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Photo jaunie
Fanie Pelletier
Faded photograph is a documentary in which the filmmaker traces the existence of her father, who died when she was 12, through a montage of his memoirs. From family films shot by her paternal grandfather and her father between 1954 and 1998, and the diaries he wrote during his life, the director tells the story of an ordinary man whose personal memory echoes a collective memory : one of a generation bursting out of Quebec’s great darkness in which freedom is also synonym of disorientation. Thus begins a dialogue marked by nostalgia, between joyful videos and tormented writings, which soon becomes universal.
Walk Away
Charlotte Le Bon
Mottron wakes up in his luminous nightmarish world with a hungry baroque Mother Queen at its heart. Walk Away by Mottron, taken from debut album Giants.
Bidenam, l’espoir d’un village
Gentille Assih Menguizani
Returning home after studying abroad, Bidenam is incensed by the corruption and injustice she finds in her village. She takes action through innovation and leads the way for her community to stand up to exploitative government officials.
Sortir de l’ombre
Gentille Assih Menguizani
Into the Light features the liberating life stories and powerful words of inspiring Quebec women of African origin who’ve regained control over their lives after suffering from domestic violence. The film transcends prejudice and breaks the silence, pulling back the curtain on a poorly understood, hidden world, while testifying to the tremendous power that comes from overcoming isolation and accepting one’s self. It’s a luminous dive into the quest for personal healing and universal humanity. This is Togo-born director Gentille M. Assih’s third documentary
Itchombi
Gentille Assih Menguizani
In a village in the Keran region of Togo, the Itchombi, a circumcision ritual that brings together the entire Solla ethnic group, takes place. Itchombi refers to the knives, the young men and the ritual. Déou and his family prepare for this ceremony by scrupulously respecting the traditions. However, this year they want sanitary measures to be taken to avoid possible STD or HIV contamination. This debate is running through the entire community as they prepare for the celebration.
Akpéma
Gentille Assih Menguizani
The Akpéma is a ritual, in Kabiè country (northern Togo), during which older women take charge of adolescent girls to instruct them and teach them how to become worthy and mature women. The Akpéma is like a spinning wheel for me. As a child, I learned that my great-grandmother’s great-grandmother had done it. I am from the 1995 Akpema class and today it is my little sister Aïcha’s turn. Accompanying my sister in her initiation is an opportunity for me to discover the changes that have taken place in this ceremony since the time when I lived it…
Le Rite, la Folle et Moi
Gentille Assih Menguizani
The Akpéma is a ritual in Kabié country (northern Togo) in which older women teach young girls how to become worthy and mature women. During her initiation, director Gentille Assih Menguizani learned secrets about her grandmother’s history. She also understood why her father mistreated her. Today, chosen as the godmother for her little sister’s Akpéma, it is up to her to pass on to her this story that she has carried within her, as a woman carries a baby within her. The Rite, the Madwoman and Me is a story of transmission, an opportunity to understand the weight of tradition and the complexity of African cultures. It is above all an opportunity for two sisters to erase the insult that taints their grandmother’s descent.
Arlette
Mariloup Wolfe
Approached by the Prime Minister of Quebec to rejuvenate the image of his government, Arlette Saint-Amour, director of a fashion magazine, becomes Minister of Culture overnight. She succeeded in creating a real buzz around Culture with her look and her audacity. Bold, she does not hesitate to confront the most powerful of them all: the Minister of Finance. Their files are battles to be fought, but their confrontation is a real war to be finished because, at the end of the day, this film revolves around a great theme: the power of the image. A comedy of appearances that takes us behind the scenes of the National Assembly, where the zany meets the serious, where comedy embraces drama.
Le grand move
Mariloup Wolfe
This documentary series follows families from large urban centers who have chosen to settle in the regions in search of a better quality of life. Behind the camera and in the field, Mariloup Wolfe meets these families and reveals the thoughts, steps, paths and decisions of these neo-ruralists. Through a series of portraits, viewers discover the pros and cons of life outside the big city.
Jouliks
Mariloup Wolfe
A couple died by drowning. A news item that will be reported in the newspapers. Refusing to let her parents be reduced to this drama, Yanna, their seven-year-old daughter, tells us their true story, one that is not a tragedy, but above all a love story. Through her luminous story, we learn the details of a life that was meant to be free of convention and preconceived ideas.
Les pieds dans le vide
Mariloup Wolfe
Three friends meet one summer at a skydiving center. Adventurous, they spend most of their time jumping – jumping for the thrill, jumping to forget, jumping to escape what haunts them. Rafael, 20 years old, dreams of becoming a pilot; Manu, 19 years old, has to take care of her mother who suffers from cancer; and Charles, 30 years old, owns the skydiving center. In his own way, he tries to keep order and prevent his daredevil friends from getting hurt, while becoming more and more attached to Manu, with whom he develops a romantic relationship. A newcomer joins the group, Ludo, a shy young stranger trying to discover who he really is. Quickly, several trials will upset the eventful life of each one, shaking the foundations of the solid trio formed by Rafaël, Manu and Charles.
Le chant d’une soeur
Danae Elon
Can we really know what is in the heart of our loved one? A Sister’s Song is the intimate and delicate story of two sisters, Marina and Tatiana, who live apart because of the choice Tatiana made in becoming a nun. Marina, who has hardly seen or spoken to her sister in twenty years, feels that something is wrong. She travels to a monastery in Greece to try to find the sister she has lost. An unexpected event will lead both of them on a path they never thought possible.