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The Beachcombers centers on Nick Adonidas (Bruno Gerussi), a middle-aged beachcomber on BC's Sunshine Coast, who teams up with a young Indigenous man, Jesse Jim (Pat John), to salvage logs. Enjoy a selection of episodes from the iconic seaside comedy-adventure series, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its launch on CBC.

Drama | 4 episodes

The Beachcombers

In an alternate 1995, a mysterious disease has wiped out all of the adults. In this new age, two gangs are pitted against each other in a brutal war for territory, resources and survival.

Drama | 82 min

Riot Girls

In the spirit of Stranger Things, this supernatural thriller follows the disappearance of three 15-year-old girls. Their friends Javi, Quino, Álvaro, and Zeta discover forces at work from another world.

Drama | 2 seasons

Paraiso

Convinced that his father who disappeared at sea is alive, 12-year-old Felix embarks on a search that leads to a secret underground city ruled by the megalomaniac Morgäa, owner of a priceless treasure.

Sci-fi and Fantasy | 85 min

Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa

In this multifaceted reimagining of the timeless classic by H.G. Wells, a catastrophic attack on Earth by intelligent extraterrestrial life forces the remainder of humanity to struggle for survival.

Drama | 3 seasons

War of the Worlds

A woman’s curse of immortality and social isolation causes her to seek the darkest human souls she can find, all while searching for her next meal.

Horror | 90 min

She Never Died

An emotionally intense drama which follows Anne in a difficult time in her life. After skydiving at a bachelorette party, she begins to push limits of relationships, and suffers the consequences.

Action and Adventure | 75 min

Anne at 13,000 Ft

A former queen must travel across the galaxy to rescue her mother before a dangerous foe finds her.

Action and Adventure | 1 season

Vagrant Queen

A writer struggles with her daughter's decision to drop out of college and live on the streets. Based on the novel "Unless" by Carol Shields.

Action and Adventure | 1 episode

Unless

A musical, stop-motion adaptation of the well-known movie, Buddy, a human raised in the north pole, goes to New York to find his family.

Action and Adventure | 44 min

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

After finishing a mission, aid worker Annie Blake is going home to Vermont to spend the holidays with her family. When the local animal shelter closes, Annie steps in to save it with the help of the local vet and old school nemesis, Dylan.

Action and Adventure | 87 min

The Dog Days of Christmas

Britannia begins in 43AD as the Roman Army, determined and terrified in equal measure, returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia - a mysterious land ruled by wild warrior women and powerful druids who can channel the mysterious forces of the Underworld. Arch Celtic rivals Kerra (Kelly Reilly) and Antedia (Zoë Wanamaker) must face the Roman invasion led by the towering figure of Aulus Plautius (David Morrissey) as it cuts a swathe through the Celtic Resistance.

Action and Adventure | 3 seasons

Britannia

While spending the summer trying to deal with her parent’s divorce, Juliana uncovers an ancient secret that helps her reconcile with her father and acquire a new appreciation for Canada's north country.

Action and Adventure | 89 min

Juliana & the Medicine Fish

A bank robbery in a small town gets out of hand. Police and hostage-takers start a nail-biting cat-and-mouse game that holds the town in its grip for an entire day.

The Day

Fortitude is a place like nowhere else - a small mining town in the wild and savage landscape of the Arctic Circle. Fortitude's warmth of community contrasts with the remote, cold, but beautifully harsh surroundings providing a unique setting for a gripping, emotional and shocking story. Occasional Polar Bear attacks aside, Fortitude is a quiet town. But what has been one of the safest places on Earth is rocked by a violent crime, and what seems initially to be a straightforward, if disturbing murder investigation soon turns out to be something altogether more horrific.

Fortitude

Wendy Ohata has just made three startling realizations: One, she has a twin brother named Vincent. Two, she’s a kami-jin - a descendant of an ancient Japanese people who can turn paper into deadly weapons. And three, there’s a kami-jin warrior named Sadako hunting her down for reasons she doesn’t understand.

Warigami

In 1913 in the Canadian Arctic, Kuanana returns from hunting to find his wife and daughter kidnapped and sets of to find the men who did it.

Suspense | 94 min

Maliglutit (Searchers)

When a man accidentally causes the death of the son of his best friend, the man is wracked by grief and runs off into the woods.

Action and Adventure | 101 min

SGaawaay K'uuna (Edge of The Knife)

Shaun lives in a barnyard with his group of sheep-friends, who look up to him as their leader. Shaun is always the one to rescue them from trouble.

Action and Adventure | 85 min

Shaun the Sheep Movie

A woman tasked with finding homes for 12 abandoned puppies before Christmas finds love with her co-worker just in time for the holidays.

12 Pups of Christmas

Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.

