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Les filles d’Olfa
The life of Olfa, a Tunisian woman and mother of four daughters, oscillates between light and shadow. One day, her two eldest daughters disappear. To fill their absence, director Kaouther Ben Hania calls upon professional actors to re-enact the story of Olfa and her daughters. Best documentary film – César – 2024Official Selection – Oscars...
Amours de vélo
This experimental short documentary tells the story of how, between its theft and reappearance, a bicycle can become a symbol of the human experience. Magnified, the memory of the bicycle allows us to reflect on the concept of loss and the irrational detours sometimes necessary to survive it. Presented as part of the Soirée estrienne. See the activity for details and to purchase tickets.
Sur l’Adamant
Follows patients and caregivers at a psychiatric center with a unique floating structure located in the middle of the Seine river in central Paris. Ours d’Or – Festival du film de Berlin – 2022
P’tit Bouddha
Benoît lives in a cooperative for people at risk of homelessness. Accompanied by his faith and his community worker, he seeks peace in a life that has taken its toll on him. Because we don’t all start from the same starting line… Quebec premiere Not recommended for young children Presented as part of the Soirée...
La garde blanche
Five years after Dark Suns, Julien Elie is back with a rigorous piece of research – an outstanding cinematographic work. This time, he sheds light on the regime of terror and violence generated by transnational mining companies, in collaboration with the Mexican government and organised crime, enabling them to land-grab territories to exploit their resources. With great respect and attention to detail, La garde blanche exposes the courage and dignity of the resistance against this new manifestation of destructive and murderous colonialism filled with rampant impunity. Magnus Isacsson Prize – RIDM – 2023Student Jury Prize – RIDM – 2023
Má Sài Gòn (Mère Saigon)
In Saigon, family culture carries on as it has for centuries, even when blood ties are broken. Through a mosaic of intimate portraits, Má Sài Gòn explores humanity’s universal desire for love, acceptance, connection and belonging through an LGBTQ+ lens. The film is a love letter – a bittersweet ode to a comforting yet disturbing mother, to a city that is as liberating as it is oppressive. Special Jury Prize, National Feature Film Competition – RIDM – 2023Special mention – Newfest, the New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival – 2023Official selection – Hot docs Canadian International Documentary Festival – 2023
Éloge de l’ombre
Junichiro Tanizaki’s literary essay In Praise of Shadows, light and dark, and the origins of photography and cinema are among the strands interwoven in this “cinematic meditation” in three chapters. Fleeting shadows ebb and flow in a glistening half-light, an enchanted dreamlike state that reflects on our place in the world, the passage of time,...
Va vers toi
Documentary on the inner world and the life that lies within us. Beyond the visible and the facades, this film aims to be an honest and caring exploration of the light and shadows present in each of us. Without religion, animated by life, humility and wisdom, around fifteen speakers from all walks of life share...
Umberto Eco : La bibliothèque du monde
A documentary immersion into all things Eco, Davide Ferrario’s film takes us on a tour of Umberto Eco’s private library, guided by the author himself. Combining new footage with material he shot with Eco in 2015 for a video installation for the Venice Biennale, Ferrario documents this incredible collection and the man who amassed it....
1964: Simityè Kamoken
CANADIAN PREMIERE In 1964, following the landing of some thirty armed men to overthrow him, the Haitian dictator Duvalier unleashed a campaign of terror to dissuade the peasants from joining the rebellion, made up of men from the region where they had settled: the South-East. More than 50 years later, the peasants tell their story...