British Columbia Movies

  • 1961
    Cattle Ranch

    Cattle Ranch

    Cattle Ranch

    01961HD

    This short documentary offers a portrait of life on a cattle ranch, for both its human and animal inhabitants. Featuring sprightly music by folk...

    Cattle Ranch
  • 2007
    Totem: Return and Renewal

    Totem: Return and Renewal

    Totem: Return and Renewal

    82007HD

    In this follow-up to his 2003 film, Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documents the events of the final journey of the...

    Totem: Return and Renewal
  • 1963
    The Water Dwellers

    The Water Dwellers

    The Water Dwellers

    01963HD

    This short documentary introduces us to a town where no one pays rent: Simoom Sound in central British Columbia, where loggers live on sturdy river...

    The Water Dwellers
  • 2021
    The Mystery Mountain Project

    The Mystery Mountain Project

    The Mystery Mountain Project

    02021HD

    In 1926, a young couple set off into the British Columbia wilderness in search of an undiscovered mountain. A century later a group of would-be...

    The Mystery Mountain Project
  • 1983
    Box of Treasures

    Box of Treasures

    Box of Treasures

    01983HD

    In 1921 the Kwakiut'l people of Alert Bay, British Columbia, held their last secret potlatch. In 1980 at Alert Bay, the U'mista Cultural Centre...

    Box of Treasures
  • 2013
    Let's Go Get Small

    Let's Go Get Small

    Let's Go Get Small

    02013HD

    The Canadian Coast Range is a humbling place. The range dwarfs both exceptionally large human beings and egos with its foreboding size. Norseman...

    Let's Go Get Small
  • 1999
    Through a Blue Lens

    Through a Blue Lens

    Through a Blue Lens

    7.21999HD

    This documentary, set in the Lower East End of Vancouver's downtown core, is a pretty honest account of life on the streets in urban Canada. It is...

    Through a Blue Lens
  • 2020
    Tadpoles: The Big Little Migration

    Tadpoles: The Big Little Migration

    Tadpoles: The Big Little Migration

    02020HD

    Short documentary, shot over fours years, showing the incredible daily migration of the western toad tadpoles, a designated indicator species on...

    Tadpoles: The Big Little Migration
  • 2022
    Lucid

    Lucid

    Lucid

    102022HD

    Winter and summer, day and night, life and dreams. Lucid is all about duality. Anxious and awkward in real life, Everett decides to make a change....

    Lucid
  • 1979
    For Twenty Cents A Day

    For Twenty Cents A Day

    For Twenty Cents A Day

    01979HD

    A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film...

    For Twenty Cents A Day
  • 2024
    Forest Echoes

    Forest Echoes

    Forest Echoes

    02024HD

    A love story set against the backdrop of the climate crisis and the opioid epidemic, Echo and Wild are two urban Indigenous land defenders. On the...

    Forest Echoes
  • 2022
    Grindcore Vacation

    Grindcore Vacation

    Grindcore Vacation

    72022HD

    Grindcore Vacation melds the expository documentary, diary film, and live performance footage to produce a portrait of the musicians who play...

    Grindcore Vacation
  • 1944
    Totems

    Totems

    Totems

    01944HD

    For Indigenous peoples the totem pole is the symbol of life, portraying the relationship between humans and animals. Fitting into the landscape of...

    Totems
  • 1970
    Highway of Tears

    Highway of Tears

    Highway of Tears

    01970HD

    Discover the endless highway in British Columbia where over 40 indigenous women and girls (by unofficial estimates) have disappeared since the 1970s.

    Highway of Tears
  • 2011
    These were the reasons

    These were the reasons

    These were the reasons

    02011HD

    This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost...

    These were the reasons
  • 2018
    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    02018HD

    Filmed on the island of Haida Gwaii, this documentary depicts the ongoing resistance and resurgence of the Haida people and their culture against the...

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance
  • 2019
    New Harmony

    New Harmony

    New Harmony

    02019HD

    A lonely artist creates a film by himself in his backyard for his own entertainment.

    New Harmony
  • 1970
    Out of the Interior: Survival of the small-town cinema in British Columbia

    Out of the Interior: Survival of the small-town cinema in British Columbia

    Out of the Interior: Survival of the small-town cinema in British Columbia

    01970HD

    The hard-working cinema owners and operators of the small towns found in BC's southern interior are doing more than showing movies and selling...

    Out of the Interior: Survival of the small-town cinema in British Columbia
  • 2016
    Toad People

    Toad People

    Toad People

    02016HD

    Toad People introduces audiences to the stories of people like Steve Clegg who make up a community-led movement to save this threatened species. In...

    Toad People