Aisha, an Indigenous girl living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, navigates the pressures of conforming to a colonial education system by exploring alternative forms of learning which connect to her culture.

The award winning documentary film, follows one man on his journey to find the meaning of life, after being told by his doctors that he has one year to live.

Gun Shot Wound takes a hard look at routine gun violence in America through the eyes of its trauma surgeons. The film examines the crisis through a public health lens and highlights hospital-based violence intervention programs designed to combat the epidemic. Every da in the United States, an ...

Artificial intellignce is reaching our mental and physical existence like never before. The film leads us to the world of cyborgs, sex robots and androids. It challenges us to face our values, ethics and rethink our position. To keep our humanistic values on board with the development, we have ...

If you were able to create an immortal version of yourself, would you? Until this decade, that question was the stuff of science fiction, but now experts in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics suggest it will indeed be possible. This cinematic documentary explores the latest tec...

Should we be giving doctors the right to end the lives of others by euthanasia or assisted suicide? The grandfather of euthanasia in the Netherlands, Dr. Boudewijn Chabot speaks of a 'worrisome culture shift' and that euthanasia is 'getting out of hand' - especially as it relates to patients wi...

In the Executioner’s Shadow casts a penetrating look at the consequences of the death penalty through three powerful stories –  a former state executioner who comes within days of executing an innocent person; a Boston Marathon bombing victim who struggles to decide what justice really means; and...

This short documentary made in an orphanage in India, shows with great humanity how eight children carry within them the seeds of "everyday superheroes".

A mother and a daughter climb a mountain trying to cope with a past the mother has spent years suppressing. The daughter was sexually abused by her stepfather, and now she wants to understand why her mother didn't notice.

Lizards do it.  Even fish do it. The animal world is showing us why play is a serious matter. Through a combination of ongoing experiments, reconstructed experiments and guided observation. The Power of Play reveals surprising truths about play in the natural world. Scientists from Europe, the...

Janette is terminally ill and wants to die in a dignified way. Muscular dystrophy, the illness that Janette suffers from, has affected her family for generations. Janette's mother was wheelchair bound for decades, a prisoner in her own body. Janette refuses to wait for death in unbearable pain an...

In 2017 Petter (24) decides to end his life, but at the very last moment, is stopped by the police. His best friend and fellow film student Sverre is determined to help and suggests they make a film to keep Petter busy and focused on getting better. Equipped with a camera, they search the streets...

If popping a pill could make you smarter, wittier and increase your memory would you take it? If you wee a surgeon working 20 hour days and you could take a pill take kept you performing brilliantly, would you? We are on the verge of a new kind of over-the-counter drug that could change fabric ...

Almost There is a film about time, dignity and the transience of life. Men retire in different ways. All of our heroes are looking for happiness, fulfilment, and some rest. Bob swaps his safe home for a campervan and tries to find the tough guy inside himself in the barren California desert. ...

A beautifully intimate portrayal of coming of age in a Kenyan orphanage
Daily routines mark time for the children of Kenya’s Nchiru AIDS orphanage. Delving into the minutiae of their burgeoning lives, it is soon clear that amid their cheerful patter, death lurks in the shadows, as they cope with ...

Extravaganza and glamour lining up in an existential contest against isolation, slackening limbs and lethargy. With unique access behind the scenes, the Palace in Miami is shown as a buzzing and luxurious senior living community, repeatedly voted "American's Number One". The seniors live in a w...

The recent global pandemic that rocked the world in is documented through the lens of NHS staff and patients in the UK, by Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald. With stories of resilience, heartbreak, and hope, marvel at the strength of our human race. (Docsville Studios)

The man single-handedly patrolling the Yangtze River Bridge to save those attempting suicide
Angel of NanjingThe Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing is the most popular place in the world to commit suicide, with over 5 attempts per week. For the past 11 years, blue-collar worker Chen Si has been patr...

A promise is made between friends where even death cannot interrupt the fulfillment of that promise, and a great adventure follows through love, loss, addiction and triumph. Test www.greenpeace.com

The harsh realities of growing up homeless in Siberia. Following the break up of the Soviet union, a gang of children from broken homes made a new life together inside the derelict buildings of a once secret weapons manufacturing city. In their childhood innocence, they thought they were living a...

Deep In The Heart follows four patients, Lisa, Ted, Greg and Pat, as they deal with the emotional drama of major life-saving surgery. It’s an emotional story familiar to families up and down the country: skilled surgeons can fix bodies, but it’s up to the patients to make sure it doesn’t all go w...

The Middle Way is the story of Jam Alker's childhood of trauma-abuse, neglect, and abandonment-and how he tried valiantly to overcome it. Through interviews and archival footage, this documentary traces how Alker's tumultuous upbringing drove him to pursue false idols in adulthood-money, fame, wo...

In the wake of COVID 19, students, doctors, and engineers from all around BC, Canada, formed an Open Source community to design innovative PPE devices and limit the spread of the virus.