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Spoon
Michka Saäl
Dialogue between a black American poet locked up for life and me. In a tone of confidence, Spoon evokes his 19 years of somnambulistic life until his conviction, then his discovery of poetry and writing. The initiatory story of his descent into hell is inscribed in the hollow of the images of his country, the Mojave desert, and of my interior landscapes, when emotion summons them there. Because Spoon explains, that if he did not write, He would be a shadow boxing with death.
La femme de mon frère
Monia Chokri
Sofia, 35, sees nothing bright about her future. She’s unemployed despite having a Ph.D. in political philosophy, pregnant and living with her brother. To make matters worse, the brother falls in love with Sofia’s gynecologist… Winner of the Coup de cœur award in the Un certain regard section at the Cannes Festival, La femme de mon frère showcases the immense talent of director Monia Chokri. An existential comedy shot through with malaise and physical comedy, directed in a seemingly effortless vintage style, the film stars Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, whose intense energy brings her neurotic but endearing character to life.
Fabrique-moi un conte – Blanche-Neige
Myriam Bouchard
Miryam Bouchard reinvents Snow White in her own way. Fabrique-moi un conte: Eight directors adapt eight classic tales in a modern and contemporary way. They have carte blanche except that… It’s the public who decides which tale they adapt, the main location where the action will take place and the performer. An original way to revisit our classics!
Sullivan’s Applicant
Jeanne Leblanc
Sullivan’s Applicant explores the mundane, the everyday task of commuting into a city and encountering all of the barriers and frustrations along the way. However, although the film captures this idea of ‘the everyday’ it also illustrates how things can happen unexpectedly, forcing us to see that things happen for a reason, and that there are silver linings to almost everything bad that comes our way. This film was part of a larger project which explored the character of the city of Montreal. Each film was to examine smaller corners of everyday life in Montreal and make those moments accessible and relatable to those who would see them.
Sortie de secours
Jeanne Leblanc
In a post-apocalyptic universe, two men are looking for a way out… A simple and effective staging, well supported by the acting, creates this feeling of being trapped.
Garrincha
Jeanne Leblanc
As a scorching heat descends on Montreal, Andres and his friends gather for a friendly soccer game. This afternoon, which looked like any other afternoon of the summer, is shaken up by the return to the field of Kevin, a player who has been missing for several days.
Une nuit avec toi
Jeanne Leblanc
Since childhood, Samuel has always been fat. However, at age 23, his fantasies, like all man his age, turned to the pretty, thin girls. Faced with the indifference of his inaccessible desires, he try to fall back on Emily, a young woman in the same situation he is
Le temps des récoltes
Jeanne Leblanc
Under the sweltering July sun, the phantom-like silhouettes of Mexican farm workers stand in the fields of rural Quebec. One of them, Gonzalo, a young father, is plagued by the desire to enter the wealthier world of the Québécois. His desire manifests itself in the purchase of an item that he would have never dared even dream of before.
Carla en 10 secondes
Jeanne Leblanc
During a teen party, “snapshots” of football team members gang-banging a young woman start making the rounds. Rumours immediately start flying and Gaby begins to suspect that the young woman in question might well be her best friend, Carla.
La fragilité du verre
Sophie Goyette
Between sky and earth. Between stability and fragility. An echo.
Une histoire sur le goût de la langue
Hélène Choquette
A true ode to the French language with its many accents in Quebec, Une histoire sur le goût de la langue traces its unusual trajectory, from the Conquest of 1759 to the present day. In addition to historians, linguists and other language enthusiasts, personalities recount pivotal events as they experienced them. A historical documentary, engaging and uncomplicated, on the linguistic journey of a people once subjugated to the British Crown and today more than ever weakened by the hegemony of the English language.
Quand les étrangers se réunissent
Marie Boti
Every year, thousands of migrant workers, mostly Filipinos, enter Canada as domestic workers. Leaving behind spouses and children, they work in isolation for years and send almost all of their earnings back to their home countries in the hope that one day their families will join them. When Strangers Re-Unite takes a look at what happens after years of separation and sacrifice. Now true strangers, the members of these families must undertake the difficult task of rebuilding emotional ties while adapting to an environment that is often unwelcoming. Within the Filipino community in Canada, several groups and organizations are actively advocating for the rights and welfare of migrant workers. It is largely due to these organizations that most families overcome what at first seem to be insurmountable obstacles. Filmed in Toronto, Montreal and the Philippines, this heartfelt and moving portrait of three families on the road to recovery.