Khöömeizhi

The Mystic Lamb

1939

Detailed analysis of the famous polyptych by the Van Eyck brothers, housed in Ghent Cathedral.

Calligraphie Japonaise

1958

In a comparative study between different forms of calligraphy, the film traces parallels between modern Japanese painting and traditional Japanese writing.

Didier Rousseau, sculptor, performance

1988

A sculptor carves and transforms himself.

Max in the Morning

1965

At the microphone with Max Ferguson, radio satirist, as he creates his weekday-morning program. Filmed inside his CBC broadcasting booth, this film watches and records as Max ad-libs his way through zany interpretations of news events. His only script is the morning paper and with it he tilts at humbug with a flair that has made him a national figure.

Modern Football

1951

Robert Altman's first film was this 26-minute short, which has a football coach explaining how to play the sport. This is basically an educational short where the viewer learns about the various rules of the sport as the narrator explains them while we see reenactments.

Man Who Chooses the Bush

1975

This short documentary follows Frank Ladouceur, a man who lives alone for months at a time, trapping muskrat in the vast, desolate wilderness of northern Alberta. He receives no visitors, and rarely voyages to his family home in Fort Chipewyan. What some may consider an unthinkably lonely, isolated existence is the calling of this fiercely independent Métis man. Remarkably determined and self-sufficient, Frank makes his home in the wild bush.

The Moebius Flip

1970

A science fiction fantasy on skis with spectacular glacier skiing, extraordinary acrobatics, unique optical effects, and an original score. The world's polarity is mysteriously reversed, requiring the skiers to regain the realm of normal perception by performing maneuvers inspired by the ambiguous nature of the "Moebius Strip."

Affirmations

1990

A look at what it's like to be gay and black in America.

Horst

1988

We enter the life of Horst, and see the world of fashion photography evolve from the 1930s to the 1980s through his work and stories.

The Comet

2004

Stockholm 1965. A comet is heading towards earth. A man with a super-8 camera documents the city and its inhabitants the days before the end of the world.

Stranger in the City

1961

Aspects of a London day, including prostitutes on street corners, a striptease show and the 2i's Coffee Bar.

Birdman

2015

A portrait of Robert, a troubled but poetic soul struggling with his purgatorial existence in a hackney scrapyard.

Boiler Room | Stay in Russia

2015

A short documentary about the Russian beat scene.

African Adventure: Safari in the Okavango

2007

Last Chance Garage

2012

A documentary on reformed ex-con Rick Maylender and his attempts to help troubled youths by taking them out of their environment and showing them how to find and repair abandoned classic vehicles.