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CAMPUS contains over 3000 National Film Board (NFB) films, features and resources in both English and French.
41) Braven
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A logger and his father head to their hunting cabin, hoping for a quiet weekend. Instead, they find themselves in a kill-or-be-killed stand for survival when they encounter a gang of ruthless drug traffickers.
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Featuring the insights for three children (aged 10, 8 and 4), a family leaves the comforts of home to live for 9 months in the remote wilderness of the Canadian North. They spend the long northern winter living in a small cabin with no road access, no electricity, no running water, no internet and not a single watch or clock. Set in the Yukon, ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD is a deeply personal documentary that explores the theme of disconnecting from...
43) Papillon
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The true story of two men who attempt escape from the French prison on Devil's Island.
44) Hit man file
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Equal parts violent and sensual, Hit man file is a flashy new Asian action film with a distinctive Thai identity.
46) T-34
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In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers, led by young lieutenant Ivushkin, manage to escape from German captivity in a half destroyed legendary T-34 tank.
47) Tanna
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Set on a remote Pacific island, covered in rain forest and dominated by an active volcano, this heartfelt story, enacted by the Yakel tribe, tells of a sister's loyalty, a forbidden love affair and the pact between the old ways and the new.
49) Shooom’s Odyssey
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Shooom, a baby owl, hatches just as a storm turns the bayou surrounding her tree upside down. No sooner has she fallen from her nest, then the little fledgling totters off into the mangrove, pushing a second egg from the brood along with her. Come hell or high water, she’s determined to find a mother… even if that mom turns out to be an alligator or a raccoon!
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MACHINE GUN PREACHER is the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children running from the Lord's Resistance Army in East Africa. Gerard Butler delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated...
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A classic hero's journey of discovery and survival in the remote South Pacific, WHEN THE MAN WENT SOUTH captures a universal tale of courage and the search for wisdom. The story of a Tongan hunter named Flying Fox (Soane Prescott) who, upon the suggestion of his chief Singing Whale (Loketi Tatafu), ventures out from the comforts of his village to discover the mysterious ways of the world that exist beyond his own island and about his strengths as...
52) The Quest
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From Brian Trenchard-Smith, the acclaimed director of The Man from Hong Kong, Turkey Shoot, Dead End Drive-In and The Siege of Firebase Gloria,comes this action-filled adventure starring Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Cloak & Dagger). Cody (Thomas) is a young man of intrepid spirit, always looking for a challenge. Living with his guardian (Tony Barry, Shame), Cody learns of an ancient myth, the story of “Donkegin.” He is told to leave...
53) Thief
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Michael Mann ("Manhunter") directs a stunning piece of neo-noir set in the rain-soaked streets of Chicago and starring James Caan ("Rollerball") at his toughest. Caan plays Frank, a jewel thief and former convict who is looking to settle down with his girlfriend (Tuesday Weld, "Who'll Stop The Rain?") and begin a family. But when his ‘fence’ is thrown from a window and the Chicago mafia begin to flex their muscles, his hopes of a quiet life become...
54) Amazon Adventure
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Amazon Adventure tells the exciting story of Henry Bates' fascinating 11-year journey through the perilous Amazon rainforest as a young man who risks his life for science.
55) Three Musketeers
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The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos.
56) Interstate 60
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Neal Oliver, a very confused young man and an artist, takes a journey of a lifetime on a highway I60 that doesn't exist on any of the maps, going to the places he never even heard of, searching for an answer and his dreamgirl.
57) The Road Within
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A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
58) Ne Zha
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A young boy, with the power to destroy the world, must choose between good and evil in order to break the shackles of fate and become the hero.
59) Freejack
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Auto racer Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez) is snatched by time travel, a split second before a fatal explosion, by Vasendak's (Mick Jagger's) twenty-first century team of techies, who plan to sell his healthy body to an ailing rich man at McCandless Corporation, for a mind transfer. He escapes, but has no rights in this nightmare future of violence and sleaze. The story concerns his survival, and his attempt to revive his relationship with his fiancée...
60) 15 Minutes
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When a celebrity homicide detective and a brash, young fire marshal raceagainst time to stop a pair of publicity seeking murderers, ahigh-profile newscaster buys videotapes of the gruesome crimes--turningthe killers into instant media stars. Now, just how far will society'smost desperate people go in order to get their 15 Minutes of fame?Starring Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Robert De Niro ("TheGodfather, Part II," "Taxi Driver"), Edward...
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