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Amal, un esprit libre
Professeure de français dans une école laïque bruxelloise, Amal encourage ses élèves à cultiver la passion de la lecture, revendiquer la liberté d’expression et prôner l’acceptation de l’autre. Mais son franc-parler dérange la communauté musulmane, qui s’oppose à ses méthodes pédagogiques avec virulence. Pourtant, Amal résiste et ne se laisse pas envahir par la peur....
Blue Sky Joe
Quebec City, In the early 1980s. Her name is Helene, but she calls herself Jo because she wants to live like her hero, Joséphine The Little Musketeer, her favourite cartoon character. Jo is only ten years old, with three sisters, a very busy and troubled father and an understanding but strict mother. She lives in Limoilou, a blue-collar neighbourhood with a very diverse population, the most endearing of whom is her new neighbour, Monsieur Roger, a prickly old man who works hard at hiding his big old heart. A romantic soul with a voracious appetite for drama, Jo dreams of doing great things. One day, she decides to make it her mission to save her father from his work and his misery. Stay after the screening to chat with our guests! See CINÉ-ÉCHANGE for details.
Under the Volcano
Une famille ukrainienne passe le dernier jour des ses vacances sur l’île de Tenerife. Du jour au lendemain, de touristes ils vont devenir réfugiés. Sélection officielle – TIFF – 2024
Only the River Flows
En Chine, dans les années 1990, trois meurtres sont commis dans la petite ville de Banpo. Ma Zhe, le chef de la police criminelle, est chargé d’élucider l’affaire. Un sac à main abandonné au bord de la rivière et des témoignages de passants désignent plusieurs suspects. Alors que l’affaire piétine, l’inspecteur Ma est confronté à...
Under the Volcano
A blended Ukrainian family spends the last day of their vacation in Tenerife, Spain. When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine strands them on the island, they must contend with isolation, duty, fear… and each other. Official Selection – TIFF – 2024
Only the River Flows
1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that quickly leads to an obvious arrest. As his superiors are keen to communicate their success, several clues push Ma Zhe to delve deeper into the hidden behaviour of his...
Parti
In his late thirties, Charles is tormented. He has everything for himself but something is wrong. On this Saturday morning, it’s still dark outside, he’s suffocating. He needs fresh air. He goes out and hits the road to nowhere. He realizes that he took the road leading to the village where he grew up. He hasn’t set foot there for the past 28 years. In this journey Charles will keep running after his breath and himself.
Reas
Yoseli has a tattoo of the Eiffel Tower on her back and has always wanted to travel, but she was arrested at the airport for drug trafficking. Nacho is a trans man who was arrested for swindling and started a rock band in jail. Gentle or rough, blonde or shaved, cis or trans, long-term inmates or newly admitted: in this hybrid musical, they all re-enact their lives in a Buenos Aires prison. REAS is a collective work that reinvents the musical genre: the performers dance and sing about their past in prison, relive their life as fiction, and invent, through fantasy and imagination, a possible future for themselves. Official Selection – Berlinale – 2024Best Film – San Sebastián International Film Festival – 2024Special mention for best documentary – Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP – 2024
Behind the Mountains
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE After spending four years in jail for vandalizing his place of work, Rafik has only one plan, take his son to the mountains and show him his amazing discovery. Countries of production: Tunisia, Belgium, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Qatar Orizzonti Official Selection – Venice International Film Festival – 2023
Parti
Charles a tout pour être heureux, mais ça ne va pas. Un samedi à l’aube, il décide de partir sur un nowhere. Il réalise en chemin que ce coup de tête le conduit vers le village où il a grandi. Dans ce voyage, Charles courra après son souffle, et lui-même.