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Moving Images
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Distributor of Canadian media art (shorts, films, docs) representing culturally significant and diverse screen based media.

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“Brücke” follows a WWI veteran on a poetic journey to rediscover where he once felt whole. Inspired by Germany’s 1920s Verism movement, this film explores passion, memory, and self-discovery.

Dir. Kristen Turcotte | Prod. Nathalie De Los Santos

Watch for $5 - Link in bio
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
At just 21, Fred Lee, one of Canada’s first Chinese Canadian soldiers, and has never been found. “Finding Fred Lee 1.0” retraces his journey and honours a story almost lost to history.

Dir. & Prod. Jack Gin

$5 Promo - Link in bio.
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“My Name Was January” tells the story of January Marie Lapuz, a trans woman whose life was cut short. Through her friends and community, the film amplifies the voices of trans women of colour and calls for justice.

Watch for free & Apply for the January Award.
Links in bio.
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In 1884, a 14-year-old Stó:lō boy named Louie Sam was lynched by a mob that crossed from Washington Territory into B.C. The film “Louie Sam” recreates and discusses this tragedy and it's impacts.

Watch for $5 - Link in bio.
December 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"The Great Disconnect" follows Tamer Soliman exploring the “age of loneliness” in North America. Directed & produced by Tamer Soliman & Jeremy Walton.

$5 USD Promo - Link in bio!
October 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“bp (pushing the boundaries)”
Award-winning doc by Brian Nash celebrates poet bpNichol (1944–88), his experimental work, and impact on Canadian literature, with insights from fellow writers.

$5 USD Promo - Link in bio!
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"We Remember" by Raymond Yakeleya shares the voices of Slavey & Loucheux elders, reflecting on life before settlers, the fur trade, epidemics & Treaty 11 in the Mackenzie Delta.

$5 USD Promo - Link in bio!
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“Sanctuary: A New Life for Research Chimps” follows Gloria Grow’s mission to give former lab chimps a safe haven near Montreal. Featuring Dr. Jane Goodall.

Directed & Produced by Christian Bruyère & Bruce Martin.

$5 USD Promo - Link in bio!
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Dan" (2017, 4.5 min) 🐣
An animated short about an egg who dreams of becoming a rooster, only to discover his true identity. A tender story of self-discovery & belonging.

🎥 Dir. Chloe Xi Hua | 🎶 Music by Liyuan Chen
💻 Watch for $5 – Link in bio!
October 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“Chanterelle Rain” (2014, 3.5 min) 🍄✨

Award-winning animator Gail Noonan crafts a lush stop-motion ode to the West Coast’s beloved chanterelle mushrooms, using everything from dryer lint to wild berries.

🎥 Watch for $5 – Link in bio!
October 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“Petroglyphs to Pixels: James Hart”
This Haida master artist and hereditary chief blends tradition with contemporary, in the Reconciliation Pole and mentoring future carvers.

From “Petroglyphs to Pixels” a series spotlighting Indigenous artists.

Watch now for $8 – Link in bio!
October 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“The Ice Walk” is a gripping story of the Mi’kmaq’s dangerous crossings to Lennox Island until a bridge was built in the 1970s. A 2021 reconciliation event asks: is this real change, or just a performance?

🎥 Dir. Eliza Knockwood
💻 Watch now for $8 – Link in bio!
October 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"ƛaʔuukʷiatḥ Tla-o-qui-aht Dugout Canoe"
Master carver Joe Martin shapes a 500-year-old cedar, reflecting on ancestral knowledge, land, and legacy. 🌲🛶

Dir. Steven Davies
Link in bio!
September 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Dan" (2017, 4.5 min) 🐣
An animated short about an egg who dreams of becoming a rooster, only to discover his true identity. A tender story of self-discovery & belonging.

🎥 Dir. Chloe Xi Hua | 🎶 Music by Liyuan Chen
💻 Watch for $5 – Link in bio!
September 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Me and My Teeth"
A poetic short doc exploring a personal mental health journey. Blending childhood footage, animation, and reflection to explore what our smiles reveal about care, imperfection, and collective resilience.

$5 USD Promo - Link in bio.
August 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"A Nikkei Canadian Story" follows Dr. Henry Shibata from pre-war Vancouver to post-war Hiroshima, exploring home, identity, and resilience through the Japanese Canadian internment.

$5 USD Promo - Link in bio.
July 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"SuperKids 2" follows five kids labelled as gifted over a decade. Interwoven with expert insights that question labeling, segregation, and acceleration in education.

$5 USD Promo - Link in bio.
July 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Emergence: Out of the Shadows" 🌈

Following three queer South Asians as they bravely confront tradition, family, and identity, finding healing, love, and hope.

$5 USD Promo - Link in bio.
July 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Bowl of Bone" follows a 15-year collaboration between filmmaker Jan Marie Martell and Nlaka’pamux elder Annie York. Blending biography, ritual, and healing in a moving story of cultural knowledge, loss, and deep spiritual connection.

$5 USD - Link in bio
June 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Kamayan"

This short film contrasts Kamayan (traditional Filipino eating with hands) and Western dining, highlighting how etiquette reflects deeper cultural values of community, heritage and formality.

Dir/Prod. Minerva Navasca

$5 USD - Link in bio.
June 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Moody Brood shatters the myth of the “perfect” family as filmmaker Lulu Keating traces her 10 siblings’ lives from 1940s Catholic roots to today—blending candid audio, animation, and a whimsical soundscape in this bold, intimate documentary.

Watch for $5 USD - Link in bio.
June 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Footbinding: Search for the Three Inch Golden Lotus"

Filmmaker Yue-Qing Yang returns to China to explore footbinding—a painful tradition once seen as a path to beauty and status—uncovering its lasting scars and complex legacy.

$5 USD Link in bio.
June 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"I Pity the Country" pairs Willie Dunn’s iconic protest song with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s voice and powerful visuals by Lisa Jackson & Conor McNally, bridging past and present Indigenous struggles with archival and contemporary footage.

$5 USD Promotion - Link in bio
May 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Kay Parley: Mind of Her Own” tells the story of Kay Parley, a former patient turned psychiatric nurse, whose life’s work helped challenge stigma around mental illness and trace the evolution of mental health care over seven decades.

$5 USD Promotion - Link in bio!
May 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“Signal Fire” A young man struggles to connect with his Chinese grandfather-in-law during a graveside ritual, exploring intergenerational gaps, quiet grief, and the fragile persistence of cultural identity.

$5 USD Promotion - Link in bio
May 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM