The Voice of Water

Cross My Heart

2017 · ★ 7.6

12-years-old Manon promises her younger brother, Mimi, that they will stay together, despite their difficult family circumstances and the ominous signs of being put into foster care. During the height of Quebec's FLQ Crisis in 1970, they stage their own rebellion by kidnapping an elderly woman and hiding her in the country, aided by their two cousins.

Shinaab

2017

An Anishinaabe man is restless and isolated in the city of Minneapolis, haunted by an ominous sense that he doesn’t belong. Shinaab eerily portrays Indigenous people’s dislocation and alienation on their own land as sinister and enigmatic forces.

Will Wants To Be A Giant Octopus

2026

An isolated young black man leaves reality behind to become a giant Octopus.

Junior Majeur

2017 · ★ 6.8

Five years after winning the Quebec Pee-Wee tournament with his team, 18-year-old hockey prodigy Janeau Trudel is playing for the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Agnes of God

1985 · ★ 6.3

When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby.

Léolo

1992 · ★ 7.2

The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.

Cold Journey

1975 · ★ 9

In this feature drama, a Canadian Indigenous youth attempts to find a place for himself. He faces culture shock as the educational system teaches him to be a white man and tries to find a way of life more meaningful to his Indigenous culture and ancestry.

Real Lies

2014 · ★ 5.1

Marco Valois wants to direct a serious movie inspired by the life of a soldier living with post-traumatic stress disorder. He soon realizes that the young soldier home from Afghanistan won't open up that easily. Marco, willing to do just about anything to get his story, follows Éric Lebel to his hometown.

Ordinary Tenderness

1973 · ★ 9.3

A lonely woman spends the winter isolated and reminiscing about the past as she waits for her husband to return from a prolonged absence.

El Norte

1983 · ★ 7.1

Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life.

Beyond Space

2023 · ★ 10

Luca, a young man starting his adult life, is struggling with an inner battle after losing his mother. "Beyond Space" evokes strong and delicate emotions that are felt by every person throughout its lifetime.

Seas the Day: The Sailing Movie

Seas the Day: The Sailing Movie is a genre-defying documentary that blends real-world adventure with deeply human storytelling. It transcends typical sailing documentaries by blending docu-fiction with a narrative inspired by Joseph Campbell’s classic The Hero's Journey. Directed by Ryan Luskin, an anthropologist and teacher, the film follows his family's quest across sixteen countries, learning life skills from diverse cultures.