Jacques Drouin Movies

Beginning with Noam Chomsky's response to a college student who role-plays "Jane U.S.A."--someone who naively believes she lives in a democratic...

An anthology of sequences from the best films that the National Film Board of Canada produced since its beginnings. Divided by themes and presented...

This feature-length documentary analyzes television newscasts and, as a result, takes a look at the news industry as a whole. By tackling five major...

An animated film created from pastel drawings by Clorinda Warny, Premiers Jours traces the complete cycle of life, from birth to adulthood, in four...

When a man becomes blind, his life is all turned around. He can only use his touch to get around in his house. The objects become enemies. But an...

A woman plays out her existence on the screen of her life. Alcohol is the essence of her being. She imbibes her youth and becomes completely absorbed...

This video focuses primarily on the implications of the structure and format of television, especially the consequences of concision, and how these...

Fictional character played by 24 different actresses, Françoise Durocher is altogether small time waitress, hostess and barmaid. Together,...

A portrait of the country of Mexico, as seen through the eyes of Mario Rojas Alba, a physician and former member of Congress, who fled to Montreal as...

The story of a young boy and his father, both of whom are enlisted to fight in the war. The boy's pride soon turns to fear as the bullets whistle...

When Canada was preparing to welcome the world to Expo 67 in Montreal, two artists who contributed their talents were Inuit stonecarvers Kumukluk...

In Penticton, BC, most students graduating from the only high school in town know that job opportunities and higher education lie elsewhere, most...

In this short, an artist creates a painting of the landscape he sees, then finds he can literally climb into the picture to see the fantastic world...

Some of life's most profound questions are tackled by ten children ranging in age from six to eleven. They give their spontaneous views on God, the...

The dramatic story of two youths--one French and one Indigenous--who share a pivotal time in Canada's history: the first contact between European and...

a portrait of the changing social and political context of the nuclear family in the 1970s, focusing on four families of varying circumstances: a...

Short film by Jacques Drouin and Nicole Morisset

In this animated short, a woman, taking on her lover's fantasies, adorns herself in her finest feathers and assumes a seductive but demeaning role....

Far from home and cut off from family and friends, Montreal’s Indigenous homeless population is the focus of No Address. Dreams of a better...

Experimental short piece by Jacques Drouin