Online cinema
Les soeurs lumière: 100 ans de cinéma de femmes
Hélène Bourgault
Montage of excerpts from films made by women, presented on May 28, 1996 at the Salle du Gesù in Montreal, as part of the festivities surrounding the centenary of cinema (Femmes du cinéma, de la télévision et de la vidéo à Montréal (FCTVM)). List of excerpts used: The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché (Marquise Lepage) Greater Love No Hath Man (Alice Guy-Blaché) Nous avons vu l’étoile (Marthe Hébert) Zoo (Dorothé Brisson) Alexis Tremblay Habitant (Jane Marsh) Mr From Went A-Courting (Evelyn Lambart) Les bibites de cromagnon (Francine Desbiens) Premiers jours (Clorinda Warny) La rue / The Street (Caroline Leaf) La beauté même (Monique Fortier) The Things I Cannot Change (Tanya Ballantyne) Les filles du Roy (Anne-Claire Poirier) Souris, tu m’inquiètes (Aimée Danis) Mother of Many Children (Alanis OBomsawin) Would I Ever Like To Work (Kathleen Shannon) I’ll Find A Way (Beverly Shaffer) Le Hobby (Jeanne Carreau) La vie rêvée (Mireille Dansereau) Anastasie oh ma chérie (Paule Baillargeon) La belle apparence (Denyse Benoît) L’eau chaude, l’eau frette (André Forcier) Une nef… et ses sorcières (Hélène Bourgault) Hommage…
Pays d’abondance?
Hélène Bourgault
Critique of the capitalist system in the Quebec economy, especially as regards the exploitation of natural resources by mostly foreign companies. Conclusion in favor of a socialist solution.
Fin de millénaire
Hélène Bourgault
As the millennium draws to a close, several major currents of thought are focusing on a holistic vision of the universe. Men and women speaking the language of science, psychology or ecology, of youth, of belonging to the earth or of spiritual experience, bear witness to this undeniable hope of reconciliation between spirit and matter, and of a shared sense of being part of a great whole.
Les perdants
Jenny Cartwright
A Losing Game follows three people who ran for office in Quebec’s October 2022 provincial election. The one thing they had in common? They were all sure to lose. Through their individual campaigns, the film peels back the curtain on our electoral system and the many ways in which it is dysfunctional: the additional barriers faced by women and radicalized people, deficiencies in the voting process, unfair campaign financing rules and the undue weight given to media and polls. In this documentary, Jenny Cartwright casts a critical eye on a political system that doesn’t offer everyone the same opportunities. For most, the race is over before it even begins. But, thanks to the way the electoral system is set up, the big losers are the rest of us.
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.