Online cinema
Le chapeau
Michèle Cournoyer
A young woman works as an exotic dancer in a bar. She recalls an incident from her childhood in which she was physically abused by a male visitor. This inner journey brings back painful memories, including the obsessive image of a hat. Black-ink drawings, spare and rapidly executed, flow together in a succession of troubling and striking metamorphoses. The Hat is a tough, visceral experience. With naked honesty, animator Michèle Cournoyer invites the audience to share in the pain of a woman whose body is on display and whose soul is forever soiled. A film without words.
La vallée des larmes
Maryanne Zéhil
Marie (Nathalie COUPAL), a Montreal publisher specializing in memoirs by war survivors, receives an anonymous document, the condensed story of Ali, a young Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Intrigued, Marie begins a search for the author’s identity. Torn apart by her difficult mission, Marie starts a journey into the past. In a small Lebanese village, in the heart of a bloodstained culture whose unspoken issues are infinitely enigmatic, Marie will eventually find the key to every mystery.
Une artiste
Michèle Cournoyer
In this short animation, a girl is so carried away by her love of music that she forgets about her household chores. Her father tells her to finish the dishes. Instead of washing them, she turns them into musical instruments, and he finally recognizes her talent. Based on Article 29 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, this film illustrates children’s right to develop their talents and abilities to their fullest potential.
L’autre côté de novembre
Maryanne Zéhil
“Léa/Leyla are two women who, having worked hard all their lives, are confronted with the choices that shaped their existence and question themselves about what trace they will leave behind. Léa is a single neurosurgeon resident in Quebec. Leyla is a seamstress and mother who lives in a remote village in Lebanon. Memory disorders force them to question themselves. They are both attracted by the past, returning to those choices of life that mark us forever. What if one of these women had not left her country of origin to immigrate to Canada? What if Lea and Leyla were one and the same person?”
Accordéon
Michèle Cournoyer
This animated short explores the connections between sex, love and technology. A woman connects to the Internet. She not only embraces technology but surrenders to it entirely as she sends her entire body and soul to her electronic lover. In this world of Pandora’s boxes, sexual desire and dehumanizing machine intertwine till they’re finally and brutally disconnected.
On verra ça en post-prod
Juliette Guerin
« On verra ça en post-prod! » est assurément l´une des phrases les plus populaires sur les plateaux de tournage. Mais que se passe-t-il une fois rendu en post-prod, alors qu´il n´y a plus moyen de pelleter le problème dans la cour de quelqu´un d´autre? Suivez le quotidien de l´équipe de SuperFX, une petite boîte de post-production du Mile-End qui, après avoir perdu un gros projet, tente de décrocher LE nouveau contrat qui les remettra à flot… La dream team n´est pas au bout de ses peines!
Conversation with Ziad
Juliette Guerin
A Syrian refugee reminisces about his life back home, speaking about the people, place and culture with a bittersweet and palpable sense of nostalgia as he responds to images of Syria projected on a wall. We travel with him to different parts of the country, as he talks about his initial reluctance to leave and challenges popular stereotypes of the country.
Col Bleu
Mara Joly
Col bleu, c’est la naissance d’une amitié improbable entre une « tite jeune » artiste ancienne carré rouge et un « vieux mononcle » col bleu que tout oppose.
Finger Night
Mara Joly
A male hand. A female hand. A dating app called Finger leads to a night of more than just swiping.
Pour vrai
Mara Joly
À travers l’intimité de leur couple, un homme plonge sa compagne dans le doute et le questionnement par rapport à son statut de femme. Jusqu’où le laissera-t-elle aller?
Dire – Unspokenwords
Geneviève Sauvé
In a cabaret evening of the “Spoken Words” type, Mélanie meets Sasha. One is famous, the other clings to continue until their very distinct realities come together through their troubling scenic performances.
Le Service
Geneviève Sauvé
While Sophie brings back a dress borrowed from her mother, she recalls and deconstructs their last conversation.