Health

THE INHERITORS

79 min, Documentary, 2025, Canada

By centring the voice of a colony of ring-billed gulls, The Inheritors disrupts the usual perspective of wildlife documentary and explores new ways of living and dying on a planet haunted by mass consumption and pollution.

I LOST MY MOM

75 min., documentary, Québec, Canada, 2022

In the form of a filmed journal, filmmaker Denys Desjardins documents the extraordinary sequence of events that drove him to place his mother in a CSHLD (long-term care home).

HOSPITAL(ITY) CHRONICLES

49 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2021

Through family archives, drawings, animations and performances that draw on her long experience with illness, Brigitte Lacasse takes an incisive, critical look at the Quebec health care system.

THE SPECTER OF WAVES

52 min, Documentary, Canada, 2020

Afflicted by various ailments and symptoms, François, Suzanne and Lorraine adapt or take refuge, challenged by the torments imposed by electrohypersensitivity.

I MIGHT BE DEAD BY TOMORROW

75 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2020

In Montreal, front-line workers work hard to provide appropriate care to the most vulnerable citizens in our society.

CHAMPIONS

94 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2020

The director follows Stéphane, his autistic brother, and Audrey, his atypical friend, on a sports odyssey that takes them from Canada to Dubai to participate in the Special Olympics World Games.

SMALL TROPHIES

16 min, documentary, Canada, 2019

LE FRÈRE (THE BROTHER)

28 min, documentary/animation, Canada, 2019

Trapped in his body because of an illness, Kaïs dreams at night he’s the hero of his favorite manga, along with his brothers: Fehd, the bodybuilder and Zaïd, the ninja.

GUNS AND US

75 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2018

REGARDING GRAVITY – SPIRA

79 min., Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2017

Friends Christian, 63, and Bruce, 71, each have their burden to bear: Christian suffers from a genetic condition that severely impairs his vision and makes his skin hypersensitive to sunlight, while Bruce is hard of hearing and bipolar. But both men share a dream: to fly, defy gravity, rise up against the limitations of their bodies.

PINOCCHIO

75min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2015

Eric is working his way around the world crewing on ships. He seems to be living the life he’s always dreamed of until he gets arrested in Brazil, awaiting deportation to Canada. Éric’s sister, filmmaker André-Line Beauparlant, gradually pierces the mystery surrounding her brother, a man of prodigious imagination, who has mastered the art of deception as the ultimate way of life.

THE WORLDS OF VINCENT

80 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2015

The Worlds of Vincent is a personal and intimate journey at the heart of madness. An incursion in the world of schizophrenia, an encounter between a brother and his sister on the path of life, questioning mentale ilness, acceptance, family, love...

A SHORT HISTORY OF MADNESS

27 min, dance, Canada, Canada, 2014

Bringing together contemporary danse and architecture in a series of six pieces, A Short History Of Madness evokes the history of treatment of mental illness.

FROM PRISONS TO PRISONS

85 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2014

Every month in Quebec, hundreds of detainees gain their freedom after serving their sentences. What happens to these detainees once released? And what freedom do they find on the other side of the bars?

JOY AND ELATION

11 min, short film, Quebec, Canada, 2013

Jérémie is looking for happiness.

A WINTER SONG

36 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2011

A Winter Song looks into the achingly human story behind a typical Chinese-­‐run dépanneur in Montréal.

OVER MY DEAD BODY

80 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2011

Dancer and choreographer Dave St-Pierre is adored by critics and audiences alike. His subversive, innovative works are taking Europe by storm. But his own body is failing him. Dave is 34 and has cystic fibrosis.

THE HEART THAT BEATS

82 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2010

SPIRA COLLECTION

A collaboration between Spira and Les Films du 3 Mars. Five documentaries are now available on our digital platform, individually or as a bundle, as a rental or as a subscriber's feature!