Jacques Drouin Movies

An early-autumn sequence documenting domestic life and a coordinated communal caribou hunt at a river crossing camp.

The story of a young boy and his father, both of whom are enlisted to fight in the war. The boy's pride soon turns to fear as the bullets whistle...

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...

This film explores how Canada wavers between rejection and acceptance of closer ties with the United States, tracing the historical precedents of...

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 feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process. As claims are assessed...

A lonely woman spends the winter isolated and reminiscing about the past as she waits for her husband to return from a prolonged absence.

In this non-narrative animated film inspired by composer François Couperin's harpsichord composition "Barricades mystérieuses," Jacques...

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...

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...

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet...

Go head-to-head with an icebreaker. Plunge down a twisting mountain gorge. Soar through the clouds in the nosecone of a jet, then speed along with 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...

This feature documentary retraces the century of haggling by successive federal and provincial governments to agree on a formula to bring home the...

This video focuses primarily on the implications of the structure and format of television, especially the consequences of concision, and how these...

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...

In this short, an artist creates a painting of the landscape he sees, then finds he can literally climb into the picture to see the fantastic world...

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

The Pinscreen is a tool that was created in the 1930s to make animation films. Although it no longer provides any technical advantages, a handful of...