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12 jours contre la violence envers les femmes – Appels à l’action
Katherine Ouimet
Twelve hard-hitting calls to action to break the silence. Each episode amplifies the voices of women facing violence in all its forms: ableism, racism, homophobia, precarity. Produced in collaboration with a committee of feminist and community organizations – including the Centre d’action des femmes handicapées de Montréal, Fédération des maisons d’hébergement pour femmes, Conseil Québécois LGBT, DAWN Canada, etc. – this documentary series combines intimate testimonies with collective mobilization.
Traces de vies
Gynette Mercier
This documentary was made in Vancouver in October 2025. It talks about a timeline through the seasons, connected to the mediums I use and my dream boxes. They reflect the light and patterns of words. I play on a timeline and my voice carries from the mountains to the ocean here in British Columbia.
Sara & Fatima
Romy Boutin St-Pierre
Two women meet at a bus stop in Morocco, on an almost deserted highway. One is veiled, the other is not. They are smitten at first sight and judge each other. Time passes by, the bus doesn’t arrive. Alone and desperate in the middle of nowhere, they gradually open up and show their vulnerabilities. Between friction and mutual support, Sara and Fatima drop their masks to reveal their inner struggles and unite in the face of the aggression hanging over them.
Calorie
Eisha Marjara
Calorie follows three generations of women whose present and past lives collide during an emotionally packed summer trip in India. Monika is a sleepless and stressed out single mom of two teens and she is losing control. 13 year old Alia is calorie-obsessed, and 17 year old Simi is boyfriend-obsessed. Monika decides to send her girls to India to visit their great aunt Gurdeep and great uncle, Mohan. She prays that connecting her daughters to their Indian roots will set them straight. But in India the girls discover a family tragedy that Monika has shrouded in secrecy and whose old wounds threaten to splinter the entire family in this bittersweet female-driven drama.
House for Sale
Eisha Marjara
A stranger shows up posing as a home buyer at a suburban house that is up for sale. ‘What the hell am I doing here?’ She asks herself. As the owner’s wife gives a tour of the place, the stranger recalls a memorable night when a fatal promise was made. House For Sale exposes the bonds that are built in public and behind closed doors and unravels the complicated negotiations of desire and commitment.
Venus
Eisha Marjara
Genders, generations and cultures collide in this comedy about the modern family unit. A South Asian transgender woman sees her life flipped on its head when she meets a “white” teenaged son she didn’t know she had. Montrealer filmmaker Eisha Marjara gives a fresh take in her directing style, delivering a resounding plea for casting off gender stereotypes. When fourteen-year-old Ralph tracks down his biological father, he gets more than he bargained for. Sid (Debargo Sanyal), of Indian heritage, is now a woman. Ralph’s reaction? “Cool!” The kid takes to hanging out at Sid’s apartment through the summer. It’s a learning experience for both of them. Sid, who has only recently come out, is transitioning and she has enough on her plate with her own parents (Zena Daruwalla and Gordon Warnecke), and her on-again, off-again boyfriend. Meanwhile Ralph hasn’t plucked up the courage to tell his mother and stepdad what he’s been up to, or more to the point, with whom…
Montréal, ma belle
Xiaodan He
Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montreal, has spent her life shaped by duty – to her family, her culture, and a loveless marriage. But when she meets Camille, a spirited young Québécoise, a long-buried desire is awakened. In the balmy and joyful Montreal summer, Feng Xia takes the radical step of choosing herself – embarking on a journey of forbidden love and long-overdue self-discovery. Her awakening becomes a profound reckoning with identity, exile, and the steep cost of liberation.
Briser les murs
Vanessa Boisset
Breaking Down the Walls (Briser les murs) immerses us in the heart of a unique place in Quebec where, for the first time, all services – police, psychosocial, legal, and mental health – come together to support victims of sexual violence. Discover an innovative integrated center, open to all, where each person is welcomed, listened to, and supported, at their own pace, on their journey toward justice and rebuilding their lives, to find a new balance.
L’hiver et la violence
Sophie Dupuis
A documentary filmmaker follows a group of six young snowboarders, chronicling their powerful friendship, passion for snowboard, and their violent desire to live the present. Despite that apparent symbiosis that unite them, the life of Val, Phil, Laurence, Coco, John and Sébass takes an unexpected turn when they discover that their recklessness can’t stay inconsequential.
Échouées
Marilyn Cooke
Ariane, Nora, and Marie-Josée are at a point in their lives where they feel like they are swimming against the tide. No matter what they accomplish, their bodies are seen as failures in the eyes of society. Ariane, a body-positive influencer, finds herself at the center of controversy for making fatphobic comments. She flees and reappears with her cousin Marie-Josée and her former friend Nora. The three women are forced to revisit their past, where deep wounds lie hidden. Will they manage to hold on to what unites them and save themselves from ruin?
Nid d’oiseau
Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
Lena, a 7-year-old black girl receives a drawing mocking her hair. With the help of her big sister, they will spend the evening trying to make her beautiful like her classmates.
La promesse d’Imane
Nadia Zouaoui
Imane ran a feminist blog in a country where women are considered minors for life. Two weeks before the outbreak of the ongoing revolution in Algeria, Imane and her husband were found dead in their apartment…