Online cinema
L’artiste surprise
Sylvie Laliberté
Small action film made during an artist residency in Paris. This is a natural choreography. I am not a dancer, but dancing in Paris is easy.
Récits plastiques
Sylvie Laliberté
When the double subjectivity strikes: that causes a tension between matter and form, sensitivity and intellect. It is the terrible threat of the formlessness that hovers. A visual artist’s view of life.
Paris chouchou
Sylvie Laliberté
A very touristy video, a kind of Sylvie in Paris. Tourists are people who care about themselves and seek to improve themselves through travel. Indeed, Paris has improved me a lot.
Rendre justice
Jacinthe Moffatt
The Honourable Juanita Westmoleland-Traoré was the first black person to be appointed to the Court of Quebec in 1999. Discover her inspiring journey and her vision of diversity in the legal profession during an intimate and touching meeting with young lawyer Shahad Salman.
Fanny ne sort jamais sans son bat
Charlotte Clerk
Fanny loves baseball, Ayoub loves Fanny and Michel steals wallets to find relief from boredom. Together they form an unlikely trio for one absurd afternoon.
Pendant ce temps en cuisine
Lysandre Leduc-Boudreau
From sourcing ingredients to creating unique menus, each episode highlights the world of chefs, while exposing the realities of owning and operating a restaurant.
Wintopia
Mira Burt-Wintonick
Wintopia is an intimate father-daughter story and poignant search for the meaning of utopia. Following the quick and tragic death of Peter Wintonick, Canada’s “documentary ambassador to the world”, his daughter Mira Burt-Wintonick dives into her father’s obsession with untangling the contradiction that is utopia. The remains of his unfinished film and several hundred hours of raw footage shot over 15 years leads Mira to surprising places and connections with her father, compelling all of us to live life with purpose.
Les Fils
Manon Cousin
In the late 1960s, in the Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood of Montreal, a religious group called the Fils de la charité begins to question its civic involvement. Against the instructions of the Catholic Church, the activist working-class priests decide to take to the streets and meet the locals, considerably influencing the social and political climate of the time. Between opposition from those in power and socio-political struggles, Manon Cousin paints a fascinating portrait of a group of apostles fighting against the Church hierarchy. Thanks to insightful commentary and previously unseen archival materials, this empathetic and humanist documentary pays touching tribute to worthy representatives of the Quiet Revolution.
Cavebirds
Emily Gan
Emily Gan takes us inside her soft-spoken father’s world, with scenes of family life, interviews and poetic visions captured in the half-light.Painted on a backdrop of the edible bird’s nest farming industry, Cavebirds is a poignant film that reflects on matters of the heart, home and heritage.
Oasis
Justine Martin
At the dawn of their teenage years, Raphaël and Rémi are twins who see their fusional attachment crumble while one of them, suffering from an increasingly marked disability, remains a prisoner of childhood. During one last summer surrounded by nature, time seems to want to stand still.
Roseline comme dans les films
Sara Bourdeau
Now a woman in the spotlight, Roseline is a great actress with a prolific career. As she prepares to play her greatest role, fiction and reality intertwine to awaken a long-buried secret in the actress. Then silence is called, the engines start and someone shouts “Action!”.
Baba Dana Talks to The Wolves
Ralitsa Doncheva
Baba Dana Talks To The Wolves is an impressionistic portrait of Baba Dana, an 85 year-old Bulgarian woman who has chosen to spend her life on a mountain, away from people and cities, in Zelenikovsky Monastery in Bulgaria.
