Online cinema
Ofrandā
Vjosana Shkurti
Ina, an introverted 11-year-old immigrant girl, finds herself captivated by Petra, a newcomer to her class from the same country as she is. Faced with her indifference, a desperate quest for connection takes over Ina’s world as she moves between dream and reality.
Persona
Clarissa Rebouças
A woman feels the need to share an important truth with her girlfriend – her transsexuality.
Llovizna de mayo (Petite pluie de mai)
Carole Laganière
In the hotel room of a Quebecois filmmaker in Bogota, a woman speaks about the brief and intense love story she had with a man she knew nothing about. Evocation of a passion that will be extinguished with the unveiling of the truth.
Amen
Marie-Hélène Viens
Adam, 11, is a messenger sent by God to spread the Final News. He’ll heal you from your sins and prepare you for the Last Day. Will you be ready when they come? You don’t have a lot of time, they’re here : the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Anna – Trilogie numérique
Katherine Ouimet
Anna – Digital Trilogy of short films (55 min). In 2035, Anna is the first living hologram that can be adopted by families. Although she looks like a human being, this AI embodies revolutionary augmented reality technology. Throughout the trilogy, Anna searches for her “creator.” Directed by Katherine Ouimet: The prologue (2 min) goes back to 2019: Anna first appears as a rudimentary AR (Augmented Reality) application, an astrological oracle. This primitive version is the starting point for her evolution into the conscious hologram of 2035.
House for Sale
Eisha Marjara
A stranger shows up posing as a home buyer at a suburban house that is up for sale. ‘What the hell am I doing here?’ She asks herself. As the owner’s wife gives a tour of the place, the stranger recalls a memorable night when a fatal promise was made. House For Sale exposes the bonds that are built in public and behind closed doors and unravels the complicated negotiations of desire and commitment.
L’hiver et la violence
Sophie Dupuis
A documentary filmmaker follows a group of six young snowboarders, chronicling their powerful friendship, passion for snowboard, and their violent desire to live the present. Despite that apparent symbiosis that unite them, the life of Val, Phil, Laurence, Coco, John and Sébass takes an unexpected turn when they discover that their recklessness can’t stay inconsequential.
Nid d’oiseau
Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
Lena, a 7-year-old black girl receives a drawing mocking her hair. With the help of her big sister, they will spend the evening trying to make her beautiful like her classmates.
Joie
Kristina Wagenbauer
With a permanent smile on her face, Lucie is unshakeable. It is this attitude that Benjamin will be confronted with during a busy day.
La respiration de l’abeille
Sandra Coppola
Violette (60 years old) has a hoarding disorder. Barbara is a social worker. She visits Violette to help her. But what if the one who needs help isn’t the one we think of?
Les lignes invisibles
Sandra Tomaylla
A glimpse into the lives of four women through the contents of their fridges.
At the bottom of the hill
Vanya Rose
A woman rents a house in a small town. Her memories of Afghanistan linger. She soon realizes that she is not alone.
Impossible
Vanya Rose
A passionate young painter, living a strict lifestyle, divides his time between long hours of work and a meager salary. Women don’t seem to interest him, until the day he notices the young woman who lives across the street. His life will soon be turned upside down, and his days will become excuses to watch her.
Fanmi
Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
Heart-broken following a break-up, Martine receives the unexpected visit of her mother, Monique. Too engrossed in her own sadness, Martine doesn’t notice right away that her mother is hiding something but, progressively, a bad feeling starts to take hold of her. During this short stay, these two very different women will have one last chance of getting closer to one another before they run out of time.
Fanny ne sort jamais sans son bat
Charlotte Clerk
Fanny loves baseball, Ayoub loves Fanny and Michel steals wallets to find relief from boredom. Together they form an unlikely trio for one absurd afternoon.
Pornomania
Chloé Sirois
Following a traumatic event at her grandparents’ house, 10-year-old Rose embarks on an obsessive quest to see and understand the forbidden world of adults by herself.
Lavée
Jeanne Carrière
Recently separated and new to the city, a mother of two tries to break her isolation by calling classified ad numbers on a laundry room bulletin board.
Les patins
Halima Ouardiri
Mina loves to skate. Today, her father, recently divorced from her mother, accompanies her to her first figure skating lesson. An ordinary day if something hadn’t happened to the skates.
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.
Le temps qu’il faut
Abeille Tard
Ben is fifty, William is seventeen. Together, for a moment, they let go and allow themselves to be carried away by the music, liberating, healing.
Biche & Louve
Sandrine Béchade
Bea and Zoe are lost in the forest when Zoe decides to go for help. She leaves Bea alone and hurt in this wood that does not inspire confidence. The girl will face a sneaky threat. Through the quest for power, Doe & She-Wolf tackles a taboo that is hard to imagine. And yet it exists.
Nos cendres
Marie-Claude Béchard
When Ophélie visits her depressed mother, who lives isolated in the forest, she discovers that she is very ill because of her addiction to cigarettes. Disturbed by the thought of losing her, Ophélie decides to stay at home to help her quit. Little does she realize that cigarettes are not the only cause of her mother’s suffering.
Flots gris
Joëlle Desjardins Paquette
Adrift from a difficult break up, Livia is haunted by a peacock. An urban Western from the heartland of East Montreal.