Metta Via: a story of personal transformation with a strange power and attraction
Warren Flanagan, “Metta Via” (2017) Visually stunning and ambitious in its concept, this Canadian short
Tag: Canadian Films
Iteration 1: a dystopian human future equivalent to a maze teaching flatworms to learn from experience
Jesse Lupini, “Iteration 1” (2016) Made for a Canadian film festival in which the objective
Hybrids: a hybrid short film of too many cliches and stereotypes
Patrick Kalyn, “Hybrids” (2013) This sci-fi live action short seems to have been made as
Borderless: European refugee / migrant crisis harbours a sinister agenda
Caolan Robertson and George Llewellyn-John, “Borderless” (2019) Lauren Southern is a political activist and independent
Cynicism and citizenship for sale in “Operation Mr Chen: The Hidden Face of Quebec’s Golden Visas”
Francis Plourde, “Operation Mr Chen: The Hidden Face of Quebec’s Golden Visas” (Enquete, September 2018)
Real-life horror movie treatment of patients in “Brainwashed: The Secret CIA Experiments in Canada” which the Canadian government refuses to acknowledge and apologise for
Harvey Cashore, “Brainwashed: The Secret CIA Experiments in Canada” (The Fifth Estate, December 2017) As
A Tale of Two Traitors: short documentary on two double agents is short on answers as to why spies turn traitor
Ronna Syed, “A Tale of Two Traitors” (Fifth Estate, March 2018) In the wake of
My Winnipeg: an intriguing blend of memoir, documentary and surreal dark fantasy in a paean to a little city on the prairie
Guy Maddin, “My Winnipeg” (2007) An unusual blend of memoir, documentary and dark fantasy, Guy
The Sweet Hereafter: a fragmented film labouring under too many issues about loss and betrayal of children
Atom Egoyan, “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997) It won quite a few Best Film and Director
Cosmopolis: profound road-movie meditation on corporate nihilism and its destruction of people
David Cronenberg, “Cosmopolis” (2012) A profound and thoughtful film on the nature of the corporate
