Online cinema
Nos désastres
Monica Emond
Nos désastres is a video poem directed, written, and narrated by nixe – Monica Emond. With the collaboration of Nadia Koromyslova, Hugo Samson et Jean-Yves Thériault. Music composed by Cœur Atomique.
Calutron
Monica Emond
Calutron is an experimental short film about humanimality of nuclear guinea pigs in the US Army. Archival film. Music composed by Cœur Atomique.
The Waste
Monica Emond
The Waste is an experimental short film about nuclear waste production worldwide. This day, in 2015, 438 nuclear power plants are functioning in 30 countries worldwide. 67 more are currently under construction. The total amount of spent fuel, the most hazardous radioactive byproduct, is evaluated to 270 000 tons. And this is only a small fraction of all types of nuclear waste that we cannot get rid of… in any way. A portion of that radioactive waste will continue to contaminate over hundreds of thousands of years ahead. Music composed by Cœur Atomique.
Castle Bravo
Monica Emond
Castle Bravo is an experimental short film about nuclear colonialism through the infamous 1954 US thermonuclear test on the inhabited atoll of Bikini in the Marshall Islands. Castle Bravo is the first piece from Landscape of Emergency, an independent project conducted by Monica Emond and Jean-Yves Thériault. Castle Bravo is a horrifying representation of modern colonialism and imperialism: this is a commended meeting between science and military covered up by state secrecy. The destructive enterprise of permanent contamination from nuclear testing counts innumerable victims including many who ignore they are one of them. Archival film. Music composed by Cœur Atomique.
Nid d’oiseau
Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
Lena, a 7-year-old black girl receives a drawing mocking her hair. With the help of her big sister, they will spend the evening trying to make her beautiful like her classmates.
L’école en 10 questions
Vanessa Boisset
Philosopher Normand Baillargeon and his guests attempt to answer ten fundamental questions in education based on the thoughts of ten important philosophers in the field. The questions addressed, more current than ever, are aimed at teachers and parents alike. The video episodes are also available as audio documentaries.
Le cheval oublié
Louise Leroux
Le cheval oublié tells the story of Richard Blackburn and his horses’ extraordinary European trek as they retrace, one hundred years later, the path taken by Canadian soldiers and horses during the First World War. This documentary unearths a little-known story and pays a well-deserved tribute to our Canadian war horses.
Linda Rabin – Everything is Moving
Christine Chevarie
For Linda Rabin, all is movement. That has been the guiding principle for this pioneer of modern dance in Quebec, who has been a dancer, teacher, choreographer, somatic educator and the cofounder with Candace Loubert of l’École de danse contemporaine de Montréal in 1981. In Linda’s view, dancers’ gestures are not merely technically well executed movements, but expressions of life itself. Spirituality, openness to the world and the fluidity of bodies are here conveyed with subtlety.
Chacun sa classe
Christine Chevarie
For Karine Dubois, a documentary producer and mother of three, the choice of a high school for her oldest child is coming up fast. Public, private or special program school? As she ponders this question, she sees more and more red flags going up around her. What are the implications of this individual choice for society as a whole? What about equal opportunity for young people? Karine talks to education experts, parents and students to find answers to her questions as a mother and a citizen.
Graveurs d’images
Anne Kmetyko
Etched in Skin is a short documentary that offers insight into the world and the work of today’s Tattoo artists. Several tattoo artists from Québec, the USA and France share in their own words, their experiences and vision in the world of Tattoo.
Je m’appelle humain
Kim O’Bomsawin
When elders leave us, a link to the past vanishes along with them. Innu writer Joséphine Bacon exemplifies a generation that is bearing witness to a time that will soon have passed away. With charm and diplomacy, she leads a charge against the loss of a language, a culture, and its traditions. On the trail of Papakassik, the master of the caribou, Call Me Human proposes a foray into a people’s multi-millennial history in company with a woman of great spirit who has devoted her life to passing on her knowledge and that of her ancestors.
