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  Bestiaire

  Canada , 2012 , 72 min. Denis Côté looks at the fascinating interplay of human beings and exotic animals in this partially staged documentary, filmed at Quebec’s Parc Safari. He suggests a kind of loneliness we may not grasp—and that the creatures are curious about us, too.... more
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  Camion

  Canada , 2012 , 94 min. When widower Germain, an experienced truck driver, gets into a horrific accident, his life changes dramatically. His two grown sons return home to help him deal with his ensuing depression, and the time together has unforeseen consequences for all.... more
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  Edmond Was a Donkey

  Canada , 2012 , 15 min. Edmond has always been a bit of an outsider but it is still a surprise to see the unorthodox route he takes to learn how to be true to himself.... more
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  El Huaso

  Canada , 2011 , 78 min. Chilean-Canadian filmmaker Carlo Guillermo Proto documents his family’s struggle to come to terms with the fact that his father may have inherited his mother’s Alzheimer’s and that he intends to commit suicide, despite the love of those around him.... more
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  Fear of Water

  Canada , 2011 , 122 min. A rural Quebec police sergeant comes up against a nasty detective from Montreal and a host of aberrant locals when he tries to investigate the rape and murder of the daughter of a small-town mayor.... more
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  The Happiness of Others

  Canada , 2011 , 101 min. A May-December pairing throws two families into chaos when the young woman becomes pregnant by her 50-year-old boyfriend. His grown children are envious of their father’s love for the unborn child, while her parents see in him a grandfather.... more
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  MacPherson

  Canada , 2012 , 11 min. Inspired by a real-life friendship and featuring a first-rate musical soundtrack, MacPherson is the story of the relationship between Québec poet Felix Leclerc and Jamaican-born chemical engineer Frank Randolph MacPherson.... more
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  My Little Underground

  Canada , 2012 , 7 min. Simard combines her own memories and narration, experimental photography, and evocative drawings to take the viewer on a cinematic journey.... more
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  Paula

  Canada , 2012 , 11 min. Inspired by a news report, Simard takes animation to new levels of social consciousness with the story of Paula, whose life as a streetwalker intersects with that of a young neighbor.... more