Featured videos

I’m Not Polish

Documentary, Burlington, 2010, 5 min 32 s

A young, Canadian-born girl struggles to hide her family heritage. After years of suppressing her roots, she must decide whether to be Polish or not.

Perry Walker

Roots, Beets and Russia

Documentary, Saint-Eustache, 2010, 7 min

After living in Canada for over 15 years, Ana realizes that “being Russian” narrowed down for her to “being able to have serious relationships only with Russians”. She decided explore what does “being Russian” mean for other Canadians of Russian origin.

Alexander Karpov

Some Pictures of My Friends

Portrait, Almonte, 2010, 2 min 39 s

I am what my friends are. My friends are my family, my mentors, my influence, my distraction, my passion, my strength, my guilty pleasure, my life.

Ian Carleton

Ikwé

Experimental, Winnipeg, 2009, 4 min 35 s

The re-imagination of the generational passage of traditional knowledge between a woman and her grandmother Moon

Caroline Monnet

Life Stories

Documentary, Winnipeg, 2010, 7 min 09 s

Life Stories is a short video/slideshow of images and footage of my life as I’m living it, interspersed with old photographs of my ancestry and relatives. The imagery weaves back and forth between my current life, the idea of growth and evolution, and the legacy left by my family as it expands and contracts. Playing alongside this is a narrative of my feelings surrounding family history and its unavoidable loss with the passing of time.

Caroline Barrientos

Hannah Pierre

Documentary, Laval, 2010, 3 min

This documentary takes us into the thoughts of a fourteen-year-old, mixed-race girl who feels that the country that she was born in, may not be the place where she finds her cultural background. Her nation of birth may not be what she considers her nationality.

Samuel Pierre

To Share The Snow

Documentary, Montréal, QC, 2010, 8 min

Robert only has a few weeks to live as he prepares to leave this world. Instinctively, he tries to find his son. But one day, Tristan receives an unexpected call provoking an unresolved anguish ; one of becoming a father. Two destinys meet ... but what do they have in common?

José Fuca and Juan Jose Cea Escobar

Roots Challenge 2010

To stimulate citizen participation, Radio Canada International’s Special Projects Team launched in 2010, The Roots Challenge, a national short films and multimedia competition inviting Canadian filmmakers to submit 3-8 minute films. This competition aimed to show the contribution of all cultures to the Canadian mosaic. ‘Roots’ is a reflection of what makes Canada what it is today. Over 150 films were submitted of which close to 60 were chosen for the competition and submitted to the jury and to the public via the on-line competition. More than 5,000 people from 25 countries voted for the three Popular Vote Choice prizes. The Roots Challenge was awarded the Salut aux Talents trophy in the Public Valour category given out by Radio-Canada.

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