Actualités
Jongué, Carnet nomade
Canadian feature competition – Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) – 2019 A film about Serge Emmanuel Jongué, photographer-writer. Emigrated to Quebec to escape the family’s shadows, wounds and silences he spent his brief life exploring his multiple origins. Jongué’s life is told with his own texts, images and talismans from his birth in Aix-en-Provence until his untimely death in Montreal.
Comme une vague
Official Competition – Festival International du Film sur l’Art (FIFA) Big Giant Wave is an ode to music, the invisible abstract and fleeting sequence of sounds that creates in the brain the same reaction as chocolate, sex, or drugs. Conceived as a cinematographic wave, this documentary takes us from Canada to Italy via Sweden, Mexico and the American West Coast to meet fascinating scientists and artists who, from their various backgrounds, illustrate our essential connection with rhythm, music, our planet, the brain, daily lives and our collective humanity.
Prière pour une mitaine perdue
Best Canadian Feature Documentary – Hot Docs – 2020Special mention in the Best Canadian Documentary award competition – Vancouver International FFPrix spécial du Jury dans la compétition nationale Longs métrages – RIDM – 2020Best Documentary Feature Award Winner – CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival – 2020 The night is falling and Montreal is under the snow. People line up at the lost and found office of the city’s transit company. They all have lost something, which, upon reflection, becomes the symbol of a deeper loss. Prayer for a Lost Mitten is a creative documentary by turns melancholic and festive, yet ever compassionate. A film that helps us get through the winter.
Sortir de l’ombre
Into the Light features the liberating life stories and powerful words of inspiring Quebec women of African origin who’ve regained control over their lives after suffering from domestic violence. The film transcends prejudice and breaks the silence, pulling back the curtain on a poorly understood, hidden world, while testifying to the tremendous power that comes from overcoming isolation and accepting one’s self. It’s a luminous dive into the quest for personal healing and universal humanity. This is Togo-born director Gentille M. Assih’s third documentary.
Une femme, ma mère
Grand Prize for Best National Feature – Montreal International Documentary Festival (Canada) – 2019 A Woman, my Mother is the story of a woman who didn’t want to have children. This woman is the filmmaker’s mother. He sets out to find her in a poetic essay that blurs the line between documentary and fiction. Source : IMDB
ENSAF
Prix du Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke – Course des régions pancanadienne – 2020Prix INIS-Émergence – Course des régions pancanadienne – 2020 Ensaf Haidar is the wife of Saudi liberal blogger and activist Raif Badawi, imprisoned in Arabia since 2012. We follow her journey, from her anonymous arrival in Sherbrooke to her rise on television shows and stages around the world where she fights diligently for her husband’s liberation.
Tant qu’il restera de la glace
Prix Film Cinéma du Monde de Sherbrooke – Course des régions pancanadienne – 2020 Ten years after the Vancouver Olympic Games, ex-professional figure skater Jessica Dubé plunges us into her daily routine and opens up to show us her love-and-hate relationship with her chosen sport.
Mad Dog & The Butcher – Les derniers vilains
Meilleur Premier Film – Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (Canada) – 2019Coup de coeur du public – Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (Canada) – 2019Meilleur Long métrage Documentaire – Cinema on the Bayou (Louisiane, États-Unis) – 2021 The Last Villains (Mad Dog & The Butcher) immerses us in filmmaker Thomas Rinfret’s journey to direct a documentary on the lives of the famed Vachon wrestling family. His protagonist is the last living member of the dynasty: Paul “The Butcher” Vachon. The film features two simultaneous levels of storytelling: the director’s creative illustration of the epic stories told by Paul in his books and the four-year adventure, during which Thomas, camera in hand, follows Paul’s nomadic wanderings across North America. FCM sur la route de Magog is presented by Hydro-Québec
La déesse des mouches à feu
Women’s Performance Award (Kelly Depeault) (Kelly Depeault) – Festival du film canadien de Dieppe – 2020Grand Prix – Quebec City Film Festival (FCVQ) – 2020Official Selection – Berlinale – 2020 Catherine is a teenager growing up in the spectacular chaos of the 90s just as her parents are about to get a divorce. FCM sur la route de Magog is presented by Hydro-Québec
Fabuleuses
*** English synopsis not available *** Nomination: Prix Gilles-Carles du Meilleur premier ou second film de fiction – Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma – 2020Nomination: Meilleur film – Gala Québec Cinéma – 2020Sélection Officielle – Bussan Film Festival, section Flash Forward, Corée – 2019 Il y a Laurie, la fille d’à côté qui tente de devenir fabuleuse. Il y a Clara, la star des médias sociaux qui carbure aux « likes ». Et il y a Élizabeth, qui s’insurge contre tout ça. Les trois amies vivront l’été de tous les possibles, expérimentant de façon un peu chaotique les paradoxes auxquels doit faire face toute jeune femme moderne. FCM sur la route de Magog is presented by Hydro-Québec