CBC Short Docs

An intimate portrait of an idiosyncratic artist determined to create even as he grapples with his own mortality. Along the way the film explores broader questions.

With economic challenges in the way, a Japanese expat prepares for a 1000 mile dogsled race to fulfill her mother's dying wish.

Fresh off the success of directing her first film, Roxann confronts the initial shock and challenges of being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Roxann braces herself for the daunting first rounds of chemotherapy and learns to cope with its debilitating side effects, including the loss of her hair and her independence.

Roxann and her family are overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from the community of Kahnawake as the long, frustrating journey to recovery wears on.

Walter takes us back to the days of his childhood, growing up in Paris, Ontario, where a complete stranger comes to the rescue and saves his life.

Every Wednesday for the last 10 years, Walter has taken part in a program at his church run by Daily Bread Dinners. Walter helps to serve food, clean tables, and naturally, make people laugh.

For years, Walter supplied broken hockey sticks to a school for the blind for students to make benches from them. The program stopped, but Walter's been saving to create one more bench with the kids.

What does your wireless network say about you? WhyFi? is a short documentary about the unique names people give to their wireless networks.

Frame 394 follows a young man from Toronto who entangles himself in one of America's most high-profile police-involved shootings.