Jacques Drouin Movies

An early-autumn sequence documenting domestic life and a coordinated communal caribou hunt at a river crossing camp.

A late-autumn seasonal sequence documenting camp building, fishing, tool-making, and preparation for winter as a Netsilingmiut family travels...

Go head-to-head with an icebreaker. Plunge down a twisting mountain gorge. Soar through the clouds in the nosecone of a jet, then speed along with a...

This feature documentary retraces the century of haggling by successive federal and provincial governments to agree on a formula to bring home the...

A late-winter sea-ice sequence documenting camp building and seal hunting under extreme Arctic conditions.

A late-spring sequence documenting domestic life, craft production, and a coordinated seal hunt on the sea ice.

A spring sea-ice sequence documenting travel, camp construction, domestic labor, and seal hunting among Netsilingmiut families.

A summer river sequence documenting stone-weir fishing, communal labor, and domestic life.

A lonely woman spends the winter isolated and reminiscing about the past as she waits for her husband to return from a prolonged absence.

A late-spring coastal sequence documenting seal hunting and processing on the sea ice.

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet...

The Pinscreen is a tool that was created in the 1930s to make animation films. Although it no longer provides any technical advantages, a handful of...

A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives through a...

In this non-narrative animated film inspired by composer François Couperin's harpsichord composition "Barricades mystérieuses," Jacques...

This documentary is a portrait of the animator of Le Paysagiste, from his childhood in Eastern Quebec to his career at the NFB. Trained at the...

A summer sequence documenting the communal construction of a kayak and associated domestic and subsistence practices.

This documentary tells the story of Max Ward, a former bush pilot whose company grew to become one of the major airlines in Canada. A study of...

A short documentary about singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle made by animator Caroline Leaf.

This feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process. As claims are assessed...

This short animated film presents an allegorical portrait of a society where men have lost their autonomy in the struggle to be recognized by the...