self exploration
20 movies and shows
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Wed, 09 Oct 2013
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Thawing Out
Sat, 31 Jan 2009
Léo is dragged to a nudist camping resort by his mother. Like most boys at the age of 12 or 13, being nude in public holds little appeal for Léo, who protests by wearing extra layers. Until he meets a certain special girl, who captures his heart and releases his inhibitions.
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
Tue, 09 Feb 2010
Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. An animated version of the video game of the same name.
Endless Syncopation: The Rising Fall of The Beach Boys and The California Myth
Mon, 02 Jan 2012
A Film by Andre Perkowski Made Out Of All The Other Beach Boys Films
The Land of NOMO
Fri, 28 Mar 2025
Sora, a girl who once loved singing, became afraid to sing and lost her joy. One day, she and her little brother Daichi discovered a mystical butterfly at a magical pond called Mirror Pond. Drawn to its glow, Sora reached out but fell in, with Daichi following after. They found themselves in a mysterious world where they met a quirky girl named Rococo. Together, they embarked on an adventure through the Land of NOMO, where Sora began to confront the emotions she had buried deep inside.
40 Nights
Tue, 07 Jun 2016
Examines the pre-ministry life of Jesus starting with his baptism with John the Baptist. From there Jesus embarks on his self- exploration journey into the wilderness for 40 nights. He is tempted by the Devil thrice in various forms.
Red Herring
Fri, 03 May 2024
When Kit Vincent, a young filmmaker, receives a terminal diagnosis aged 24, his first instinct is to turn on his camera and document those closest to him.
Candide
Sat, 04 Mar 2023
The innocent Candide discovers that human beings aren't all they are cracked up to be and ultimately focuses on building his own life on his own terms.
Wow
Wed, 25 Mar 1970
In this French Canadian film, the lives of teenagers are examined in fantasy sequences and through the use of documentary interviews. Prompted by the filmmaker, nine teenagers individually act out their secret dreams and, between times, talk about their world as they see it. The fantasy sequences make creative use of animation, unusual film-development techniques, and stills. Babette conceives of herself as an abbess defending her fortress, a convent; Michelle is transported in a dream of love where all time ceases; Philippe is the revolutionary, defeating all the institutions that plague him, and so on, through all their fantasies. All the actual preoccupations of youth are raised: authority, drugs, social conflict, sex. Jutra's style in "Wow" exhibits his innovative approach to storytelling and filmmaking, showcasing his talents as a director during that period. With English subtitles.
Loulou
Fri, 09 Jun 2023
Loulou is 13 years old. He returns from his training and finds the house empty. He enters his parents’ bedroom and opens his mother’s cupboards...
The End of Summer
Wed, 01 Jan 1964
A 16 year old girl recalls the last moments of her summer vacation, spent with friends in the Laurentians north of Montreal. She reminisces about their talks on life, death, love, and God. Shot in direct cinema style, working from a script that left room for the teenagers to improvise and express their own thoughts, the film sought to capture the immediacy of the youths presence their bodies, their language, their environment.
Searching for a Mutual Composition
Fri, 26 Jun 2020
The author's documentary film gets to the heart of the mother-son relationship with the help of interviews and family pictures. Through feeling the boundaries of different life attitudes, we move away and get closer. Like a mother who framed her son's sexual orientation with prayers, and like a son who loves his mother above all else. In the end, the most important thing remains: love.
American Boy
Sat, 11 Nov 2023
Malik spends his days trying to get attention from others with empty, boring chats. One day, he catches the attention of one guy with a lie, saying that he's going to the US to study cinema. The news quickly goes around the neighborhood and Malik suddenly becomes everyones’s hope and pride.
Mind of Thoughts
Fri, 04 Apr 2025
A rising artist haunted by her own thoughts must confront the darkness within - or risk losing herself forever.
Jumping to the Unknown
Fri, 27 Nov 2020
Let It Roll
Thu, 26 Dec 2024
A mysterious young woman will appear in Clément’s solitary life. She will guide him and accompany him to his inner liberation.
Sonata
Thu, 06 Oct 2022
Before an important audition, a mute theater student summons his five core emotions as he deals with the loss of a close friend.
What's Going On?
Fri, 16 May 2025
The audience is taken through a range of years through archival footage exploring the ups and downs of our lives and the thing that connects us all, love. Seven interview subjects: a philosophy professor, a film professor, a humanities professor, a retired lawyer turned archivist, a volunteer, a dance student, and a fashion student, explore their backgrounds with religion, their current personal philosophies, whether or not they believe we have a purpose, or if the things we do have any meaning at all. Eventually everything wraps back around to love.
Autorretrato
Mon, 25 Nov 2024