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Feminista: un voyage au cœur du féminisme en Europe
Myriam Fougère
Feminista is a feminist road movie, a journey to the heart of global feminism. In 2015, Myriam Fougere joined a group of young activists who had formed a caravan to travel across twenty European countries – from Turkey to Portugal, by the way of the Balkans, to Italy, Spain and Portugal. As a breath of solidarity, Feminista provides a rare glimpse into a widespread feminist groundswell movement, possibly one of the largest, least understood and unrecognized mass political movements that is very much alive throughout the world today. s.-t. italien: Feminista: un viaggio nel cuore del femminismo in Europa s.-t. espagnol: Feminista: un viaje al corazón del feminismo en Europa
Déroutes et parcours
Myriam Fougère
Without inhibitions or voyeurism, Myriam Fougère films women’s bodies with grace. Young or old, the bodies are beautiful, though far from the unreal stereotypes of the female body so often conveyed by advertising. They are true and they all experienced the same event: breast cancer. The filmmaker reveals the profound beauty of each. Through interviews, emotions, questions, we discover the impact of breast cancer on the lives of these women of all ages. Art becomes a cure. Drawings and sculptures testify to the creativity of these women. This work is a meditation on the meaning that each one gives their life.
Irena’s Vow
Louise Archambault
Through the eyes of a strong-willed woman comes the remarkable true story of Irena Gut Opdyke, and the triumphs of the human spirit over devastating tragedy, as she risked her life to save a generation of Jews from the atrocities of the Holocaust.
Le temps d’un été
Louise Archambault
For more than 25 years, Marc Côté, street chaplain and parish priest, has lived with the poor and the homeless. Today, Marc is a worn-out man. Exhausted from running his church, which serves as a shelter, and overwhelmed by the bills they can no longer pay, Marc must face the facts: he will have to shut down his church. Like a call from Providence, he inherits a property in the Bas-du-Fleuve region and decides to take a group of homeless people with him, who, like himself, need a vacation. One Summer immerses us in a bright story… A story woven with laughter, silences and tears… A feel-good movie where the sun and the clouds blend together leaving the audience with a delicious taste of hope.
Hôtel silence
Léa Pool
Jean embarks on a one-way trip to a war-damaged country, unsure of his fate. Despite despair, he finds hope in the people who welcome him, eventually rediscovering a sense of purpose in his existence.
My name is Saba
Baharan Baniahmadi
Saba is a small girl who is practicing English to be able to talk with her friend who comes from Canada to see her in Iran. She is so happy but once she recognize that her friend talks about another world (Canada) and the situation of women in Canada, she gets surprised.
L’affaire Chantale Daigle: le documentaire
Gaëlle D’Ynglemare
L’affaire Chantale Daigle immerses us back into the saga that captivated the country during the summer of 1989, meticulously retracing its events and twists alongside the feminist activists who supported and accompanied Chantale Daigle during these pivotal and fundamental months for abortion rights in Canada.
Les jours heureux
Chloé Robichaud
Emma is a young conductor and rising star on the Montreal scene. Happy Days chronicles her complex relationship with her father and agent Patrick, who has maintained a devious hold over her since childhood. The possibility of obtaining an important position within a prestigious orchestra only increases the stakes for Emma. She will have to give way to her true emotions and make choices, as much for her music as for herself, if she wants to successfully navigate her career and her romantic relationship with Naëlle, a newly separated cellist and mother of a boy.
Ma traversée
Diana Goudrouffe
A personal quest filmed over 20 years, the film recounts the racial issues linked to the notion of white privilege that have punctuated the director’s life in three French-speaking societies: Guadeloupe, France and Quebec. From her own story emerges a broader narrative of colonization, assimilation, integration and the social advantages linked to ethno-racial origin, and their impact to this day.
One of the Boys
Myriam Guimond
On a hot summer day in the countryside, Ines, a young teenager, gets involved in a friendly ball game between boys her age, and among them Malik, the one she has a crush on.
Manufacturing The Threat
Amy Miller
Shining a light into the murky world of police infiltration, incitement, and agent provocateurs, Manufacturing The Threat shows how Canada’s policing and national security agencies, granted additional powers after 9/11, routinely break laws with little to no accountability or oversight. For the first time ever, a feature-length documentary is examining the issue of agent provocateurs and entrapment in Canada’s national security apparatus. Manufacturing the Threat is a thrilling and emotional film, which examines a deeply disturbing episode in Canadian history when an impoverished couple was coerced by undercover law enforcement agents into carrying out a terrorist bombing. Further, viewers learn that this case is far from unique in the context of Canadian intelligence.
