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Face First

Mike Grundmann

In Face First, filmmaker Mike Grundmann and three other remarkable individuals who grew up with facial birth defects open old, surgically-sealed wounds to tell stark anecdotes about the physical pain of corrective surgery and the psychological sting of ridicule and rejection.

Fallen Woman

Ceile Prowse

In this computer animation, a woman who breaks her leg while pregnant suddendly discovers that she has superpowers.

Fame | The Making of a Book: Agents, Covers and Tours | Book Readings • Writers' Confessions

Michael Glassbourg, TickleScratch Productions

In this episode from the Writers' Confessions series, well-known Canadian authors discuss the public life of a writer, their working relationships with agents and publishers, and what they gain from giving readings.

The Family Image

Mark Sawers

Poignant and powerful, this fictional drama takes a unique look at aging and the effect it has on family relationships. Through the use of "home video," it also examines issues of memory and control in the family.

A Family Tree Narrative (6 Parts)

Martin de Valk, Chiaro Productions

A Family Tree Narrative portrays six First Nations families in Canada through the oral tradition of storytelling.

Family • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 1)

Jason Krowe, Kamala Todd, Loretta Todd, Mama-oo Pictures Ltd

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

The Fast

Doreen Manuel

The Fast follows Doreen Manuel on her journey into the Rocky Mountains for a four-day fasting ceremony to tap into her inner power as a storyteller.

Fate Scores

Albert M. Chan

Two strangers, a guitarist and an introspective young woman, cross paths at a long bench along the side of a city building. One by one, additional strangers join the pair on the bench. Amidst a whirlwind of interactions that lead to both harmony and discord, the guitarist and the young woman eventually discover they have something special in common.

Feast • Nehiyawetan: Let's Speak Cree (Series 2)

Jason Krowe, Kamala Todd, Nehiyawetan Productions, Loretta Todd

Nehiyawetan means "Let's speak Cree". This dynamic six part series combines live action and animation in an innovative approach to making the Cree language accessible to young children. It follows a group of Aboriginal children as they learn to speak Cree in the city. The approach taken reinforces learning through play, music, adventure and storytelling. Nehiyawetan: Let’s Speak Cree promotes language retention, offers a Cree perspective of the world and encourages smart choices about living in the city.Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to the feast.

Ferron: girl on a road [48 min version]

Gerry Rogers, Augusta Productions

Part performance film, part biopic, Ferron: girl on a road traces, the life, the songs, the loves, the heartbreaks, and the pioneering path carved by a true folk legend.

Ferron: girl on a road [73 min festival version]

Gerry Rogers, Augusta Productions

Part performance film, part biopic, Ferron: girl on a road traces, the life, the songs, the loves, the heartbreaks, and the pioneering path carved by a true folk legend.

Fighting for the Family

Barbara Anderson, Amazon Communications, Brad Newcombe

Fighting for the Family profiles a number of cohabitation and parental arrangements to show that it is love and respect, and not preconceived notions, that make a family work.

The Films of Frank Cole

Frank Cole, Necessary Illusions Productions Inc, Francis Miquet

Frank Cole is an icon of independent Canadian filmmaking. He focused his singular vision on the production of a few intense and uncompromising films. This complete collection of his work offers a definitive look into his cinema and life.

Finding My Talk: Paul Rickard • Storytellers in motion (Series 1)

Jeff Bear, Marianne Jones, Urban Rez Productions

In this episode from the Storytellers in motion series, filmmaker Paul Rickard is profiled.

Finding Our Way

Giovanni Attili, Leonie Sandercock

Three 30-minute films, made in partnership with two First Nations bands in the Carrier territory of north central British Columbia, describe conflict over land and sovereignty and ask if there is a way forward.

Finding The Voice | Re-Write, Re-Write, Re-Write | Editors • Writers' Confessions

Michael Glassbourg, TickleScratch Productions

In this episode from the Writers' Confessions series, well known Canadian authors emphasize the importance of getting voice right, learning to persist through interminable drafts and overcoming the challenges of writer-editor relationship.

firebear called them faith healers ...an aboriginal story...

Kelvin Redvers

Firebear Called Them Faith Healers presents vignettes of oral storytelling, from the life experience of Métis author Richard Van Camp. Seven people, of different ages and race, stand over a white background to tell a story in three vignettes: The Dream, The Fight and The Faith Healers.

First Steps

Jason DaSilva, In Face Films

At just the age of 26, Vancouver filmmaker Jason DaSilva was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. First Steps is a short personal diary on film, documenting how his world changed over the first four years of this neurological disorder.

FLESH

Tami Wilson, Rough Road Productions

In this idiosyncratic documentary, Tami Wilson looks at women and meat in a society obsessed with flesh. Are there parallels between how women and animals are packaged in popular culture?

FLESH and BLOOD: a journey between east and west

Marusya Bociurkiw, Winds of Change Productions

What's the Ukrainian word for sex? Filmmaker Marusya Bociurkiw explores this question in the humorous and provocative Flesh and Blood, the first-ever Canadian film about East European queer sexualities.

The Flight of BIRD

Martin de Valk, Chiaro Productions

A team of Canadian silviculture experts and Costa Rican researchers collaborate on a privately funded reforestation project in Costa Rica.

FootBinding: Search for the Three Inch Golden Lotus

Yue-Qing Yang, East-West Film Enterprise Ltd

A Chinese-Canadian filmmaker returns to her birthplace to unravel the secrets of footbinding, an ancient Chinese custom.

For You, My People

Jose Pablo Gonzalez

Through a combination of 2D and 3D digital animation techniques of hundreds of photographs, the politics of Senator Salvador Barrera is chronicled through a series of flashbacks into the dark side of political opportunism.

Forever Independent: Films by Lulu Keating

Lulu Keating, Red Snapper Films

One of Canada's most prolific and dynamic filmmakers, Lulu Keating, serves up a potpourri of short films she made between 1980-2005.

A Forgotten Legacy: Spirit of Reclamation

Martin de Valk

One hundred years ago, the Fraser River Gold Rush opened the door for hundreds of Euro-Americans seeking their fortune. For the indigenous people of British Columbia, this overnight stampede triggered the ebb of a way of life forged on barter and trade. A Forgotten Legacy: Spirit of Reclamation explores the participation and adaptability of British Columbia's Native people as a new economy overtook the land.

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