Online cinema
Le camp des 4 “sans”
Isabelle Hayeur
Ève Lamont
Des membres du FRAPRU (Le Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain) montent un camp sous la pluie, à Québec, où ils resteront durant trois jours, pour tenter de rencontrer Jean Charest et faire entendre leurs revendications.
La bombe économique
Ève Lamont
Have you had enough of State cuts to social programs? Community organisations, opposed to policies which privilege funding for arms over a collective well-being, articulate their disagreement with demonstrations.
Écologie Sonore
Alexandra Guité
Web Documentary on the fascinating world of sound, noise and silence as seen by captivating people in intimate portraits. Rich interactive visual and audio experience of four soundscapes : the city, the countryside, the suburbs and the silence of monastic spaces. From the journey of the blind Nathalie who guides herself mostly with the help of sounds to the mysteries of silence chambers and the racket of snowmobiles, passionate and touching people guide us throughout the complex world of sound.
Les Arts de la Résistance
Alexandra Guité
Argentina’s troubled history, culminating in the major crisis of 2001, has seen the rise of a wave of original artistic and cultural expression. The documentary The Art of Resistance introduces us to several creators and artist collectives who use artistic expression as a means to deliver powerful social statements, explore unbridled creativity, and participate actively in constructing a new reality. The Art of Resistance is an inventive treatment of these artists’ responses to the critical situations they are living. Born in a climate of urgency, their creativity knows no boundaries.
Rien de mon errance – poèmes de Nadine Ltaif
Hejer Charf
Exile through literary figures. The exile, the one who is banished from his hometown, Ovid (Rome), Dante (Florence), Gibran (Lebanon) … We imagine him begging in another city, confiding in his notebooks his lament. An unfinished manuscript, found in the bushes of downtown Montreal. The author dreamed, imagined this poetic tale by making the voice of the narrator interact with the found writings of the beggar.
New Memories
Michka Saäl
An intimate portrait of Anne J. Gibson, a marginalized woman in her sixties living in Toronto, Canada who makes a living by walking dogs. Her discovery of street photography has allowed her to overcome a legacy of addiction and trauma and see the world through a new lens. As Anne says, “first and foremost, taking pictures is an act of mental health.” The other character in the film is Kensington Market, a bohemian neighbourhood in Toronto. Through her photos, Anne wants to preserve the market’s anarchy before gentrification takes over, and to give thanks to the people who have helped bring her back into the world.
Opération Père Noël
Geneviève Albert
Le documentaire Opération Père Noël nous fait découvrir l’organisme éponyme qui permet à des enfants défavorisés ou sans famille de vivre un moment magique le matin de Noël. Depuis 25 ans, l’organisme cofondé par Normand Brault et Thérèse Guillemette s’occupe de jumeler des enfants avec de généreux donateurs anonymes. Ces derniers offriront le cadeau demandé par l’enfant dans sa lettre au père Noël. Bien souvent, ce cadeau sera le seul que l’enfant recevra.
La maison des Syriens
Nadine Beaudet
In the region of Portneuf, an encounter is slowly unveiled between the here and there, and comes to life through the long wait and small gestures of love of the Saint-Ubalde Sponsoring Committee, who works tirelessly towards the ultimate dream of welcoming a family of Syrian refugees.
Xalko
Hind Benchekroun
Xalko, un village kurde en Anatolie subsiste encore grâce aux femmes qui gardent le fort tandis que leurs hommes sont tous ou presque exilés en Europe. Ce documentaire observe la vie qui se poursuit à Xalko et questionne l’avenir de ce village menacé par l’exode. Ultimement, Xalko porte un regard insolite sur la migration du point de vue de ceux qui restent.
Isla Blanca
Jeanne Leblanc
Mathilde (24 ans), qui est en fugue depuis 8 ans, revient dans la ville de son enfance après des années d’absence inexpliquée. Le retour n’est jamais facile, surtout qu’elle sait que sa mère est gravement malade et sur le point de mourir. Mais pour pouvoir dire adieu, il faut d’abord recoller les pots cassés. Le temps d’une journée, Mathilde sera confrontée à ses décisions d’adolescentes et aux conséquences qu’elle a eues sur sa famille.
Les Nôtres
Jeanne Leblanc
The tight-knit community of Sainte-Adeline has always stuck together through thick and thin. But a shocking incident forces its citizens to face themselves. At the epicentre of the scandal is 13-year-old Magalie, Manuel, the charismatic mayor’s adopted son, and their protective mothers, Isabelle and Chantale, who are relegated to mere spectators in a drama beyond their control. In Sainte-Adeline, things are not what they seem; the carefully maintained social veneer cracks, threatening to reveal the true nature of this quaint little town.
