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1er mai

Monica Emond
1er mai is an experimental short film about the “May Day” March on Kyiv (Ukraine) in 1986, while the nuclear catastrophe at the nearby Chernobyl power station is ongoing. Archive film. Music composed by Cœur Atomique.
Au nord d’Albany
Marianne Farley
Annie hastily leaves Montreal with her two children in the direction of the USA. An obvious tension exists between the mother and her young teenager, Sarah. Since the latter revealed that she had seriously injured the young girl who was harassing her, Annie makes the reckless decision to flee the possible repercussions. After their car breaks down near a tiny village in the Adirondacks, the little family is stuck there waiting for the repair to be done until the following week. Much to Annie’s chagrin, Paul, a single father and the only mechanic in town, has no intention of working over the weekend. But Annie’s stubbornness in wanting to leave at all costs will end up creating between her and Paul, a duality as corrosive as it is unexpected. Will this one drop the masks to eventually reveal to us the true intentions of these two fleeing souls?
Une manière de vivre

Micheline Lanctôt
Colette perd son mari dans des circonstances tragiques et se reproche de ne pas avoir été à ses côtés. Sa fille Gabrielle, boulimique, travaille comme escorte de luxe et mène une existence houleuse et sans objet. Joseph, spécialiste de Spinoza, enseigne la philosophie dans une université de Belgique et vient à Montréal participer à une rencontre de philosophes. Ces trois personnages vont entrer en collision et leurs vies en seront changées à jamais.
Gulîstan, terre de roses

Zaynê Akyol
This documentary travels deep into the mountains and deserts of Kurdistan, where armed female guerillas from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) defend Kurdish territory against ISIS. These women share their most intimate thoughts with filmmaker Zaynê Akyol, resulting in an immersive audience experience. By offering a window into this largely unknown world, the film exposes the hidden feminist face of a revolutionary group united by a common vision of freedom.
Charmante

Justine Prince
Living alone with her pet vacuum cleaner in a depressing elderly center, Lisette hopes to find love online, but ends up becoming friends with Jules, a young janitor.
La mort d’Elvis

Justine Prince
Having lost yet another Elvis Presley’s imitation contest, Steve and his father decide to steal the winner’s costume.
Reste

Ginger Le Pêcheur
On a summer morning, boredom meets the unwelcoming apartment where 6-year-old Chichou is playing by herself. In the remnants of violence, Reste brings to light what can be the daily life of a child with candor and bitterness.
Noeuds
Aïcha Morin-Baldé
Part of the program Being Black in Canada, Knots explores the complexities of black women’s relationship with their natural hair and the stigmas surrounding it.
De papier et de plomb
Sandrine Corbeil
De papier et de plomb (Paper and lead) recomposes the passion of a young boxing poet who leads a fight in poetry and the printed arts, one cartridge book at a time.
La ville d’un rêve

Annabel Loyola
Montreal was born from a dream, carried by those who believed in the possibility of creating a better world in New France. Who were these people? What ideal were they pursuing and why? The answers can be found in a 17th century manuscript, which undoubtedly contains the hidden memoirs of Jeanne Mance. With a unique and personal angle, the filmmaker revisits this story where the past resonates with an ever-present desire to create a world closer to humanistic values.
L’autre rive
Gaëlle Graton
Newly employed in an emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness, Genevieve is shocked to meet again with Camille, a young woman whom she believed to have successfully reinserted while being her social worker. *Shot in a real emergency shelter for homeless people in Montreal, QC, Canada.
Plus jamais silencieuses
Caroline Pierret Pirson
Plus jamais silencieuses (Never Silent Again) is a documentary whose subject is centered on the liberation of speech and listening. This project was born thanks to social media Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and by the #metoo movement. Powerful weapons against the culture of silence, these media reveal voices that have remained mute or stifled for a long time, which express an impressive amount of anger and desires. In this wake, never again silent participates in the emancipation of the words and faces of 19 Montrealers aged 26 to 74, from 10 countries.