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Dragonfly
CANADIAN PREMIERE Dragonfly is the story of two neighbours who strike up an unlikely friendship, not always to the approval of others around them. Seeing the lack of care that her elderly neighbour Elsie is receiving from so-called professionals, Colleen takes it upon herself to care for her, finally finding a meaning and purpose in life. When her motivations are brought into question a tragic sequence of events leads to a shocking and devastating end. Dragonfly is a heartbreaking, tense and atmospheric feature that will unsettle and make you challenge your preconceptions. It’s a narrative that unflinchingly shines a light on the universal issue of social careand caring for the elderly and marginalised Best Performance in an International Narrative Feature – Tribeca Film Festival – 2025
Pillion
Starring Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive. Based on the book “Box Hill” by Adam Mars-Jones Un Certain Regard – Best Screenplay Award – Cannes Film Festival – 2025
Best of Annecy | Films d’animation
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival travels the world with its Best of Annecy 2024 program, which brings together a selection of short films from the last edition, including a majority of award-winning films and an opening sequence created by second-year students at GOBELINS Paris. The program includes : Afterparty from the GOBELINS image schoolThe car that came back from the sea, Jadwiga KowalskaJury prize for a short filmFrance TV Prize for a short filmCarrotica by Daniel Sterlin-Altman[S] by Mario RadevPrix Jean-Luc Xiberras for first feature filmBeautiful Men by Nicolas KeppensPapillon by Florence MiailheAndré Martin Prize for a French short filmHurikán* by Yan Saska * Header photo Countries of production: France, Switzerland, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Bosnia-Herzegovina The CFAK team will be on hand to host the event. In partnership with the Centre culturel de l’Université de Sherbrooke Free activity
The Return
After 20 years of absence, Ulysses washes ashore on the coast of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left for the Trojan War. His beloved wife, Penelope, is now a prisoner in her own home, relentlessly harassed by numerous ambitious suitors pressuring...
The Trouble with Mr Doodle
This is the story of an extraordinary boy born into an ordinary family in an unremarkable English town and how a childhood passion threatened to take over his life, his home and his mind.
The Old Oak
The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, it is the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline. TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner) the landlord hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips, and his hold is endangered even more when the pub becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in the village. An unlikely friendship develops when TJ encounters a young Syrian with a camera, Yara (Ebla Mari). Can they find a way for the two communities to understand each other? So unfolds a deeply moving drama about loss, fear and the difficulty of finding hope. Official Selection – Festival de Cannes – 2023
Young Plato
QUEBEC PREMIERE Young Plato charts the dream of Elvis-loving school headmaster Kevin McArevey – a maverick who is determined to change the fortunes of an inner-city community plagued by urban decay, sectarian aggression, poverty and drugs. The all-boys primary school in post-conflict Belfast, Northern Ireland, becomes a hot house for thinking and questioning, as the...
Brian and Charles
Brian lives alone in a remote village in the countryside. Something of an outcast, he spends his spare time inventing things out of found objects in his garage. Without friends or family to rely on, Brian decides to build a robot for company. ‘Charles’ is not only Brian’s most successful invention, but he appears to...
Sans filtre
With Woody Harrelson Social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl and Yaya, are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain. What first appeared instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival. Palme d’Or – Cannes Film Festival – 2022
EO
The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence. Jury Prize – Cannes Film Festival – 2022Nominated – Best Internationnal Feature Film – Academy Awards – 2023Nominated – Best Foreign Film – César Awards – 2023