Actualités
Toll
Suellen, a toll booth attendant, realizes she can use her job to raise some extra money illegally. But this is only for a so-called noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop led by a renowned foreign priest. Official Selection – TIFF – 2023Official Selection – San Sebastian International Film Festival – 2023Best Film – Rome Film Festival – 2023
The Dog Thief
Martín, a shoeshine boy who works in the streets of La Paz, Bolivia, decides to steal the dog of his best client, a lonely tailor he has begun to imagine as his father. Countries of production: Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, France, Ecuador and Italy Official selection – Tribeca Film Festival – 2024
Aïcha
Aya, in her late twenties, still lives with her parents in southern Tunisia and feels trapped in a life without prospects. One day, the minivan in which she commutes daily between her town and the hotel where she works crashes. As the sole survivor of the accident, she realizes it could be her chance to start a new life. She flees to Tunis under a new identity, but everything is soon compromised when she becomes the main witness to a police blunder. Official selection – Venice International Film Festival – 2024 Countries of production: Tunisia, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Qatar
The Last Meal
Reynold is dying from stomach cancer. Gradually unable to eat normally due to his condition, he resigns himself to starving to death. Grim memories surface of how he had cheated starvation once before as a prisoner in Fort-Dimanche Prison. The last meals that he can still eat provide an opportunity to share these memories with...
Hard Truths
Pansy is overwhelmed by both physical and emotional pain, and her way of interacting with the world is colored by anger and confrontation. Her husband, Curtley, is at a loss about how to deal with her, while their son, Moses, seems to live in his own reality. It’s only her sister, Chantal, who truly understands what she’s going through and is able to help. Official selection – Academy Awards – 2025Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival – 2024Official Selection – TIFF – 2024
Godland, la terre divine
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality. Official Selection / Un certain regard – Cannes Film Festival –...
Àma Gloria
Six-year-old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. When Gloria must return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, the two must make the most of their last summer together.
Les Damnés ne pleurent pas
Fatima-Zahra and her teenage son Selim move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she’s caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start. In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave — but not without pushing the volatile mother-son relationship to the breaking point. Official Selection – London Film Festival – 2022Official Selection – Venice Film Festival – 2022 Moroccan cinema is presented in collaboration with the Centre culturel marocain de Montréal.
Je verrai toujours vos visages
With Adèle Exarchopoulos et Leïla Bekhti Since 2014, Restorative Justice in France has offered victims and perpetrators the chance to talk in secure settings, supervised by professionals and volunteers like Judith, Fanny or Michel. César des lycéens – César – 2024Best Supporting Actress / Adèle Exarchopoulos – César – 2024
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