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Alexandra Myotte
Through the memories of a small-town journalist, we discover Louisiane Gervais, an iconoclastic, blind sculptor. An exploration of the ambiguous relationship that exists between the artist, their work and their audience.
Un trou dans la poitrine
Alexandra Myotte
In a run-down neighborhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror. Theo, still a child, flees reality into a fantastical world. During a scorching summer day, the two children will have to burst the abscess of their relationship so as not to lose each other.
Le dernier Nataq
Lisette Marcotte
As a writer and director from Rouyn-Noranda, in this very personal documentary I seek to understand the spirit of the place that gave birth to Richard Desjardins’ poetry. The creation of a mural in his honour in the summer of 2018 becomes a pretext to meet the Rouyn poet and return to the sources of his creation. He went back over his films, telling us, among other things, how difficult it was for him to deal with the backlash from the release of L’Erreur Boréale. Twenty years after this hard-hitting film, he shares his thoughts on major environmental issues.
Larry (iel)
Catherine Legault
A look at the intimate world of young non-binary trans photographer Laurence Philomène as they put together their first book, Puberty, a series of self-portraits documenting their transition during hormone therapy. Mirroring Philomène’s autobiographical approach, Larry (they/them) highlights the cinematic power of the artist’s vibrant, colour-saturated images and above all, their willingness to share their story with authenticity and vulnerability. Gender non-conforming identities, body diversity and the challenges of self-affirmation are also explored through an exclusive foray into Philomène’s family and community. Beyond the story of individual transformation, the film chronicles a society that is likewise transitioning, evolving as it grows. A celebration of those who refuse to conform, Larry (they/them) is a luminous and engaging portrait of the complex, often misunderstood multiplicity of trans and non-binary identities and experiences, bringing to the screen one of the most inspiring and original voices of their generation and an LGBTQ+ community icon.
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.
Ma belle-mère est une sorcière
Joëlle Desjardins Paquette
After her parents separate, Margot, an outcast pre-teen, sets herself the challenge of reuniting her family. One day, on her way home from school, she is shocked to discover that a stranger has moved in with her and seems to have bewitched her father. Margot, increasingly troubled by the inexplicable phenomena surrounding this strange stepmother, is convinced that she is dealing with a truly evil witch. Determined to save her family, Margot turns to Madame Dalloway, a self-styled specialist in the occult, hoping she can help her get rid of the intruder who has taken her family hostage.
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.
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…