Actualités
Marqueur de temps
Erosion is eating away at the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, as is the exile of its young people. This short film is a mosaic of testimonials from elderly people about their vision of the future, to keep their memory alive, like a lighthouse, before the sea takes them away.
Parti
In his late thirties, Charles is tormented. He has everything for himself but something is wrong. On this Saturday morning, it’s still dark outside, he’s suffocating. He needs fresh air. He goes out and hits the road to nowhere. He realizes that he took the road leading to the village where he grew up. He hasn’t set foot there for the past 28 years. In this journey Charles will keep running after his breath and himself.
She Saw The Wind
In the dry and cold winter. The wind blows and blows in the endless landscapes. A hunter has been missing for a few days. With no sign of life, the village sends their best tracker (Megan Saunders) in hope of finding him. Before leaving, she remembers the old local legend: “Alone in Winter you shall find beasts unknown to men. Those that quiver in the rivers. Lurking in the snow. And moan on the blowing wind…Alone in winter, you shall be lost.” Not recommended for young children.
L’enfant poussière
The rustle of dust. Laora opens her eyes. Alone, she is alone. Out of nothing: a sound, a call… hope. Laora lets herself be guided, offers herself to adventure. She encounters the unexpected, attaches herself to it, clings to it. L’enfant poussière is a story told through movement and punctuated by ephemeral architecture. This film is aimed at family audiences. Suggested age: 6 and over. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Mayhem
In 1986, two brothers and a sister must finish the work of their parents, members of a mafia, who have passed away. Not recommended for young children.
Forêts urbaines – SOLD OUT
From Montreal to Vancouver by way of Toronto, Laval, Varennes and New Westminster, Urban Forests explores nature-restoration projects in cities across Canada. Painting a portrait of a grassroots movement spanning all generations, the film is nothing less than an antidote to pessimism, proving that the “green shift” is closer than we think. Is the solution...
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...
Living Together
As a housing shortage worsens, several young people looking to share living quarters explore the prospect of forging genuine connections. In scenes filmed in 15 Montreal apartments, director Halima Elkhatabi paints a complex and engaging picture of a generation accustomed to playing all their identity cards to find their place in the world. Her stationary...
La saveur d’une vie
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE By visiting three animal shelters and listening to their stories, we notice that animals are not so different from us: intelligent, sensitive, supportive, stubborn and even liars at times. However, we treat them as inferior and to satisfy our needs we put them through lives of misery.What if we imagined another way of living with animals?