Movies: Self discovery

Lucas Simons, an 11-year-old filmmaker, is obsessed with death after the loss of his brother. When Lucas accidentally captures a mysterious presence in one of his films, he inadvertently becomes a YouTube phenomenon, and must learn to live life in th...

Far beneath the beautiful sea, a unique whale sings a song that is all his own. Based on the award winning picture book, "52 - A Tale of Loneliness"...

Ama, the daughter of Senegalese asylum seekers, feels completely Dutch. When Ama's mother and brother are arrested, Ama sets off in search of her father through Rotterdam in the middle of winter, hoping to avoid deportation. During this frightening a...

Young, Jewish and misunderstood Simon Markowitz gets himself into hot water with his Rabbi when he creates his own recipe for a knish that no one in his family seems intent on eating....

When a cynical and self-destructive young man finds that he's become invisible to his friends, a journey of self-reflection is needed to believe in himself again....

The ideal of youth is at the centre of this eloquent film, mixing documentary and fiction, art and experimentation. Demonstrating both formal and narrative freedom, Bélanger weaves a deliberately loose weave in which the initiatory journey of two you...

Music is Melody's biggest obsession; she can hardly live without it. After meeting this new guy at a record store, Melody's life is flipped upside down. Her love for music begins to fade and she spirals into a depression as she struggles to find a wa...