Squat!
- Documentaire
- 83 min
- français
- 2002
Summer 2001 in Montreal, in the midst of a housing crisis, homeless people, the under-housed, and young activists occupy a vacant building. In the name of the right to housing, a political squat takes shape with the support of the city. Squat! exposes the hypocrisy and illogicality of the municipal authorities who stole the squatters’ initiative and idealism, drawing them into a political game of which they were the victims. The film not only reveals the voracious eye and biased coverage of the media, but also denounces the strong tendency of our capitalist society to not consider housing as a fundamental right and to repress any action to regain it autonomously.
Directed by :
Awards and recognition : Meilleure réalisation - Long métrage canadien, Hot Docs, Toronto - Canada
Prix humanitaire, Hot Docs, Toronto - Canada
Distribution : Le Rapide-Blanc
Diffusion : Radio-Canada, RDI, CBC, Télé-Québec, TV5 Monde
Cinémas: Cinémathèque québécoise, Cinéma Le Clap, Cinéma Cartier, Paraloeil, Cinéma Ex-Centris
Rencontres internationales du documentaire (RIDM), Montréal - Canada
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (RVQC), Montréal - Canada
Edmonton International Film Festival, Edmonton - Canada
Hot Docs, Toronto - Canada
Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival, Toronto - Canada
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver - Canada
Kootenay Film Festival, Castlegar - Canada
Vision du Réel, Nyon - France
Festival International de Namur, Namur - France
Nemo-Festival de Cinéma Indépendant, Paris et Issy-les-moulineaux, France
Docupolis - Festival International Documentaire de Barcelone, Barcelone - Espagne
Seoul Human Right Film Festival, Seoul, Korée du sud
Production : Le Rapide blanc