Blue-collar Midwesterner Mike Alvarado attempts to save his family from the throes of poverty by investing their savings into speculative cryptocurrencies. However, as his investment strategy decays into a full-blown gambling addiction, he sends his life into a nightmarish anxiety-inducing downward spiral, compromising his relationships with his girlfriend, his developmentally disabled brother, and his recovering addict cousin. A twitchy, hyper-contemporary comedy with equal doses of laughs and panic attacks.
Rfor drug content, sexual material, language and some underage drinking
Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.
In the late 1990s, a family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island, as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the experiences of the youngest child, Sasha. Their fresh start is interrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of Jeremy, the family’s oldest child.
National Canadian Film Day presents a 30th anniversary screening of Bruce McDonald's indie Canadian classic, Hard Core Logo! A harrowing story about a punk band's last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on the road come bubbling to the surface.
NR
A lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap experiments.
A man trapped in a endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don't, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?
Rfor sexual content/nudity, drug use and language.
In 2011 Montreal’s indie music scene, Grace Pine, a 24-year-old music critic who moves to the Canadian city to write a book on Alanis Morissette’s classic Jagged Little Pill album. But her plans take an unexpected turn when she gets romantically involved with members of an indie band for whom she serves as their publicist.
Rfor language, some violent content and drug use
A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.
NR
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
PG
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.
Rfor language.
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
Gary, a troubled young man, navigates his paranoia while getting roped into petty crimes with two scheming friends. Shot entirely in Halifax on a budget of under $10,000. Featuring a live introduction from director Michael Coolen!