Don Francks Movies

An animated version, starring the Care Bears, of the fairy tale that inspired the famous ballet.

A Canadian take on The Player.

This documentary has interviews with actors and the director as they arrive for the 1968 New York world premiere of "Finian's Rainbow."

Buck, stolen from his California home, is sold as a sled dog in the 1890's Klondike Gold Rush. Abused, he is rescued by John Thornton, who forms a...

A hardened and embittered man turns his life around with the help of a farm boy in this uplifting family tale. Down on his luck and dependent on...

A small town schoolteacher is hunted by a paroled con who holds the secret of her dark past.

Produced in 1967, this black and white film is an inmate's view of Daytop, a drug treatment centre on Staten Island, New York, where addicts learn to...

The year is 1862. The settings. The Canadian northwest. The lure is gold. Nine men, two women (one of them pregnant), and a young boy begin the...

SUMMER'S CHILDREN is the story of a young man who tries to escape his troubled home and sister to find a new life for himself. He takes on a new job...

A serendipitous encounter with a younger artist gives legendary Canadian art icon Michael Snow the opportunity to reflect on his life and career.

A little girl discovers a town that has never heard of Christmas before and decides to help them celebrate their very first christmas in this...

The Madballs are a zany animated rock band who rock and roll their way across the galaxy. Music is illegal on their home planet so they make a break...

This documentary explores and celebrates the all-too-short, heartbreaking but triumphant life and unworldly talent of Lenny Breau, considered by many...

Bunch of ruthless rich kids frame a gang of bikers for their crimes.

Two ex-Navy guys set out to put the brakes on a dope smuggling ring.

In this animated take on the timeless family adventure, the Robinsons wash ashore of a remote tropical island after their boat capsizes. Though they...

The epic story of the opening of the Canadian West and the drought that brought the Depression in the thirties. This is the saga of a family who left...

A dizzying view of Manhattan in the 1960s, the tallest town in the world, and the men who work cloud-high to keep it growing. They are the Mohawk...

A corporate executive is taken prisoner by an underground organization known as The Movement, and is turned over to a ruthless interrogator.

Filmed on the great Mackenzie River, this short fiction film recreates the amazing voyage of the man who gave his name to it. Following the path...