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Classics
World-renowned Oscar winners, Oscar nominees and classics.Films
Challenger: An Industrial Romance
- This feature documentary follows the development of Canadair's super-executive jet. A ...
- 1980,
- 57 min 23 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
Christopher's Movie Matinee
- When movie cameras were put in the hands of a few young ...
- 1968,
- 87 min 28 s
Cornet at Night
- Based on a short story by Sinclair Ross, this short film recalls ...
- 1963,
- 14 min 41 s
Notman's World
- This documentary short is a portrait of Canadian photographer William Notman. Photography ...
- 1989,
- 29 min 7 s
Proudest Girl in the World
- This wartime short is a musical recruiting film for the Canadian Women ...
- 1944,
- 2 min
Bob's Birthday
- Surprise birthday parties can be risky. Especially when the guest of honor ...
- 1993,
- 12 min 18 s
Ryan
- This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the ...
- by Chris Landreth,
- 2004,
- 13 min 57 s
Hunger
- In this animated short, director Peter Foldès depicts one man’s descent ...
- by Peter Foldès,
- 1973,
- 11 min 22 s
Neighbours
- In this Oscar®-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally ...
- by Norman McLaren,
- 1952,
- 8 min 6 s
Special Delivery
- In this animated short, Ralph's day gets off to a bad ...
- by Eunice Macaulay & John Weldon,
- 1978,
- 7 min 7 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
Mon oncle Antoine
- Claude Jutra's sweeping portrait of village life in 1940s Quebec has ...
- by Claude Jutra,
- 1971,
- 110 min 20 s
The Back-breaking Leaf
- Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario ...
- by Terence Macartney-Filgate,
- 1959,
- 29 min 12 s
Walking
- Animator Ryan Larkin uses an artist's sensibility to illustrate the way ...
- by Ryan Larkin,
- 1968,
- 5 min 6 s
YUL 871
- In this feature film, an engineer from Paris flies to Montreal (on ...
- by Jacques Godbout,
- 1966,
- 70 min 37 s
Every Child
- Watch Eugene Fedorenko's animated short about an unwanted baby who is ...
- by Eugene Fedorenko,
- 1979,
- 6 min 28 s
The Sand Castle
- Enjoy Co Hoedeman's short animated film about the sandman and the ...
- by Co Hoedeman,
- 1977,
- 13 min 17 s
Waiting for Fidel
- This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro's Cuba ...
- by Michael Rubbo,
- 1974,
- 57 min 50 s
Cry of the Wild
- This feature-length documentary from Bill Mason imparts his affection for the big ...
- by Bill Mason,
- 1972,
- 88 min 4 s
King of the Hill
- This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball player of ...
- by Donald Brittain & William Canning,
- 1974,
- 56 min 50 s
Final Offer
- The filmmakers were given remarkable freedom to record the historic 1984 contract ...
- by Robert Collison & Sturla Gunnarsson,
- 1985,
- 78 min 36 s
Action: The October Crisis of 1970
- This feature-length documentary looks at those desperate days of October 1970 when ...
- by Robin Spry,
- 1973,
- 87 min 9 s
Waterwalker
- This feature-length documentary follows naturalist Bill Mason on his journey by canoe ...
- by Bill Mason,
- 1984,
- 86 min 38 s
Universe
- A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring ...
- by Roman Kroitor & Colin Low,
- 1960,
- 28 min 53 s
September Five at Saint-Henri
- This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri ...
- by Hubert Aquin,
- 1962,
- 27 min 10 s
The Stratford Adventure
- This short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name ...
- by Morten Parker,
- 1954,
- 39 min 24 s
Royal Journey
- A documentary account of the five-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the ...
- by David Bairstow, Roger Blais & Gudrun Parker,
- 1951,
- 54 min
Atonement
- This documentary shows efforts by Canadian wildlife specialists to preserve and nurture ...
- by Michael McKennirey,
- 1970,
- 50 min 30 s
Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame
- This feature documentary traces the political career of T.C. (Tommy) Douglas ...
- by Elise Swerhone,
- 1986,
- 57 min 47 s
