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Perfecting the Art of Longing

What does it mean to be alive?

Perfecting the Art of Longing

Kitra Cahana takes you on a journey through memory, family and faith, exploring the nature of connection and distance in this tribute to her quadriplegic father and the human spirit.


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    Perfecting the Art of Longing
    Kitra Cahana 
    2021 | 12 min
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    Centre-Sud Chronicles
    Richard Suicide 
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    The Turtle Syndrome
    Samuel Cantin 
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    Everything Will Be
    Julia Kwan 
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    The Magnitude of All Things
    Jennifer Abbott 
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  • White Noise
    White Noise
    Simon Beaulieu 
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    Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows
    Mathieu Fournier 
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    Evan's Drum
    Ossie Michelin 
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Asian Communities in Canada

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    My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe
    Ian Rankin, Stephan Steinhouse, … 
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    Everything Will Be
    Julia Kwan 
    2014 | 1 h 25 min
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    Under the Willow Tree: Pioneer Chinese Women in Canada
    Dora Nipp 
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    Becoming Labrador
    Rohan Fernando, Tamara Segura, … 
    2018 | 1 h 10 min
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    Quo Vadis, Mrs. Lumb?
    Ron Kelly 
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    Sandra Ignagni 
    2019 | 16 min
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    Have You Eaten?
    Lina Li 
    2020 | 5 min
  • Between: Living in the Hyphen
    Between: Living in the Hyphen
    Anne Marie Nakagawa 
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Canadian Jewish Heritage Month

  • Perfecting the Art of Longing
    Perfecting the Art of Longing
    Kitra Cahana 
    2021 | 12 min
  • Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen
    Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen
    Donald Brittain & Don Owen 
    1965 | 44 min
  • Martha
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    Daniel Schubert 
    2020 | 21 min
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    My Yiddish Papi
    Éléonore Goldberg 
    2017 | 7 min
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    William Shatner Sings O Canada
    Jacob Medjuck 
    2011 | 5 min
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    Baghdad Twist
    Joe Balass 
    2007 | 33 min
  • Congratulations, Mr. Levy
    Congratulations, Mr. Levy
    Robin Neinstein 
    2008 | 5 min
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    The People of the Book
    Felix Lazarus 
    1973 | 28 min

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    Anne Lagacé, Gonzalo Soldi, Claude Guilmain, Sylvain Bellemarre
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    Agence
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      Ron Kelly 
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      Robert Lower 
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      Garry Beitel 
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      Cordell Barker 
      2009 | 9 min
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      Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski 
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      Hart Snider 
      2021 | 4 min
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      2020 | 4 min
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      Tantoo Cardinal
      Darlene Naponse 
      2020 | 5 min
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      Lynda Hamilton: The Art of Listening
      Claude Guilmain 
      2019 | 4 min
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      Starlight & Other Sounds: The music of Alexina Louie
      Josephine Anderson 
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      Cynthia Scott 
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