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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 spotlighting media excesses and the thin line between truth and falsehood on the Internet.

86 min • 52 min| Sophie Deraspe
Esperamos Films | NFB

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Sundance Film Festival, Park City, 2015

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FORT MCMONEY – THE FILM: VOTE FOR JIM ROGERS!

Meet Jim Rogers—a Fort McMurray native and unsuccessful candidate in the last municipal election, which saw his home turn into a modern-day version of a gold-rush town. This original doc follow-up to the Fort McMoney web experience offers a poignant reflection on democracy in ruins.

52 min | David Dufresne

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IMAGINED STATES OF AMERICA

Imagined States of America takes on a nation’s myths to get to the heart of a country that continues to fascinate the world. The film resembles a dream on the verge of a nightmare, revealing an America that is rich in paradoxes.

86 min • 46 min | Alberta Nokes
Les Films de l’Isle | NFB

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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, home of the largest slum in Asia, to Kitcisakik, a native community in Quebec, Canada.

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

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UYGHURS: PRISONERS OF THE ABSURD

The incredible odyssey of a group of men from China’s persecuted Uyghur minority who were detained in Guantánamo as terrorists. Exposing the cold logic of post-September 11 geopolitical gamemasters, this moving documentary is part human drama and part thought-provoking political thriller.

90 min | Patricio Henriquez
Macumba DOC | NFB

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THE WANTED 18

Soon after the dawn of the 1987 Palestinian uprising, residents of the town of Beit Sahour secretly bought 18 cows from an Israeli kibbutz. The Wanted 18 documents this seemingly small act of resistance in a gripping tale that blends comedy, drama and absurd tragedy.

75 min | Paul Cowan & Amer Shomali
Intuitive Pictures | NFB

Best Documentary
Arab World Film Festival, Abu Dhabi, 2014

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CARFACE

In this whirling, twirling automotive waltz, carefree 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. If Busby Berkeley and Mel Brooks were asked to co-direct the apocalypse, it might look like this uproarious festival of destruction—the ultimate spectacle for our Big Oil-based civilization. Let the games begin!

5 min | Claude Cloutier
NFB

FIVE 4K SHORT FILMS

AT THE BEACH

Men and women with deeply damaged bodies expose their burn scars to others in this inspiring film about resilience and acceptance. 6 min

FIVE 4K SHORT FILMS

HELL RUNS ON GASOLINE!

A race at the Saint-Félicien racetrack goes from bone-jarring, ear-splitting infernal vision to an eerily silent cemetery of abandoned carcasses. 7 min