Crafting great stories while educating and inspiring social change are our documentaries' strengths. Our provocative documentary feature, When Two Won't Do, looks at the intricacies of non-monogamous relationships. We've also created an innovative trilogy of films by and about youth: Longshots, Backroads, and Still Longshots.
Still Longshots
Troubled youth enrol in a video workshop, learning important lessons from former street kids who went through a similar experience a decade earlier
Runtime: 52:00
Available for purchase from the National Film Board of Canada
Longshots
A rocky summer in the lives of six street youths as they take part in an innovative video workshop.
- Chris Award, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 1995
- Best Picture Editing, Hot Docs!, 1995
- Best Social Issues Documentary (nomination), Hot Docs!, 1995
- Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton, 1994
Runtime: 45:00
When Two Won't Do
A wry personal perspective on polyamory and other relationships outside of mainstream monogamy.
- Featured screening, Vancouver International Film Festival (voted among top 10 Canadian films)
Runtime: 90:00
Watch excerpts from When Two Won't Do at YouTube: Clip 1 • Clip 2 • Clip 3
Once Upon a Journey
Italian-Canadian high school students learn about their roots through a unique media education project.
Runtime: 45:00
Backroads
The intimate quest of a brother and sister to find the mother who disappeared from their lives 16 years earlier.
- Bronze Medal, News & Documentary Directing, Worldfest-Houston, 1997
- Honourable Mention, Columbus Film & Video Festival, 1997
- Nominated for Best Social Documentary, Hot Docs! 1997
Runtime: 45:00
Jay Silverheels: The Man Behind the Mask
This First Nations actor had a lot more to him than just being the Lone Ranger's taciturn sidekick, Tonto.
- Finalist, Native Visions Native Voices Film Festival, Tampa, 1999
Runtime: 45:00
Judith Jasmin: Televising the Revolution
She was the sophisticated, globetrotting French Canadian reporter of the 1940s and 50s, doing and seeing things most women didn't even dare imagine...
Runtime: 45:00 French version also available.
Louis Cyr: The Father of Strength
The incredible life story of the strongest man of all time.
- Gold Medal, Sports Documentary, Flagstaff Festival, Arizona, 1999
- Silver Medal, Sports Documentary Directing, Worldfest-Houston, 1999
Runtime: 45:00
La Bolduc
The poignant biography of Mary Travers-Bolduc, Quebec's risqué singing/songwriting star of the 1930s.
- Bronze Medal, Arts Documentary, Worldfest-Houston, 1998
Runtime: 45:00
Interested in our documentary filmmaking? Learn more about the filmmakers at Picture This Productions, a Montreal-based film and video communications company specializing in documentary films, fiction films, corporate videos, and film production and crew services in Montreal.
