Other films on this theme
Chiennes de faïence
Marie-Hélène Panisset
Chiennes de faïence (Faience Bitches) relates the emerging friendship between a native Quebecois and atheist woman, and another from immigrant background and Muslim faith. One is a fan of cosmetic surgery and displays an assumed sexuality, the other wears a full veil (niqab) which only reveals her eyes. The two women meet when they enter an elevator and it breaks down. Suspicious of each other at first, they will have no choice but to learn to communicate and join forces to get out of this tricky situation. Along the way they will have ended up developing real empathy for each other, coming together in the fact of being women and being subject to the dictates of patriarchy. The elevator metaphor speaks of the imprisonment of women’s bodies in all cultures and the need for solidarity among them to advance their rights throughout the world. The tone of the film is humorous: it allows serious subjects to be addressed in an affable manner, attracting the widest possible audience. It also offers the potential to attract the Muslim community who rarely see…
Amour apocalypse
Anne Émond
Adam (45) is a kind-hearted kennel-owner. Hypersensitive and borderline depressed, Adam orders a therapeutic solar lamp. Through the lamp’s supplier’s technical support line, he meets Tina, a radiant woman with a voice that soothes all of his worries. This unexpected encounter changes everything: Earth trembles, and hearts explode… It’s love!
On sera heureux
Léa Pool
On sera heureux (We Will Be Happy) follows the journey of Saad, a young Moroccan exile in Quebec, ready to do anything to save the man he loves, an Iranian refugee threatened with being sent back to his country where certain death awaits. To attempt the impossible, Saad sets out to seduce an influential spokesman for the Immigration Department. This dangerous gamble triggers a series of events as intimate as they are political, with each decision involving much more than feelings.
Vivre avec l’art… Un art de vivre
Anne-Marie Tougas
Bernard Landriault, un collectionneur d’art, filmé de l’intérieur à travers ses actions, ses réflexions, sa relation avec les œuvres et les artistes de sa collection. Il est un homme sensible, ouvert et passionné. Chez lui, chez le galeriste, au musée ou à l’atelier de l’artiste, Bernard Landriault se dévoile par petites touches, et expose sa relation vivante à l’art, sa philosophie et ses motivations. Ses choix sont guidés par l’émotion, l’intuition et la réflexion. Le collectionneur est en lien profond avec les œuvres et les artistes qu’il continue de suivre et d’appuyer. Vivre avec l’art… un art de vivre, une rencontre avec l’Art, avec ceux qui l’aiment et le font, et en filigrane, une réflexion sur le pouvoir de transformation de l’être humain par l’Art.
Premiers jours
Clorinda Warny
An animated film created from pastel drawings, Premiers Jours (First Days) traces the complete cycle of life, from birth to adulthood, in four seasons, and through the evolution of landscapes that become human bodies.
Avancer masqué
Laurence Olivier
On a freezing winter night, in an small, isolated village, masked figures prowl. The monsters lurk by the houses, knock on doors. You let these strangers into your home. They remain silent. They observe you. With Veiled Intent, a documentary horror film, or maybe an experimental fable, brings to life an endangered tradition: Mi-Carême (Mid-Lent), as it is celebrated in Natashquan. Welcome to the monster ball.
Poème fantôme
Laurence Olivier
Phantom Poem eludes both sight and sound. Super 8 footage of a haunted island merges with an astral soundtrack to echo its verses, revealing a striking dissonance: while our world seems to shrink with each passing day, the silent universe continues to expand.
Quand santé mentale rime avec code postal
Gabrielle Thouin
Gabrielle Thouin was shocked to learn that her father had been denied mental health care several years ago. The reason: his place of residence. Gabrielle was stunned to learn that even today, people are still denied access to care because they don’t live in the right place. With her head full of questions, she learns how and why access to mental health services is regulated by postal code.
Témoignage de Françine
Hélène Bourgault
Helen Doyle
Unabridged version of a rape testimony, excerpts of which appear in the film Chaperons rouges (Red Riding Hoods).
Les soeurs lumière: 100 ans de cinéma de femmes
Hélène Bourgault
Montage of excerpts from films made by women, presented on May 28, 1996 at the Salle du Gesù in Montreal, as part of the festivities surrounding the centenary of cinema (Femmes du cinéma, de la télévision et de la vidéo à Montréal (FCTVM)). List of excerpts used: The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché (Marquise Lepage) Greater Love No Hath Man (Alice Guy-Blaché) Nous avons vu l’étoile (Marthe Hébert) Zoo (Dorothé Brisson) Alexis Tremblay Habitant (Jane Marsh) Mr From Went A-Courting (Evelyn Lambart) Les bibites de cromagnon (Francine Desbiens) Premiers jours (Clorinda Warny) La rue / The Street (Caroline Leaf) La beauté même (Monique Fortier) The Things I Cannot Change (Tanya Ballantyne) Les filles du Roy (Anne-Claire Poirier) Souris, tu m’inquiètes (Aimée Danis) Mother of Many Children (Alanis OBomsawin) Would I Ever Like To Work (Kathleen Shannon) I’ll Find A Way (Beverly Shaffer) Le Hobby (Jeanne Carreau) La vie rêvée (Mireille Dansereau) Anastasie oh ma chérie (Paule Baillargeon) La belle apparence (Denyse Benoît) L’eau chaude, l’eau frette (André Forcier) Une nef… et ses sorcières (Hélène Bourgault) Hommage…
Pays d’abondance?
Hélène Bourgault
Critique of the capitalist system in the Quebec economy, especially as regards the exploitation of natural resources by mostly foreign companies. Conclusion in favor of a socialist solution.
