Explore: Canada

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Alazar

From Cannes Critics’ Week, this austere but affecting drama portrays religious superstition colliding with the harsh realities of rural life.

Dir. Beza Hailu Lemma / 2024 / 35 mins / France, Canada, Ethiopia / Amharic
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A Crab in the Pool

On a scorching summer day, two siblings are reminded of their mother.

Dir. Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel / 2023 / 11 mins / Canada / French
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The Dead Don't Hurt

Viggo Mortensen’s second feature is an unconventional western buoyed by the powerful presence of its lead, Vicky Krieps.

Dir. Viggo Mortensen / 2023 / 129 mins / USA, Mexico, Canada, Denmark
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I Shall Not Hate

This doc from the streets of Israel and Palestine charts a five-time Nobel-nominated doctor’s mission to turn personal tragedy into worldwide hope.

Dir. Tal Barda / 2024 / 95 mins / France, Canada / English, Arabic, Hebrew
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Intercepted

A haunting psychological portrait of invasion, this Berlinale-awarded documentary covertly listens in as Russian troops call home.

Dir. Oksana Karpovych / 2024 / 93 mins / France, Canada, Ukraine / Russian, Ukrainian
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Iwakura

Rooted in Shinto mythology, Iwakura invokes the spirits that embody the sacred rock formations found throughout Japan.

Dir. Kazuya Nagaya, Ali Mahmut Demirel, Maurice Jones / 2023 / 25 mins / Japan, Canada / No Dialogue
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Matt and Mara

Anne at 13,000 Feet director Kazik Radwanski re-teams with Deragh Campbell and Matt Johnson in this ennui-filled character-driven charmer.

Dir. Kazik Radwanski / 2024 / 80 mins / Canada / English
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Rumours

A gigantic brain in a forest, masturbating bog zombies, Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander and Charles Dance collide in Guy Maddin’s audacious latest.

Dir. Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson / 2024 / 109 mins / Germany, Canada / English
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The Shrouds

Responding to his wife’s death, David Cronenberg fashions a meditation on loss, longing and grief, filtered through a necro-techno body-horror lens.

Dir. David Cronenberg / 2024 / 119 mins / France, Canada / English
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Universal Language

This zany transformation of Canada’s beigest city into the site of a classic Iranian film won Cannes Directors’ Fortnight’s first ever Audience Award.

Dir. Matthew Rankin / 2024 / 89 mins / Canada / French, Farsi
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Wake Up

In this slasher, six Gen Z activists get more than they bargained for when they break into a furniture store and face a bloodthirsty security guard.

Dir. RKSS / 2023 / 83 mins / France, Canada / English
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Who by Fire

Egos clash in this tense coming-of-age tale set in an isolated cabin in the Canadian wilderness, which won the Berlinale Generation 14plus Grand Prix.

Dir. Philippe Lesage / 2024 / 161 mins / France, Canada / French
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Who Do I Belong To

In this evocative and ethereal mystery, a soothsaying matriarch wrestles with the darkness when her jihadist son returns from Syria.

Dir. Meryam Joobeur / 2024 / 118 mins / France, Canada, Tunisia / Arabic