéastes ainsi que par l'ethnologue Normand Legault, Mme Audet se livre sur la manière dont les vieilles danses françaises ont perduré sur l'île malgré les interdictions du clergé.
Sur les traces de Laviolette
Sur les traces de Laviolette (2009)
, 1h11
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about historical events

Le documentaire fait état des travaux du professeur Yannick Gendron dans sa recherche de la véritable identité du fondateur de la ville de Trois-Rivières, le nommé Laviolette. Il propose que le vrai fondateur de Trois-Rivières soit Théodore Bochart du Plessis. Il décrit et explique le contexte politique, économique, social et religieux dans lequel la deuxième plus vieille ville du Canada a été fondée. Enfin il rend compte du défi qu’une trentaine de personnes ont relevé en mai 2009 en reproduisant une expédition en rabaska de Québec à Trois-Rivières.
Curtains
Curtains (1995)
, 12minutes
Directed by Stéphanie Morgenstern
Origin Canada
Actors Stéphanie Morgenstern, Maxim Roy, Cary Lawrence

An actress, having just discovered she's been dumped, questions everything around her in the 15 minutes before the curtain comes up and she must take her place on stage. In the process, we get a glance at what goes on behind the scenes in your average theatre production.
Sur les traces de Bochart
Sur les traces de Bochart (2019)
, 50minutes
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about historical events

Le documentaire fait état des des recherches des dix dernières années de l'historien Yannick Gendron sur l'identité du véritable fondateur de la ville de Trois-Rivières. Il met en lumière la vie et la carrière de Théodore Bochart du Plessis qu'il identifie comme l'un des principaux responsables de la fondation du fort de Trois-Rivières en 1634. Il retrace ses rencontres avec l’historien québécois Mathieu D’Avignon, le professeur Frank Lestringant de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne et l’historien français Mickaël Augeron.
Cabfair
Cabfair
, 1h51
Origin Canada

Reggie O’Brien (K. Shane Doulton) is a cab driver with an opinion on everything. When he is not taxiing his usual fares, Reggie can be found enjoying a game of bowling in the morning league, breaking for a cup of coffee with his cab-cleaning pal Mugford (Matt McLaren), arguing with his ex-wife Nola O’Brien (April Johnson), filling in his co-worker and former Pentecostal minister Pastor Bob (Mark Nesseth) on the ways of secular world, hanging with his buddy Bounty “The Dog” Hunter (Derek Leslie), arguing with cab company owner Raoul Cassivi (Giulio Veri), or clashing with the authority of Kingston’s taxi commissioner, Bruno DeLuca (Bruno Sanita).
Bears and Man
Bears and Man (2013)
, 25minutes
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Documentary films about nature

The film is roughly separated into five sequences. The first sequence features George's narration, where the relationship between the two species is introduced. As Best's narration takes over, the film relates the problem of the "bum" bear and how bears become habituated to human contact and food. A third sequence uses actors to portray a couple camping in Banff. They notice grizzly tracks and subsequently use the Parks' suggested practices when setting up their camp.
Peter and the Penny
Peter and the Penny (2005)
, 15minutes
Directed by Denys Desjardins
Origin Canada

Peter is celebrating his 50th birthday. An opportunity to share their love and appreciation, his family unites to mark the occasion…and to loot his piggy bank. According to Peter’s relatives, a rare American penny worth a fortune is hidden inside his coin collection. But intellectually challenged since birth and contrary to his siblings, Peter doesn’t care to pad his bank account. Inspired by a true story and starring the protagonist himself, watch what happens when a mythical penny bewitches an entire family.
18,000 Dead in Gordon Head
18,000 Dead in Gordon Head (2003)
, 13minutes
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary

On a quiet, suburban street in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and in the middle of the afternoon on a summer's day in 1982, Clive Holden witnessed the murder of a teenaged girl as she was killed by a sniper's bullet. A year later, Holden returned to the scene of the senseless slaying to lie with his camera on the spot where she died, in order to film and capture the effect of her tragic and sudden death.