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Best Friends for Life

1998

Best Friends for Life

1998
Sarah and Harriet have been best friends since childhood. They married at the same time, had children within the same year and now find themselves facing uncertain futures after the sudden deaths of their husbands. Though they have much in common, Sarah is a relaxed nature lover, while Harriet is intense and set in her ways. Sarah has been able to move on with her life with the help of her mother, her maid Katie and Will, the new man in her life. Harriet is unable to cope with her loss and her relationship with her daughter Pammy is strained. When Harriet is diagnosed with a serious illness, she and Sarah learn a lesson about love and friendship.
Redemption Ride

2011

Redemption Ride

2011
After testing positive for performance enhancing drug use, world class bicycle racing champion Colter Reese thought he had ridden his last mile ....
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler

2008

The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler

2008
Explores the path of hitler from insignificance, to World domination, and demonstrates the delusions he had that lead to massive deaths during the War.
Enlightening

2017

Enlightening

2017
Summer begins and Fernando feels like hitting the road to meet a few ex-girlfriends. After spending some time with them, he feels the urge to become a father again. Back in Madrid, he tries to see how this could be done…
Power Play

1994

Power Play

1994
Robbie Steele is worried that her star hockey player has lost his edge. It's the high-powered attorney's job to negotiate the sale of Vancouver's pro hockey team, and she needs Cody Harris, the retired bruiser who attracted all the fans. But her plans to lure him back into the game are thwarted by a higher power; he's a Christian now, and his days of kicking butt are over. Will Robbie get him back, or will Cody show her what's important in life?
Infection

2017

Infection

2017
A specialist, who has lost his job back at his home, comes to another country in search of a better life. Here, there is still demand for his specialization, and the experience he gained at his previous job is quite a convincing argument during his interview with a new employer. However, the nature of the work, and even his love for it, creates a dilemma...
Diamonds in the Dirt

2023

Diamonds in the Dirt

2023
A film about the history and evolution of rap music in the city of Baton Rouge spanning from 1985 to 2017 and beyond. It covers the art in its purest form and the artists that have created the city's unique sound. It's a story of hope, redemption and dreams in a place where dreams don't exist.
Deep Trouble

2001

Deep Trouble

2001
In this urban-themed action-drama, a drug-dealing crime kingpin tries to take control of a firm. The artists aren't interested in being part of the dealer's money-laundering scheme, and they hatch their own plan to bring him to justice.
Repeat Performance

1996

Repeat Performance

1996
Music was his refuge. Then the music stopped. After being abandoned by his mother and losing his father to suicide, 17-year-old Sean Purchase (Joseph Manning, The Matrix Revolutions, Xena: Warrior Princess) is about to hit bottom. When an accident takes the life of another, Sean goes on the run from a shattered family, a back-stabbing friend, the law, and even his greatest hope. Filmed on location in New Zealand, Repeat Performance is based on actual events.
Village People

2017

Village People

2017
When a man’s wife flakes on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, his overeager brother-in-law joins him on a trip to a hipster resort in Nicaragua.
The Many Trials of One Jane Doe

2002

The Many Trials of One Jane Doe

2002
Based on a true story about an extraordianry woman, who after a traumatizing rape, refuses to remain a victim. Wendy Crewson stars as Jane Doe (as she must legally be called), a woman who discovers she was the fifth victim of a serial rapist terrorizing a two-block area surrounding her home. When she learns that the police department was aware of this dangerous criminal yet decided not to issue a public warning, she feels that she and all the women in the neighbourhood were offered up as bait. Driven to take action, she investigates not only her own case, but also police procedures with regard to rape and its victims, and is shocked by what she discovers: a legal system that is sexist and uncaring. It is then that she decides to take on the Toronto Police Department. What follows for Jane Doe is a grueling 10-year legal battle, which becomes vicious, all-consuming and personal.
Streets of Hope

2014

Streets of Hope

2014
Inspired by the true story about Rev. Roger Minassian who at the age of 53 left the security of his pastorate to step outside his comfort zone to do the truly amazing. Knowing nothing about gang youth, he took to the streets and transformed our city, ravaged by gang violence, by taking over 1,700 gang kids off of our streets. It is also the story of Santos Delgado, a gang member, who at age 16 had no future and little hope. He knew his future was either prison or death. His girlfriend was pregnant. He had to make life-changing decisions. This film is about taking risk, embracing change, overcoming the impossible, and finding hope.
Coffee in Winter

2020

Coffee in Winter

2020
When a young married professional quits his job to pursue a career in photography, he gradually reveals the emptiness of his relationship with his wife as he begins to deeply connect with a German student.
Reckless: The Sequel

1998

Reckless: The Sequel

1998
One year on in their lives, Owen and Anna plan to marry. But Anna's ex-husband may have an other idea. He schemes to rip the couple apart. Can Anna and Owen survive this emotional trauma to become man and wife?
The Case of Charlie Gordon

1939

The Case of Charlie Gordon

1939
A dramatized documentary portraying youth unemployment and state-supported training initiatives in 1930s Canada.
Showdown At The Equator

1978

Showdown At The Equator

1978
An undercover detective uses a restaurant targeted for harassment by a criminal gang to infiltrate the gang and arrest its members.
Love Isn't Enough

2016

Love Isn't Enough

2016
The story of an interracial couple's marriage being tested by family and societal pressures when they realize that even love may not be enough to save it, further amplified when a child is involved in the couple's life.
Se lo dije, Lucecita

2017

Se lo dije, Lucecita

2017
Lucecita Moreno disappears every Saturday night and strangely returns on Monday at six in the morning. The people suspect that she is walking on bad steps, and they entrust to Francisco Rueda, the mission of putting her in order.
Seance

2011

Seance

2011
Based on a true story. After William Trigger’s finance dies in a car accident, his life begins to spiral downwards into loneliness and seclusion. Taking a friend’s advice, he attends a gathering, unaware that a seance is waiting for him on his arrival to try and contact the deceased. When he returns home things are not what they seem. Something or someone begins to haunt him. A frightening tale of one man’s decent into madness, the supernatural and the doors to the other side.
Banglatown Banquet

2006

Banglatown Banquet

2006
Middle-aged Muslim Bangladeshi women struggling for their freedom as they leave the familiarity of their Bangladeshi community and set out on a voyage of discovery.