Online cinema
Judith Hôtel
Charlotte Le Bon
Have you ever dreamed of going to sleep and never wake up? Rémi has. Eight years of insomnia has made his life a living hell. By booking a room at Judith Hotel, a very popular establishment, he is giving himself the opportunity of a new start.
Le Mythe de la Femme noire
Ayana O’Shun
The Myth of the Black Woman is a feature-length documentary that investigates the image of black women in society, from the hypersexual Jezebel to the lovable Nanny to the sassy “Bitch.” Experts say the Black community is the minority most affected by images created centuries ago. Black women, acclaimed leaders in their fields, tell of the challenges these representations of them bring to their lives. Their compelling stories are supported by compelling, never-before-seen archival footage from centuries past to the present. This hard-hitting film was also a favorite for many of us. It is sad, however, to still see the need for a film that reports on a reality that should no longer exist. Relevant, dynamic and daring, this film gives voice, without compromise. Its classic and very effective form seduces by its asserted speech, the sensual beauty of the images, the intelligence of the testimonies and the delicacy of its musical framework. A powerful tool for popular education and mobilization.
Lazyboy
Ayana O’Shun
Marie-Hélène, a neurotic and distinguished woman, goes to her first appointment with a renowned psychologist. Wanting to prove that she doesn’t really need a shrink, she ridicules everything in the doctor’s office, but unknowingly goes from a dazzling superiority to the flattest discomfiture. It’s obvious: she’ll need to be on the doctor’s lazyboy a lot!
Médecins sans résidence
Ayana O’Shun
This short documentary highlights how discrimination prevents foreign-trained doctors from practising in Canada – even after they’ve received their Canadian qualifications. Interviews with medical professionals and human rights advocates illustrate how systemic racism plays a role.
Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau
Renée Beaulieu
Marie-Claire (Brigitte Poupart), professor of dermatology, is undertaking a new scientific research project on skin cells and how they are affected by sexuality when a chain of events disrupts her career, family and above all, her intimate life. Les Salopes or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin proposes a different perspective by making a woman and her sexuality, the subject and no longer the object of the film…presenting a feminine sexuality that is self-assured, complex and subversive…
Inès
Renée Beaulieu
Caught up in a symbiotic relationship with her father, Inès (20 years old) embarks on a difficult path to try to escape from this imposing man in order to build her own identity and become an adult woman.
Chien Blanc
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
1968. The United States is on the verge of implosion: Martin Luther King is assassinated and racial hatreds put the country to fire and blood. Romain Gary, who lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the actress Jean Seberg, takes in a stray dog. The dog quickly finds his place in the house, with Diego, the couple’s only son. He is affectionate with everyone. Everyone, except the black people. This is because White Dog is a dog specially trained to chase away Black protesters. For Seberg, who is very active in the Black Panthers, it is unthinkable to keep the dog, but for Gary, it is unthinkable to shoot him. Gary is fixated on this animal: he cannot abandon it. He entrusts him to a kennel in the hope of curing the dog of this hatred that man has embedded in his body. And it’s Keys, a black healer, who takes charge of reforming the animal. Inhabited by his own tragedy, he will not do his job by halves.
Pour Toi Flora
Sonia Bonspille Boileau
For You Flora (Pour toi Flora) is the story of a brother and sister of Anishinabe descent who spend their youth in a residential school in the 1960s and who, years later, attempt to make peace with their painful past. From the heartbreaking moment when the Oblates take the two children away from their parents to the events that unite them more than five decades later, this six-episode, one-hour drama miniseries depicts different eras in their lives, unfolding together in each episode to tell the story of how a Quebec Aboriginal family splits apart and manages to repair itself. For You Flora (Pour toi Flora) brings to the screen for the first time the painful legacy of those religious settlements in Quebec that were intended to eradicate Aboriginal cultures. Although fictional, the story of Pour toi Flora is inspired by various testimonies and reflects the reality of several hundred families in the province. The series highlights the innate resilience of these uprooted girls and boys, and the brotherly love that survives, despite the most unimaginable moments of adversity.
Motel Paradis
Sophie Deraspe
Following a near-death experience, Jen Paradis is certain that her 14-year-old sister did not commit suicide. Determined to shed light on her disappearance, she brings back to her isolated village the investigator in charge of the case three years earlier, now retired. Together they will investigate.
Derouin – Métis des Amériques
Julie Corbeil
A rare bird, the artist René Derouin flies over his universe that links Quebec to Mexico. He takes a nuanced look at it, imbued with distance. A true monument of the visual arts in Quebec, Derouin is guided by his love of nature and his desire to bring the public closer to contemporary art. With delicacy, director Julie Corbeil gives voice to this tireless and committed artist, driven by the urgency to create and nurture a dialogue.
Rencontres avec le bout du monde
Julie Corbeil
After 17 years of living in refugee camps in Nepal, a Bhutanese community came to settle in Quebec, more precisely in St-Jérôme in the Laurentians.
