Actualités
Pour être moins seule
Official Selection – Cinema on the Bayou – États-Unis – 2022 English synopsis is not available.Please see the French version of the film’s page for more information.
Retour à Reims
Nominee – Documentary Award – Cannes Film Festival – 2021 Freely adapted from the eponymous novel by Didier Eribon, Retourning to Reims tells in archives an intimate and political story of the French working class from the beginning of the 1950s to today.
Au bout de nos traces
Official Selection – Inshadow Lisbon screendance festival – Portugal – 2021Official Selection – Parcours Danse – Canada – 2021 A work of cinedance moving between dream and reality, presence and absence, memories and present-future. An impalpable atmosphere filled with the presence of nothing. A metaphor for a breathless, dried up land, and vanished relationships.What is left when there is nothing left? Intangible traces, perhaps. Relentless movement and hope, absurd yet necessary.
Paracosme
Following the death of her father, Margaux returns to her childhood home where she faces demons of her past life.
305 Bellechasse
Official selection – Festival international du film sur l’art – 2022 The 305 Bellechasse documentary is a gateway to the richness of the creative life of artists who have established their studio in this ancient pasta factory. Located at the confluence of the neighborhoods of Petite-Patrie, Mile End and Little Italy, this building has become, over time, a lair of artists of talent and renown and one of the hidden treasure of contemporary painting in Montreal. Last October, the Schiff family who had owned the building for the last 70 years sold the building to Mondev Real Estate. Now the artist’s presence in the 305 is in jeopardy. Hope this documentary will rise the question of the importance of keeping creative space in our cities.
Marcher sur l’eau
Official selection – Cannes Festival – 2021Golden Stallion Feature Documentary – Fespaco – 2021Best Documentary – Cinemambiente Environmental Film Festival – 2021 In northern Niger, the village of Tatiste, a victim of global warming, is fighting for access to water. Every day, fourteen-year-old Houlaye, like other young people, walks for miles to fetch water, which is essential to the life of the village. This daily task prevents them, among other things, from attending school. The lack of water also forces adults to leave their families each year to go beyond the borders to find the resources necessary for their survival. However, this region has an aquifer lake of several thousand square kilometers in its basement. All it would take is one borehole to bring the coveted water to the center of the village and give everyone a better life.
Une révision
Competition – Festival du film francophone d’Angoulême With Patrice Robitaille, Nour Belkhiria, Rose-Marie Perreault, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé Etienne is a very respected college professor who thrives on teaching philosophy. One day, Nacira, a bright young student of Muslim faith, challenges Etienne’s beliefs to the point of turning his world upside down. General Rating
nîpawistamâsowin : Nous nous lèverons
Winner – Meilleur long métrage documentaire Ted Rogers – Prix Écrans canadiens 2020Audience Choice Award – Feature Film / Sun Jury Award – imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival – 2019Discovery Award – Tasha Hubbard – Directors Guild of Canada – 2019Best Canadian Feature – Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival – 2019Colin Low Award for Canadian Documentary – DOXA Documentary Film Festival – 2019Magnus-Isacsson Award / Student’s Award / Women Inmate’s Award – RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival – 2019 On a summer day in 2016, a young Indigenous man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot to the head after entering Gerald Stanley’s rural property with his friends. The emotionally charged trial and acquittal of Stanley caused shock and outrage across Canada, capturing international attention and raising questions about prejudice within the judicial system, and anti-Indigenous racism in the nation. Award-winning filmmaker Tasha Hubbard follows the journey of Colten’s family as they search for justice, taking their fight to the highest echelons of power and, ultimately, to the United Nations. Hubbard deftly illustrates how the long history of violence against Indigenous people continues to define life in parts of Canada, and the impact of systems that have been the instruments of colonial domination for centuries. At once urgent and intimate, nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up is a profound portrait of a family standing up for a more just and fair society for future generations.
La Rockeuse du désert
The Desert Rocker i s an intimate, witty and profound portrait of the extraordinary Hasna El Becharia, a pioneer Gnawa artist. The first musician to break through the social barrier of this culture, she empowers and inspires women of all ages by reclaiming a musical tradition reserved for men for centuries . A singularly talented artist, she leads women to redefine their roles and challenge cultural norms , one musical performance at a time.