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Before the 30th anniversary, Vancouver's Gay Pride Parade director examines relevance of Pride celebrations internationally. He travels to places where Pride is steeped in protest to experience the powerful oppression that still exists. Pride is more than a parade, it's a giant step on the road to equality.

'I'm an Artist', is a film about students with learning disabilities at special needs schools that achieve confidence, positive reinforcement and hope through the schools art program. This documentary provides a glimpse into the daily struggles and challenges that children with learning disabilities face everyday. At the heart of the film is the schools art teacher, Mary Jo. Her unwavering enthusiasm for her students show that students with learning and emotional disabilities can achieve more growth than most people believe possible.

The filmmaker takes a trip to his homeland, the Philippines, and learns about his relatives, life in the Philippines, and life in general.

The True Story of Luisa Bonfanti is a particular film that moves on the border between the documentary and the fictional film. In fact, using the narrative mechanism of the "mockumentary", La Vera Storia by Luisa Bonfanti wants to tell the golden age of Italian cinema and a season of political struggles between the sixties and the early eighties. Luisa Bonfanti is a fictional character who wants to represent the many women who dreamed of success in the glittering world of film. In her path, Luisa meets some of the real protagonists of that unrepeatable season such as Ettore Scola and Citto Maselli. The film mixes original footage, with repertoire material from film archives to reach the truth of an era and an unforgettable character.

A community of people who are dedicated to the 1950s rockabilly music and lifestyle, in Montreal. The rockabilly community in Montreal has been rising like skyrocket in the last few years, welcoming newcomers and embracing a youthful and rebellious attitude. Original musicians from the fifties rockabilly era as well as the new generation of stars have participated in this "rockumentary".