Jacques Drouin Movies

A woman plays out her existence on the screen of her life. Alcohol is the essence of her being. She imbibes her youth and becomes completely absorbed...

Students seeking greater control over the hiring of faculty occupy the offices of the Political Science Department at McGill University. The film...

Fleeing from some other children who want to beat him, Olivier meets the ghost of a Pirate who every hundred years tries to find a parchment. Olivier...

A short documentary about singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle made by animator Caroline Leaf.

A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives through a...

This short satirical film takes us to Stereoville, a city where citizens must literally double up in their efforts to deal with the community’s...

A director and an editor, both women, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the...

The stories of the battles that brought together a Polish cavalry officer, a Canadian captain, and a Polish underground member are told by the very...

The undertaking of an enthusiastic group of scientists to transform an indoor cycle racing-track built for the 1968 Montréal Olympics into an...

Australian pediatrician Helen Caldicott delivers a lecture on the potential medical and societal consequences of a nuclear war, and advocates for...

This short animated film presents an allegorical portrait of a society where men have lost their autonomy in the struggle to be recognized by the...

This short documentary zooms in on Churchill, Manitoba, on the western curve of Hudson Bay. The town boomed for a while after it became the railhead...

With no commentary other than the music and words of the performers themselves, this fast-moving film presents the grandest Canadian concert of them...

A late-winter/early-spring sequence documenting lake-ice fishing, camp life, and subsistence practices.

This documentary is a portrait of the animator of Le Paysagiste, from his childhood in Eastern Quebec to his career at the NFB. Trained at the...

In Penticton, BC, most students graduating from the only high school in town know that job opportunities and higher education lie elsewhere, most...

An anthology of sequences from the best films that the National Film Board of Canada produced since its beginnings. Divided by themes and presented...

Some of life's most profound questions are tackled by ten children ranging in age from six to eleven. They give their spontaneous views on God, the...

Beginning with Noam Chomsky's response to a college student who role-plays "Jane U.S.A."--someone who naively believes she lives in a democratic...