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Young academic pursues acclaimed early 20th-century Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow while escaping her failed musician mother's shadow in this poignant character study.

Boca Chica, Texas. The village is about to change. For the swamps have been drained, the homes bought out: the shadow looming over the beach is that of a 50-story rocket, being readied for launch into space.

Antonin is a bit of a dandy. He has a way with words that could have made him a famous writer, but instead mostly serves to get him out of trouble.

Facing imminent takeover of their ancestral lands, women in the Turkana region of Kenya organize themselves to stand up against oil giant Tullow.

In the depth of that summer, the rain outside often kept Khan and Xiuzi indoors, but their agitation caused by young love remained unbound. This film is a lyrical remembrance brings us back to the time of a moist season.

Chris can't get along with anyone. When he's attacked in the street Bobby, a manic single dad, jumps in. The two set out into the Montreal night together crashing parties, meeting girls, and eventually seeing Bobby's estranged daughter - Chris soon discovers that the underside to Bobby's charm is a self-destructive streak. Over the course of the night, as they come to know each other they try not to lose themselves.

Two cousins come of age together, overcoming the heinous acts which interrupted their childhoods.

The juxtaposition of Chinese and Canadian cultures as seen through the eyes of a recent immigrant.

After spending years in jail for drug trafficking, Dino Tavarone found fame through his portrayal of the Mafia godfather on 'OMERTA.' Today, at 72 years old, he's undertaking what might possibly his final role.

As Bolivia stages the 50th anniversary of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's death, Julia, an old countryside teacher, is invited to share her historical story with the world: Giving a bowl of soup to the captured guerrilla in her classroom, while he recited a poem about flowers to her a few hours before his death. The invitation is withdrawn soon after, as other women step forward, claiming the story of "the soup and the flower" as their own.

Wilcox exists outside the norm. Deserter, delinquent, or survivalist, he quietly roams, looking to put down roots or for what could simply be called freedom.

The documentary features Dong, a young man migrated from the wind-blown plains of Inner Mongolia to a densely populated Southern China, with his parents, during China's economic reform. Young Dong's spirited ideals were at odds with the values of a rapidly modernizing society in the early throws of consumerist frenzy and is spiritually alienated and socially troubled. When a good old friend and filmmaker returns to the city with a video camera in hand on the eve of Dong's 30th birthday, something in him stirs and he begins pouring out the interior landscape he had so long kept sealed away.

Sudden Flashes of Light is an action film on the piano that features Serhiy Salov's virtuous performance and interpretations of Fetes from Nocturnes by Claude Debussy. The film focuses on the mechanical relationship between Salov and the piano, evoking an emotional state in the performance and suggesting an atmosphere akin to the impressionist movement. Sudden Flashes of Light was shot and recorded live at Salle Claude Champagne of University of Montreal. Carefully crafted, the montage favored both picture and sound without altering or overdubbing the performance. This is the first artistic collaboration between Serhiy Salov and Santiago RuizTorres.

Tomas and Sofia have lived in Montreal a long time, but Sofia is feeling nostalgic. One day they befriend another couple, Luisa and Mariano, recent arrivals here who are feeling adrift. In a moment of desperation, Luisa speaks longingly of the Charuflauta, an apparently curative procedure for the melancholy. Sofia convinces Tomas they should help Luisa and Mariano launch a local Charuflauta business together. Tomas is skeptical - he's the only one who can't remember what the Charuflauta is. Nevertheless, the four start up an agency dedicated to providing this mysterious service. When their first clients, another couple, call them up and actually request the fabled service, a poignant comedy of errors ensues.

On May 12, 2008 , the biggest earthquake in Chinese history occurred in the film maker's hometown of Wenchuan. According to official polls, 69,159 were killed, 374,141 were seriously injured and 17,469 are still considered to be missing. The film maker's parents, central character in the film, are survivors. In a surreal hybrid of documentary footage, experimental abstraction and fictional elements, "On the Way to the Sea" studies the human fragility and spiritual homelessness generated by such disasters.

'Sanctuaire' is a portrait of a priest whose church is to be closed and put up for sale: the family of illegal immigrants he is sheltering will lose their home, while he is losing his very purpose. What happens to a mother and young son in need of a home, and to a priest who is losing his faith? A reflection on architecture, altruism and morality in a modern, secular society.

It's always cold in Canada.

Zhang works diligently to build a future for his family in their adopted country, but finds their security and his own resolve challenged by a reoccurring illness. 'A Winter Song' looks into the achingly human story behind a typical Chinese-run depanneur in Montreal.

Construction has begun on a mysterious tower. It's construction intercedes with the lives of several people directly and indirectly related to its construction.

As sun rises, Emilie heads to the barn to tend to the animals. A morning like any other, except for the weight that hangs on her shoulders. After the loss of her brother, her family struggles to return to a normal life. Emilie struggles to respect the pain of their loss, while maintaining a claim on her own sense of importance in the family unit.

Temporada Seca (The Drought) tells the story of Domingo, a Mexican indigenous farmer who is grief-stricken at the passing of his wife and the loneliness and poverty that have since overshadowed him. With an atmospheric camerawork, minimal dialog and solid sound design, the film sweeps the viewer along the mental state of Domingo while he makes a desperate effort to end the climate of decimation that has permeated his life.