Animation | 82 min

The Legend of Sarila

Clara tells the story of Isaac Bruno, an astronomer obsessed with searching the cosmos for signs of life beyond Earth, despite the collapse of his own personal life around him. Isaac takes on an unqualified but spirited young research assistant named Clara (Bellisario) who restores balance and perspective in the midst of his downward spiral. Working together as a team, their research ultimately leads Isaac to a shocking and profound scientific discovery.

Action and Adventure | 91 min

Clara

Angelique Mott, a young Anishinaabe woman, embarks on a journey with her new husband Charlie, a Metis voyageur who has just been hired by the corrupt copper hunter Cyrus Mendenhall to search the shores of Lake Superior in 1845. Despite the warnings from her grandmother, Green Thunderbird, Angelique agrees to accompany Charlie. They soon find themselves abandoned on Isle Royale after agreeing to guard a large copper boulder until Cyrus returns with reinforcements. As the months pass, and winter comes, they endure the increasing cold and a dwindling food source. After Charlie succumbs to the treacherous wilderness, Angelique is left alone to face her inner demons and reconcile her true identity as she struggles to survive. In light of the messages sent by her grandmother, Angelique realizes that perhaps it is her rich indigenous roots that will be the source of her salvation.

Angelique's Isle

Shane, a gay Anishnaabe teenager in Northern Ontario, is struggling to support his family in the aftermath of his sister's suicide. If he fails, he will be forced to choose between his family's home and his own future.

Action and Adventure | 86 min

Fire Song

14-year-old Ella is determined to travel the length of the Inside Passage by kayak in order to protect her home. She plans to protest a proposed pipeline that would have oil tanker traffic spoil her beloved homeland’s waters. Ella is prepared to handle all of the challenges put in front of by her this adventure, but most of all the challenge of her whacky family. Her neurotic aunt, her cranky uncle, her wayward cousin, and the memory of her late uncle all tag along for the ride, throwing Ella for a loop. From Tla'Amin to Klemtu, British Colombia, this family navigates their blend of cultures and ideals, while their spirits honour the coast as a place for not just Ella, but everyone, to call home.

Action and Adventure | 92 min

Kayak to Klemtu

With a new principal in town and the Spring Fling in jeopardy, Rhyme and the Chicken Girls must band together to save the dance.

Action and Adventure | 70 min

Chicken Girls: The Movie

A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness.

Action and Adventure | 114 min

Hector and The Search for Happiness

Starring Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp & Jude Law - a fantastical morality tale, set in the present-day. It tells the story of Dr. Parnassus and his 'Imaginarium', a traveling show where members of the audience get opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom.

Drama | 122 min

Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus

With the discovery of an ancient puzzle box that promises fortune if solved, RICKY and his friends begin an adventure to find their fortune and save the Music Learning Centre from being handed over a land developer.

Action and Adventure | 88 min

The Adventure Club

A young boy attempts to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother in northern Canada.

Drama | 91 min

The Journey Home (Midnight Sun)

Crunch Calhoun, a semi-reformed art thief, agrees to get his old gang back together to pull off one last heist.

The Art of the Steal

When Canadian diplomat Maya (Lisa Ray) and her stay-at-home husband, Michael (Don McKellar), are relocated to exotic New Dehli, they inherit a household of Indian servants ruled by the sweet and charming Stella (Seema Biswas). An out-of-work chef back home, Michael implores Stella to impart her culinary wisdom and help him spice up his own repertoire. After some initial resistance, she agrees to mentor the wide-eyed westerner. As the two prepare a mouthwatering array of colourful and sumptuous cuisines, an unlikely bond begins to form. But Stella isn't who she appears to be. In fact, she's secretly cooking up a few schemes of her own...

Action and Adventure | 94 min

Cooking With Stella

While spending the summer in cottage country on the shores of Lake Superior, three teens cope with boredom by testing the limits of their experience.

Sleeping Giant

A young Canadian poet with Chinese and Persian parents travels to Iran to perform at a poetry festival.

Animation | 88 min

Window Horses

Period drama | Season 2

Disaster | Season 3

Period drama | Season 3

Sci-fi and Fantasy | 91 min

Drama | 94 min

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The Beachcombers

Riot Girls

Paraiso

Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa

War of the Worlds

She Never Died

Anne at 13,000 Ft

Vagrant Queen

Unless

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

The Dog Days of Christmas

Britannia

Juliana & the Medicine Fish

The Day

Fortitude

Warigami

Maliglutit (Searchers)

SGaawaay K'uuna (Edge of The Knife)

Shaun the Sheep Movie

12 Pups of Christmas

The Legend of Sarila

Clara

Angelique's Isle

Fire Song

Kayak to Klemtu

Chicken Girls: The Movie

Hector and The Search for Happiness

Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus

The Adventure Club

The Journey Home (Midnight Sun)

The Art of the Steal

Cooking With Stella

Sleeping Giant

Window Horses