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MacPherson
Martine Chartrand
In Quebec during the early 1930s, young poet Félix Leclerc befriended Frank Randolph Macpherson, a Jamaican-born chemical engineer. A jazz fan, and a university graduate who worked for a pulp and paper company, Macpherson inspired Leclerc, who wrote a song about the log drives. Leclerc, through his poetry, transformed his friend Macpherson into a log driver who dance on logs. Between documentary and fiction, MacPherson depicts turning points in history, and with great sensitivity, captures in lavis images the deep feelings shared by the Jamaican engineer and one of the poet’s sisters.
Âme noire
Martine Chartrand
Black Soul is an exhilarating immersion into the heart of Black culture via a whirlwind voyage through the defining moments of Black History. As an old lady initiates her grandson into his past, a series of perpetually transforming painted images unfolds before our eyes.In a mesmerizing swirl of light and colour, the boy traces his ancestry to mighty Pharaohs and to valiant kings whose praises are sung by a griot beneath the baobab tree.Suddenly the beating of drums conjures forth the slave market and far-flung exile to the Caribbean and eventually the snows of the Americas.
Poupée
Sandra Coppola
Une jeune couturière confectionne des vêtements pour des poupées à l’allure humaine que son patron vend sur l’Internet. Curieuse de découvrir l’identité de ces personnes qui achètent ces étranges objets, elle se transforme en poupée et s’immisce dans le quotidien de l’un de ses clients. Une fois arrivée à destination, sa petite aventure prendra des tournures inattendues.
T.V. Tango
Martine Chartrand
Four children who have picked up all sorts of annoying behavior from watching television decide instead to create their own games. This animated film for five-to eight- year olds is intended to awaken children’s critical sense regarding the media messages aimed at them. (Film without words)
Un week-end à la campagne
Sandra Coppola
Un jeune couple pense trouver tranquillité et repos dans le chalet ancestral d’un ami. Arrivés à destination, ils font la rencontre d’un étrange vieux couple ce qui déclenche une série d’évènements insolites qui transformera leur séjour en un véritable cauchemar.
Jean Brillant Sculpteur – Planter des œuvres dans les jardins
Sandrine Béchade
Portrait du sculpteur québécois Jean Brillant, l’artiste qui unit les pierres et le métal brut en des pièces monumentales qu’il aime planter dans les jardins.
Marc Séguin
Sandrine Béchade
Meeting with the renowned visual artist Marc Séguin on his works painted with human ashes. “My responsibility is to touch people, to offer them questions and perhaps answers. You are an artist, you have a social responsibility” – Marc Séguin.
Histoire de bus
Tali
When a woman signs up to drive a school bus, she dreams of cruising down quiet country lanes and connecting with young students and their parents. But her idyllic view of the job is sorely tested when she meets her surly boss, “Killer,” and discovers that the pretty winding roads can prove treacherous in winter, especially with a faulty clutch. An animated film inspired by the misadventures of its creator, who used to drive a school bus in the Eastern Townships.
Chez madame Poule
Tali
This animated short is a comical tale that pokes fun at motherhood. Without ever moralizing, it depicts the temper tantrums of a child and the efforts a mother makes to set her son on the right path, until the day she’s had enough. You don’t need to be a chicken to relate.
Rémy Girard : les bonheurs de Rémy (1001 vies)
Yanie Dupont-Hébert
Portrait de Rémy Girard, sa passion pour la radio, sa relation avec son frère et son fils, sa carrière au cinéma et archives illustrant son parcours.
Portrait de Louise Déry
Isabelle Hayeur
Louise Déry développe avec conviction une approche vivante de l’art. Elle se place là où se font l’art et l’histoire, plutôt que de se mettre à l’abri d’une histoire déjà écrite. Elle démontre une prodigieuse aptitude à créer des liens inusités entre les approches, les disciplines et les générations. Elle a renouvelé la pratique et la réflexion dans le domaine du commissariat d’exposition en explorant la notion d’exposition chantier pour mettre en relief le travail d’expérimentation de l’artiste dans le contexte d’événements sortant de l’orthodoxie muséale.