Movies: Geoffrey Mitchell

  • 2004
    Tales of Sand and Snow

    Tales of Sand and Snow (2004)

    Tales of Sand and Snow

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    In a quest to rediscover the spiritual values of his own people, an African filmmaker from the Gourmantche tribe of Burkina Faso visits an Aboriginal band, the Atikamekw of northern Quebec. The resulting documentary is a dialogue between those who di...

    Tales of Sand and Snow
  • 2024
    Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

    Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying (2024)

    Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

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    Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying is a short meditation on love, grief, and imagination. The hand-drawn animated documentary was created through a collaboration between mother, elder and narrator Edith Almadi and filmmakers Natalie Baird and Toby Gi...

    Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
  • 2018
    The Subject

    The Subject (2018)

    The Subject

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    An animator dissects his own body, extracting memories, emotions and fears that will nurture his work. As he cuts into his skin, various symbolic objects recalling his past emerge. Reaching the heart, he succeeds in identifying the burden he’s been d...

    The Subject
  • 2022
    Bang

    Bang (2022)

    Bang

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    In a frenzied attempt to break the isolation, a man drums his head against the wall, unleashing a battery of brightly hued hallucinations. Produced as part of the 13th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship....

    Bang
  • 2010
    Waseteg

    Waseteg (2010)

    Waseteg

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    The story of a young Mi'kmaq girl whose name means "the light from the dawn."...

    Waseteg
  • 2009
    Afloat at Dawn

    Afloat at Dawn (2009)

    Afloat at Dawn

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    A tiny baroque ode to fleeting darkness and pretty make-believes....

    Afloat at Dawn
  • 1999
    Deep Inside Clint Star

    Deep Inside Clint Star (1999)

    Deep Inside Clint Star

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    Director Clint Alberta takes us on a hilarious and bittersweet journey into the hearts and minds of some very ordinary, extraordinary young Canadians. Clint, taking on the role of Clint Star, seeks out his far-flung buddies, young Natives like himsel...

    Deep Inside Clint Star
  • 2024
    In the Shallows

    In the Shallows (2024)

    In the Shallows

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    Walking down the street or sitting on a commuter train, few of us can resist the siren song of that small, illuminated device in our pockets. Through a carefully choreographed collision of hand-made sculptural collages and ink and paint animation, In...

    In the Shallows
  • 2006
    They Chose China

    They Chose China (2006)

    They Chose China

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    The story of twenty-one American POWs who, after the Korean War ended, chose to live in China instead of returning the USA....

    They Chose China
  • 2022
    Eat Your Carrots

    Eat Your Carrots (2022)

    Eat Your Carrots

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    Carrots are good for your eyes. Maybe too good....

    Eat Your Carrots
  • 2019
    Lucien's Happiness

    Lucien's Happiness (2019)

    Lucien's Happiness

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    To better understand the essence of happiness, filmmaker Nathalie Hébert speaks with Lucien Comeau, a musician and “philosopher of the everyday” who lives in Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick. This simple, informal portrait nonetheless moves beyond conv...

    Lucien's Happiness
  • 2020
    Into the Light

    Into the Light (2020)

    Into the Light

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    Into the Light
  • 2012
    Meltdown

    Meltdown (2012)

    Meltdown

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    A polar bear must try his luck finding a job in the big city when the last of his Arctic ice environment disappears. It’s hard fitting into the human world, however, so this bear finds a more creative solution to his predicament. This film was made a...

    Meltdown
  • 2014
    Song for Cuba

    Song for Cuba (2014)

    Song for Cuba

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    This short experimental documentary about memory and music follows a young Cuban couple charting a new course for their lives on an island in the North Atlantic....

    Song for Cuba
  • 2004
    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive (2004)

    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

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    In this feature-length documentary, 8 Inuit teens with cameras offer a vibrant and contemporary view of life in Canada's North. They also use their newly acquired film skills to confront a broad range of issues, from the widening communication gap be...

    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive
  • 2000
    From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning

    From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning (2000)

    From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning

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    Propelled by Claude Cloutier’s signature drawing style and absurdist humour, this animated short offers an overview of the evolution of life on Earth from rock to human, with some surprising twists in between....

    From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning
  • 2004
    Accordion

    Accordion (2004)

    Accordion

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    Exploration of the connections between sex, love and technology....

    Accordion
  • 2017
    Florida-Montréal

    Florida-Montréal (2017)

    Florida-Montréal

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    Mum breaks up with Dad while on vacation in Florida and flies back to Montreal. The kids, Jonathan and Florie, two immature and impressionable twentysomethings, only have a few hours to figure out how they'll welcome her back....

    Florida-Montréal
  • 2002
    ISO

    ISO (2002)

    ISO

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    On the one hand, there is Murdochville, founded in Gaspésie in 1950 following the discovery of a large copper deposit. In 1970, it had over 5,000 inhabitants. Today, since the mine closed, fewer than 1,000 people live there. On the other hand, there...

    ISO
  • 2018
    Cedar Tree of Life

    Cedar Tree of Life (2018)

    Cedar Tree of Life

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    A short, expressionist documentary, exploring the relationship between Cedar and three Indigenous women who work with it, weave with it, and live with it....

    Cedar Tree of Life