Short documentaries (for discussions or compilations)

 

 

 

 

In the Closet series (available for programming starting June 15 2026) Ajahnis Charley |2026 | 6 episodes. Criterion Closet meets Queer Eye in this hilarious and honest series that investigates the relationship between the clothing in our closets and our gender identity.
King's Court Serville Poblete | 2025| 19 mins. An intimate look into the lives of two young men navigating life, love, friendship and family.
My Knitting Circle Alexandra Knowles | 2026 | 13 min. Inside a knitting store in Whitehorse, community grows like a sweater from a skein of yarn—through single stitches that gather and grow into something strong and warm.
Saturday Jessica Hall |2025 | 13 min. Filmmaker Jessica Hall’s sister Katherine manages her intellectual disability by leading an independent, creative and joyful life. Saturday documents her story.
Moon Noonk Edouard (Soon in the programming choices) Jessie Short| 2026. The story of Edouard Beaupré, the legendary giant, has often been told — but never by one of his own. The director follows the traces left by this celebrated yet forgotten figure.
Feather Fall Ossie Michelin | 2024 | 23 min . Feather Fall revisits Mi’kmaq territory, where an iconic moment was captured in 2013—igniting into a symbol of Indigenous resistance and halting fracking exploration on unceded lands.
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Amanda Strong |2024 | 19 min. Dove, a gender-shifting warrior, uses their Indigenous medicine (Inkwo) to protect their community from an unburied swarm of terrifying creatures.
The Muse (soon in the programming choices) Wanda Nolan |2025 | 18 min. A road trip across Newfoundland with photographer Ting Ting Chen and her muse, Robert Tilley, as they explore memory, identity and the power of creative connections.
Trécarré: Exploring the Saint Mary’s Bay Sound Natalie Robichaud | 2024 | 30 min | in French with English subtitles. Brimming with energy and lively tunes, Trécarré takes us into the heart of an Acadian community where music has been a way of life for generations.
Miss Campbell : Inuk Teacher Heather Campbell| 2023 | 15 min. Part oral history and part visual poem, Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher is the story of Evelyn Campbell, a trailblazer for an Inuit-led educational system in the small community of Rigolet, Labrador.
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