Online cinema
Rencontres nocturnes silencieuses
Ariane Louis-Seize
Ariane’s grandmother often visits her in her dreams. Together, they wander through unknown nocturnal landscapes. In this dreamlike short film, where the border between memories and imagination is blurry, Ariane raises the possibility that the seal between life and death is more porous than we think.
Les jours
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Doctoral student and part-time professor, Marie-Philip loves cats and Harry Potter. But a week before her 29th birthday, the young woman learned that she had breast cancer. For a year, without false modesty, we accompanied her through each stage while she confided with moving honesty. An ode to the life, courage and resilience of all those who fight daily against illness.
Después del silencio
Matilde-Luna Perotti
Después del silencio (After the silence) – If an aggressor’s strength lies in his victim’s silence, speaking out is an indispensable weapon for the victim to break free. Silence is the first step towards liberation.
Femmes en mouvement
Dasha Vymetalova
The documentary series Femmes en mouvement (Women in movement) explores themes related to the position of women in Gaspésian society, highlighting the evolution of women’s living conditions across different generations. The idea is to showcase the advantages and disadvantages experienced by various generations while also emphasizing the challenges women face in the community today. Each episode focuses on a theme that examines how women have shaped their destinies over time.
D’hier à demain – Les héritiers du Camp Bellefeuille
Dasha Vymetalova
“The magic is a strong and inexplicable impression that nature, art, or passions can create”. Located in the Pabos-Mills (Chandler) region of Gaspésie, Camp Bellefeuille has left a lasting impact on multiple generations of Gaspésiens and Gaspésiennes during its nearly 50 years of existence. Through this series, Les héritiers du Camp Bellefeuille (The heirs of Camp Bellefeuille), we introduce ten protagonists—former campers—as well as the camp’s founder, Martin Arsenault, and other professionals in the field who were profoundly influenced by their time at the camp.
Fem Do Chi – Self défense pour femmes
Hélène Bourgault
In his documentary, we discover a self-defence course for women in the 3F group. How to use one’s strength and one’s anger to prevent men’s violence towards women, in order to no longer be a victim?
Ma voisine danse le ska
Nathalie Saint-Pierre
Summer in Montreal. A two-minute encounter on a street corner between Auguste, an eccentric photographer, and Isabel, his reluctant subject. Six months pass. In the grim Montreal winter, Auguste struggles to recover from the death of his wife and daughter in a car accident the previous summer. Isabel, on the other hand, lives alone with her daughter Leica and desperately searches for a soul mate. When Isabel and Auguste find themselves living next door to each other, they are both at the end of their rope. An unusual relationship begins, fueled by the fact that Leica constantly reminds Auguste of his missing daughter.
Au lendemain de l’odyssée
Helen Doyle
After a Dantean journey, women from Nigeria arrive alone and ever younger in Italy, looking for a better life. Such horrors as human trafficking and sexual slavery are waiting for them, as we discover in this ensemble film featuring harrowing stories told in a sensible way that spares us from the unbearable. These tales provoke a broader reflection on migration and otherness.
Dans un océan d’images j’ai vu le tumulte du monde
Helen Doyle
Frameworks is a quest for the meaning and scope of images. Bombarded by thousands of images every day, are we still able to truly see them, especially those of conflict and its aftermath? An overdose of images kills the image. In a constantly changing field, creators of images are developing new visions of the photographic art form and looking for new strategies to capture our attention with significant images. From the seemingly endless ocean of images, Helen Doyle has chosen the work of several photographers and visual artists who force us to look deeper at the outside world and at ourselves. Through encounters with these outstanding creators, Doyle takes us on her quest to discover a vast palette of contrasting images which shock and compel: the visual poetry of Lana Šlezić in Afghanistan, Philip Blenkinsop’s almost unbearable imagery of Asia, Alfredo Jaar’s monumental installations, Paolo Ventura’s miniature re-enactments of war, the photographs of storyteller Stanley Greene in war zones and those of Geert van Kesteren in Irak, with his vision of citizen journalism. We follow Letizia Battaglia’s struggle against the…
Chaperons rouges
Helen Doyle
Hélène Bourgault
How rape and other forms of assault are experienced emotionally by women. How these various manifestations contribute to their oppression. A growing number of “red riding hoods” are rising up in revolt, fed up with their role as victims and determined to change the narrative.
Le Centre Flora Tristan
Hélène Bourgault
The Centre Flora Tristan is the first refuge for victims of domestic violence to open in France in 1978. The refuge shelters fifteen women and their children and is staffed by sixteen full-time women. The film describes the day to day life of the refuge, its originality, and the different approaches the women take as they come and go.
Partir pour la famille?
Hélène Bourgault
A feminist perspective on the history of contraceptive methods and women’s access to free and unrestricted abortion in Quebec. Fictional scenes retrace three women’s paths toward abortion. The history of contraceptive methods is then linked to capitalism’s labor needs. Excerpts from a women’s group discussion alternate with a demonstration of legal means of contraception and the suction abortion method. The women’s reflections and the voiceover commentary converge: contraception is the result of male research, but it is assumed by women and is more or less adequate. Under these conditions, abortion can become a necessity and, if practiced illegally, can lead to mutilation. For these women, the first step to liberation is awareness.