Gordon Pinsent Movies

A Christmas special about an elderly man looking back at life during the turn of the century in Ontario. His family help him to overcome his need for...

Video lottery addiction is a serious problem in Canada, but does the government's need for revenue mean the enormous social costs are being ignored?...

Two small time hoods pretend to be serious henchmen in order to get to do a job in Toronto that they think will get them serious recognition in the...

The film is an adaptation of a play written by the celebrated Canadian author and playwright W.O. Mitchell. It follows the lives of three very...

A young woman tracks down an elderly man in order to make amends for the tragedy that devastated his life.

This short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers - Newfoundland-born David Blackwood. The artist himself guides...

Nuts, Nothing and Nobody walk quietly through the forest, until Nothing falls in a hole.

Will Cole is a charismatic 35 year old paper mill laborer who seems to celebrate a life of bad choices. He lives and behaves as if he was still 18,...

When American citizens were stranded in Canada on 9/11, their northern neighbors opened their doors.

A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent. credit: Archives of Alberta.

In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland...

In a twist on the typical May-October romance, a widow somewhere in her 60s meets a naive country boy who has found his way to the city. He moves...

Based on fact, this is the story of a notorious Canadian bank-robbery gang.