See our other medical films here: vimeo.com/prnfilms/vod_pages Why is the waiting list for organ transplants so long? This film looks at the issues from both sides - that of the recipient waiting for the organ, and that of the recently deceased potential donor. We managed to really get inside the…
The view into the life of a local waitress living in a very small town in the State of Vermont. The town is bragged by the inhabitants to be the Arts Mecca of the US. I called it the Shaman Waitress, while filming it, this project. Even though I took all that very lightly at the time. However, little…
A film about truth and lies or “alternative facts”. About individual and collective consciousness. “Waldheim no, Waldheim no” shouts a crowd in the center of Vienna in 1986. Ruth Beckermann was one of the activists trying to prevent the election of Kurt Waldheim and documented…
In 1998, director and cameraman Dennis Allen accompanied the Kahso Go'tine on a historic trek over a traditional walking trail. They had not set foot on the trail in over thirty years, since air transport became available. With stunning footage, stories of personal triumph, and an emotional homecoming,…
A refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who learns to play basketball in Calgary. To play Division 1 in the NCAA was David’s dream. However, that dream was crushed and he was forced to return home. Close to giving up, David is given one last opportunity. This last shot would change his…
The Wall's Embrace is a powerful and emotional award-winning documentary that explores the psychological impact of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and its enduring power to heal. Narrated by Jimmy Buffett Music by Jimmy Flynn, and by Mitch Townley, Brad Dunse and Judy King Winner of Best Documentary…
Phil Demers is a part-time mailman who lives in a bungalow across the creek from Marineland, the iconic amusement park in Niagara Falls, where he had his dream job as an animal trainer for over a decade. He swam with killer whales and ran the show, until he quit and blew the whistle, claiming animal…
"The Wandering Muse" explores the kaleidoscope of Jewish identities through the ever-changing music of the diaspora. With the traditional and the contemporary in continuous dialogue, The Wandering Muse attends the dynamic birth of new Jewish music in the 58th century.
Gadi Tzdaka has always felt trapped by the “ghetto walls” of the Samaritan neighborhood, with its strict form of education and stringent religious laws. His father Hillel wanted his first born son to adopt devout religious faith as he had, but Gadi longed for freedom. Gadi’s ancestors,…
With humour and passion, The Wanted 18 captures the spirit of the 1987 uprising through the personal experiences of those who lived it, bringing to life one of the strangest chapters in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"Tim O’Brien has been called “the best American writer of his generation,” and “our poet laureate of war.” A Vietnam veteran, and National Book Award-winner, O’Brien is one of the great voices in modern American literature. The Library of Congress named his groundbreaking…
A retelling of The War Business with additional dramatised material for Channel 4. We uncover the bloody truth of the world's most successful private army, Executive Outcomes. Sent wherever mineral resources like diamonds or oil promise wealth, these mercenaries, trained as soldiers in apartheid-era…
