Directing
Carl Bessai
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Carl Bessai (born 1966 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Bessai studied at OCAD University and at York University in Toronto graduating with a Master of Fine Arts Degree. He got his start directing documentary films before moving to Vancouver and directing his debut feature film Johnny in 1999. Bessai has made a career wo…
Known For
Normal · 2007Normal
★ 5.12007
MovieDrama
A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.
Severed · 2005Severed
★ 4.82005
MovieDramaHorror
A multi-national forestry company engages in genetic experimentation to increase logging yield in a remote section of forest...
Emile · 2003Emile
★ 6.22003
MovieDrama
In a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.
WAR TIMES · 2024WAR TIMES
2024
MovieRomanceScience Fiction
An exploration of two souls inhabiting bodies from 1940's Hungary, and the beginning of the digital age.
Fathers & Sons · 2010Fathers & Sons
★ 2.72010
MovieDramaComedy
Fathers & Sons is a comedic exploration of a group of men and their relationships with their fathers. A middle-aged Jewish man meets his father for the first time at the funeral of his mother. A south-Asian accountant introduces his white fiance to his father - a gay, Bollywood choreographer. A recently bankrupted Wall-Street broker has come home to borrow money from his music teacher father, and four brothers gather at the paternal home to pay their last respects and to collect their inheritance.
Mothers & Daughters · 2008Mothers & Daughters
★ 1.02008
MovieDramaComedy
Comedy about three very different women and the complex relationship they have with their mothers.
Floored by Love · 2005Floored by Love
★ 3.92005
MovieComedyDrama
A lesbian couple contemplating marriage and a family with a gay teen son taking in an unexpected visitor from the past find their lives not so far apart.
Evelyne · 2021Evelyne
★ 6.02021
MovieDrama
A Zimbabwean immigrant struggles to find a foothold until a gentle apartment caretaker named Gary reaches out to help her, in ways that exemplify the best of goodwill and empathy.
Movies
Normal · 2007Normal
★ 5.12007
MovieDrama
A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.
Severed · 2005Severed
★ 4.82005
MovieDramaHorror
A multi-national forestry company engages in genetic experimentation to increase logging yield in a remote section of forest...
Emile · 2003Emile
★ 6.22003
MovieDrama
In a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.
WAR TIMES · 2024WAR TIMES
2024
MovieRomanceScience Fiction
An exploration of two souls inhabiting bodies from 1940's Hungary, and the beginning of the digital age.
Fathers & Sons · 2010Fathers & Sons
★ 2.72010
MovieDramaComedy
Fathers & Sons is a comedic exploration of a group of men and their relationships with their fathers. A middle-aged Jewish man meets his father for the first time at the funeral of his mother. A south-Asian accountant introduces his white fiance to his father - a gay, Bollywood choreographer. A recently bankrupted Wall-Street broker has come home to borrow money from his music teacher father, and four brothers gather at the paternal home to pay their last respects and to collect their inheritance.
Mothers & Daughters · 2008Mothers & Daughters
★ 1.02008
MovieDramaComedy
Comedy about three very different women and the complex relationship they have with their mothers.
Floored by Love · 2005Floored by Love
★ 3.92005
MovieComedyDrama
A lesbian couple contemplating marriage and a family with a gay teen son taking in an unexpected visitor from the past find their lives not so far apart.
Evelyne · 2021Evelyne
★ 6.02021
MovieDrama
A Zimbabwean immigrant struggles to find a foothold until a gentle apartment caretaker named Gary reaches out to help her, in ways that exemplify the best of goodwill and empathy.
Lola · 2001Lola