Online cinema
Your Place or Minecraft?
Gina Haraszti
Your Place or Minecraft? is a machinima documentary webseries that follows the virtual lives of a handful academics playing Minecraft together. An online adventure of fun, smarts and drama. The show takes place in the virtual land of the ‘mLab server,’ one of the most modded Minecraft servers in the world. But what makes it really special is that it is owned by academic game research centres of Concordia University where the players—students and professors—all work together in real life. Their real life friendships, objectives and conflicts result in fascinating, self-reflexive and sometimes explosive gameplay.
Envers et contre nous
Marilyn Cooke
In the middle of the sunny countryside, 10-year-old Selma and her big brother Jonas set out by bike on a journey with a very personal goal in mind. Taking them further and further away from home, their mission pushes them beyond their limits and into the real world, where they must face the fact that some things in life can’t be changed.
Cherche femme forte
Marilyn Cooke
Between working as a nurse and taking care of her uncle, a poet living with memory loss, Nadege lacks the confidence to get what she wants from life. That is, until she discovers the world of wrestling. Her new passion will bring out a hidden side of her. A colorful short film bristling with poetry, wrestling and black woman strength.
Pas de fantôme à la morgue
Marilyn Cooke
Medical student Keity wants to become a surgeon like her mother and grandmother. But after her first operation takes a dramatic turn, she has to accept an internship at the morgue. Between her dead patients, her unconventional colleagues and seeing her grandmother’s spirit, she tries to tough it out.
This Home Is Not Empty
Carol Nguyen
A personal film questioning the ‘lies you tell yourself’ through a metaphorical lens.
Façade
Carol Nguyen
Four individuals discover that the main element that unites them is also the reason for their isolation.
Gaby les collines
Zoé Pelchat
Thirteen-year-old Gaby arrives in the Magdalen Islands to spend the summer with her father, as she does every year. She is thrilled to find the sea she loves so much, the childhood friends, the winding hills on the horizon, and the warm joy of her dad’s home. But this time something is different: she hit puberty, and her life will never be the same.
Every Grain of Rice
Carol Nguyen
They say it only takes three generations for a culture to assimilate. What happens next?
Claire l’hiver
Sophie Bédard Marcotte
As a malfunctioning cargo spaceship is threatening to crash into Earth, Claire is going through a difficult Winter.
Pa t’mentir
Marilyn Cooke
Pa t’mentir (Not Gonna Lie) is committed to deconstructing preconceived ideas and demystifying certain taboos present in Quebec’s black and multi-ethnic communities. Schelby, Keithy and Irdens will speak frankly about delicate subjects with guests in order to build bridges between cultures.
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.
Katak – Le brave béluga
Christine Dallaire-Dupont
While his peers have all turned white, as expected at their age, young beluga Katak is still small and grey. To prove that he has grown up and to grant the last wish of his adored grandma, Katak departs on a perilous journey to the Great North…