Sabre and Foil

À côté de séquences qui donnent une juste idée de la finesse et de la rapidité d'un sport né sous le signe du combat, la caméra s'est livrée aux anges et aux démons de l'improvisation. Ses jeux d'ombre et de lumière, ses effets de ralenti ou ses pointes malicieuses révéleront la technique exceptionnelle des plus fines lames du monde qui se sont disputé à Montréal au championnat mondial d'escrime de 1967.

"I feel the spirit of the people and a connection with mother earth in my heart when I run." These are the thoughts of 16-year-old Veronica Charter, a gold medallist at the North American Indigenous Games. Award-winning filmmaker Annie Frazier Henry follows an elite handful of Aboriginal athletes from British Columbia for two years as they make their way to the 2002 North American Indigenous Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Here over 6,000 young Native sportsmen and women from across Canada and the United States come to compete. It is an exhilarating journey of achievement, dedication and hardship. Spirit of the Game is a tribute to the ones who are rekindling the fire and glory of sport, for whether they win or lose, they all come home heroes.

On the heels of the Toronto Raptors' historic NBA Championship and the record-setting number of Canadian draft picks, the Toronto hoop dream is more alive than ever. In this feature-length doc, director Ryan Sidhoo shines the spotlight on 12-year-old Elijah Fisher, 15-year-old Keone Davis and 18-year-old Cordell Veira as they navigate today's youth basketball machine in pursuit of their own NBA dreams.