Campaign: The Making of a Candidate / 2004

This feature documentary follows Toronto mayoral candidate David Miller as he runs in the 2003 municipal election.

The Rift - Candidate 23 /

In the distant future, our race has broken away from the holds of religious belief, and with the advancement of technology harnesses a concept known as retro-causality, changing events before they occur.

The Youngest Candidate / 2008

THE YOUNGEST CANDIDATE follows the story of 4 teens that ran for public office in America. Funny, inspiring, poignant, and ultimately uplifting, "The Youngest Candidate" is not just a film about running for office.

Sua Excelência, o Candidato / 1991

Los celos de Cándida / 1940

Cándida and Jesús decide to purchase a Bed and Breakfast in Buenos Aires. But in the hostel already lived an Italian opera singer that provokes the jealousy of Cándida.

The Candidate / 2022

Two ambitious university students attempt to win the New College presidential elections.

Cándida Vida /

Two brothers reflect about life and death.

The Reform Candidate / 1915

Realizing that his mayoral campaign is in serious trouble, reform candidate Frank Grandell sends his people out to dig up some dirt on Art Hoke, the boss of the city's political machine.

Feu sur le candidat / 1990

Robert Cavaillon is the king of the pet food industry. After he sold the factory to his workers, he decided to run for office. His campaign in support of animal rights gives him a lead in the opinion polls - which worries the main political parties. Since his past is unassailable, his political opponents decide to give the job of getting rid of him to a bizarre couple - a professional killer called Jean and a high-class call girl named Clara. The pair has to ruin him with scandal and then eliminate him for good. Jean's first attempt at his task is a failure: instead of a killer he ends up looking like Cavaillon's savior and friend. Clara is forced to play the role of the killer's tender wife, because their victim sees them as a kindly pair not interested in using him for his position like everyone else. Between one bungled assassination attempt and the next, the three are enmeshed in an intense relationship in which their roles all change.

Candidat vedette / 2021

6 months before election day, members of the « Parti du changement » behind in the poll, put together a plan to use a secret government protocol to duplicate an old Star Candidate.

John Dunsworth: The Candidate /

In 1988 John Dunsworth, an actor and theatre director (well-known from his role in the award-winning series, Trailer Park Boys) was asked to run under the progressive New Democratic Party ticket in a provincial election in Nova Scotia, Canada. A political novice and an underdog, we watch Dunsworth as he undertakes his grassroots approach. Seeing the campaign through his eyes we come away with a new understanding of the political process.

Candidate for Murder /

Amateur film by Sidney B. Shenker, made in the ’50s using an original script by Oswell Blakeston. Not to be confused with another production of the same script, directed by Donald Coleman, this one contains voiceover narration.

El candidato / 1978

The Lemurian Candidate /

Three former college buddies who reunite for a backpacking trip on Mount Shasta to heal old wounds and improve their mental health. The weekend descends into madness and a quest for alien contact after one of them introduces hallucinogens into the mix.

The Candidates / 2018

Since 1996, the students of a Queens public high school have staged an elaborate mock presidential election for an entire semester, simulating the American electoral process against the backdrop of the real one. In 2016, Ukranian-American Daniel hams it up as a cocky Donald Trump, while Pakistani-American Misbah, an observant Muslim, portrays Hillary Clinton, with also-rans like earthy Jill Stein thrown in for good measure. As the students reenact the rigors of the divisive political campaign, hard truths about politics are revealed, yet hope lives on.

La Candidate / 2017

Candidate for Murder / 1962

Professional killer Kersten arrives in England and is hired by Donald Edwards to murder his wife Helene. But Helene's lover Robert Vaughan discovers the plot and he trails Kersten and Edwards to a country cottage.

Moi, candidat / 2017

BBC This World - The Mormon Candidate / 2012

John Sweeney investigates the beliefs of Mitt Romney, the man most likely to take on Barack Obama later this year, and asks whether America is ready for a Mormon president. Sweeney travels to Utah to examine the appeal of the world's fastest growing religion. He meets the stars of its expensive ad campaign 'I'm a Mormon', who tell him of their dedication to family and charity. He meets polygamists, followers of an old Mormon tradition the official Church has turned its back on, he talks to missionaries who recruit people around the world just like Mitt Romney in the sixties, finds ex-members who claim they are cut off from their families and accuse Mormonism of being a cult, and he explores the faith with a Mormon apostle.

The Right Candidate for Rosedale / 1979

This short documentary records Anne Cools’ 1978 run for the Liberal Party nomination in Rosedale, one of Toronto's largest and socially most diverse federal ridings. The film records her bid for political power, and explains the nomination contest, a basic step in the Canadian electoral process. Because she was competing against the Liberal Party's preferred candidate, the nomination battle in Rosedale turned into one of the most innovative and fascinating in the history of Canadian politics.