L’islam de mon enfance
Nadia Zouaoui
I grew up in a Muslim country where religion and culture have blended together for centuries. Tolerance was then a wise mediator between culture, religion and individual freedoms. However, the more I grew, the more I felt a change that disturbed this established order. Everything had started in school. The religious took more and more place in the schools and dictated their programs. The men of God have also monopolized mosques to dictate to people how to live and how to think.
Il pleuvait des oiseaux
Louise Archambault
Three elderly hermits live in the woods, cut off from the rest of the world. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is about to be shaken by the arrival of two women… A luminous octogenarian unjustly institutionalized her whole life, and a young photographer charged with interviewing survivors of the region’s deadliest forest fire. After the death of the eldest hermit, the two women make an astonishing discovery: hundreds of painting echoing his tragic experience related to that devastating fire. A story of intertwined destinies, where love can happen at any age.
Merci pour tout
Louise Archambault
Sisters Marianne and Christine Cyr have been estranged for a year when they learn of the death of their father, who wasn’t exactly an angel. Both a comedy and a road movie, Merci pour tout (Thanks for Everything) tells of their trip to the Magdalen Islands to spread his ashes and escape their personal problems, without realizing that they carry both, literally and figuratively, with them.
Antigone
Sophie Deraspe
By helping her brother escape from prison, Antigone confronts the authorities: the police, the judicial and penal system as well as the father of her friend Haemon. The brilliant teenage girl, on a spotless path so far, feels the noose tighten on her. But to man’s law, she substitutes her own sense of justice, dictated by love and solidarity.
Raymond Klibansky – De la philosophie à la vie
Anne-Marie Tougas
The film light on the exceptional life of Raymond Klibansky, his uncommon destiny and his path to humanity. As a German Jewish philosopher of action, he lived in times of upheaval, war and hate. Young man, he moved in the circles of Karl Jaspers, Erwin Panofsky, Marianne Weber, and Albert Einstein. He made his mark as a historian of ideas and a philosopher, his work was known around the world. Then came the Nazi lie, which he condemned and fought.He was Chief Intelligence Officer in the Secret Service during World War Two. He move to Montreal in 1946 to promote tolerance and fight for freedom.
L’espace que j’ai vu… Un portrait de l’architecte Pierre Thibault
Anne-Marie Tougas
A film about the ideas and the work of Pierre Thibault. This poetic portrait reveals the authenticity of his research, philosophy and creative process, while capturing his artistic vision and approach to architecture through an exploration of various key projects that reflect his multiform body of work.
La Terre vue du coeur
Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol
Scientists, writers and artists join Hubert Reeves and Frédéric Lenoir to sound a warning: biodiversity is under threat. While some humans are responsible for this crisis, others, in growing numbers, are tackling it head on and forging solutions. In this film dedicated to future generations, they remind us that life in all its forms is a fascinating and touching mystery … and that it is up to us to preserve it!
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.
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.
24 Davids
Céline Baril
Céline Baril’s latest film takes us across three continents on a quest driven by a simple yet original idea: to shine a spotlight on the inimitable Davids of this world. The 24 Davids in this film are of varying ages and professions, ranging from cosmologist to recycler; together, they construct a playful “ecosystem” of ideas that touches on every sphere of knowledge and carries within it the power to radically transform. 24 Davids offers a melting pot of heady thoughts and politics in a refreshingly freewheeling cinematic format, probing the mysteries of the universe and the challenges of living together.
A Place of Tide and Time
Aude Leroux-Lévesque
At the eastern edge of Canada, small fishing communities fight to survive. While teenagers see exile as their only option, the older generation refuses to accept the fate of the region. A Place of Tide and Time is a conversation between young and old about identity, opportunity and happiness.
L’Académie
Aude Leroux-Lévesque
In the remote and French-speaking former mining town of Thetford Mines, Quebec, a basketball academy is defying all odds by winning tournaments and producing NBA prospects. The academy, founded by Congolese coach Igor Rwigema, is made up of fifty boys ranging from 13 to 20 years old hailing from Montreal, France and French Guiana. While some dream of making it to the NBA like Chris Boucher, Montrealer and former academy member, all have to follow Igor’s strict routine, as he believes the academy’s mission is to teach life lessons before basketball skills.
Des lumières dans la grande noirceur
Sophie Bissonnette
Through the eyes of a Quebec Jewish activist, Lea Roback, feminist, unionist, pacifist and communist, A VISION IN THE DARKNESS proposes a modernist vision of Quebec history, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the period knows as « La Grande Noirceur », the Great Darkness.