DOCLAB COMPETITION FOR DIGITAL STORYTELLING
From November 19 to 29 at Brakke Grond

THE UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

The Unknown Photographer is a documentary fiction in virtual reality that leads the public into a world filled with the fragmented memories of a World War I photographer. The 3D universe of this surrealistic museum stroll is comprised of otherworldly structures through which the viewer meets allegorical characters. The experience invites us to question the power of images and the ravages of war.

LOÏC SUTY
TURBULENT | NFB

THE DEEPER THEY BURY ME

An interactive encounter with one of America’s most famous political prisoners — and an indictment of a criminal justice system that confined him to a cement tomb for most of his adult life.

ANGAD BHALLA, TED BIGGS
NFB

DOCLAB SEAMLESS REALITY PROGRAM
From November 19 to 29 at Brakke Grond

HIGHRISE: UNIVERSE WITHIN

An interactive documentary that takes us into the apartments, hearts, minds and computers of vertical citizens around the world to reveal the digital human condition in the 21st century.

KATERINA CIZEK
NFB

WAY TO GO

An astonishing interactive experience, a restless panorama, a mixture of hand‑made animation, 360˚ video capture, music and dreaming and code; but mostly it’s a walk in the woods, c’mon.

VINCENT MORISSET
NFB

DOCS FOR SALE

GRASSROOTS IN DRY LANDS

Community organizers from Palestine, Israel and Jordan take us into their countries’ war‑scarred neighbourhoods to witness how ordinary people are creating alternatives to despair, showing us why empowering disenfranchised families is key to shaping cultures of peace.

52 MIN • 90 MIN | HELENE KLODAWSKY
INFORMACTION FILMS INC. | NFB

NINTH FLOOR

It began quietly enough, with a student protest against racism. But when riot police stormed the occupied ninth-floor computer room of the Hall Building at Sir George Williams University, it was clear that the turbulent 1960s had arrived.

81 MIN | MINA SHUM
NFB

OFFICIAL SELECTION
TIFF
TORONTO, 2015

OFFICIAL SELECTION
FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINÉMA
MONTREAL, 2015

ZIMBELISM

American-Canadian photographer George Zimbel has been taking pictures for 70 years. He discusses his photo shoots with Marilyn, Kennedy and Truman, the state of photography in the post‑film era, and his epic copyright battle with his beloved New York Times.

52 MIN • 90 MIN | JEAN-FRANÇOIS GRATTON, MATT
ZIMBEL | STUDIO SHOOT | BUNBURY FILMS

THE AMINA PROFILE

During the Arab Spring, a love story between two women—a Canadian and a Syrian American—turns into an international socio-political thriller, shining the spotlight on media excesses and the thin line between truth and falsehood on the Internet.

52 MIN • 86 MIN | SOPHIE DERASPE
ESPERAMOS FILMS | NFB

AWARD WINNER
HOT DOCS
TORONTO, 2015

AWARD WINNER
GAZE INTERNATIONAL LGBT FILM FESTIVAL
DUBLIN, 2015

AWARD WINNER
TLVFEST TEL-AVIV INTERNATIONAL LGBT FILM FESTIVAL
TEL AVIV, 2015

HADWIN’S JUDGEMENT

From the producing teams behind the acclaimed Searching for Sugar Man and Stories We Tell comes the story of Grant Hadwin, a logger-turned-environmentalist who mysteriously disappeared after destroying North America’s most sacred tree, the Golden Spruce.

87 MIN | SASHA SNOW
TRUE WEST | PASSION PICTURES | NFB

OFFICIAL SELECTION
HOT DOCS
TORONTO, 2015

OFFICIAL SELECTION
GREEN FILM FESTIVAL
SEOUL, 2015

HOT TOPIC

TRAPPED IN A HUMAN ZOO

In 1880, Inuk Abraham Ulrikab and his family were brought to Germany to be exhibited at the Hamburg Zoo, one of many zoos they were displayed at. The family died of smallpox while in Europe, but Abraham left behind a one-of-a-kind diary.

52 min | Guilhem Rondot
PIX3 FILMS

SLUMS: CITIES OF TOMORROW

This look at the housing problem in the age of urban overcrowding takes us on a sweeping journey across the continents— all the way from Mumbai to Brazil, the USA and Turkey.

52 MIN • 82 min | Jean-Nicolas Orhon
Films Camera Oscura

OFFICIAL SELECTION
HOT DOCS
TORONTO, 2014

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