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Contemporary World Cinema for Young Adults

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Jeune Juliette

Anne Γ‰mond’s fourth feature, Jeune Juliette, is an absolutely delightful and body positive teen comedy about 14-year-old Juliette, a smart and savvy outsider who is coming to terms with her own identity and how people treat her because she is plump.

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Contemporary World Cinema for Children

Canada's Top Ten, See The North, Window Horses, Ann-Marie Fleming

Poetry and identity in NFB animated feature Window Horses

April and the Extraordinary World

Review: April and the Extraordinary World is a wonder

Ep. 18: Sergio and Sergei

Supa Modo

Review: Supa Modo is the superhero we need

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April and the Extraordinary World
by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci (France)
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ VOD
Emu Runner by Imogen Thomas (Australia)πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Prime
My Life as a Courgette by Claude Barras (France / Switzerland)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Crave Starz
Sergio and Sergei by Ernesto Daranas (Cuba)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Amazon, YouTube, GooglePlay, iTunes
Supa Modo by Likarion Wainaina (Kenya)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Criterion Channel
Queen of Katwe by Mira Nair (Uganda)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Disney+
Tomboy by CΓ©line Sciamma (France)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Prime Video, Tubi, Mubi Library
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ BFI Player, Mubi
Wadjda by Haifaa Al-Mansour (Saudi Arabia)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Netflix
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Mubi
Window Horses by Ann Marie Fleming (Canada / Iran)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CBC Gem, NFB
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Prime Video

Contemporary World Cinema for Younger Teens

Summer 1993, Laia Artigas, Carla SimΓ³n

Summer 1993 captures how children process grief

We Are The Best!, Lukas Moodysson

Review: We Are The Best! is a winning and funny film about gutsy, punk-loving teenage girls

Their Finest, Lone Scherfig

Interview: Director Lone Scherfig discusses directing actors in Their Finest

Haifaa Al-Mansour, The Perfect Candidate

TIFF interview: Haifaa Al-Mansour on her political crowdpleaser, The Perfect Candidate

Apostasy by Daniel Kokotajlo (England)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Prime Video
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tubi, Kanopy
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NowTV
Beautiful Thing by Hettie Macdonald (England)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Rent on VOD
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Rent on BFI Player
Before The Streets by ChloΓ© Leriche (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Vimeo on Demand
Belle by Amma Asante (England)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Crave+
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Stan, SBS on Demand
A Date for Mad Mary by Darren Thornton (Ireland)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ A Date for Mad Mary
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime Video, Roku, Tubi
Fighting With My Family by Stephen Merchant (England)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Crave+
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime Video, Hulu
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Netflix
Girls Lost by Alexandra-Therese Keining (Sweden)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tubi
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ BFI Player
Handsome Devil by John Butler (Ireland)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Netflix
Jeune Juliette by Anne Γ‰mond (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Rent on iTunes, Maison 4:3, Microsoft πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Buy the region 1 DVD
Little Wing by Selma Vilhunen (Finland)
The Kid With a Bike by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Criterion Channel
Meditation Park by Mina Shum (Canada / China)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CBC Gem, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube
No Crying at the Dinner Table (short) by Carol Nguyen (Canada)Free on Vimeo
Pride by Matthew Warchus (England)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime Video
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ iTunes, Google Play, YouTube
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Netflix
La promesse by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Criterion Channel
Summer 1993 by Carla SimΓ³n (Spain)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Stan
Their Finest by Lone Scherfig (England)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Netflix, iciTouTV
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ HBO Max
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί SBS On Demand
A United Kingdom by Amma Asante (England)πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Netflix
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Stan, SBS On Demand, Netflix
Where Hands Touch by Amma Asante (England / Botswana)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Prime Video, Hoopla πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hulu, Hoopla πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Netflix
Vai by various (New Zealand)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime, Tubi
We Are the Best! by Lukas Moodysson (Sweden)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime, Vudu, Tubi, Kanopy, Crackle
White God by KornΓ©l MundruczΓ³ (Hungary)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Criterion Channel, Hoopla
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Vudu, Tubi, Kanopy, Crackle, Pluto TV
The Perfect Candidate by Haifaa Al-Mansour (Saudi Arabia)πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Prime

Contemporary World Cinema for Older Teens

‘I wanted the film to be like a pop song’: Keith Behrman on Giant Little Ones

Canadian writer-director Keith Behrman on Giant Little Ones, a teen film about the ambiguity of sexual identity and the way internalized homophobia is poison to everyone.
Amanda Kernell, Sami Blood

Writer-director Amanda Kernell talks Sami Blood

Amanda Kernell discusses her exquisite feature debut, “a coming-of-age story, with joik and blood, about a girl with a knife,” and how it illuminates South Sami history.
Our Little Sister

