Actualités
Point d’équilibre
Official Selection – Montreal International Documentary Festival 2018 Filmed from the point of view of its young subjects, A Delicate Balance takes an introspective look at the lives of four dancers on the cusp of adolescence—that critical time in one’s life when childhood fantasies begin to collide with the realities of being an adult. A tender and captivating documentary in which students of the École supérieure de ballet du Québec candidly tell their stories and share their hopes and dreams.
Droit devant
Best Director – American Indian Film Festival San Francisco 2017 Official Selection – Hot Docs 2017 The Road Forward, a musical documentary by Marie Clements, connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. Clements paints an electrifying picture of how a tiny movement, the Native Brotherhood and Native Sisterhood, became a powerful voice for social, political and legal advocacy, eventually effecting profound change at the national level. The Road Forward’s stunningly shot musical sequences, performed by an ensemble of some of Canada’s finest vocalists and musicians, seamlessly connect past and present with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats. The Road Forward is a rousing tribute to the fighters for First Nations rights, a soul-resounding historical experience, and a visceral call to action.
Avec un sourire, la révolution!
Magnus-Isacsson Award – Montreal International Documentary Festival – 2018 Forty years after the end of Franco’s dictatorship, Catalans of all backgrounds are mobilizing to hold a self-determination referendum despite Spain’s refusal to countenance it. As they openly engage in disobedience, Catalans face growing repression with a smile. After directing a first feature right out of college (La Planque, 2004), Alexandre Chartrand spent a few years editing documentary films before directing his first feature doc in 2016 (Le Peuple interdit). Fascinated with Catalan culture, he has made it his subject of predilection. He shares his career between cinema and painting.
20-22 Omega
Prix du jury Étudiant – Montreal International Documentary Festival 2018 20-22 OMEGA invites us on a pure cinematic odyssey into our civilization with a profound look at the humanity emerging in the Anthropocene, the epoch being shaped by human presence and activities. Shot over 5 years across 100 locations, with exclusive access to popular as well as restricted places, spectacular events and fascinating characters, evocative images document and reveal this new humanity known as Posthumanism. In symphony with the images, cathedral organ music, choir songs and Inuit throat singing come together to create a singular operatic soundtrack, standing in for speech. With its gorgeous black and white celluloid images and immersive music, this film reprises the classical symphonic form of Early cinema to tell the story of the postmodern western world full of machines, technology and dense crowds.