Other films on this theme
TacTic
Gina Haraszti
Do you really feel free? Have you ever had the feeling of running in circles or that you were being hunted? In which direction do you feel the world is chasing you? Tactic is an experimental video about escape and confrontation which could help to make clear whether you are chasing or being chased. Even if there is no escape, try to look around and while running, gain a view of the world!
Your Place or Minecraft?
Gina Haraszti
Your Place or Minecraft? is a machinima documentary webseries that follows the virtual lives of a handful academics playing Minecraft together. An online adventure of fun, smarts and drama. The show takes place in the virtual land of the ‘mLab server,’ one of the most modded Minecraft servers in the world. But what makes it really special is that it is owned by academic game research centres of Concordia University where the players—students and professors—all work together in real life. Their real life friendships, objectives and conflicts result in fascinating, self-reflexive and sometimes explosive gameplay.
Envers et contre nous
Marilyn Cooke
In the middle of the sunny countryside, 10-year-old Selma and her big brother Jonas set out by bike on a journey with a very personal goal in mind. Taking them further and further away from home, their mission pushes them beyond their limits and into the real world, where they must face the fact that some things in life can’t be changed.
Cherche femme forte
Marilyn Cooke
Between working as a nurse and taking care of her uncle, a poet living with memory loss, Nadege lacks the confidence to get what she wants from life. That is, until she discovers the world of wrestling. Her new passion will bring out a hidden side of her. A colorful short film bristling with poetry, wrestling and black woman strength.
Pas de fantôme à la morgue
Marilyn Cooke
Medical student Keity wants to become a surgeon like her mother and grandmother. But after her first operation takes a dramatic turn, she has to accept an internship at the morgue. Between her dead patients, her unconventional colleagues and seeing her grandmother’s spirit, she tries to tough it out.
This Home Is Not Empty
Carol Nguyen
A personal film questioning the ‘lies you tell yourself’ through a metaphorical lens.
Façade
Carol Nguyen
Four individuals discover that the main element that unites them is also the reason for their isolation.
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.
Every Grain of Rice
Carol Nguyen
They say it only takes three generations for a culture to assimilate. What happens next?
Claire l’hiver
Sophie Bédard Marcotte
As a malfunctioning cargo spaceship is threatening to crash into Earth, Claire is going through a difficult Winter.
Pa t’mentir
Marilyn Cooke
Pa t’mentir (Not Gonna Lie) is committed to deconstructing preconceived ideas and demystifying certain taboos present in Quebec’s black and multi-ethnic communities. Schelby, Keithy and Irdens will speak frankly about delicate subjects with guests in order to build bridges between cultures.
Nancy’s Workshop
Aïcha Diop
One Sunday a month, natural hair specialist Nancy Falaise closes the doors of her Montreal salon to lead a private workshop for young Black girls struggling to love their natural hair. Step-by-step, she teaches them how to wash, detangle, style and care for their respective hair textures, while also creating a safe space for them to bond over their shared experiences and forge meaningful friendships. Nancy’s Workshop is an intimate and immersive exploration of this journey.
Katak – Le brave béluga
Christine Dallaire-Dupont
While his peers have all turned white, as expected at their age, young beluga Katak is still small and grey. To prove that he has grown up and to grant the last wish of his adored grandma, Katak departs on a perilous journey to the Great North…
Suzanne et Chantal
Rachel Graton
This morning, Chantal (60 years old) comes to pick up Susan (92 years old) by car. Susan seems more nervous than usual. Chantal attributes her behavior to her health concerns and the exam she has to take at the hospital in the afternoon. First, they have to go to the hair salon where Chantal works. When she arrives at the salon, Chantal is intercepted by her boss who asks her to give him what she owes him. But this week, she has no money for him… This week, she has a surprise for him. Suzanne et Chantal is a film about friendship, solidarity and the strength of life.
Manon aime le hockey
Rachel Graton
Manon, a young teenager with a passion for field hockey, puts her heart and soul into recording the video that will allow her to realize her greatest dream: to meet the SAGS’ star player, number 9, Janeau Trudel. (SAGS: The Chicoutimi Saguenéens are an ice hockey club in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
For Wendy
Jacquelyn Mills
Inspired by true events, three children try to understand the death of their mother through exploring nature.
Leaves
Jacquelyn Mills
A short haiku exploring the subtle intimacies between two people in their last night together.
In The Waves
Jacquelyn Mills
In the Waves is an expressive documentary that depicts the life of 80 years old Joan Alma Mills in her aging coastal village. Following the death of her younger sister, Joan finds herself confronted by the fragility of life. As she tries to come to terms with her loss Joan searches for meaning in the natural world around her. Weaving intimate thoughts with lyrical imagery, In the Waves was crafted by Joan’s granddaughter Jacquelyn Mills. In essence, the film is an intergenerational love-letter, an ebb and flow between dream and reality, past and present, a glimpse of childhood and an encounter with the end-of-life.
La nuit du 4 au 5
Rachel Graton
A woman was assaulted. She screamed, waking up her neighbors and sending her attacker fleeing. Trying to reconstruct the chronology of events, she must navigate between elusive memories and momentary amnesia.
The Oka Legacy
Sonia Bonspille Boileau
The Oka Legacy is a CBCdocsPOV documentary that explores how the Oka Crisis has influenced Indigenous identity in Canada. In the summer of 1990, all eyes were on the small town of Oka, Quebec. Triggered by plans to expand a golf course on ancestral land, it was a standoff between the Mohawk people of Kanehsatake, the police and eventually the army. The Oka Crisis lasted 78 days and drew worldwide attention. The standoff had a profound impact on Indigenous peoples in Canada setting the tone for Indigenous resistance throughout the ‘90s.
Anastasie oh ma chérie
Paule Baillargeon
Our planet still survives and clings with a debilitating determination to its homosexual-male and misogynist god. In this degenerating patriarchy, all the men are medal-winning pimps and all the others are whores. Some women, pure and rigorous, locked up in their feminine mystery, silently scream. Anastasia, my beloved heroine, lost from another star, is one of them.
Derouin – Métis des Amériques
Julie Corbeil
A rare bird, the artist René Derouin flies over his universe that links Quebec to Mexico. He takes a nuanced look at it, imbued with distance. A true monument of the visual arts in Quebec, Derouin is guided by his love of nature and his desire to bring the public closer to contemporary art. With delicacy, director Julie Corbeil gives voice to this tireless and committed artist, driven by the urgency to create and nurture a dialogue.
Motel Paradis
Sophie Deraspe
Following a near-death experience, Jen Paradis is certain that her 14-year-old sister did not commit suicide. Determined to shed light on her disappearance, she brings back to her isolated village the investigator in charge of the case three years earlier, now retired. Together they will investigate.
Bête noire
Sophie Deraspe
Bête noire (scourge) presents the collateral effects of an unforgivable act committed by Jeremy, a 16-year-old teenager. With the help of the psychiatrist-coroner in charge of the investigation, Jeremy’s mother tries to understand how her son, a seemingly trouble-free boy, came to commit a heinous act. What triggered this nightmare? At what point did everything change? Together, the two women are on a mission to unravel the mystery of Jeremy.