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- For three weeks each December, Manhattan fills with Québécois tree vendors lured by adventure and quick American cash. Throughout the island's hectic streets, one can spot dozens of makeshift tree stands manned by these rugged, youthful French-Canadian souls living out of their dilapidated vans selling thousands of trees to eager New Yorkers.
- At the heart of Montreal's St. Laurent Blvd., one of Canada's most renowned and culturally rich urban thoroughfares, lies Simcha's Grocery. A month after the death of owner Simcha Leibovich, a motley group of his customers return to the legendary institution to reminisce about the enigmatic entrepreneur and eat his last batch of famous homemade pickles. A tasty and irreverent documentary romp through one of the last old-style businesses on "The Main". Featuring klezmer/hip-hop wunderkind Josh "Socalled" Dolgin, the legendary, recently deceased Montreal sculptor Stanley Lewis, food critic Barry Lazar and many more devoted customers of Simcha's. Featured as one of the best documentaries of the 2007 Rendez vous du cinema québecois by 24 Images Magazine. Featuring Simcha and his late wife Fanny Leibovich, Anne Avram (Simcha's niece), Josh "Socalled" Dolgin, Stanley Lewis, Barry Lazar, Sofya Raginsky, Dan Seligman, Miro Corrcea, Joao Marques and more.
- Faced with what seems like an insurmountable fisheries collapse, the 450 residents of Quebec's tiny and isolated St-Paul's River must quickly decide what their future holds. Often overlooked, the little known Lower North Shore region of Quebec, where St-Paul's River lies, is known as the birthplace of North America's traditional cod fishery. It is now also known as "the forgotten shore". This far-flung area on the easternmost tip of Quebec and the northern end of the Gulf of St-Lawrence is up against the same dwindling fishing industry as Canada's Maritime provinces, but with far less media attention or government representation. The film paints a portrait of the residents of St-Paul's River and examines their plans for survival. Can they stick it out through these hard times or must they leave their beloved village for good? Through interviews, panoramas and fishing expeditions, the film paints a stark portrait of what it's like to be a villager in this community. Now that plans to build a tourism industry are underway, the residents have banded together to kick-start what they hope will be a bright future. But can they make it happen? Only time will tell.
- The controversial comedy features Morris Potashner, the little old Jewish grandpa who refuses to have the operation for his glaucoma-induced eye pressure and opts for a rather lesser known treatment: marijuana. Much to the chagrin of Ida, his wife of fifty years, Morris attends an established New York City "outpatient self-help clinic" which turns out to be a multicultural senior citizens' pot den. Within the den's lush jungle of lava lamps, power-bongs, hippie tapestries and four insanely stoned-out seniors, Morris discovers that getting old isn't quite as easy as getting high. Eighteen film festivals and a Warner Bros. Pictures Film Production Award later, the eighteen minute movie has emerged a cult favorite at college dorms, office parties and senior citizen centers across the US and Canada. Young and old alike can't help but take note of the lovable Morris Potashner and his medical-marijuana-puffing entourage at the Pressure Drop Club.