Du teiwekan à l’électro
Kim O’Bomsawin
Long ago, men, women and children of all ages, clans, allegiances and nations were united by the vibrations of the teweikan. In the hands of singer-songwriters Pakesso Mukash (Cree/Abenaki), Shauit (Innu) and Moe Clark (Métis), it continues to be a powerful tool for communion. With its folk, electro and reggae tunes, the teweikan – which means traditional drum – still strives to create bridges between generations, the living and the dead, territories, the conquered and the unsubdued. By following the three musicians in their respective communities, we will discover all the vitality of the Aboriginal artists here, the causes that are dear to them and their profound inspirations. We will take the opportunity to trace the history of First Nations music, from teweikan to electro, from Montreal to Hudson Bay, from the Canadian plains to the North Shore.
Minokin: réparer notre justice
Kim O’Bomsawin
In their fight against crime, some Aboriginal communities in Quebec are seeking to restore an ancient judicial practice: exile. In March 2017, the Council of the Abitibiwinni First Nation expelled a man accused of drug trafficking from his community. The man is banished from his community until he receives his sentence. This is a Canada-wide phenomenon. More recently, Bobby Cameron, chief of the Federation of Sovereign Aboriginal Nations in Saskatchewan, said that 10 First Nations in his province had expelled individuals from their territory for similar reasons. The practice, he said, is being adopted across Canada. “Banishment is not new,” he said on CBC. “For centuries, long before any government set foot on these ancestral lands, there was exile.” But the modern-day resurgence of this traditional practice is just one part of a larger movement to transform justice in aboriginal communities. Across the country, chiefs, elders and councils are rethinking the justice system in terms of the values, traditions and beliefs of their people. Minokin: Repairing Our Justice is a unique documentary about this collective quest, as it is being…
Laissez-nous raconter
Kim O’Bomsawin
The 11 first nations of Quebec and Labrador – Abenaki, Anishnabe, Atikamekw, Cree, Innu, Inuit, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), Mi’gmaq, Naskapi, Wendat and Wolastoqiyik (Malecite) – tell us, in their own way and from their own point of view, about their visions of the world, their values and lifestyles, their spirituality, their myths and legends, their wounds and hopes. To enrich the collective narrative, decolonize History and contribute to the future of Mother Earth. Episode 1: The Territory Episode 2: Identity Episode 3: Spirituality Episode 4: Reparation
Guillaume
Carole Laganière
When Guillaume was born, his life expectancy was about four days. Today he’s eight years old and he doesn’t have much time left. His autism and love for music make Guillaume an exceptional being, who has got an intense joy of life. As if he knew that each moment could be the last one. Produced as part of the Urgence (Emergency) project.
Les Bienveillants
Sarah Baril Gaudet
The Benevolents immerses itself in the world of the Tel-Aide Montreal telephone listening center, following a group of future volunteers who learn the art of empathetic listening. Through an intimate treatment, the film seeks to remind us of the importance of the presence of vigilant ears in a society where solitude is omnipresent.
Juste moi et toi
Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
8-year-old Eva and her father go on a Montreal-Mexico road trip aboard an 18-wheeler.
Bungalow
Lawrence Côté-Collins
Sarah and Jonathan buy a bungalow to renovate into their dream home. Bad decisions, lack of cash and lies push the couple to extreme areas. Their life turns into a nightmare. How far will they go to save their love and appearances? Watch out for the little renovations!
Cette maison
Miryam Charles
Bridgeport, January 17, 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examine the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imagined biography, the film will explore the relationship between the security of the living space and the violence that can jeopardize it.
La fragilité du verre
Sophie Goyette
Between sky and earth. Between stability and fragility. An echo.
Carla en 10 secondes
Jeanne Leblanc
During a teen party, “snapshots” of football team members gang-banging a young woman start making the rounds. Rumours immediately start flying and Gaby begins to suspect that the young woman in question might well be her best friend, Carla.
Le temps des récoltes
Jeanne Leblanc
Under the sweltering July sun, the phantom-like silhouettes of Mexican farm workers stand in the fields of rural Quebec. One of them, Gonzalo, a young father, is plagued by the desire to enter the wealthier world of the Québécois. His desire manifests itself in the purchase of an item that he would have never dared even dream of before.
Une nuit avec toi
Jeanne Leblanc
Since childhood, Samuel has always been fat. However, at age 23, his fantasies, like all man his age, turned to the pretty, thin girls. Faced with the indifference of his inaccessible desires, he try to fall back on Emily, a young woman in the same situation he is
Voir les avions tomber
Jeanne Leblanc
“Beauty is only the beginning of horror”. An incursion into the dreams of a father and daughter.