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Arts
A selection of films on the arts, including biographies of artists.Films
Poet: Irving Layton Observed
- This feature documentary is a portrait of the life and work of ...
- 1986,
- 52 min 3 s
Horse Drawn Magic
- This documentary short introduces us to the Caravan Stage Company, the world ...
- by Dorothy Todd Hénaut,
- 1979,
- 27 min 47 s
OK ... Camera
- This documentary film is an exploration of Québec’s feature film industry ...
- 1972,
- 27 min 37 s
Notman's World
- This documentary short is a portrait of Canadian photographer William Notman. Photography ...
- 1989,
- 29 min 7 s
Ballet Adagio
- This short film by Norman McLaren is a slow-motion study of the ...
- by Norman McLaren,
- 1972,
- 9 min 50 s
On the Road with La Mouette
- This full-length documentary follows Le Théâtre de La Mouette, a travelling puppet ...
- by François Aubry & Philippe d' Hauterive,
- 2001,
- 52 min
Remembering Arthur
- In this feature length documentary, filmmaker Arthur Lipsett's close friend Martin ...
- by Martin Lavut,
- 2006,
- 89 min 54 s
CAMPUS
I Can Make Art ... Like Ron Noganosh
- This short film introduces kids to sculptor Ron Noganosh, who transforms items ...
- by Jane Churchill,
- 2005,
- 15 min 43 s
CAMPUS
I Can Make Art ... Like Andrew Qappik
- This short documentary is a portrait of Andrew Qappik, a world-renowned Inuit ...
- by Jane Churchill,
- 2005,
- 11 min 24 s
I Can Make Art . . . Like Kai Chan
- In this short film, sculptor and textile artist Kai Chan shares his ...
- by Jane Churchill,
- 2005,
- 11 min 24 s
Walking
- Animator Ryan Larkin uses an artist's sensibility to illustrate the way ...
- by Ryan Larkin,
- 1968,
- 5 min 6 s
RiP! A Remix Manifesto
- Join filmmaker Brett Gaylor and mashup artist Girl Talk as they explore ...
- by Brett Gaylor,
- 2008,
- 86 min 24 s
Ryan
- This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the ...
- by Chris Landreth,
- 2004,
- 13 min 57 s
Lodela
- Inspired by the myths of the afterlife, this allegorical dance piece illuminates ...
- by Philippe Baylaucq,
- 1996,
- 26 min 24 s
Bryan Adams: Bare Bones
- Bryan Adams is one of world’s most enduringly popular singer/songwriters ...
- by David Battistella,
- 2010,
- 5 min 16 s
Mindscape
- A particularly creative example of the pinscreen animation technique, this film is ...
- by Jacques Drouin,
- 1976,
- 7 min 31 s
Congratulations, Mr. Levy
- A legend in his own mind, as well as a few other ...
- by Robin Neinstein,
- 2008,
- 5 min 21 s
The Whirlwind of Your Passion: A Philanthropist's Dream
- In director Barbara Willis Sweete's film, philanthropist James Fleck's own ...
- by Barbara Willis-Sweete,
- 2009,
- 7 min 6 s
Boogie-Doodle
- In this short animation film, the "boogie" is played by Albert Ammons ...
- by Norman McLaren,
- 1941,
- 3 min 28 s
Pas de deux
- Norman McLaren's short film is a cinematic study of the choreography ...
- by Norman McLaren,
- 1968,
- 13 min 22 s
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
- This feature-length Oscar®-nominated documentary focuses on Malcolm Lowry, author of one ...
- by Donald Brittain & John Kramer,
- 1976,
- 99 min 20 s
The Stratford Adventure
- This short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name ...
- by Morten Parker,
- 1954,
- 39 min 24 s
High Grass Circus
- This feature-length documentary offers an inside look into the workings of a ...
- by Tony Ianzelo & Torben Schioler,
- 1976,
- 56 min 50 s
Dashan - Ambassador to China's Funny Bone
- This documentary introduces us to Mark Rowswell, a Canadian comedian virtually unknown ...
- by Guy Nantel,
- 1996,
- 50 min
Pierrot in Montreal
- In this documentary short, Canadian mime Guy Hoffman, acting as Pierrot, introduces ...
- by Donald Ginsberg,
- 1957,
- 30 min
Maud Lewis: A World Without Shadows
- Set against a background of her paintings and the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia ...
- by Diane Beaudry,
- 1976,
- 10 min 1 s
Shameless: The ART of Disability
- Art and activism are the starting point for a funny and intimate ...
- by Bonnie Sherr Klein,
- 2006,
- 71 min 30 s
From Baghdad to Peace Country
- This documentary is about Canadian artist Deryk Houston, who in 1999, had ...
- by Sherry LePage,
- 2003,
- 28 min 32 s
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
- This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to ...
- by John Feeney,
- 1963,
- 19 min 49 s
Lismer
- This short documentary looks at the work of artist Arthur Lismer, a ...
- by Allan Wargon,
- 1951,
- 19 min 10 s
Varley
- A portrait of Frederick Varley, Canadian painter and member of the Group ...
- by Allan Wargon,
- 1953,
- 16 min 23 s
I Don't Have to Work that Big
- A short documentary about sculptor Joe Fafard. Joe knows cows. He knows ...
- by Michael McKennirey,
- 1973,
- 27 min 20 s
Finding Farley
- In this full-length documentary husband-and-wife team Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison (Being ...
- by Leanne Allison,
- 2009,
- 62 min 49 s
Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen
- This informal black-and-white portrait of Leonard Cohen shows him at age 30 ...
- by Donald Brittain & Don Owen,
- 1965,
- 44 min 1 s
Flamenco at 5:15
- This Oscar®-winning short film is an impressionistic record of a flamenco ...
- by Cynthia Scott,
- 1983,
- 29 min 22 s
Ten Million Books: An Introduction to Farley Mowat
- Farley Mowat has sold more books than any other Canadian writer – 10 ...
- by Andy Thomson,
- 1981,
- 25 min 15 s
Begone Dull Care
- An extraordinary animation in which Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted directly ...
- by Evelyn Lambart & Norman McLaren,
- 1949,
- 7 min 52 s
Margaret Atwood: Once in August
- In Margaret Atwood: Once in August, filmmaker Michael Rubbo attempts to discover ...
- by Michael Rubbo,
- 1984,
- 57 min 25 s
