The Dark Hours

The Dark Hours 2005

5.70

Dr. Samantha Goodman is a beautiful, young psychiatrist. Burnt out, she drives to the family’s winter cottage to spend time with her husband and sister. A relaxing weekend is jarringly interrupted when a terrifying and unexpected guest arrives. What follows is an extraordinary night of terror and evil mind games where escape is not an option.

2005

Birthmarked

Birthmarked 2018

5.80

Two scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.

2018

Molly Maxwell

Molly Maxwell 2013

6.60

At Phoenix Progressive School, students take notes lying on parlor couches and are encouraged to explore their gifts through electives like break-dancing and graphic-novel writing. In the midst of all this liberal pedagogy and budding talent, Molly Maxwell feels unexceptional, until she falls for her attractive English teacher, Ben.

2013

Empire of Dirt

Empire of Dirt 2013

5.60

Like many Native families, Lena Mahikan grew up in the cycle of abuse. Her father, a residential school survivor, was an alcoholic until he killed himself when Lena was 10. Her mother, only 14 years her senior, turned to the slots. By the time Lena was 15, she was pregnant and, before giving birth, was kicked to the curb by her mom. The cycle continues and Lena is now watching helplessly as her own daughter, Peeka, spirals out of control, landing herself in the hospital following a drug overdose. As a final attempt at survival, Lena decides to return home and face her own mother and a past she’s desperate to escape.

2013

Beans

Beans 2021

6.40

Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.

2021

Elevated

Elevated 1996

6.10

Ben and Ellen use the elevator in their building when all of a sudden, Hank, the blood covered security man of the building rushes into the elevator, claiming that there is a dangerous alien-like creature in the building.

1996

Siblings

Siblings 2004

5.40

Joe and his siblings have a couple of problems. First off, their stepparents are despicably evil. Secondly, they seemed to have killed them. Now this mixed up mess of half-sisters and step-brothers have to figure out how to dispose of the bodies, cover up the murders, collect their grandfather's inheritance and somehow stick together as a family -- all without getting caught. Not to mention Joe's incessant need to keep tabs on his promiscuous sister, an eye on the precocious little ones and a lustful watch on the girl next-door. Growing up has its complications. Murder's just one of them.

2004

Save My Lost Nigga Soul

Save My Lost Nigga Soul 1993

1

Re-imagines the story of Cain and Abel, with Cain as a pathetic drug addict and Abel as his straight-arrow, disapproving brother. Their struggle for supremacy is told through the would-be monologue of their roommate, an aspiring stand-up comic who plans to use them as fodder for his stage debut.

1993

Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil

Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil 2003

6.00

Teen heavy-metal enthusiast, Todd, seeks dating advice from the Prince of Darkness, unleashing the fury of hell to win the heart of the head cheerleader.

2003

Silent Cargo

Silent Cargo 2011

5.00

A group of illegal immigrants are smuggled across the ocean in a shipping container; only to have their humanity tested as they run out of food, water and air.

2011

Stray Dog

Stray Dog 2017

1

A money launderer finds himself in a bind on Christmas Eve when a case of mistaken identity leads to him spending the evening with an unpredictable runaway instead of his family.

2017

Upshot

Upshot 2018

1

Olivia and her maid Anna are in love, and stealing a secret moment together. But their moment of tranquility ends abruptly when Olivia’s husband, John, returns home early. As the women hide in the maid's quarters, they overhear a plan that changes everything.

2018

Life on Juniper

Life on Juniper 2015

1

Following reports of a mysterious crash, an aging farmer encounters a visitor determined on disrupting his quiet way of life.

2015

Parkdale

Parkdale 2011

1

Over the course of a night, two sisters roam the inner-city streets of their neighbourhood as they try to escape another stint in the foster care system.

2011

Night for Night

Night for Night 2023

1

Short film by Christian Sparkes. Disturbing and poignant story that dives deep into the unconscious side of pain, grief and love.

2023

Dreemer

Dreemer 2012

1

A surreal love story about a nineteen year old girl with the personality of an abused dog, and her oppressively misguided boyfriend.

2012

Summer with Hope

Summer with Hope 2022

5.50

Omid, a teenage athlete who is barred for bureaucratic reasons from a swimming competition; however, as his estranged father has made his consent to a divorce from his mother conditional on Omid's performance in the competition, he begins to train in open-water swimming under the coaching of Mani, with their increasingly close friendship leading to community rumours and allegations they are engaging in a gay sexual relationship with each other.

2022

Short Hymn, Silent War

Short Hymn, Silent War 2003

1

The thoughts and memories of four African-Canadian women affected by gun violence are woven together in a tapestry of images.

2003

Nurse.Fighter.Boy

Nurse.Fighter.Boy 2009

5.00

An urban love story about the soul of a mother, the heart of a fighter, and the faith of a child.

2009

Night Of The Living

Night Of The Living 1997

1

A young boy watches in helpless horror as his alcoholic father turns into a zombie before his very eyes. Vancouver's Andrew Currie adeptly builds tension as young Zack wrestles with the twin demons of imagination and reality.

1997