Focusing on the sport of chuckwagon racing at the Calgary Stampede, captured through a mix of aerial, POV, and ringside footage, the film is ahead of its time in the way it captures adrenaline-pumping action. This short documentary offers a ringside view of the chuckwagon race, star attraction of the world-famous Calgary Stampede. Once ponderous Percheron and Clydesdale draught thundered around the course. Now they are racers, and it takes a firm hand to guide such horsepower.

Sergeant Ken Strange, of the Canadian Mounted Police, and his dog, King, are on the trial of the murderer.

A famous American filmmaker travels to the Yucatán to scout locations for his last movie. The Mayan Apocalypse intercedes.

A Prospector finally finds what he is looking for, everything is going his way! Until a dangerous outlaw approaches him…

Gunman Don Borisenko is hired by the townsfolk to mete out justice to a cruel land baron. Instead, Borisenko gets romantically involved with Tass Tory, the wife of a local farmer. When the smoke clears, the gunman has killed the rancher, and the farmer has killed the gunman.

Three stupid cowboys are lost in the woods without any food on the coldest night of the year. Will they succumb to the cold, cannibalism or the Christmas Spirit? Canada's infamous Astron-6 return to short form to challenge the very idea of storytelling. Grotesque. Absurd. Buñuel by way of the Zuckers and Abrahams.

Documentary on the Canadian career of train robber Billy Miner, who became a folk hero in British Columbia. Locations near Kamloops and Mission are explored in present day.

After her father is killed by an outlaw, Dolores marries Peter. While they're at sea in the Arctic, Dolores meets the ship's captain, who is the man who killed her father. The captain causes an 'accident' to happen to Peter, so Dolores is all alone and defenceless as they drop anchor in a remote harbour.

In an unforgiving battle for his soul, a grizzled middle aged man, plagued by a myriad of ailments, becomes the target of nightmarish creatures dispatched by the Ferryman of the River Styx. Refusing to settle his debt, he battles to outlast these henchmen of Death in a high stakes struggle for his very existence.

In 1930s Labrador, a war veteran lumberjack engages in an arm wrestle which lasts a ridiculously long amount of time.

After Daisy (Cierra Ramirez) gets kicked out of a cult for exposing the leader's corruption, she teams up with a vagabond named Ace (Jeff Wittek) to seek revenge.

Two men are chained together and left to die in the unforgiving, scorching desert sun. With revenge on their minds, they are forced to overcome the elements so that they can kill the sadistic scoundrel that left them to die.

THE BALLAD OF IMMORTAL JOE is the third "chapter" of Beastly Bards, written with a nod to traditional cowboy songs and to the northern ballads of Robert W. Service. "Immortal Joe" puts a haunted twist on a tragically romantic Western. Voiced by the wonderful Canadian actor Kenneth Welsh (Twin Peaks, The Aviator, The Day After Tomorrow). Produced in partnership with our awesome friends at Varipix, The Ballad Of Immortal Joe is the third "chapter" in the silly rhyme collection "Beastly Bards".

In rural Texas, an incompetent cowboy has just killed a man. Bound to a code of honor, he goes to apologize to the man’s mother, but things don’t go the way he expects when she shows no grief over her son’s death.

Invited to participate in a western festival, a singer tries to unravel the mysterious death of a friend.

BIG MUDDY follows Andy, a teenage outlaw, forced into a life of crime by his nefarious mother Martha and her ne'er do well boyfriend Tommy. When a mysterious drifter, Donovan, shows up at the gang's hideaway to settle a score, Andy comes face to face with his long forgotten past.

In Beauce, 1952. As a strike continues at the McDowell factory, two local workers who are also country singers, Ghislain Vachon and Jim Larochelle, compete for workplace recognition and the affections of Suzanne, whose heart is divided.

It's 1885. Wild bison are scarce in the North West Territories. Luther Giddings (Paul Spence), a scout of mixed blood returns to the buffalo ranch where he was born to reunite with his half brother, William Turner (Dave Lawrence). Greeted by a rag tag posse of racists, homophobes and gossips, the only kindness Luther receives is from the rancher's effeminate son. Whiskey floats more trouble than it drowns and before long, he is on the run, the bison rancher's inept outfit on his tail. When Luther discovers that the captive white buffalo has followed him, he vows to return the animal to her people to trigger the return of the Great Herds. With an two thousand pound buffalo and a reluctant brother from another father in tow.

In an old warehouse, a celebration among a gang of oddball criminals turns into a deadly standoff.

The tale of the snake retold.

James Miller Williams, Ira Jackson, Hugh Nixon Shaw, Bootjack Mary and Fairbank all have one thing in common: they smell opportunity when oil is discovered in the fields on 1850s Black Creek.

