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Au-delà des hautes vallées
Maude Plante-Husaruk
In a remote himalayan region, the villagers of Maikot are preparing for the harvest of a mysterious aphrodisiac caterpillar-mushroom worth more than gold. Lalita, a young mother, had to let go of her dreams after getting married because of the social pressures of her community. As the whole village departs to the mountains, she joins the journey to the high-altitude pasturelands in hope of providing a better life for her family through the hazardous harvest of the rare mushroom. Set against the backdrop of stunning mountainous landscapes, the film presents an intimate and humane portrait of characters that put everything on the line for a chance to ascend to greener pastures. Will the harvest be good this year?
The Botanist – Ботаник
Maude Plante-Husaruk
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic, plunged into a devastating civil war. A famine struck the mountainous region of the Pamir where Raïmberdi, a passionate and ingenious botanist, built his own hydroelectric station to help his family survive through the crisis.
Le voleur de papillons
Patricia Vergeylen Tassinari
A gentle yet violent allegory of colonialism, it tells the story of the last day of Mr. Léo and his collection of butterflies from the Belgian Congo. A final visit to the museum displaying his beloved butterflies plunges him back into Congo’s violent history.
My Blueness
Patricia Vergeylen Tassinari
A neurological tale. Unmindful of the beauty and history of Florence, a woman disappears into a vortex of blues which reveals a suppressed loss and fear.
Unbuckling my Bible Belt
Patricia Vergeylen Tassinari
An intimate portrayal of the South as It captures the beauty and starkness of the landscape as well as the complex relationship these Southerners have with their God. At a time when religion offers a powerful and personal look at the changing face of life in the USA.
Paul and Christina
Patricia Vergeylen Tassinari
A drama about the psychological and physical ravages of Alzheimer. A woman forced to passively witness her father’s slow disintegration fears that the same fate awaits her. She decides to view and experience the world with a new intensity.
Broken Promises – The High Arctic Relocation
Patricia Vergeylen Tassinari
In 1953 the Canadian Government fearing a USA occupation of the Canadian Artic relocated seven Inuit families from Northern Quebec to the High Arctic to stake out its territory. The families were dumped on barren land in the middle of winter with only tents, oil lamps and wooden crates to keep warm. Thirty years later, the federal government finally provided assistance to the exiles,enabling them to return to their ancestral home in Northern Quebec.
Goodbye Frederico
Patricia Vergeylen Tassinari
Eileen, a scriptwriter, has been writing letters to Federico Fellini who has become her friend, and means of escape. Various rejections lead her to lose her grip on reality and retreat into her own world with one last hope: join Federico in Cinecittà with the two men she loves.
Pornomania
Chloé Sirois
Following a traumatic event at her grandparents’ house, 10-year-old Rose embarks on an obsessive quest to see and understand the forbidden world of adults by herself.
Capteurs H20
Gynette Mercier
Water conservation, through an interview on Mayne Island with a lady who runs the Society of Water and its Preservation for gardens, car washes from cisterns and tubs installed on the island, and private collectors of roof water, because even if there’s a shortage of water, there’s plenty to water plants in private and community gardens.
Les héritières
Julie Blackburn
A true collective legacy, the documentary The Inheritors (Les héritières) is one of the highlights of the 50th anniversary of the Council on the Status of Women (Conseil du statut de la femme) in Quebec, Canada. In The Inheritors (Les héritières), actress Marie Soleil Dion invites us to meet the pioneers and women who are blazing the trail, each in their own field. Through these encounters and testimonials, the intimate and collective stories of inspiring women are brought to light, and their contribution to the evolution of Quebec society today and tomorrow.
2023 façon d’aimer
Julie Blackburn
What do you know about Tinder, polyamory, open couples and pansexuality? Can you keep up with today’s changing relationships? Listen in as journalist Marie-Hélène Proulx demystifies it all with young people, singles and typical and atypical couples, who offer stunning testimonials and demonstrate that there are indeed 2023 ways to love (2023 façons d’aimer).
2 chiffres
Julie Blackburn
Young elementary school students confide in the camera about their joys, fears, doubts and hopes as they turn 10. Double-digit self-portraits, 2020, Montreal.
