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Pippa et Léo
Abeille Tard
Pippa is a young mother with adaptation difficulties. One night, despite the curfew imposed on her, she leaves the shelter with her baby.
Synthèse III: Le cas Catherine Daviau
Maude Petel-Légaré
On Thursday, December 11, 2008, Catherine Daviau was raped and murdered in her home in Montreal’s quiet Rosemont neighborhood in Montreal. Before fleeing, the murderer attempted to burn her body. Neighbors were alerted by the fire raging in the ground-floor apartment. Thirteen years later, her murderer is still at large. Episode 1 | The Case of Catherine Daviau Episode 2 | The Rosemont Neighborhood Episode 3 | Who is Catherine? Episode 4 | The Aggressor Episode 5 | Composite Portrait and Forgotten History Episode 6 | Catherine Daviau: All Women
Le patenteux
Maude Petel-Légaré
Henri Painchaud is a proud Madelinot from Havre-Aubert (Magdalen Islands, Canada), a lover of history and encyclopedias who promised himself since childhood that one day he would build a trebuchet, a medieval weapon of war. Le patenteux (The Tinkerer) is an immersion in the routine of a man who never dreamed of greatness, yet who nevertheless achieves great things.
Les enfants nés du viol
Maude Petel-Légaré
How do you love your child born of sexual assault? How do you protect them from their violent parent? How do you live with the fact that you were born of rape? This five-part audio documentary is the fragmented story of five women. You will hear the testimonies of mothers who struggle daily to protect their children from their attacker. You will also hear the stories of women—children and mothers—who fought to be heard by a justice system that never received a hearing. In 2023, the Ministry of Justice estimated that 170 children were born of rape each year in Quebec. This audio documentary, without narration, aims to give voice to the children and mothers affected, with a view to regaining their power.
Billy
Lawrence Côté-Collins
Filmmaker Lawrence Côté-Collins finds her attacker in prison. She wants to understand, forgive, and support a suffering man. Billy is schizophrenic and his worst attack left two people dead. Their epistolary prison friendship sheds light on the truth about this mental illness which was neither diagnosed nor treated. Together, they tell their stories and reconstruct themselves through intimate correspondence and unpublished video archives.
Au pays des cratères
Élise Ekker-Lambert
Gaël Poirier, an expatriate from Témiscamingue, is concerned about the mining boom linked to the energy transition plan, one of Quebec’s largest industrial projects. In Abitibi-Témiscamingue, as in several other regions of the province, open-pit mines will soon exploit critical and strategic minerals, essential resources for the battery industry. What will the impacts be on the territory and its residents? Is this the best plan for the transition? Episode 1 | Return to the Source Episode 2 | Anishnabe-aki Episode 3 | The Crack Episode 4 | Transition Episode 5 | What If There Is No Moon
Après nous
Élise Ekker-Lambert
Following the lives of five young Quebecers committed to climate justice and determined to change the course of history, After us gives voice to a generation that refuses to succumb to despair and challenges inaction as time is running out.
Beijing-Hochelag
Élise Ekker-Lambert
Coming from all over China, Jian, Lina and Cheng now own convenience stores in Quebec. Immersed into the Quebecois culture of Montreal working-class neighbourhoods, they work hard to meet their clients’ needs.
Libres de choisir
Julie Boisvert
Élise Ekker-Lambert
Right to Choose plunges deep into the reality of front-line workers protecting the right to abortion. From Montreal to Gatineau to Fredericton, the documentary follows the work of doctors and nurses in clinics, as well as an expert who observes the rise of the anti-abortion movement by going out into the field. Their stories are accompanied by powerful testimonials from women who have experienced abortion, breaking the silence and isolation.
Au travers
Béatriz Mediavilla
This poetic portrait of Acadian artist Monique Léger explores “authentic movement” (a field of dance therapy) as a powerful force for transcending death. Through this somatic and expressive body practice, the film unveils an intimate journey of transmission and transcendence, blending art and spirituality.
Simple comme Sylvain
Monia Chokri
Sophia, 40, a chronic migraine sufferer and philosophy professor at a university for seniors, has been living with Xavier, a political science professor, for ten years. They have a comfortable life, and their relationship is quite stable despite their inactive sex life. They don’t complain about it, but something is obviously off. Otherwise, they enjoy a rich, happy social life with their friends and respective in-laws. Sophia’s existence is turned upside down when she meets Sylvain, an entrepreneur from the Laurentians whose lifestyle is the opposite of hers. As winter begins, she’ll leave everything behind for their burning passion, maybe the last one she’ll experience in her life.
Lucy Grizzli Sophie
Anne Émond
Sophie, hunted and traumatized, is looking for an escape. She books a room in a B&B hundreds of miles from where she lives. Upon arrival, she’s welcomed by Martin, who lives on the premises with his aunt Louise. Over the course of a few well-watered evenings, the man and the visitor form a disturbing bond… And what if Sophie’s presence in this remote hamlet wasn’t quite by chance?