With death imminent, Sister Gabrielle experiences an upheaval when she begins to doubt in her belief in God and the promise of life after death. When she shares this revelation with her best friend, Sister Marie-Thomas, she unwittingly creates a rift between them that causes her to question her core values.
Canada
Everything’s Fine (Tout Roule)
Melanie’s strongest wish is to have a family that stands together, that stays together. Meanwhile, her boyfriend David is about to roll away to become a long-distance truck driver. Sweet as an ice cream, EVERYTHING’S FINE opens a window on the emotions contained in a mother’s heart, who always puts others first.
Imalirijit
Tim is a young father living in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. As his grandfather did before, he wants to start his own research to study water quality to benefit its community. Tim embarks on an inspiring journey that will lead to empowerment and cultural revitalization. The experience becomes an awakening for Tim and his team, a wind of change and adaptation for the community challenging the modern reality of the Canadian Arctic.
Symphonic Distress
The music came first. Asked to provide a visual component, I was struck by its beauty from the very first listen. Although the music and the film are in themselves apolitical, the urgent impulse to express ourselves through art has been exacerbated by the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. The intention, while avoiding any direct reference to war, is to tacitly evoke certain universal emotions born out of its consequences: fear, suffering, outrage, vulnerability, abnegation, hope.
The Cave
Two Roomates are sitting in there living space when strange occurrences and characters interrupt there complacency, eventually inspiring them to move beyond the confines of the void.
Me, Mahmoud and the Mint Plant
While working in war-torn Mosul, Iraq, in 2017, Canadian nurse Trish Newport developed an unlikely friendship with Mahmoud – a local man who carried a mint plant with him wherever he went.
As Trish uncovered the mystery behind Mahmoud's precious plant, she discovered the power of keeping promises to the people you love…no matter how small.