Online cinema
La ligne rouge
Kim O’Bomsawin
The Red Line (La ligne rouge) follows the journey of three young Aboriginal field hockey players who play in different age categories and who, in addition to sharing an unparalleled passion for the sport, are motivated by a common goal: to surpass themselves. By following them as they play sports at four key moments in their school year, we will meet the people who make this dream possible and see the positive impact this commitment has on their families, parents, friends… and the entire community! The Red Line (La ligne rouge) is not a documentary about field hockey, but rather a story of support and passion. The objective of this documentary is first to highlight the young people, but also and above all, the people who surround them, support them and allow them to blossom and dream. Field hockey is the ideal backdrop in that it can be understood by everyone, young and old, native and non-native.
Ce silence qui tue
Kim O’Bomsawin
In 2014, the RCMP issued a report with a terrifying conclusion: 1181 indigenous women had gone missing or been murdered, and estimated that in Canada, an indigenous woman is eight times more likely to be murdered than any other citizen. And yet indifference seems pervasive. Why? What can be done? Police, judges, victims’ loved ones, sex workers, activists, abuse victims: filmmaker Kim O’Bomsawin interviewed them all, everywhere in Canada, in an attempt to understand the many facets of an unacceptable reality, and maybe finally break “the silence that kills.”
Je m’appelle humain
Kim O’Bomsawin
When elders leave us, a link to the past vanishes along with them. Innu writer Joséphine Bacon exemplifies a generation that is bearing witness to a time that will soon have passed away. With charm and diplomacy, she leads a charge against the loss of a language, a culture, and its traditions. On the trail of Papakassik, the master of the caribou, Call Me Human proposes a foray into a people’s multi-millennial history in company with a woman of great spirit who has devoted her life to passing on her knowledge and that of her ancestors.
Graveurs d’images
Anne Kmetyko
Etched in Skin is a short documentary that offers insight into the world and the work of today’s Tattoo artists. Several tattoo artists from Québec, the USA and France share in their own words, their experiences and vision in the world of Tattoo.
Si seulement… Peut-être…
Anne Kmetyko
Caught in a “no man’s land” where time, space and memory merge, Jacob desperately searches to find his soul mate who has been swept away by a tsunami. His meeting with Midori helps him in his struggle towards a return to normality. But is Midori really a nurse… or a muse from Jacob’s imagination… Or the woman from his past, whom he once loved so much?
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.
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.