Un trou dans la jambe
Martine Asselin
Geneviève has a hole in her leg. She reveals the story in this short animated documentary. On the theme of resilience, Un trou dans la jambe uses mixed techniques in an experimental animated flashback with a rich, evocative soundtrack.
Labyrinthe atypique / Atypical Maze
Martine Asselin
Bilingual collective virtual reality work produced as part of the “Dans la tête: une expérience immersive” project with Agence Topo (2017-2018). This interactive wandering work was created in collaboration with a group of young adults with autism. Each participant had his or her own space in this virtual “gallery”, and was free to share one of his or her passions, or to express a thought about autism or his or her experiences. A portrait of each participant is displayed next to the work, allowing visitors to learn more about them.
Les enfants de la rivière Nouvelle
Louise Lavoie
In the director’s family, nine children were adopted between 1945 and 2004. As we meet them, we gradually discover the context in which these children were born in Quebec, Innu territory, Romania, China and Haiti. It’s a little-known story of adoption in Quebec, and of the women from here and elsewhere who had to give up their children for adoption. A multi-generational tale, the film offers a personal and universal look at the quest for origins, filiation, family and a certain history of women that has endured to the present day.
Parcours créatif de « Tu m’aimes-tu? »
Louise Lavoie
Three young women textile designers create before our very eyes a first local and eco-responsible collection of vintage clothing made entirely by hand. From designing the patterns to dyeing the fabrics, to creating and printing the motifs on the dresses, skirts, camisoles and sweaters that make up the summer 2011 “Tu m’aimes-tu?” collection, the camera follows the rhythm of their work to discover and present their artistic approach.
Ça ben changé!
Louise Lavoie
We’ve brought together a number of long-time activists from the community movement in the Eastern Townships. With them, we retrace the history of the movement, the social issues that gave rise to it, the means of action favored and the victories won over the years.
Un nouveau vent du sud souffle sur le Rallye
Louise Lavoie
Every year, the Rallye Tiers-Monde Estrie invites the population of the Eastern Townships to express their solidarity during a day-long walk in Sherbrooke to raise funds for international cooperation projects. In this short film, we follow walkers of all ages along the route of the rally that brought them together in 1989. The day ends with a big party in a Sherbrooke park.
Big Fight in Little Chinatown
Karen Cho
Big Fight in Little Chinatown is a story of community resistance and resilience. Set against the backdrop of the COVID pandemic and an unprecedented rise in anti-Asian racism, the documentary takes us into the lives of residents, businesses and community organizers whose neighbourhoods are facing active erasure. Coast to Coast the film follows Chinatown communities resisting the pressures around them. From the construction of the world’s largest vertical jail in New York, Montreal’s fight against developers swallowing up the most historic block of their Chinatown, big box chains and gentrification forces displacing Toronto’s community, to a Vancouver Chinatown business holding steadfast, the film reveals how Chinatown is both a stand-in for other communities who’ve been wiped off the city map, and the blueprint for inclusive and resilient neighbourhoods of the future.
La grande amoureuse
Martine Asselin
Why is it better to love one person than many? That’s the question posed by Françoise Simpère, French author and journalist. Married for over 30 years and the mother of two children, she has decided that it is possible to love in the plural. The film follows her reflections on love, life and the beauty of encounters. Resolutely out of the ordinary, “but completely normal”, Françoise shares her life and makes us think.
Après aujourd’hui
Rosalie St-Laurent
A mother recovering from depression reminisces about the good times.
Cachez cette bedaine que je ne saurais voir
Karyne Lemieux
Being an artist, a woman, an actress, and… pregnant, is it good or bad news? A tricky question because the number of atypical workers is constantly growing these days. The answer to this question bears witness to a precarious reality that is brought to light in this film documentary. The actresses and artists are a starting point to talk about women’s place and maternity in today’s world.
Émergence
Clarissa Rebouças
Katiana emerges. She finally gets her head above water and speaks up for all Haitian women.
Les figures intimes
Katherine Messier
When a woman breaks up with her boyfriend, she decides to take her mind off things by leaving her house for the night. She meets several people, one of whom she spends the rest of the night talking to about sex and intimacy.
Agression armée
Gaëlle D’Ynglemare
After being assaulted by her superior officer, former soldier Stéphanie Raymond fought for 10 years to have charges pressed and her attacker punished for his crime. Through the story of this young woman, as well as many other testimonies, this documentary paints a striking portrait of the Canadian armed forces and the culture of sexual misconduct that reigns there.