Online cinema
La peur au ventre
Léa Clermont-Dion
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which had legalized abortion in the U.S. since 1973. This legal setback reinforced the convictions of the leaders of pro-life organizations and their hundreds of thousands of supporters, many of them very young. Highly funded, well-structured and skilled communicators, these groups represent a growing threat to American women’s right to control their own bodies. To get a better idea of the scale of the situation, the director set out to meet them in the USA and Canada.
Inconditionnelles
Anne-Céline Genevois
Inconditionnelles is a sound and digital installation that immerses the viewer in the words of women who have survived prison. Seven voices resonate, asserting their desire to be heard. These intimate female narratives are presented in a variety of sound forms, from poetry to storytelling, fiction and documentary. Directed and co-artistic direction: Marie-Lise L, Mélanie H, Mélanie G, Lyne T, Yuzi, Kali Chamanes, Sabz et Al and Anne-Céline Genevois, in collaboration with set designer Hubert Lafore, sound designer Simone D’Ambrosio, Audiotopie and Kngfu.
Dénombrement
Anne-Céline Genevois
Documentary video installation immersing viewers in the daily life of a women’s prison through the intimate portraits of six former inmates. A testimony to the judicialization of women in Quebec. Six prison cells lined up along a corridor. Six women prisoners “doing time”, counting the endless days between the walls. Six doors open onto their stories, their intimacies, their hopes, their regrets. Directed by Christine M., Miki, Lise C., Sylvie L., Carole L., Johanne A., in collaboration with director Émilie Beaulieu-Guérette and set designer Hubert Lafore.
intimités francophones d’eux
Anne-Céline Genevois
intimités francophones d’eux is a feature-length documentary that takes viewers on a journey to the heart of the territories of Canada (Yukon, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba) and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo), where the inhabitants of two countries meet and unite through the sharing of a language. Language enables us to transcend geographical and political borders, and enter into the linguistic intimacy of citizens. Language claims, Language uproots, Language conquers and appropriates. Speaking a language is a political act in itself.
Intimités francophones
Anne-Céline Genevois
intimités francophones is a conversation between French speakers from the Americas. They tell us about their issues and their cultures, shaped by the plurality of languages in their territories (United States: Louisiana, Maine; Canada: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Haiti: Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haïtien). At every turn, identities are revealed, words are loosened, struggles are clarified.
Michel Cadieux et sa fabrique d’artéfacts amérindiens
Maryse Dugas
This video provides a simple and effective summary of the work of an artifact maker. It tells the story of an artifact maker’s practice in a particular situation, between the autonomous researcher and the experimental practitioner who must rediscover and practice traditional methods and ways of producing primitive tools (cutting stones to make arrowheads and other tools; producing terracotta vases, building longhouses).
Janine Leroux Guillaume maître graveur
Maryse Dugas
This documentary documents the exceptional career of Master Printmaker Janine Leroux Guillaume, who has been pursuing her work for over sixty years. She welcomes us to her home/workshop in Montreal, where she still works. During these friendly encounters, between 2008 and 2012, Janine talks to us about her work as an artist, and her tools. She shows and explains some of her works, and tells us about her collaboration with her husband Pierre Guillaume, typographer and printer, responsible for printing many of her etchings.
Ce que je suis ici
Stéphanie Lessard-Bérubé
To the rhythm of a spring day, What I am here paints a sensitive portrait of four residents of the “Maison des aînés et alternative” in Rimouski.
Les Roteuses
Garance Chagnon-Grégoire
Philomene and Carolanne are the feminist punk-rock group « The Weenies ». After a fiery argument both their friendship and their highly (un)anticipated gig are put at risk.
Tequila Pamplemousse
Garance Chagnon-Grégoire
With a heart full of jope, Fanny, accompanied by her exuberant sister Justine, goes to a party in order to conquer Alex. Oscillating between her embarrassment and her ingenuity, she will overcome her fear by trying everything.
Ces filles-là (El-Banate Dol)
Tahani Rached
“El-Banate Dol” is a feature-length documentary that plunges us into the world of teenage girls living on the streets of Cairo, a world of violence and oppression, as well as freedom. These Girls astonish us with the strength they exude, the laughter that animates them, and the toughness with which they must cope with their daily lives. They are women, and therefore doubly marginalized. Their existence, their lives and the codes they adopt defy the social model. Their day is strewn with threats, from police raids to kidnapping by their street companions. Women-children, mothers-daughters, they necessarily live in the moment. Dance, laughter and acrobatics give a glimpse of childhood, as do the arguments that sometimes get out of hand.
Oraison
Laetitia Demessence
Leonor wants to unravel the mystery surrounding a mythical dance piece that her mother performed thirty years ago. Confronted by an unorthodox choreographer, she faces many challenges that she must overcome to achieve her initiation.