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Quel est mon superpouvoir?
Gabrielle Thouin
Nalvana lives with her mother in a small Inuit village. She wears a superheroine’s cape and dreams of finding her superpower. Every day, she discovers those of her friends: Davidee can run faster than a snowmobile, Maata can fly, Joanasie can carve any animal in the snow. It’s Nalvana who discovers these superpowers. And what if her superpower was to bring out the wonderful and unique in others? Audio version of the book Quel est mon superpouvoir? (What’s my super power?) published by Les Malins.
Contre toute attente
Gabrielle Thouin
If we imagine “two people making love”, what image comes to mind? Many people who agree to verbalize their thoughts will describe a scene where a man and a woman practice a specific sexual activity: vaginal penetration by the penis. Gabrielle wonders: why do we give so much importance to penetration in sexual relations? Contre toute attente (Against all expectations) is a breach between the territories of codes of conduct and those where we give way to the sounds of our echoes.
Posthumains
Dominique Leclerc
Dominique Leclerc embarks on a thought-provoking journey into the cutting-edge world of cyborgs, biohackers and transhumanists—a collective pushing the boundaries of technology to defy illness, aging and even death. What happens when our physical and cognitive upgrades are shaped by the interests of tech giants? Led by Frannie Holder’s haunting original score, Posthumans offers a compelling meditation on the future of our species and the cost of progress.
Chiennes de faïence
Marie-Hélène Panisset
Chiennes de faïence (Faience Bitches) relates the emerging friendship between a native Quebecois and atheist woman, and another from immigrant background and Muslim faith. One is a fan of cosmetic surgery and displays an assumed sexuality, the other wears a full veil (niqab) which only reveals her eyes. The two women meet when they enter an elevator and it breaks down. Suspicious of each other at first, they will have no choice but to learn to communicate and join forces to get out of this tricky situation. Along the way they will have ended up developing real empathy for each other, coming together in the fact of being women and being subject to the dictates of patriarchy. The elevator metaphor speaks of the imprisonment of women’s bodies in all cultures and the need for solidarity among them to advance their rights throughout the world. The tone of the film is humorous: it allows serious subjects to be addressed in an affable manner, attracting the widest possible audience. It also offers the potential to attract the Muslim community who rarely see…
Amour apocalypse
Anne Émond
Adam (45) is a kind-hearted kennel-owner. Hypersensitive and borderline depressed, Adam orders a therapeutic solar lamp. Through the lamp’s supplier’s technical support line, he meets Tina, a radiant woman with a voice that soothes all of his worries. This unexpected encounter changes everything: Earth trembles, and hearts explode… It’s love!
On sera heureux
Léa Pool
On sera heureux (We Will Be Happy) follows the journey of Saad, a young Moroccan exile in Quebec, ready to do anything to save the man he loves, an Iranian refugee threatened with being sent back to his country where certain death awaits. To attempt the impossible, Saad sets out to seduce an influential spokesman for the Immigration Department. This dangerous gamble triggers a series of events as intimate as they are political, with each decision involving much more than feelings.
Vivre avec l’art… Un art de vivre
Anne-Marie Tougas
Bernard Landriault, un collectionneur d’art, filmé de l’intérieur à travers ses actions, ses réflexions, sa relation avec les œuvres et les artistes de sa collection. Il est un homme sensible, ouvert et passionné. Chez lui, chez le galeriste, au musée ou à l’atelier de l’artiste, Bernard Landriault se dévoile par petites touches, et expose sa relation vivante à l’art, sa philosophie et ses motivations. Ses choix sont guidés par l’émotion, l’intuition et la réflexion. Le collectionneur est en lien profond avec les œuvres et les artistes qu’il continue de suivre et d’appuyer. Vivre avec l’art… un art de vivre, une rencontre avec l’Art, avec ceux qui l’aiment et le font, et en filigrane, une réflexion sur le pouvoir de transformation de l’être humain par l’Art.
Premiers jours
Clorinda Warny
An animated film created from pastel drawings, Premiers Jours (First Days) traces the complete cycle of life, from birth to adulthood, in four seasons, and through the evolution of landscapes that become human bodies.
Avancer masqué
Laurence Olivier
On a freezing winter night, in an small, isolated village, masked figures prowl. The monsters lurk by the houses, knock on doors. You let these strangers into your home. They remain silent. They observe you. With Veiled Intent, a documentary horror film, or maybe an experimental fable, brings to life an endangered tradition: Mi-Carême (Mid-Lent), as it is celebrated in Natashquan. Welcome to the monster ball.
Poème fantôme
Laurence Olivier
Phantom Poem eludes both sight and sound. Super 8 footage of a haunted island merges with an astral soundtrack to echo its verses, revealing a striking dissonance: while our world seems to shrink with each passing day, the silent universe continues to expand.
Quand santé mentale rime avec code postal
Gabrielle Thouin
Gabrielle Thouin was shocked to learn that her father had been denied mental health care several years ago. The reason: his place of residence. Gabrielle was stunned to learn that even today, people are still denied access to care because they don’t live in the right place. With her head full of questions, she learns how and why access to mental health services is regulated by postal code.
Témoignage de Françine
Hélène Bourgault
Helen Doyle
Unabridged version of a rape testimony, excerpts of which appear in the film Chaperons rouges (Red Riding Hoods).