Actualités
Moon
CANADIAN PREMIERE Former martial artist Sarah leaves Austria to train three sisters from a wealthy family in the Middle East. What sounds initially like a dream job soon becomes unsettling: the young women are cut off from the outside world and under constant surveillance. Sport doesn’t seem to interest them. So why has Sarah been hired?
Mémoires d’un escargot
When her father dies, Grace Pudel’s happy, marginal life as a snail collector and avid reader is shattered. Torn away from her twin brother Gilbert, she ends up in a foster home on the other side of Australia. Dependent on letters, ignored by her guardians and harassed by her classmates, Grace sinks into despair. Until her saving encounter with Pinky, an eccentric octogenarian who will teach her to love life and come out of her shell… Official Selection – Annecy International Animation Film Festival – 2024 13 years and older
Europa
CANADIAN PREMIERE Beate is an ambitious executive working at Europa, a mysterious corporation looking to expand into the Balkans region. Seemingly promoting philanthropy and investment in underdeveloped areas, Europa actually needs to buy off lands from locals in a remote valley in Albania using Beate as the main negotiator for this ambiguous mission. But things don’t go as planned when she is challenged by Jetnor, a stubborn and spiritual farmer who refuses to leave the land of his ancestors. Official selection – Sarajevo Film Festival – 2023
Carmen
The story follows a young and fiercely independent woman who is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother, another strong and mysterious woman. Carmen survives a terrifying and dangerous illegal border crossing into the US, only to be confronted by a lawless volunteer border guard who cold-bloodedly murders two other immigrants in her group. When the border guard and his patrol partner, Aidan (a Marine with PTSD) become embroiled in a deadly standoff, Carmen and Aidan are forced to escape together. Official Selection – Toronto International Film Festival – 2022
Tanna
Set on a remote Pacific island, covered in rain forest and dominated by an active volcano, this heartfelt story, enacted by the Yakel tribe, tells of a sister’s loyalty, a forbidden love affair and the pact between the old ways and the new.