Fin de millénaire
Hélène Bourgault
As the millennium draws to a close, several major currents of thought are focusing on a holistic vision of the universe. Men and women speaking the language of science, psychology or ecology, of youth, of belonging to the earth or of spiritual experience, bear witness to this undeniable hope of reconciliation between spirit and matter, and of a shared sense of being part of a great whole.
Les perdants
Jenny Cartwright
A Losing Game follows three people who ran for office in Quebec’s October 2022 provincial election. The one thing they had in common? They were all sure to lose. Through their individual campaigns, the film peels back the curtain on our electoral system and the many ways in which it is dysfunctional: the additional barriers faced by women and radicalized people, deficiencies in the voting process, unfair campaign financing rules and the undue weight given to media and polls. In this documentary, Jenny Cartwright casts a critical eye on a political system that doesn’t offer everyone the same opportunities. For most, the race is over before it even begins. But, thanks to the way the electoral system is set up, the big losers are the rest of us.
Rencontres nocturnes silencieuses
Ariane Louis-Seize
Ariane’s grandmother often visits her in her dreams. Together, they wander through unknown nocturnal landscapes. In this dreamlike short film, where the border between memories and imagination is blurry, Ariane raises the possibility that the seal between life and death is more porous than we think.
Les jours
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Doctoral student and part-time professor, Marie-Philip loves cats and Harry Potter. But a week before her 29th birthday, the young woman learned that she had breast cancer. For a year, without false modesty, we accompanied her through each stage while she confided with moving honesty. An ode to the life, courage and resilience of all those who fight daily against illness.
Después del silencio
Matilde-Luna Perotti
Después del silencio (After the silence) – If an aggressor’s strength lies in his victim’s silence, speaking out is an indispensable weapon for the victim to break free. Silence is the first step towards liberation.
Femmes en mouvement
Dasha Vymetalova
The documentary series Femmes en mouvement (Women in movement) explores themes related to the position of women in Gaspésian society, highlighting the evolution of women’s living conditions across different generations. The idea is to showcase the advantages and disadvantages experienced by various generations while also emphasizing the challenges women face in the community today. Each episode focuses on a theme that examines how women have shaped their destinies over time.
D’hier à demain – Les héritiers du Camp Bellefeuille
Dasha Vymetalova
“The magic is a strong and inexplicable impression that nature, art, or passions can create”. Located in the Pabos-Mills (Chandler) region of Gaspésie, Camp Bellefeuille has left a lasting impact on multiple generations of Gaspésiens and Gaspésiennes during its nearly 50 years of existence. Through this series, Les héritiers du Camp Bellefeuille (The heirs of Camp Bellefeuille), we introduce ten protagonists—former campers—as well as the camp’s founder, Martin Arsenault, and other professionals in the field who were profoundly influenced by their time at the camp.
Fem Do Chi – Self défense pour femmes
Hélène Bourgault
In his documentary, we discover a self-defence course for women in the 3F group. How to use one’s strength and one’s anger to prevent men’s violence towards women, in order to no longer be a victim?
Ma voisine danse le ska
Nathalie Saint-Pierre
Summer in Montreal. A two-minute encounter on a street corner between Auguste, an eccentric photographer, and Isabel, his reluctant subject. Six months pass. In the grim Montreal winter, Auguste struggles to recover from the death of his wife and daughter in a car accident the previous summer. Isabel, on the other hand, lives alone with her daughter Leica and desperately searches for a soul mate. When Isabel and Auguste find themselves living next door to each other, they are both at the end of their rope. An unusual relationship begins, fueled by the fact that Leica constantly reminds Auguste of his missing daughter.
Au lendemain de l’odyssée
Helen Doyle
After a Dantean journey, women from Nigeria arrive alone and ever younger in Italy, looking for a better life. Such horrors as human trafficking and sexual slavery are waiting for them, as we discover in this ensemble film featuring harrowing stories told in a sensible way that spares us from the unbearable. These tales provoke a broader reflection on migration and otherness.
Dans un océan d’images j’ai vu le tumulte du monde
Helen Doyle
Une réflexion profonde sur le sens de l’image dans l’univers numérique, portée par des photographes et artistes visuels d’ici et d’ailleurs qui se sont démarqués par l’originalité de leur travail et de leur réflexion: Alfredo Jaar, Letizia Battaglia, Stanley Greene, Philip Blenkinsop, Bertrand Carrière, Geert van Kesteren, Lana Šlezić, Séra, Nadia Benchallal, Paolo Ventura. Helen Doyle part à la rencontre de ces rapporteurs d’images, qui témoignent du poids de leur rôle de messager et de leur empathie pour les sujets de leurs images. Un film pour ceux qui captent des images avec leur appareil photo ou leur téléphone et les mettent à la disposition de tous. Un film d’une grande humanité pour tous ceux qui cherchent à comprendre les tumultes du monde à travers l’œuvre des artistes. Musique de Nigel Osborne.
Chaperons rouges
Helen Doyle
Hélène Bourgault
How rape and other forms of assault are experienced emotionally by women. How these various manifestations contribute to their oppression. A growing number of “red riding hoods” are rising up in revolt, fed up with their role as victims and determined to change the narrative.
Le Centre Flora Tristan
Hélène Bourgault
The Centre Flora Tristan is the first refuge for victims of domestic violence to open in France in 1978. The refuge shelters fifteen women and their children and is staffed by sixteen full-time women. The film describes the day to day life of the refuge, its originality, and the different approaches the women take as they come and go.