Les diplômés Mira – Les grands sportifs (S2,E1)
Julie Blackburn
After The Mira Academy, The Mira Graduates (Les diplômés Mira) series offers touching stories. We step out of the kennels to follow the dogs into the homes of their beneficiaries, and into their living, working and leisure environments.
Femmes des bois
Julie Lambert
Femmes des bois offers an incursion into the unique world of forestry camps, where men and women from all over the world come together to work. Through the eyes of the women who have chosen to work there, we discover the micro-society that forms over the course of the forestry season.
Song For The New World
Miryam Charles
Years after the disappearance of her father in Scotland, a young woman recalls her childhood on a Caribbean island.
J’aimerais remercier mon corps
Catherine Dulude
Rosalie is striving to build a more positive relationship with her body. In her thirties and living with a disability caused by muscular dystrophy, she now aims to see her body in a healthier and more compassionate light. To this end, she decided to take part in a photo session with Teri Hofford, a Winnipeg-based photographer specializing in empowerment and boudoir photography. Together, Rosalie and Teri explore issues related to the representation of women in the media, fatphobia, sexuality, sensuality, and disability
La réplique
Chloé Leriche
Based on excerpts from an audition day, La Réplique (The Reply) portrays a young woman who wants to prove herself as an actress, but her role is limited to acting as a cue for auditioning actors.
Comme une ombre allongée sur l’asphalte
Chloé Leriche
Images of old mattresses and voicemail messages like shadows lying on the asphalt.
Mataperra
Rachel Trudeau
Yelda del Carmen leaves her Cuban homeland for Montreal, where she must rebuild her dance career from scratch. Realizing the challenges ahead, she embarks on a special climbing journey before fully embracing her dance aspirations. This narrative intertwines Yelda’s pursuit of self-discovery, as she balances her love for dance and climbing.
Ode au nord
Rachel Trudeau
Ode au Nord (Ode To The North) presents the singular approach of painter Emmanuelle Gendron and highlights the northern territory in which she evolves.
La fête des pères
Ayana O’Shun
Following the success of her first feature film, The Myth of the Black Woman, Ayana O’Shun presents Father’s Day. This gripping documentary explores the phenomenon of absent fathers in Black communities, through the personal stories of the director and luminous, resilient women from Canada and Guadeloupe. Growing up in Quebec, Ayana was struck by the fact that half of all Black families in North America live without a father (compared to one-fifth of families on average). What are the reasons for this state of affairs? Does Black history in the Americas influence fathers’ defection? What are the consequences of this absence on their daughters, the women they become, and the community in general? This documentary is a call to break the silence. It highlights the weight of social and historical legacy, the consequences of life choices, the complexities of love and freedom, and the hopes of healing and renewal.
Words Left Unspoken
Josiane Blanc
After avoiding speaking at all cost for over two decades, Joze Piranian, a severe stutterer, decides to confront his fears. Words Left Unspoken follows Joze as he makes peace with his stutter and the elements that led him to spend the first two decades of his life avoiding speaking at all cost. By revisiting his past, he will finally confront the situations which contributed to his trauma and engage in the conversations he never dared to have before. By speaking openly, Joze will finally be able to free himself from the difficult memories that have long held him back and we will witness his transformation as he finds his voice and shares his experiences with the world to celebrate the truly exceptional person that he has become.
Hôtel Beyrouth
Josiane Blanc
In the late 80s, after fleeing the war in Lebanon, Zeina and Fady’s family settled in Ottawa. The family home soon became the place to be for exiled Lebanese seeking temporary refuge. Zeina, 14, and Fady, 9, moved to Canada with their parents in 1989, having fled the war that had raged in Lebanon for over a decade. As the family struggles to adapt to their new home, their residence quickly becomes a place of transition for Lebanese immigrants. Fady, overjoyed to finally have his own room, is forced to leave it every time a new guest shows up, which doesn’t sit well with the young boy, and even less with his older sister, who is trying to fit in at school, one lie at a time. Zeina and Fady not only find their home invaded by all these newcomers, but also have to juggle culture shock, adaptation and a new school environment, as well as the psychological trauma that the war will have caused them. Hotel Beirut tells the story of the Haddad family with humor: a story of…