Online cinema
Gabor
Joannie Lafrenière
Gabor is a quirky, feel-good portrait of Gabor Szilasi, the 94-year-old giant of Canadian contemporary photography. It is an uplifting immigrant story and an inspiring lesson on how to grow old with elegance and dignity.
Je voudrais voir la mer
Nicole Giguère
Vidéo clip sur la chanson Je voudrais voir la mer, interprétée par Sylvie Tremblay. Paroles: Michel Rivard Musique: Michel Rivard, Sylvie Tremblay, Marc Pérusse
Devenir
Hélène Bélanger-Martin
Under the direction of Hélène Bélanger-Martin, a film crew took up residence in painter and sculptor André Desjardins’ studio from December 2010 to January 2011. The film immortalises the birth of a sculpture, from idea to final work.
Émotionnisme
Hélène Bélanger-Martin
Literally becoming one with his canvas, the painter André Desjardins embarks on the creation of a large format painting. It all starts with a powder of pigment projected randomly on the canvas. Then, drawing inspiration from the shapes and textures thus created, the artist gives birth to a human face that seems to want to emerge from the painting.
LIBRE
Hélène Bélanger-Martin
This intimate documentary follows sculptor André Desjardins’ creation of a monumental sculpture. The artist opens the doors of his studio, nestled deep in the forest. Alone, surrounded by silence, he sands, polishes, cuts, and reworks the materials of his craft. The sounds of nature merge with the humming of his tools. Slowly, we observe the birth of Free, an eight-foot-tall kneeling figure. The lengthy creative process is punctuated by moments when the artist shares his thoughts. He revisits memories of childhood loss and grief, solitude, and an insatiable need to create.
Nathalie Trépanier, sculpteure d’objets oubliés
Hélène Bélanger-Martin
Flea markets, scrapyards, the bottom of the river, the artist Nathalie Trépanier leads us, with her, in the search for abandoned objects that will be used to create her sculptures. This journey, as surprising as it is refreshing, culminates in the studio where, patiently, the artist assembles all these objects, thus giving birth to playful and endearing characters.
La peau et les os, après
Hélène Bélanger-Martin
Documentaire percutant sur les troubles alimentaires dont on comprend mal l’ampleur stupéfiante et les causes complexes. La peau et les os – après… propose une réflexion étoffée sur ce mal-être qui frappe plus que jamais. Le film met en vedette Annie, Isabelle, Marlène, Hélène et la jeune Charlotte, 17 ans, qui ont accepté de revivre ces périodes de détresse. Un « cancer de l’âme » qui tue plus que toute autre maladie mentale.
Récits plastiques
Sylvie Laliberté
When the double subjectivity strikes: that causes a tension between matter and form, sensitivity and intellect. It is the terrible threat of the formlessness that hovers. A visual artist’s view of life.
Nouveau-Québec
Sarah Fortin
As they make their way to Schefferville, an isolated village in Northern Quebec, to settle the sale of a cottage, Sophie and Mathieu unwittingly find themselves facing a grave and unexpected situation. While a police investigation struggles to get underway, plagued by limited local resources, the couple is forced to stay put longer than anticipated. They find themselves cut off from the rest of the world, grappling with the local indigenous reality for perhaps the very first time. The couple then sees its relationship put to the test, as they each take an opposite approach to their predicament, in this chamber drama of wide open spaces.
Noémie dit oui
Geneviève Albert
Noémie, une adolescente impétueuse mais attachante, vit dans un centre jeunesse depuis trois ans. Lorsqu’elle perd tout espoir d’être reprise par sa mère, Noémie fugue du centre en quête de repères et de liberté. Elle va rejoindre son amie Léa, une ancienne du centre, qui l’introduit à une bande de délinquants. Bientôt, elle tombe amoureuse du flamboyant Zach qui s’avère être un proxénète. Fin stratège aux sentiments amoureux ambigus, Zach incite Noémie à se prostituer. Récalcitrante au départ, Noémie « dit oui » et tombe du jour au lendemain dans la vie d’escorte.
La traversée
Ève Saint-Louis
After a year away from home, Chantale, who now lives and studies in Paris, returns to Québec City, to spend the Holidays with her mother and sister. Against all odds, her father, with whom she has a contentious relationship, has offered to pick her up at the airport and drive her there. Hesitant about seeing him again, she accepts his offer nonetheless.
Facteur humain – Beauté et séduction
Yanie Dupont-Hébert
Sommes nous semblables ou différents? 13 thématiques universelles (le rire, l’éducation, la santé, la mort, la beauté, l’espace vital…) sont explorés à travers le monde.