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Call It A Day

Jason DaSilva

Voice over spoken work and a simple piano score combine to create a contemplative essay on everyday existence.

Call It Karma

Geoff Browne

This documentary focuses on Tibetan monk Gyalten Rinpoche, who, after establishing a Buddhist centre in the West, returns to Nepal for an emotional reunion with his Master.

Camilla Gibb • The Writing Life

Michael Glassbourg, TickleScratch Productions

This episode of The Writing Life profiles Canadian writer Camilla Gibb, winner of the City of Toronto Book Award for her first novel, Mouthing the Words.

Camilla Singh • The Artist's Life (Series 1)

Michael Glassbourg, TickleScratch Productions

This episode of The Artist's Life profiles artist and curator, Camilla Singh

Canada's Best Kept Secret: The Natural World of R.D. Lawrence

Greg DeLiso

Between 1996 and his death in 2003, naturalist R.D. Lawrence wrote 30 books, published in 32 countries and in 16 languages. Canada’s Best Kept Secret combines interviews and archival footage to tell the story of the prolific Canadian author and ecologist who provided a voice for those without one.

Canadian Pacific I

David Rimmer

Designed as a companion piece to Canadian Pacific II, this film was shot near the artist's studio, from a window two storeys below on the second floor of a next-door building, between December, 1974, and February, 1975. It can be projected alone or in double-screen format with Canadian Pacific II.

Canadian Pacific II

David Rimmer

Designed as a companion piece to Canadian Pacific I, this film was shot near the artist's studio, from a window two storeys higher on the fourth floor of a next-door building, between December, 1974, and February, 1975. It can be projected alone or in double-screen format with Canadian Pacific I.

Canadian Steel, Chinese Grit

Julia Ningyu Li, Karin Lee, David Choi, Jan Walls

This documentary, released for distribution in November 2000, delves into the history of the Chinese workers without whom Canada's national railway could never have been realized.

Candida Girling • The Artist's Life (Series 1)

Michael Glassbourg, TickleScratch Productions

This episode of The Artist's Life profiles painter, Candida Girling.

The Canneries

Bonni Devlin, Stephen Insley, Tracey Jeffrey

The Canneries is a historical exploration of the salmon canning industry along the coast of British Columbia.

Canoe

Donna Szoke

The barely visible canoeist melds with the moving water and sky.

Canoeing in the City • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 3)

Jason Krowe, Loretta Todd, Nehiyawetan Productions

Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to canoeing.

Canyon War: The Untold Story

Eva Wunderman, Canyon War Productions, Wunderman Film Inc

Canyon War covers the tumultuous events of 1858 in British Columbia-events which led to a little-known war that could have escalated, had it not been for the persuasive diplomacy of Chief Spintlum of the Nlaka'pamux First Nation.

Captured: From Footbinding to Stilettos

Dr. Launette Rieb, M.D., Peg Campbell

Just as the practice of footbinding was followed for centuries in China, the practice of wearing high heels has been promoted in the western world as a symbol of feminine beauty and desirability. But what happens to the body when they are worn?

Carrying on the Tradition • Ravens and Eagles: Haida Art (Series 1)

Jeff Bear, Marianne Jones

Influenced and influential, April Churchill and Gladys Vandal stand out as highly gifted and talented Haida artists, both of whom have worked to preserve the Haida weaving tradition.

cArtographies

Brian Johnson, Twofold Films, Leah Mallen

This playful and inspiring "mapping" of 23 British Columbia artists working in a stunning cross-section of media reflects the nature, isolate, community and social climate in which they work.

A Case of Rape

Jonathan Amitay

Jonathan Amitay uses coloured sand in stop-motion animation to tell a story of sexual assault. The story is based on experience, as relayed to him by a friend.

Cassiar, British Columbia • Ghost Towns of Canada

Maryvonne Micale, Insight Film & Video Productions, Leigh Badgley

This episode of Ghost Towns of Canada explores Cassiar, British Columbia, where in 1952 one of the world's best known asbestos mine was opened. By the 1970s, with a new awareness of the health risks associated with asbestos the future of the Cassiar did not look bright.

Castaways

George Ashcroft

This beautifully animated film sensitively portrays an experience of alcoholism in the family from a child's perspective. A stimulating and serious film for discussions on alcoholism and the children affected by substance abuse.

Cathy Stonehouse • The Writing Life

Michael Glassbourg, TickleScratch Productions

This episode of The Writing Life profiles Canadian poet Cathy Stonehouse, author of The Words I Know.

The Cave

Scott Belyea, Dereck Toker

The Cave is an account of one man's journey towards enlightenment ansd the true nature of a philosopher king. The film contrasts ancient Greek dialogue from Plato's Republic with modern day existence.

Cedar and Bamboo

Diana E. Leung, Kamala Todd, Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC, Jennifer Lau, Karin Lee

Four people of mixed Chinese and First Nations heritage talk about their heritage and identity.

Cedar Bark Weaver: Victoria Moody • Ravens and Eagles: Haida Art (Series 1)

Jeff Bear, Marianne Jones, Ravens and Eagles Productions

A weaver from Skidegate, British Columbia, Vicki Moody uses cedar bark in the creation of a new style of art that brings together bold designs with her political views.

Celesta Found

David McIlwraith, Wild Zone Films, Rina Fraticelli

A chance discovery of journals written in the early 20th century by a woman who lived in Quebec's Eastern Townships enticed Rina Fraticelli on a journey of discovery.

The Certainty of Shadow (with Adonis)

Kali Jones, Maurizio Ruggiano

The Certainty of Shadow is a video work filmed in Sicily, with the participation one of the world’s great Arab poets and Nobel nominee, Adonis. Inspired by Plato's Allegory of The Cave, the video proposes a voyage/dialogue between three artists: Canadian painter and videographer Kali Jones, Italian photographer and installation artist Maurizio Ruggiano, and Ali Ahmad Said Esber, also known by the pen name Adonis or Adunis, a Syrian poet, essayist and translator. Adonis has written more than 20 books and volumes of poetry in the Arabic language and in this work, he figures as a contemporary Odysseus, exploring varying notions of perception.

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