Ariel

Ariel is a living embodiment of the ongoing duel between man and machine. When he was just 33, his legs were shredded by an industrial dough mixer in Mendoza, Argentina. But from that point on, he began to rediscover the meaning of freedom, devoting his life to rebuilding his broken identity, keeping his family and designing his own artificial legs.

In this intimate and metaphoric portrait, director Laura Bari (Antoine) melds eight years of Ariel’s singular transhumanity. Juxtaposing daily life with inner, dreamlike worlds, Bari pushes the boundaries between the real and the imaginary.

95 min | HD
Laura Bari
Paraola Films | Besofilm | NFB

Hue: A Matter of Colour

Hue, by renowned director and cinematographer Vic Sarin, is a personal investigation into the history and often tragic effects of colourism—the phenomenon whereby people within the same ethnic group discriminate against one another based on differences in skin tone. Sarin travels to countries in Asia, South America, the Caribbean and Africa to discuss this complex cross-cultural social issue with individuals whose lives it affects, including a Filipina entrepreneur whose business has flourished within the billion-dollar skin-whitening industry. Hue leads viewers on a surprising journey to the heart of an insidious social issue that is anything but black and white.

85 min | HD
Vic Sarin
Sepia Films | NFB

Science at the Top of the World

The Canadian Arctic is ground zero for understanding our rapidly changing environment. Working in regions where most of the world’s population can only dream of going, against some of the world’s most breathtaking backdrops, scientists are using space-age technology with on-the-ground fieldwork and traditional Inuit knowledge to get the most detailed picture yet of the Arctic.

44 min • 20 x 2 or 4 min | HD
Patrick McGowan
Cinematography Inc.

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