Online cinema
Dors-tu?
Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
Lila goes to her grandmother’s house for the weekend and meets her cousin, Maxime, with whom she has been close since childhood. Something happens that forever changes their relationship.
Chacun sa classe
Christine Chevarie
For Karine Dubois, a documentary producer and mother of three, the choice of a high school for her oldest child is coming up fast. Public, private or special program school? As she ponders this question, she sees more and more red flags going up around her. What are the implications of this individual choice for society as a whole? What about equal opportunity for young people? Karine talks to education experts, parents and students to find answers to her questions as a mother and a citizen.
Linda Rabin – Everything is Moving
Christine Chevarie
For Linda Rabin, all is movement. That has been the guiding principle for this pioneer of modern dance in Quebec, who has been a dancer, teacher, choreographer, somatic educator and the cofounder with Candace Loubert of l’École de danse contemporaine de Montréal in 1981. In Linda’s view, dancers’ gestures are not merely technically well executed movements, but expressions of life itself. Spirituality, openness to the world and the fluidity of bodies are here conveyed with subtlety.
Le cheval oublié
Louise Leroux
Le cheval oublié tells the story of Richard Blackburn and his horses’ extraordinary European trek as they retrace, one hundred years later, the path taken by Canadian soldiers and horses during the First World War. This documentary unearths a little-known story and pays a well-deserved tribute to our Canadian war horses.
Les clefs du logis
Vanessa Boisset
New ideas for better housing and living well! Discover the most innovative solutions to improve access to adequate and affordable housing.
L’école en 10 questions
Vanessa Boisset
Philosopher Normand Baillargeon and his guests attempt to answer ten fundamental questions in education based on the thoughts of ten important philosophers in the field. The questions addressed, more current than ever, are aimed at teachers and parents alike. The video episodes are also available as audio documentaries.
Nid d’oiseau
Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
Lena, a 7-year-old black girl receives a drawing mocking her hair. With the help of her big sister, they will spend the evening trying to make her beautiful like her classmates.
Castle Bravo
Monica Emond
Castle Bravo is an experimental short film about nuclear colonialism through the infamous 1954 US thermonuclear test on the inhabited atoll of Bikini in the Marshall Islands. Castle Bravo is the first piece from Landscape of Emergency, an independent project conducted by Monica Emond and Jean-Yves Thériault. Castle Bravo is a horrifying representation of modern colonialism and imperialism: this is a commended meeting between science and military covered up by state secrecy. The destructive enterprise of permanent contamination from nuclear testing counts innumerable victims including many who ignore they are one of them. Archival film. Music composed by Cœur Atomique.
The Waste
Monica Emond
The Waste is an experimental short film about nuclear waste production worldwide. This day, in 2015, 438 nuclear power plants are functioning in 30 countries worldwide. 67 more are currently under construction. The total amount of spent fuel, the most hazardous radioactive byproduct, is evaluated to 270 000 tons. And this is only a small fraction of all types of nuclear waste that we cannot get rid of… in any way. A portion of that radioactive waste will continue to contaminate over hundreds of thousands of years ahead. Music composed by Cœur Atomique.
Calutron
Monica Emond
Calutron is an experimental short film about humanimality of nuclear guinea pigs in the US Army. Archival film. Music composed by Cœur Atomique.
Nos désastres
Monica Emond
Nos désastres is a video poem directed, written, and narrated by nixe – Monica Emond. With the collaboration of Nadia Koromyslova, Hugo Samson et Jean-Yves Thériault. Music composed by Cœur Atomique.
Failsafe
Monica Emond
Failsafe is a short film about the experimental aspects of the nuclear industry. Original footage and archive. Music composed by Cœur Atomique.