Online cinema
Résonance
Lucile Parry-Canet
A territory unfolds. Three bodies, three moments, three environments. How long is a moment? Where does the sea meet the sky? When does a body touch space? Résonance, a poetic investigation of the space that lives between us.
Unempty Space (間)
Lucile Parry-Canet
間 | Unempty Space shows how sensitivity can fill someone’s feeling of emptiness inside and help them connect with what is larger than themselves. This topic is particularly important currently as many people question what is meaningful in a world where they have lost faith in the system and where climate change is an international emergency. In the 5-minute film, we see my brother lost in a winter landscape. As he observes and connects with his surroundings, the seemingly empty grey space no longer represents a negative void but something full and profound. This notion can relate to the Japanese concept ‘Ma’ which translates to “space between”.‘Ma’ is a sense of place in relation to the whole (1). It says emptiness, but it is an emptiness where there is an abundance of energy. This is depicted by its character ‘間’ which refers to the sun in between gates (2). The literal translation “space between” is not a static gap, it is rather the distance that exists between objects as well as between time. It is said to be “the silent pause…
Cement – The Pressure of Concrete
Lucile Parry-Canet
Cement is the painful birth of a humanoid creature confronted with the essence of its natural state and its artificial environment. Alone in an abandoned concrete building, the creature finds itself captured in this labyrinth. Will the being lose itself or will it go beyond the walls?
Déconstruire
Lucile Parry-Canet
Deconstructing is a short film that introduces us to a new, more sustainable way of (re)enhancing the value of the materials that make up our buildings. Unlike demolition, deconstruction requires planning… But it opens the way to a world of possibilities: reuse, a circular economy, and reduced environmental impacts. This film aims to sow the seeds of the idea—and, above all, the desire—to change our habits. Because giving materials a second life also means building differently.
Jacques
Lysandre Leduc-Boudreau
Jacques Duhoux, a pioneer of Quebec’s northern expeditions, lives independently at the foot of the Groulx Mountains. At 85, he persists in living on the fringes of the world, despite an inevitable decline.
Le jardin de Pupa
Giulia Frati
Pupa’s Garden is an intimate and touching portrait of Ida Emma Lonati Frati, known to all as Nonna Pupa. In the early 1980s, Nonna Pupa cleaned up an illegal dump and transformed it into a beautiful botanical garden for her community of Cernobbio, on Lake Como, Italy. Juggling the daily care of her daughter, who suffered from multiple sclerosis, with the creation of this splendid garden, Nonna Pupa was a pioneer in environmental awareness and therapeutic gardening. Her resilience, creativity, and charm inspire us all to continue her work. The garden is now called Il Giardino della Valle (The Garden of the Valley).
Les faux sapins
Justine Martin
Florence, 8, accompanies her sister Simone, 6, to meet Santa Claus at the local market. The magic is at its peak, but moments later, a traumatic incident occurs: Santa Claus is seized by violent jolts and falls dead. Shocked, Florence will do anything to protect her little sister’s imagination.
Dabla! Excision – Cessez l’excision
Erica Pomerance
Female genital mutilation is still practiced in 26 African countries, where two million girls are subjected to excision or infibulation each year. However, this tragedy is not confined to Africa. Many mutilated women seek political asylum in the West to protect their own daughters from the same fate. Filmed primarily in West Africa and Quebec, Dabla! Excision – Stop Excision tells the story of a few African and Quebec women who are leading a courageous fight to abolish these practices, the ultimate goal of which is the control of female sexuality.
Le temps qu’il faut
Abeille Tard
Ben is fifty, William is seventeen. Together, for a moment, they let go and allow themselves to be carried away by the music, liberating, healing.
Le pain perdu
Abeille Tard
A voiceover describes the artifacts left behind by a family member who died of wounds during the First World War. His diary, a slice of bread still wrapped in paper…
Le rire et la liberté d’expression sont parmi les plus belles conquêtes de l’humanité
Abeille Tard
A short animated film about freedom of expression in the style of a contemporary western.