Mexico – Cœur vibrant des Amériques
Julie Corbeil
With her artistic sensibility, Julie Corbeil shows us Mexico City in all its splendor. In her film, the filmmaker accompanies Quebec multidisciplinary artist René Derouin as he immerses himself in the richness of this megalopolis to produce a new work. Together, they travel through the different delegations of the city, transporting us into the colorful and warm universe of a young and dynamic urban population, looking towards the future. It is through its art, its gastronomy, its history and its architecture that Mexico City reveals all its beauty, under the gaze of Julie who lets the inhabitants speak in order to better understand all the subtleties of the vibrant heart of the Americas.
Guatemala – Tierra maya
Julie Corbeil
Guatemala is a Central American country located just south of Mexico. It is part of Latin America and has a population of 16 million, the majority of whom are of direct Mayan descent. If a few thousand years ago the Mayan civilization was one of the most powerful on the planet, natural disasters, European conquests and recent armed conflicts have given its people a hard time. Filmmakers Julie Corbeil and Ugo Monticone propose an encounter with Guatemala’s fascinating mix of cultures. A journey into a country where ancestral traditions are deeply rooted in the present.
Derrière les bulles de la BD québécoise
Julie Corbeil
The growth of interest in comics in Quebec is undeniable. Publishers are multiplying and, although the market share is not huge, it is one of the rare literary genres to have experienced a continuous growth in sales over the last ten years. Authors and designers with different profiles talk about a field that they have seen change for the better, without escaping the difficulties of the limited market that is Quebec.
In The Waves
Jacquelyn Mills
In the Waves is an expressive documentary that depicts the life of 80 years old Joan Alma Mills in her aging coastal village. Following the death of her younger sister, Joan finds herself confronted by the fragility of life. As she tries to come to terms with her loss Joan searches for meaning in the natural world around her. Weaving intimate thoughts with lyrical imagery, In the Waves was crafted by Joan’s granddaughter Jacquelyn Mills. In essence, the film is an intergenerational love-letter, an ebb and flow between dream and reality, past and present, a glimpse of childhood and an encounter with the end-of-life.
Geographies of Solitude
Jacquelyn Mills
Geographies of Solitude is an immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island, guided by naturalist and environmentalist Zoe Lucas who has lived over 40 years on this remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Shot on 16mm and created using a scope of innovative eco-friendly filmmaking techniques, this feature-length experimental documentary is a playful and reverent collaboration with the natural world. Zoe leads us among wild horses, seals and bugs, through peaks, valleys, roots, sands, weathers, seasons and stars. The intangible is evoked with hidden sounds and vanishing light. Much like a field book, the film tracks its protagonist’s labor to collect, clean and document marine litter that persistently washes up on the island shores.
Manon aime le hockey
Rachel Graton
Manon, a young teenager with a passion for field hockey, puts her heart and soul into recording the video that will allow her to realize her greatest dream: to meet the SAGS’ star player, number 9, Janeau Trudel. (SAGS: The Chicoutimi Saguenéens are an ice hockey club in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
Suzanne et Chantal
Rachel Graton
This morning, Chantal (60 years old) comes to pick up Susan (92 years old) by car. Susan seems more nervous than usual. Chantal attributes her behavior to her health concerns and the exam she has to take at the hospital in the afternoon. First, they have to go to the hair salon where Chantal works. When she arrives at the salon, Chantal is intercepted by her boss who asks her to give him what she owes him. But this week, she has no money for him… This week, she has a surprise for him. Suzanne et Chantal is a film about friendship, solidarity and the strength of life.
Nancy’s Workshop
Aïcha Diop
One Sunday a month, natural hair specialist Nancy Falaise closes the doors of her Montreal salon to lead a private workshop for young Black girls struggling to love their natural hair. Step-by-step, she teaches them how to wash, detangle, style and care for their respective hair textures, while also creating a safe space for them to bond over their shared experiences and forge meaningful friendships. Nancy’s Workshop is an intimate and immersive exploration of this journey.
L.A. Tea Time
Sophie Bédard Marcotte
A filmmaker stuck in an arid, jobless Montreal winter embarks on an improbable quest across the USA, taking her director of photography along for the journey. L.A. Tea Time is an unusual travelogue, at times meditative, at times haunted, recounting the adventures of Sophie and Isabelle with humour and a little touch of magic.
Claire l’hiver
Sophie Bédard Marcotte
As a malfunctioning cargo spaceship is threatening to crash into Earth, Claire is going through a difficult Winter.
No Crying at the Dinner Table
Carol Nguyen
A collection of family secrets, confessions and confrontation. Filmmaker Carol Nguyen interviews her own family to craft an emotionally complex and meticulously composed portrait of intergenerational trauma, grief, and secrets in this cathartic documentary about things left unsaid.
Nanitic
Carol Nguyen
na·nit·ic / adjective: The first brood of worker ants produced by a queen ant using only the reserved nutrition in her body. Nanitics shoulder the initial fate of the colony and are often underfed due to the conditions in colony building. Thus, nanitics may be smaller in size from later workers ants to optimize the survival of the group… But what happens to the colony when the queen dies? Had the nanitics done enough? 9 year-old Trang starts to shift out of oblivion as her aunt Ut tends to Grandma, who lies in her deathbed in the living room. How can a single body occupy so much space? What will happen when Grandma is gone?
Every Grain of Rice
Carol Nguyen
They say it only takes three generations for a culture to assimilate. What happens next?