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Québec, lieu de passage
Martine Asselin
Québec, ville ouverte sur le monde, tolérante et chaleureuse? Malgré les apparences, la situation est loin d’être idéale, surtout pour les minorités. Peur, préjugés, indifférence, xénophobie et racisme sont les symptômes planant sournoisement sur cette capitale, qui est l’une des plus blanches en Amérique du Nord. Conjuguant les regards d’une réalisatrice «pure laine» et d’un réalisateur «immigrant français depuis 14 ans», Québec, lieux de passage donne la parole à des gens lucides et touchants qui ont conscience des problèmes et qui s’activent pour faire bouger les choses.
Ceux qui sont là
Martine Asselin
Denis et Monique partagent un grand amour. Mais la santé de Denis décline depuis plusieurs années, la maladie l’immobilisant de plus en plus. Monique a décidé de le garder à la maison aussi longtemps que possible. C’est pourquoi Nancy, Marcel et Thérèse font partie de leur quotidien, apportant aide et amitié, rythmant les jours de leurs passages.
Oscar
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Brilliantly mixing animated sequences and archival footage, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre paints a touching portrait of virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson. As with her previous films (McLaren’s Negative and Jutra), Saint-Pierre pursues her bold and personal approach with this animated documentary of Oscar Peterson at the twilight of an exceptional career, as he wistfully meditates on the price of fame and the impacts of the artist’s life on family life. From the young prodigy’s beginnings in Little Burgundy to his triumphs on the international stage alongside the biggest stars of his time, Oscar explores the profound solitude of an artist constantly on tour, and the difficulty in reconciling his professional success with his role as husband and father. Set to the tunes of Peterson’s sometimes catchy, sometimes melancholy-tinged compositions, the film alternates between animated sequences and footage of radio and video interviews to tell a heartfelt story about a life in jazz.
Pas de pain pas de gain
Lawrence Côté-Collins
Denis Manzanno no longer has any contact with money. He survives by bartering. Portrait of a man on the margins.
Fuck That
Lawrence Côté-Collins
The director and her father discuss life while children play in the rain.
Les guerriers
Micheline Lanctôt
Deux publicitaires s’enferment dans leurs bureaux pendant neuf jours afin de trouver un slogan pour les Forces Armées canadiennes. Au cours de ce huis clos, ils s’affronteront sur tous les terrains, jusqu’à l’issue fatale.
Geisha Québec
Lawrence Côté-Collins
A woman and her brother share a shared apartment and share a love for Asia. She has become a geisha, and he loves ninjas.
Score
Lawrence Côté-Collins
Audrey and David wash their dirty linen in public while debating the question: “How much is too much?”
Un exemple de succès
Lawrence Côté-Collins
Portrait of Daniel Campeau, a professional actor who chose urban exodus to earn a living like a winner.
Écartée
Lawrence Côté-Collins
Anick, a documentary filmmaker trying to make a documentary on social reintegration, moves into the isolated house that Scott, an ex-convict in his fifties, shares with Jessie, his young companion. But very quickly, the objectivity of the documentarian gives way to the subjectivity of her desires, and Anick falls in love with Jessie, risking everything.
Le jardin oublié – La vie et l’oeuvre d’Alice Guy-Blaché
Marquise Lepage
This feature documentary is a portrait of Alice Guy-Blaché, one of cinema’s most fearless pioneers. A filmmaker before the word even existed, Guy-Blaché made her first film at the end of the last century, when cinema was still brand-new. After directing, producing and writing more than 700 films, she slipped into oblivion. This film rescues her brave and shining memory.