CLiFF 2025

Best Canadian Film Award Screening

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Available November 13, 2025 10:00 PM UTC
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5 films in package
Shadow Work
This short documentary looks at “shadow work”: tasks that are not part of an employee’s official job description, but are necessary for the organization to function, and may be paid and unseen. Unpaid labour, shadow work, glue work, organizational citizenship. Whatever you name it, organizations benefit from it.
They Called It The Butcher Shop: The Fleck Strike In Images
“They Called It The Butcher Shop: The Fleck Strike In Images” amplifies the voices of the women of Fleck Manufacturing in 1978 as they tell their story of struggle, solidarity, and sisterhood.
Union and University
Disgruntled graduate students disrupt two hundred years of peaceful exploitation by going on strike. The university administration hires private investigators, security, and a full surveillance package to keep the campus safe. Is this 2025 or 1925?
Working for Freedom
A short documentary that follows an Ottawa-based woman through her experiences of prison labour at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.
NOLA
A Black woman working as a sous-chef navigates toxic restaurant culture and her wavering mental health, until a chance encounter changes her.
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Attendees of this screening will be able to vote for the Best Canadian Film Festival Award! You will receive an email to vote following the screening, and the winner will be announced at our Toronto CLIFF event on November 15th.

This short documentary looks at “shadow work”: tasks that are not part of an employee’s official job description, but are necessary for the organization to function, and may be paid and unseen.


Unpaid labour, shadow work, glue work, organizational citizenship. Whatever you name it, organizations benefit from it.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    0:02:53
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Genre
    Documentary, Short
  • Subtitle Language
    English
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  • Director
    Gillian McKercher
  • Screenwriter
    Gillian McKercher
  • Producer
    Gillian McKercher, Guillaume Carlier
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