Open Sky, Portrait of a Pavilion in Venice

Portrait intimiste du pavillon du Canada à la Biennale de Venise, bijou architectural conçu par le célèbre Studio BBPR de Milan et récemment restauré, tout comme ses jardins, par le Musée des beaux-arts du Canada.

In his 2003 NFB film Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documented the struggle of the Haisla people of British Columbia to recover a traditional mortuary totem pole. Despite great efforts, the Haisla were unable to repatriate the pole from the Swedish museum in Stockholm where it was housed. In 2007, however, the Swedish museum quickly decided to return the pole to its rightful owners. This half-hour documentary follows the events of the final journey of the G'psgolox Pole as it returns home to Kitamaat and the Haisla people.

A portrait of Venice that explores the rich legacy of art bequeathed to all. Two hundred years ago Canaletto caught its elusive beauty, and in this film details of his pictures rise before you--spired churches and turreted palaces soar into a blue Mediterranean sky.