A lone hunter travels through a harsh winter landscape, discovering a dark secret in the process. Award Winning Short Film

A new bartender named Dan Jackson starts his new job at an establishment called Sandglass Saloon. He's expecting a normal shift at the bar, until his first day turns into a disaster, when he finds out the bar runs on time travel

A sharp-shooting cowgirl must stop a time-travelling supervillain from destroying her town.

Two men lock into a bizarre power play to reassert the hierarchy of appearances.

Wrongfully convicted rancher Jack Bowen (Neal Hart), imprisoned through the machinations of Dick Thompson (William Quinn), escapes from prison just as the warden (Charles Wellesley) is about to pardon him. Caught after rescuing the warden’s daughter, Betty (Barbara Kent) from her runaway carriage, Bowen is released despite the escape attempt and moves to Calgary to compete in the Stampede. Thompson tries to have Bowen killed during the competition but failing that takes Betty as a hostage and flees. Bowen, Betty’s father and others give chase.

When a young girl goes missing, her family wrestles with grief. Fearing for the worst, her sister takes the law and justice into her own hands.

A cowboy walks alone in the city. As he wanders in the night, he wonders about the past. He’s got those lonesome blues.

Kipling is touring North America, hoping to recruit boy scouts, and he is trailed undercover by a CIA-TV reporter. Meanwhile, a travel agent, watching a film during his lunchbreak, meets Kipling - all three are arrested and the journalist is fired.

A Canadian prairie farm family has a tough beginning on their new farm.

In the 1800s, two cowboys meet in a bar to trade a female criminal mastermind for a significant price, but they soon discover they are not as in control of the situation as they think.

Trevor tries to have his photo taken with his father.

Hot-shot gunslinger Henry confronts gang leader Randy in order to avenge his deceased father.

Following the brutal murder of a young girl, townsfolk attempt to rid themselves of a ruthless gang of traffickers with the help of a washed up fighter.

An old 8mm reel of a Hollywood western flickers to life once more. As the first call of the bugle rings out, the cavalry charges—swift and chaotic—while the film strains to keep pace. It ripples, trembles and tangles, caught in the chaos of gunfire and the thunder of galloping hooves.

Death is a stalker– a man who idles in a sinister black car across the street, forever. A psychological car chase, a moment of near violence, and finally, a face.

Ezekiel gets a letter from his true love Sally stating she is being forced into marriage in a faraway town. On Horseback, he goes on a long journey to rescue her in the freezing winter.

Famed romantic filmmaker Frederick Curtis is shooting a film about Geronimo just outside the Long Horn Saloon. Frustrated with the unconvincing performances of his lead actor, he pulls another young sexy Cree man into the role. Jealousy ensues as Curtis alternately gushes over the two Cree boys as he manipulates them into broad Hollywood caricatures. A “Lonesome Rider” intercedes, teasing the action to a tragic twist, which forces the boys to take control of Curtis’ film.

When Filipe Leite leaves his adoptive home of Canada, the aspiring journalist sets out on an epic quest to ride from Calgary to his family's home in Brazil - and later beyond - entirely on horseback.

This short animation stars the world's most-wanted good guy: Santa Claus. In this spoof of the Wild West, good triumphs over evil, but not before the evil robbers and their innocent victims have romped through some odd situations.

A bounty hunter chases after their target somewhere in the West.

When three students find the answers to the final exam they struggle to study for they enter a Mexican standoff to hopefully pass the test

Blinded by hate, Ellis finds himself on a quest to rediscover clarity, as he stares down his past once and for all.

In Post-Civil War America, two Confederate officers turned wanted bandits seek help from a Union soldier to dig up a coffin full of gold in hopes of changing their collective fates.

Thinking he has found love, a young teenager sets out to murder his rival with a baseball bat.

The Wild West heroine Calamity Jane roams through time. Excluded from history, she revels in lore. “I dreamed it better. I dreamed it big.” North American Western mythology is subverted, celebrating an alternative outsider position. Featuring a scratched and mixed score by contemporary audio artist Michelle Irving.

Midnight cowpoke scrounges the streets of Mike Harris' mean megatropolis, looking for a good time or just a bite to eat. "Hard time living, too young to die. Lord, lord, lord: hard times town."

Alone in the grasslands of 19th century Saskatchewan, a devout Christian family man's stout faith is rewarded by a God who may not be what they seem.

Narrated by a prudent child, Marv challenges the land-shrieking Rocky Racoon to a high-noon cowboy showdown to reclaim his stolen love; and all that is left of his dignity.

On the run and wounded, a young man pushes forward, burdened by pain and two heavy leather bags. As he navagates the unforgiving landscape, each step becomes a test of endurance, secrecy, and survival. Official selection of the 2025 Wild Bunch Film Festival and the 2026 Wild Gorge Film Festival

A classic Spaghetti Western-style cutout animation with a not-so-classic twist.

In the wild Sonoran desert, the greatest criminal of the Far-West suffers the wrath of a four years old child after stealing her ice cream cone.