Kore-eda’s Our Little Sister is heartbreaking

Our Little Sister is a quiet, sweet, and heartbreaking film about three grown, co-habitating sisters, who meet their younger fourteen-year-old sister after their absent father dies, and decide to take her in as one of their own.
And Then We Danced by Levan Akin (Georgia)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime
Ava directed by LΓ©a Mysius (France)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ OVID
Ava by Sadaf Foroughi (Iran)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Crave+
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime Video, Kanopy
Babyteeth by Shannon Murphy (Australia)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Netflix
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hulu
Being 17 by AndrΓ© TΓ©chinΓ© (France)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ iTunes, Google Play, YouTube
Breathe by MΓ©lanie Laurent (France)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hoopla
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tubi, Kanopy
Brooklyn by John Crowley (Ireland)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CBC Gem
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Prime
The Burden (short) by Niki Lindroth von Bahr (Sweden)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Criterion Channel πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Prime Video |
Rent or Buy Everywhere on Vimeo
Call Me by Your Name by Luca Guadagnino (Italy)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ iciTouTV, Mubi
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Starz
Capernaum by Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Starz
Close-Knit by Naoko Ogigami (Japan)
Closet Monster by Stephen Dunn (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CBC Gem, Crave Starz, Tubi
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy, realeyz
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Prime
Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa (Poland)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Criterion Channel
Crystal Swan by Darya Zhuk (Russia)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Vimeo on Demand
The Demons by Philippe Lesage (Canada)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Vimeo on Demand
Easy Land by Sanja ZivkovicπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Crave +
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Vudu
Firecrackers by Jasmin Mozaffari (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Crave+, Hoopla
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy, Hoopla
The Fireflies are Gone by SΓ©bastien Pilote (Canada) πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CBC Gem
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί SBS Movies
Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold (England)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Criterion Channel
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Prime
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Netflix
Giant Little Ones by Keith Berhman (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Crave+, Hoopla, CBC Gem
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hoopla, Starz, Kanopy
GenΓ¨se by Philippe Lesage (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CBC Gem
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hoopla
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tubi, Kanopy
Girlhood by CΓ©line Sciamma (France)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hoopla
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Showtime, Kanopy
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ BFI Player
God’s Own Country by Francis Lee (England)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Netflix, Hoopla
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hulu, Roku, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Pluto TV
Graduation by Cristian Mungiu (Romania)πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί SBS On Demand
The Grizzlies by Miranda de Pencier (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Crave +
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Netflix
Hello Destroyer by Kevan Funk (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CBC Gem
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Prime Video
The Here After by Magnus von Horn (Sweden)πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Mubi
I Am Not a Witch by Rungano Nyoni (Zambia / Wales)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Tubi, Mubi
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Roku, Tubi, Kanopy
KuessipanπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CBC Gem
The Last Tree by Shola Amoo (England / Nigeria)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Netflix, BFI Player
The Levelling by Hope Dickson Leach (England)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime Video, Kanopy
Mouthpiece by Patricia Rozema (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CBC Gem
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
Mustang by Deniz Gamze ErgΓΌven (Turkey / France)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Criterion Channel
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Mubi
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
My Brother the Devil by Sally El Hosaini (England / Egypt)πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Prime, BFI Player
Nahid by Ida Panahandeh (Iran) Not available
Our Loved Ones by Anne Γ‰mond (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ iTunes πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ realeyz
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (Iran)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Prime, Tubi
Phoenix by Christian Petzold (Germany)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Criterion Channel
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Mubi
Please Like Me (TV) by Josh Thomas and Matthew Saville (Australia)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Netflix
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Prime
Portrait of a Lady on Fire by CΓ©line Sciamma (France)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Crave+
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hulu
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Mubi
Rafiki by Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Criterion Channel
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Showtime, Kanopy
Rhymes for Young Ghouls by Jeff Barnaby (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CBC Gem, Crave+, Hoopla, Fandor
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hoopla, Kanopy, Fandor
The Riot Club by Lone Scherfig (England)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Rent on VOD
Sami Blood by Amanda Kernell (Sweden)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Prime
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Hoopla, Fandor
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Fandor
Sand Storm by Elite Zexer (Israel)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Netflix
The Seen and Unseen by Kamila Andini (Iceland) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Rent on Amazon
Skam (TV) by Julie Andem (Norway)
Slut in a Good Way by Sophie Lorain (Canada)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ iciTouTV
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime, Kanopy, Tubi, Pluto TV
Stupid Young Heart by Selma Vilhunen (Finland)
System Crasher by Nora Fingscheidt (Germany)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Netflix
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ BFI Player
Thelma by Joachim Trier (Norway)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hulu
Timbuktu by Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
Transit by Christian Petzold (Germany)πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Hoopla
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime, Hoopla, Kanopy, Mubi
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Mubi
Water Lilies by CΓ©line Sciamma (France)
Young Soul Rebels by Isaac Julien (England)πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Now TV, BFI Player

Contemporary Documentaries for Teens

All These Sleepless Nights by Michal Marczak (Poland)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime Video, Kanopy
All This Panic by Jenny GageπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
Angry Inuk by Alethea Arnaquq-BarilπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CBC Gem, Prime, NFB
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tubi, Kanopy, OVID
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Prime
Anthropocene by Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky & Nicholas de PencierπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Crave
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
At Berkeley by Frederick WisemanπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
Ex Libris by Frederick WisemanπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
Faces Places by AgnΓ¨s VardaπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ iciTouTV
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
Free Solo by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai VasarhelyiπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Disney+
Hail, Satan? by Penny LaneπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Netflix
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hulu
Inventing Tomorrow by Laura NixπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Prime Video
LoveTrue by Alma Har’elπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Rent on VOD
National Gallery by Frederick WisemanπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Mubi
Ninth Floor by Mina ShumπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ NFB πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Prime Video
NUTS! by Penny LaneπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Rent on VOD
Rise (TV) by Michelle Latimer and Sarain FoxπŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί SBS Movies
School Life by David Rane and Neasa NΓ­ ChianΓ‘inπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Hoopla
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Hulu, Hoopla
Sherpa by Jennifer PeedomπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Amazon, iTunes
Sonita by Rokhsareh GhaemmaghamiπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kanopy πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ iTunes
Stories We Tell by Sarah PolleyπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ NFB πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tubi πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Stan
Women He’s Undressed by Gillian ArmstrongπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tubi, Kanopy
Yours in Sisterhood by Irene LusztigπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈKanopy

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