Figure d’Armen
Marlene Edoyan
Drawn to the idea of reconnecting with her ancestral homeland, the filmmaker, Marlene Edoyan embarks on a road trip across the countryside and villages of Armenia and the two Armenian-populated territories of neighbouring Republics of Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh. These regions play a decisive role in the social, economic and political life of Armenia. Through songs, stories, poems and chance encounters with villagers, the author learns how Armenians living in the South Caucasus are coping with the advent of independence and “democracy”, two decades after the breakup of the USSR. The effects of a devastating earthquake in 1988, followed by a bloody war with Azerbaijan have made the country very fragile. Each story and experience is unique. As we move through the various territories the issues of border tensions, language, ethnicity and cultural heritage become prevalent. Each community has a battle to fight. The recurrent theme throughout the film however remains the same: the challenge of residing and making a living in one’s homeland. While some are hopeful and proud, others are discouraged and bleak about the prospects of a better…
La mer entre nous
Marlene Edoyan
The Sea Between Us transports us to the city of Beirut in Lebanon, 25 years after the end of a bloody civil war and into the lives of two strong and charismatic women, Hayat & Wafaa. With children of their own, they must now face the challenging task of passing on the civil war’s violent legacy onto a new generation. The film puts a human face on the impact of sectarian division, nationalism and intolerance and shows that hope for peaceful coexistence is cross cultural, universal and part of the human experience. Through the intimate stories and memories of these two protagonists of different backgrounds, we understand why Beirut’s neighbourhoods still feel walled in by invisible boundaries and why achieving forgiveness and reconciliation is so complex in a country that is still broken over religious and political ideology.
Lorraine Pintal: Pour que la lumière ne meure jamais
Ariane Louis-Seize
A tribute to Théâtre du Nouveau-Monde director Lorraine Pintal, the film brings together some of the most memorable characters and performers from her career. The film reveals the exceptional woman of theater, the director and the friend that this sentinel of Quebec theater represents for them all.
Comme une comète
Ariane Louis-Seize
On a family trip to observe the shooting stars, Chloé, a withdrawn teenager, discovers a dazzling attraction for her mother’s new boyfriend.
Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo
Marya Zarif
Dounia was six years old when she left Aleppo with her grandparents and a few nigella seeds in her pockets. With the help of the Princess of Aleppo, Dounia makes a landmark journey to a whole new world… The path is strewn with obstacles, but Dounia will find courage and optimism in the love of her family, her grandmother’s recipes and the princess’ winks!
Dounia
Marya Zarif
Forced to leave their country, Dounia & her grandparents set off in search of a new home. As she travels around the world in search of asylum, Dounia encounters many people. When she encounters an obstacle that seems insurmountable, the wisdom of the ancient world comes to her rescue in the form of the nigella seeds of her grandmother. Season 1 is divided into 6 episodes of 7 minutes each and a 28-minute TV special. Season 2 is divided into 7 episodes of 7 minutes each.
Balcons vivants
Stéphanie Lessard-Bérubé
Balcons vivants invites you to step into the experience of the Chasse-Balcon with Catherine Planet, who conceived the event, and Julina Castellas, a French-born teacher who has been living in Louisiana since 2011. Their discussions focus on the ability of different cultures to “stand on their balconies”, in other words, to assert themselves and contribute to community building.
L’Océan vu du coeur
Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol
Marie-Dominique Michaud
For a long time, the ocean seemed unalterable and limitless, but the impact of our actions on its biodiversity and temperature has become increasingly alarming. In Ocean Seen From the Heart, the sequel to Earth Seen from the Heart, Hubert Reeves, surrounded by passionate scientists and explorers, invites us to rediscover what threatens it and, above all, its phenomenal capacity for regeneration. A hymn to life at its richest, most precious and necessary to preserve if we are to survive, among other species, on our blue planet.
Agression armée
Gaëlle D’Ynglemare
After being assaulted by her superior officer, former soldier Stéphanie Raymond fought for 10 years to have charges pressed and her attacker punished for his crime. Through the story of this young woman, as well as many other testimonies, this documentary paints a striking portrait of the Canadian armed forces and the culture of sexual misconduct that reigns there.
Émergence
Clarissa Rebouças
Katiana emerges. She finally gets her head above water and speaks up for all Haitian women.
Cachez cette bedaine que je ne saurais voir
Karyne Lemieux
Being an artist, a woman, an actress, and… pregnant, is it good or bad news? A tricky question because the number of atypical workers is constantly growing these days. The answer to this question bears witness to a precarious reality that is brought to light in this film documentary. The actresses and artists are a starting point to talk about women’s place and maternity in today’s world.