Budd Knapp

A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world.

An aged World War II veteran and a young street punk violently meet and discover more in common than anticipated. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

British TV-movie, starring Trevor Howard and Bo Svensson

A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two seperate rebellions.

This documentary is a portrait of Point St. Charles, one of Montreal’s notoriously bleak neighbourhoods. Many of the residents are English-speaking and of Irish origin; many of them are also on welfare. Considered to be one of the toughest districts in all of Canada, Point St. Charles is poor in terms of community facilities, but still full of rich contrasts and high spirits – that is, most of the time.

Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.

A young naive reporter romances a female reporter who is quietly organizing a journalist union and joins her cause.

This film tells an Algonquin legend about animals on a quest to capture fire from the god of thunder and return it to their human friends.

This feature-length documentary paints a lively portrait of Father of Confederation and first premier of Newfoundland Joseph Roberts Smallwood, or "Joey," as he is known to most Canadians. Following one of Canada’s most colourful political figures during a two-and-a-half-month period that included a stormy Liberal leadership convention, the film reveals a man misunderstood even by his close associates.

What happens to two dying coal towns in British Columbia when an American corporation provides a contract for millions of tons of coking coal? The film follows the consequences for the towns of Natal and Michel, suggesting that industrial growth has its price, especially with regard to the environment.