The documentary follows Sheri, a recent graduate, and her experiences during her high school career. The story examines the importance of diversity in private schools and the challenges that come with being a minority in these institutions.

Join the students of Breaker High, a high school on a cruise ship! They experience fun, adventure, love, and heartache, through good times and bad, as they explore the high seas while getting an education.

This animated short about literacy introduces us to Meena, a young girl who hates books even though her parents love to read. Books are everywhere in Meena’s house: in cupboards, drawers, and even piled up on the stairs. Still, she refuses to open even one. But when her cat Max accidentally knocks down a huge stack, pandemonium ensues and nothing is ever the same again.

Two homeschooled 16-year-old intellectuals make a documentary showcasing what home education is really like. The documentary and their friendship take a turn when one enrolls in “real” high school.

A variety show with a mission: to help people cope with life in a world that sometimes feels like it’s falling apart, filled with hilarious sketches, inspiring interviews, immersive documentaries, surreal animations, and… puppets! At the centre of it all is our host Lido Pimienta, the award-winning Colombian-Canadian musician, artist, and mother whose hilarious, curious, and tender personality drives the action.

The odyssey of a young Cape Breton woman as she moves to the big city (Halifax) and supports herself after the birth of her illegitimate child by posing for college art classes, on her way to becoming an artist in her own right.

The film will be screened at the Atlantic International Film Festival as a special edition of Academy Talks: Close-Up, presented by Telefilm Canada.

At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who has died unexpectedly and tragically. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.

Our People Will Be Healed, Alanis Obomsawin’s 50th film, reveals how a Cree community in Manitoba has been enriched through the power of education. The Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre in Norway House, north of Winnipeg, receives a level of funding that few other Indigenous institutions enjoy. Its teachers help their students develop their abilities and their sense of pride.

Four hip teens launch their own underground radio station where they can anonymously sound off on important issues without fear of ridicule from their classmates. Each episode gives viewers the chance to sample an eclectic mix of tunes being spun by the young DJs.

Created and executive produced by Anthony Q. Farrell (who also worked on The Office), Shelved is a single-camera comedy that follows the employees and patrons of the underfunded Jameson branch of the Metropolitan Public Library as they go about their lives in their unassuming and extraordinary workplace.

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