One night, in a pile of garbage under a light post, two decapitated heads who live in a box will witness a disgusting story and discover friendship.

Origin follows the adventures of Dennis –a superhero-obsessed boy—when he is dragged to his father’s office for ‘Take Your Child to Work Day.’ Like any excitable seven-year-old, he quickly gets bored with sitting still and waiting for his father to return. When he tries to entertain himself by drawing his favorite superhero, he reaches for a pencil and accidentally activates a hidden tripwire—sending him careening down a trapdoor into a dark, mysterious cavern. Confronted with a tall, imposing steel door, Dennis crosses the threshold and discovers that his beloved world of heroes and villains was a lot closer to home than he ever could have dreamed!

Mayan Backstrap Weaving is a complex and symbolic art form, and is often undervalued or bargained for in the marketplace. For indigenous non-organized weavers, making money can become very strenuous, especially when their huipiles must go undervalued and trivialized.

Waking up in a nightmare before the sunrise of December 30, 2020, the indigenous community of the Tumandok was suddenly surrounded by fear. Panambi features the stories of bright memories of the past and the despair of having now as a mere memory of the future without a trace of justice; how they lived and what they lived for. A decades-long struggle is shot, one in the lens of a mother paralyzed by fear; another from a mother raged and moved by fear—both looking forward to a better tomorrow.

Small Town playfully explores a queer, mixed race person’s relationship to their identity and surroundings through delightful Claymation.

From his shabby apartment in Montreal’s Centre-Sud borough, a writer finds inspiration in observing his neighbour Piton, who navigates poverty with some incredible ingenuity. Through this wildly funny pseudo-scientific allegory, graphic novelist turned filmmaker Richard Suicide draws us into the surreal, chaotic world of his book Chroniques du Centre-Sud, delivering a powerful portrait of a neighbourhood in the midst of a full-blown transformation. Produced by the NFB, this film is part of the Comic Strip Chronicles collection.

What could the illness afflicting Henri Castagnette be? Filled with anxiety, the young man puts his fate in the hands of the off-puttingly exuberant Dr. Von Strudel. In The Turtle Syndrome, Samuel Cantin, author of the popular “motormouth” graphic novels Phobie des moments seuls and Whitehorse, recounts the story of an endearing anti-hero’s frenzied and hilarious medical appointment. Produced by the NFB, The Turtle Syndrome is part of the Comic Strip Chronicles collection.

A short film about ties and gaps between a child and a parent. The author rediscovers letters her dad used to write her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope to find the connection again. She puts in writing what could not be said: blaming him for family´s break-up but also trying to understand.

A mysterious group called Humarize strongly believes in the Quirk Singularity Doomsday theory which states that when quirks get mixed further in with future generations, that power will bring forth the end of humanity. In order to save everyone, the Pro-Heroes around the world ask UA Academy heroes-in-training to assist them and form a world-class selected hero team. It’s up to the heroes to save the world and the future of heroes in what is the most dangerous crisis to take place yet in My Hero Academia.

A young girl visits her grandparents' quaint and quiet home off the beaten track. Deaf, curious, and exceptionally daring, she sets out to uncover a mystery that her elders do not want to talk about. As she ventures into the forest, she finds herself in a strange environment where she encounters a "friend" who saves them from a potential tragedy.

Moldovan fairy tale from the cycle "Mountain of gems" about a fearless hero named Basil Fat-Frumos.

After seeing a suggestive fossil of two dinosaurs "getting it on," an anxious father tells his curious son a series of little white lies to avoid having "The Talk."

Who’s a good dog! A canine cosmonaut’s courageous efforts have kaleidoscopically colourful consequences on a planetary scale. A visually delicious eruption of eye-candy carries this sci-fi epic-in-miniature, all to mesmerizing music by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith.

Revisit the legendary 1990 tire fire of St-Amable, QC as a small-time UFOlogy reporter seeks out a woman rumoured to have been abducted by aliens, and discovers a brilliant blind sculptor. An animated walk on the weird side with a distinctive local flavour

An upcoming animated Sesame Street special premiering on HBO Max on August 5, 2021. The special serves as an introduction to Tango, Elmo's new pet puppy.

A figure known as "The Assassin" descends from the heavens into a nightmarish pit full of monsters, titans, and cruelty.

The father wants to start a business, but his crab business always loses money; the daughter envy the classmates who can drink soda, but also understands why the family is struggling. The daughter hoped that her father would go back to work so that she could buy soda for herself, but seeing her father insisting in embarrassment, she gave up this wish.

In 1948 the James Agee wrote a scenario for his lifelong hero, Charlie Chaplin. Deeply disturbed by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Agee imagined New York destroyed. In the ruins, Chaplin's Little Tramp builds a shack in Central Park. Gradually a small community of the dispossessed grows up around him. For Agee, his story was a thought experiment about how one might start again in the aftermath of disaster, to go beyond capitalism and just how hard that is in the face of our modern technological world. The film focuses on his imaginative journey and what it might mean for us today.

A homeless man seeks shelter under a bridge in a storm, and finds a curious shrine, and a longing for life just out of his reach.

Barbie swaps the sunny shores of Malibu for the bright lights of Broadway to attend an excusive summer performing arts program and meets…Barbie! Fast friends, the two discover they share more than a name as they explore New York City and all the amazing things they have in common. As they compete for the coveted once-in-a-lifetime Spotlight Solo from Times Square, the friends discover competition isn’t all about winning, it’s about striving to be your best, overcoming doubts, and sharing the spotlight.