The Spymaster (2013)

Actors: Craig Robert Young (actor), Luis Fernandez-Gil (actor), Henry Alberto (actor), Judd Laurance (actor), Kendra Munger (actress), Rob McGillivray (actor), Rob McGillivray (producer), Ken Lyle (actor), John Ross Clark (actor), Nick Kenworthy-Browne (composer), Nick Kenworthy-Browne (producer), Solomon Shiv (actor), Max Bird-Ridnell (actor), Frank Thurmond (writer), Frank Thurmond (producer),

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict (2013)

Actors: John Hurt (actor), Tony Britten (director), Tony Britten (writer), Tony Britten (producer), Andrew Joslin (costume designer), Anwen Rees-Myers (producer), Jake Mann (actor), Katja Mordaunt (producer), Bradley Hall (actor), Alex Lawther (actor), Mykola Allen (actor), Ray Gotts (editor), Christopher Theobald (actor), Helen Cogman (miscellaneous crew), George Anderson (actor),

Plot: This drama documentary for cinema explores the pacifism that was such a powerful influence on composer Benjamin Britten's life and work. The story begins in 1929 at Gresham's School in Norfolk, England. Our young actors take us into a world where social and political issues are actively addressed and young Ben Britten's hatred of all things militaristic is formed. As we explore the music that illustrated that hatred throughout his life, illustrated by new performances and unique observations from experts and friends, we frequently return to dramatic interludes at Gresham's, which cement the narrative - spoken by legendary actor John Hurt. The transcendent music of the War Requiem accompanies the climax of the film, before we return to Gresham's School 2012.

Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (2002)

Actors: Christina Jennings (producer), Christopher Dedrick (composer), Callum Keith Rennie (actor), Christina Jennings (producer), Brenda Fricker (actress), Gerry Quigley (actor), Victor Garber (actor), Bruce Gray (actor), Ken James (actor), Jack Jessop (actor), David Gardner (actor), Tom McCamus (actor), Bill Lake (actor), Ralph Brunjes (editor), Scott Garvie (producer),

Plot: The 1946/1947 murder trial of young and beautiful Evelyn Dick remains the most lurid murder case in Canadian history. After children find only the torso of her missing husband, John, Evelyn is arrested for his murder. The head and limbs had been sawed from his body and evidence that they had been burned in the furnace of her home (she and her adolescent daughter shared with her parents) later surfaced. (There is some weird twist involving her parents and a supposed baby boy that she gave up for adoption some 3 years prior to the murder.) After she was sentenced to hang, lawyer J.J. Robinette appealed her case, and won an eventual acquittal. But, when police are tipped-off by her father, the decayed remains of Evelyn's baby boy encased in cement under the floor boards of her home are found. Although she is acquitted of the murder of her husband, she is sentenced to 11 years in prison for the murder of her infant son. No one was ever convicted of the murder of John Dick. Evelyn was released from prison in 1958. After her release, her whereabouts were never known or at least never reported or published.

Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977)

Actors: Bernard Archard (actor), Oliver Ford Davies (actor), Patrick Holt (actor), Derek Jacobi (actor), Arthur Lowe (actor), Peter Vaughan (actor), Philip Stone (actor), Hugh Morton (actor), Michael Culver (actor), Alan Parker (composer), David Markham (actor), Tony Sibbald (actor), Anthony Bate (actor), Richard Hurndall (actor), Gordon Flemyng (director),

Plot: In the late 1940s, British intelligence believes they have a Russian spy in their midst. They narrow the list to 5 or so individuals one of whom is Donald Maclean, who was assigned to the British Embassy in Washington and had full access to US atomic secrets. As they slowly build their case against Maclean, they assign Kim Philby to Washington as the senior liaison officer to the CIA. He is soon joined there by an old friend, Guy Burgess. When Philby gets wind that Maclean is about to be arrested, he dispatches Burgess to warn him and both defect to the Soviet Union. Philby is thoroughly investigated and while there is a general consensus that he too is a Russian spy, there is no concrete proof and, publicly at least, is cleared. Eight years later, in 1963, Philby also defects to the Soviet Union and it is revealed that he has been a KGB Colonel for over twenty years. Based on actual events.

A Romany Lass (1918)

Actors: F. Martin Thornton (director), James Knight (actor), Charles Rock (actor), Reuben Gillmer (writer), Adeline Hayden Coffin (actress), James Reardon (actor), Arthur M. Cullin (actor), Marjorie Villis (actress), Bernard Dudley (actor), F.G. Thurstans (actor),