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Feminista: un voyage au cœur du féminisme en Europe
Myriam Fougère
Feminista is a feminist road movie, a journey to the heart of global feminism. In 2015, Myriam Fougere joined a group of young activists who had formed a caravan to travel across twenty European countries – from Turkey to Portugal, by the way of the Balkans, to Italy, Spain and Portugal. As a breath of solidarity, Feminista provides a rare glimpse into a widespread feminist groundswell movement, possibly one of the largest, least understood and unrecognized mass political movements that is very much alive throughout the world today. s.-t. italien: Feminista: un viaggio nel cuore del femminismo in Europa s.-t. espagnol: Feminista: un viaje al corazón del feminismo en Europa
Déroutes et parcours
Myriam Fougère
Without inhibitions or voyeurism, Myriam Fougère films women’s bodies with grace. Young or old, the bodies are beautiful, though far from the unreal stereotypes of the female body so often conveyed by advertising. They are true and they all experienced the same event: breast cancer. The filmmaker reveals the profound beauty of each. Through interviews, emotions, questions, we discover the impact of breast cancer on the lives of these women of all ages. Art becomes a cure. Drawings and sculptures testify to the creativity of these women. This work is a meditation on the meaning that each one gives their life.
Irena’s Vow
Louise Archambault
Through the eyes of a strong-willed woman comes the remarkable true story of Irena Gut Opdyke, and the triumphs of the human spirit over devastating tragedy, as she risked her life to save a generation of Jews from the atrocities of the Holocaust.
Le temps d’un été
Louise Archambault
For more than 25 years, Marc Côté, street chaplain and parish priest, has lived with the poor and the homeless. Today, Marc is a worn-out man. Exhausted from running his church, which serves as a shelter, and overwhelmed by the bills they can no longer pay, Marc must face the facts: he will have to shut down his church. Like a call from Providence, he inherits a property in the Bas-du-Fleuve region and decides to take a group of homeless people with him, who, like himself, need a vacation. One Summer immerses us in a bright story… A story woven with laughter, silences and tears… A feel-good movie where the sun and the clouds blend together leaving the audience with a delicious taste of hope.
Hôtel silence
Léa Pool
Jean embarks on a one-way trip to a war-damaged country, unsure of his fate. Despite despair, he finds hope in the people who welcome him, eventually rediscovering a sense of purpose in his existence.
My name is Saba
Baharan Baniahmadi
Saba is a small girl who is practicing English to be able to talk with her friend who comes from Canada to see her in Iran. She is so happy but once she recognize that her friend talks about another world (Canada) and the situation of women in Canada, she gets surprised.
L’affaire Chantale Daigle: le documentaire
Gaëlle D’Ynglemare
L’affaire Chantale Daigle immerses us back into the saga that captivated the country during the summer of 1989, meticulously retracing its events and twists alongside the feminist activists who supported and accompanied Chantale Daigle during these pivotal and fundamental months for abortion rights in Canada.
Les jours heureux
Chloé Robichaud
Emma is a young conductor and rising star on the Montreal scene. Happy Days chronicles her complex relationship with her father and agent Patrick, who has maintained a devious hold over her since childhood. The possibility of obtaining an important position within a prestigious orchestra only increases the stakes for Emma. She will have to give way to her true emotions and make choices, as much for her music as for herself, if she wants to successfully navigate her career and her romantic relationship with Naëlle, a newly separated cellist and mother of a boy.
Ma traversée
Diana Goudrouffe
A personal quest filmed over 20 years, the film recounts the racial issues linked to the notion of white privilege that have punctuated the director’s life in three French-speaking societies: Guadeloupe, France and Quebec. From her own story emerges a broader narrative of colonization, assimilation, integration and the social advantages linked to ethno-racial origin, and their impact to this day.
One of the Boys
Myriam Guimond
On a hot summer day in the countryside, Ines, a young teenager, gets involved in a friendly ball game between boys her age, and among them Malik, the one she has a crush on.
Manufacturing The Threat
Amy Miller
Shining a light into the murky world of police infiltration, incitement, and agent provocateurs, Manufacturing The Threat shows how Canada’s policing and national security agencies, granted additional powers after 9/11, routinely break laws with little to no accountability or oversight. For the first time ever, a feature-length documentary is examining the issue of agent provocateurs and entrapment in Canada’s national security apparatus. Manufacturing the Threat is a thrilling and emotional film, which examines a deeply disturbing episode in Canadian history when an impoverished couple was coerced by undercover law enforcement agents into carrying out a terrorist bombing. Further, viewers learn that this case is far from unique in the context of Canadian intelligence.
Un trou dans la jambe
Martine Asselin
Geneviève has a hole in her leg. She reveals the story in this short animated documentary. On the theme of resilience, Un trou dans la jambe uses mixed techniques in an experimental animated flashback with a rich, evocative soundtrack.