Online cinema
9 – Le film
Micheline Lanctôt
They come in nines: nine situations, nine slices of life all depicted differently and sometimes intersecting, all about the modern ills of loneliness and isolation. Inspired by Stéphane E. Roy’s play, Neuf variations sur le vide, filmmakers Claude Brie (Banqueroute), Érik Canuel (Halte routière), Jean-Philippe Duval (Hystérie), Marc Labrèche (Le lecteur), Micheline Lanctôt (Je me souviens), Luc Picard (Subitement), Stéphane E. Roy (Abus), Éric Tessier (Eccéité) and Ricardo Trogi (Fuite) set out to make a satire that exposes what’s really bothering us. A tight sketch comedy built around characters attending a lecture by “Communic- Action” expert Marc Gélinas, who is forced to question his own teachings when he meets the love of his life.
L’heure de grande écoute – Je l’ai rencontrée au dépanneur (E16)
Gabrielle Thouin
Sara Ben-Saud
Convenience stores: those local spots where people go for much more than just milk. For this special Kino-radio episode, eight artists had 48 hours to immerse themselves in stories about convenience stores, where mutual aid, community, music, and resistance intersect.
Peau à peau
Chloé Cinq-Mars
Following a harrowing hold-up, a new mother neglects her baby and pursues an affair with an ex-lover, stirring up traumatic memories as sleeplessness weakens her grip on reality.
Ce qu’on laisse derrière
Alexandra Myotte
Dan has a gaping hole in his neck that won’t heal. Why? He can’t remember, nor talk about it. Back in the sinister arena of his childhood, he must find the part of himself he once left behind that prevents him, now an adult, from being whole.
Pas de titre
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.