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Sports

Adrenaline Bach

Adrenaline Bach

Adrenaline Bach is a visually stunning short film that features Tim Sellars, a triathlon athlete who trains among the forests, ridges and mists of Canada’s boreal mountains. A meditation on …

Marten Berkman
2007 | 6 min
Fight

Fight

This short documentary introduces us to Randy Baleski, a Winnipeg high school teacher and former boxer who has a unique approach to helping students at risk of not graduating: get …

Ervin Chartrand
2012 | 44 min
Gun Runners

Gun Runners

For years, Julius Arile and Robert Matanda thrive among the bands of warriors that terrorize the North Kenyan countryside. Stealing cattle, raiding and running from the police is the only …

Anjali Nayar
2016 | 1 h 29 min
Ice Breakers

Ice Breakers

Josh Crooks is a promising teen hockey star in a sport where Black players like him are chronically underrepresented. Ice Breakers reveals the buried history of a pioneering Black hockey …

Sandamini Rankaduwa
2019 | 15 min
Legend of a Warrior

Legend of a Warrior

In this feature length documentary, filmmaker Corey Lee attempts to reconnect with his father, renowned martial artist Frank Lee. Frank's status as legendary street fighter and coach have kept him …

Corey Lee
2012 | 1 h 18 min
Mighty Jerome (Short Version)

Mighty Jerome (Short Version)

In 1959, at just 19, Harry Jerome was Canada's most promising track and field star on his way to the Olympics in Rome. By 1962, after suffering a gruesome leg …

Charles Officer
2010 | 52 min
A Motorcycle Saved My Life

A Motorcycle Saved My Life

In A Motorcycle Saved My Life, the open road presents a point of departure for director lori lozinski to process deep-seated grief. Revisiting the formative experiences that drove her …

lori lozinski
2022 | 12 min
Snow Warrior

Snow Warrior

Snow Warrior is a love letter to the splendour of winter. It captures the beauty of a northern city through the eyes of a bicycle courier named Mariah. We see …

Kurt Spenrath & Frederick Kroetsch
2018 | 8 min
The Tournament

The Tournament

Over the course of a weekend tournament, youth sledge hockey teams from the U.S. and Canada battle for supremacy. Designed for players who have a physical disability, the fundaments of …

Sam Vint
2020 | 22 min
True North: Inside the Rise of Toronto Basketball (Feature)

True North: Inside the Rise of Toronto Basketball (Feature)

On the heels of the Toronto Raptors’ historic NBA Championship and the record-setting number of Canadian draft picks, the Toronto hoop dream is more alive than ever. In this feature-length …

Ryan Sidhoo
2019 | 1 h 29 min
The Boxing Girls of Kabul

The Boxing Girls of Kabul

In this feature documentary, a remarkable group of young Afghan women dream of representing their country as boxers at the 2012 Olympics, embarking on a journey of both personal and …

Ariel Nasr
2011 | 52 min
Secretariat's Jockey, Ron Turcotte

Secretariat's Jockey, Ron Turcotte

Secretariat’s legendary jockey Ron Turcotte is one of the few champions to have won the prestigious American Triple Crown. This is the remarkable story of Turcotte’s rise to fame in …

Phil Comeau
2013 | 1 h 14 min
Standing on the Line

Standing on the Line

In both amateur and professional sports, being gay remains taboo. For some athletes, the pressure to perform is compounded by the further strain of deciding whether or not to come …

Paul Émile d'Entremont
2018 | 1 h 20 min