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Science and Nature

The Chocolate Farmer

The Chocolate Farmer

This full-length documentary takes us to an unspoiled corner of southern Belize, where cacao farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the tradition of his Mayan ancestors: …

Rohan Fernando
2010 | 1 h 11 min
Collaboration

Collaboration

Laurie and her intern Justine talk about the role women play in the field of astrophysics, and the creation of SIGNALS, the massive project headed by Laurie.

Patrick Bossé
2023 | 14 min
Four Wings and a Prayer

Four Wings and a Prayer

Four Wings and a Prayer is a documentary about one of the world's most beautiful and mysterious creatures: the Monarch butterfly. Nowhere in nature is there a more powerful mix …

Nick de Pencier
2007 | 1 h 20 min
Light

Light

Laurie and her intern Justine Giroux take a dive into Hawaiian culture and tour the impressive CFHT observatory, more than 4,200 metres above sea level.

Patrick Bossé
2023 | 14 min
Losing Blue

Losing Blue

What does it mean to lose a colour? Losing Blue is a cinematic poem about losing the otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes, now fading due to climate change. With …

Leanne Allison
2023 | 16 min
Modern Goose

Modern Goose

Able to navigate by reading the Earth’s magnetic field, at home on land, air and water, geese straddle the territory between ancient instincts and the contemporary world. Combining beauty, humour …

Karsten Wall
2022 | 22 min
My 2020

My 2020

Over the course of a year, accompanied by her partner, Erik Boomer, and their spirited team of huskies, Sarah McNair-Landry recorded a fascinating cinematic travelogue, filled with breathtaking Arctic landscapes. …

Sarah McNair-Landry
2022 | 34 min
Observation

Observation

Laurie returns to the Ashuapmushuan Wildlife Reserve to meet with her father. Here, as a child, she honed her sense of observation, which today serves her well in her astronomy …

Patrick Bossé
2023 | 16 min
Origins

Origins

Laurie’s worldview is unique, drawing from elements of both Innu culture and her scientific knowledge. Her insight makes her an inspiring guest speaker for four high-school girls.

Patrick Bossé
2023 | 17 min
Research

Research

Laurie is a resident astronomer at the prestigious Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. On the summit of Mauna Kea, this Quebec scientist is helping unravel the mysteries of star formation.

Patrick Bossé
2023 | 13 min
A Sea Turtle Story

A Sea Turtle Story

This animated short chronicles the life cycle of the critically endangered sea turtle. Capturing the beauty of the ecosystems that sea turtles inhabit, the film is ideal for all audiences, …

Kathy Shultz
2012 | 9 min
Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

Two Inuit communities of the circumpolar north—one on Canada’s Baffin Island, the other in Northwest Greenland—are linked by a migration led by an intrepid shaman. Navarana, Inughuit elder and descendant …

Stephen A. Smith & Julia Szucs
2012 | 1 h 22 min
Waterlife

Waterlife

Waterlife is a documentary film about the Great Lakes that follows the flow of the lakes' water from the Nipigon River to the Atlantic Ocean. The film's goal is to …

Kevin McMahon
2009 | 1 h 49 min
It'll Be Nice Out Tomorrow

It'll Be Nice Out Tomorrow

The influence of the weather on our daily lives and the immense role it plays in our conversations, day after day, are undeniable. The creators Guillaume Lévesque and Antoine Létourneau-Berger …

Antoine Létourneau-Berger & Guillaume Lévesque
2020 | 4 min
Mounds

Mounds

This playful documentary by Nicolas Paquet and Tom Jacques stages the monumental dance of the peat vacuum harvester, a gigantic industrial machine conceived in Rivière-du-Loup. On top of a dramatic …

Tom Jacques & Nicolas Paquet
2020 | 3 min
Posthumans

Posthumans

Dominique Leclerc embarks on a thought-provoking journey into the cutting-edge world of cyborgs, biohackers and transhumanists—a collective pushing the boundaries of technology to defy illness, aging and even death. Having …

Dominique Leclerc
2025 | 1 h 28 min