Online cinema
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?
Mascarade – Origin Story
Maïlis
Mascarade – Origin Story unfolds some chapters of Aïsha’s life. From her upbringing as a young Haitian girl in Montreal-Nord to her journeys in Brazil, the film reveals her encounters with her chosen family and the discovery of her identity as a woman and musician, nurturing her inspiration. Aware of the wounds she carries, Aïsha embarks on a learning process aimed at transforming her traumas into objects of healing. Mascarade – Origin Story thus delves into the depths of her journey, shedding light on personal transformation and resilience in the face of life’s challenges.
Nos maisons sur la route
Anne-Marie Ngô
Nos maisons sur la route (Our Homes on the Road) is a film about attachment to our roots. This documentary explores the memories of four Quebec families who share their attachment to their homes, their neighborhoods, and their cities. It features portraits of Onil Perrier (Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu), the family of Solange Messier (Mont-Saint-Hilaire), the Trudeau family (Beloeil), and the Pérodeau family (Saint-Ours).
Les Hockey Moms
Anne-Marie Ngô
The story of this web series revolves around five women, five mothers, all completely different from one another. They all meet every Saturday morning in the stands of an arena for the children’s practice. This comfortable routine will be disrupted with the arrival of the coronavirus. Season 1: Hockey Moms in a Pandemic. When life was “normal”… It’s time for resolutions at the start of the year. A distant rumor of a pandemic is brewing, but the Moms are in denial. Season 2: Hockey Moms at Soccer. Under the guidance of the hockey coach, in order to keep the kids active during the summer, the Hockey Moms find themselves reluctantly in the stands of a soccer field. Insects, pollen, and the heat are all reasons that push the four friends to question their life choices. Season 2: Hockey Moms at Soccer. Under the guidance of the hockey coach, the Hockey Moms find themselves reluctantly in the stands of a soccer field. Insects, pollen, and heat are all reasons that lead the four friends to question their life choices.
Biche & Louve
Sandrine Béchade
Bea and Zoe are lost in the forest when Zoe decides to go for help. She leaves Bea alone and hurt in this wood that does not inspire confidence. The girl will face a sneaky threat. Through the quest for power, Doe & She-Wolf tackles a taboo that is hard to imagine. And yet it exists.
La vidéo, à part et… Entière: Helen Doyle
Martine Asselin
Third in a series of 13 television programs hosted by Marie-Michèle Cron, art historian and media arts critic. A look back at the beginnings of Vidéo Femmes with Helen Doyle, director and co-founder. Excerpts from Chaperons rouges; Les mots / maux du silence; and Les tatouages de la mémoire.
La Coupure
Chloé Cinq-Mars
Emma had a c-section. She didn’t see her son when he was born. When she finally meets him, she doesn’t recognize her baby. How could she? Little by little, mother and child fall in love. The Cut delicately explores the complexity of the bond between mother and child.
Pignon sur rue
Ève Lamont
Pignon sur rue (Pinion on Street) follows the daily lives of seven young people aged 18 to 25 as they arrive in Montreal for the first time. They come to live together to write a new chapter in their lives. Coming from different regions of Quebec, they share a desire to discover the city and see where this experience will take them.
Perséphone
Emilie Racine
The myth of Persephone tells the story of her journey to the underworld of Hades and the grief of her mother, Demeter, who halts the fertility of the earth. Created as a palimpsest blending mythical references and personal mythology, this reinterpretation of the myth explores the transmission between mother and daughter. Performers, puppets, masks, and scale models are animated through alternating techniques of live action and stop-motion.
Ça cris dans le rock / L’Atelier à ciel ouvert
Gynette Mercier
Video made at L’Atelier a ciel ouvert, at Mayne Island (BC) with poetry and the poem Ça cris dans le rock by gynetme 2006, montage and text following an exhibition in Vancouver called Architectonics including 2 texts from an anthology of poems; Death is watching you and War Machine links a photo exhibition at the Vancouver Cultural Centre, Mayne Island and Fairfield Quartier, BC.
Méchante job
Ève Lamont
Faced with a changing job market where jobs are becoming more precarious, people, employed and unemployed, are questioning the place of work in our societies. Artists work within a self-managed theater company; a family lives self-sufficiently in the countryside; mothers on social assistance are demanding a citizen’s income; and a businessman prefers social struggle to commerce.
Le commerce du sexe
Ève Lamont
This feature documentary is a study of The Sex Trade, a reality that has expanded worldwide to become a true industry, both online and off, over the course of the past few decades. Part investigative report and part editorial, the film is a foray into a brutal world whose key players trivialize the impact of their actions by claiming that prostitution is simply a service like any other. But who’s really benefiting? To meet customer demands and keep this lucrative business rolling, unscrupulous pimps and sex traffickers target women and girls, who are afraid to speak out. High-end and street prostitution, escort agencies, massage parlours, strip clubs, the porn industry, sex tourism – the sex trade is sprawling, and has even spread beyond major urban areas. Behind the glowing signs of clubs and bars and on various websites, men are paying for sex and buying the consent of the women. With incisive comments from experts and enlightening interviews with people who have left or are still in the sex trade, the film takes a behind-the-scenes look at this industry to…