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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).
Les soeurs lumière: 100 ans de cinéma de femmes
Hélène Bourgault
Montage of excerpts from films made by women, presented on May 28, 1996 at the Salle du Gesù in Montreal, as part of the festivities surrounding the centenary of cinema (Femmes du cinéma, de la télévision et de la vidéo à Montréal (FCTVM)). List of excerpts used: The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché (Marquise Lepage) Greater Love No Hath Man (Alice Guy-Blaché) Nous avons vu l’étoile (Marthe Hébert) Zoo (Dorothé Brisson) Alexis Tremblay Habitant (Jane Marsh) Mr From Went A-Courting (Evelyn Lambart) Les bibites de cromagnon (Francine Desbiens) Premiers jours (Clorinda Warny) La rue / The Street (Caroline Leaf) La beauté même (Monique Fortier) The Things I Cannot Change (Tanya Ballantyne) Les filles du Roy (Anne-Claire Poirier) Souris, tu m’inquiètes (Aimée Danis) Mother of Many Children (Alanis OBomsawin) Would I Ever Like To Work (Kathleen Shannon) I’ll Find A Way (Beverly Shaffer) Le Hobby (Jeanne Carreau) La vie rêvée (Mireille Dansereau) Anastasie oh ma chérie (Paule Baillargeon) La belle apparence (Denyse Benoît) L’eau chaude, l’eau frette (André Forcier) Une nef… et ses sorcières (Hélène Bourgault) Hommage…
Pays d’abondance?
Hélène Bourgault
Critique of the capitalist system in the Quebec economy, especially as regards the exploitation of natural resources by mostly foreign companies. Conclusion in favor of a socialist solution.
Fin de millénaire
Hélène Bourgault
As the millennium draws to a close, several major currents of thought are focusing on a holistic vision of the universe. Men and women speaking the language of science, psychology or ecology, of youth, of belonging to the earth or of spiritual experience, bear witness to this undeniable hope of reconciliation between spirit and matter, and of a shared sense of being part of a great whole.
Les perdants
Jenny Cartwright
A Losing Game follows three people who ran for office in Quebec’s October 2022 provincial election. The one thing they had in common? They were all sure to lose. Through their individual campaigns, the film peels back the curtain on our electoral system and the many ways in which it is dysfunctional: the additional barriers faced by women and radicalized people, deficiencies in the voting process, unfair campaign financing rules and the undue weight given to media and polls. In this documentary, Jenny Cartwright casts a critical eye on a political system that doesn’t offer everyone the same opportunities. For most, the race is over before it even begins. But, thanks to the way the electoral system is set up, the big losers are the rest of us.