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MIPCOM 2015

MIPCOM 2015
TRAPPED IN A HUMAN ZOO

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 + 90 min | Guilhem Rondot
PIX3 FILMS

GRASSROOTS IN DRYLANDS

GRASSROOTS IN DRYLANDS

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

HADWIN’S JUDGEMENT

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

THE AMINA PROFILE

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

CARFACE

CARFACE

If Busby Berkeley and Mel Brooks were asked to co-direct the apocalypse, it might look like this. Cars cavort in all directions to the tune of “Que Sera, Sera,” while the black ooze that fuels them is unremittingly pumped from Mother Earth.

5 MIN | CLAUDE CLOUTIER
NFB

OFFICIAL SELECTION
RENDEZ-VOUS DU CINÉMA QUÉBECOIS
MONTREAL, 2015

OFFICIAL SELECTION
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL
ANNECY, 2015

IF I WAS GOD

IF I WAS GOD

Directed by two-time Oscar®-nominated animator and long-time NFB collaborator Cordell Barker (The Cat Came Back, Strange Invaders), If I Was God explores the difficult gateway between childhood and adolescence, when the approaching power of adulthood is often mistaken for omnipotence.

8 MIN | CORDELL BARKER
NFB

OFFICIAL SELECTION
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
MELBOURNE, 2015

OFFICIAL SELECTION
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
VILA DO CONDE, 2015

OFFICIAL SELECTION
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL
ANNECY, 2015

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