Online cinema
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…
Fear, Anger And Politics
Nadia Zouaoui
Ten years after 9/11, we follow the stories of some of those caught up in the anti-terrorist crackdown the US, as they speak out about the injustices they have endured and their fears of a rising Islamophobia in the US.
Le voyage de Nadia
Nadia Zouaoui
At 19, Nadia Zouaoui was forced by her parents into an arranged marriage with an Algerian living in Montreal. The man, who was twice her age, chose Nadia from a photograph. After 18 years away, Nadia goes back to Kabylia to see if life has changed in her native land. Nadia’s Journey travels behind the tourist facade and into a land of shadows. The documentary delves into the complex reality of women held captive in their own homes since puberty. In the gloomy house where Nadia grew up, her only view of the outside world was a patch of sky. This tragic custom, which men feel powerless to change, ends up crushing the soul of women and girls.
Le serment d’Hippocrate
Nadia Zouaoui
The Hippocratic Oath tells the story of four doctors from immigrant backgrounds who are fighting to work in the Quebecois healthcare system The film chronicles the twists and turns they encounter during their attempts to join the healthcare system despite a chronic shortage of doctors.
Gaby les collines
Zoé Pelchat
Thirteen-year-old Gaby arrives in the Magdalen Islands to spend the summer with her father, as she does every year. She is thrilled to find the sea she loves so much, the childhood friends, the winding hills on the horizon, and the warm joy of her dad’s home. But this time something is different: she hit puberty, and her life will never be the same.
Coeur Vintage
Rachel Graton
Vintage Heart is the story of Pauline, a 42-year-old single woman at a crossroads. Passionate about literature but stuck in a frustrating, monotonous life, she obsesses over dead-end relationships to avoid confronting her professional and existential disappointments. This endearing, caustic and complex woman turns to self-deprecation and the wisdom of others’ words—from novels to karaoke songs—to find meaning in life and, ultimately, fulfilment.
Joie
Kristina Wagenbauer
With a permanent smile on her face, Lucie is unshakeable. It is this attitude that Benjamin will be confronted with during a busy day.
La théorie Lauzon
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
This exploratory work on Jean-Claude Lauzon, the mythical and promising black sheep of Quebec cinema, director of Night Zoo (1987) and Léolo (1992), takes us on the incredible psychoanalytical journey of the relationship between a father and his son.