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Tomorrow

Voïna is a collective of Russian artists and activists founded by a charismatic couple, Oleg Vorotnikov and Natalia Sokol, who are known for their provocative political actions. It was from this group that Nadia Tolokonnikova, a member of Pussy Riot, was born. _Tomorrow_ follows some spectacular moments in the life of the collective and questions the limits of art as political action.

Love, Dad

The filmmaker rediscovers letters her dad used to write her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in the hope of reconnecting with him. She puts in writing what could not be said: blaming her father for the family's break-up but also trying to understand him. A short film about ties and gaps between a child and a parent.

No Ordinary Man

For decades, the life of American Jazz musician Billy Tipton was framed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. In _No Ordinary Man_, Tipton’s story is re-imagined and performed by trans artists as they collectively paint a portrait of an unlikely hero. Together, the filmmakers join Tipton’s son Billy Jr. to reckon with a complicated and contested legac...

Prayer for a Lost Mitten

Night has fallen and Montreal is under a blanket of snow. At the City Transit Company, people line up at the lost and found office where upon reflection, losing something becomes a symbol of a deeper loss. This creative documentary is sometimes melancholic, sometimes festive yet always compassionate. In fact, it makes you appreciate Winter.

Gulîstan, Land of Roses

This documentary travels deep into the mountains and deserts of Kurdistan, where armed female guerillas from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) defend Kurdish territory against ISIS. These women share their most intimate thoughts. By offering a window into this largely unknown world, the film exposes the hidden feminist face of a revolutionary group united by a common vision of freedom.

The Venerable W.

In Burma, Ashin Wirathu is a very influential Buddhist monk. To meet him is to find oneself at the heart of daily racism and to observe how the Islamophobic and hateful discourse that he preaches is transformed into violence and destruction. Yet we are in a country where 90% of the population practices Buddhism, a religion based on a peaceful, tolerant and non-violent way of life.

Tomorrow

Voïna is a collective of Russian artists and activists founded by a charismatic couple, Oleg Vorotnikov and Natalia Sokol, who are known for their provocative political actions. It was from this group that Nadia Tolokonnikova, a member of Pussy Riot, was born. _Tomorrow_ follows some spectacular moments in the life of the collective and questions the limits of art as political action.

Nouvelles de Roumanie

The news reports supplied by our Western Media concerning the events of 1990 in Romania do not sit well with Constantin Ivanovici, a Canadian of Romanian origin. That's why he decided to go over there, to see for himself and film the situation from his perspective.

Anna

Rome, January 1972. The actor Massimo Sarchielli meets Anna at the piazza Navona. Underaged, on drugs, and pregnant, she lives on the streets in a community of feminists, leftists, and petty criminals. To help her, Massimo invites her to his home. Fascinated by this young woman, Massimo asks his friend, the filmmaker Alberto Grifi, to help him document her story.

Meeting with Robert Dole

This experimental short film gives the floor to Robert Dole who gives us his story and exposes his vision of schizophrenia. The theme of mental illness is echoed here in a cinematographic treatment that explores the materiality of film and magnetic tapes to find points of meeting and detachment, spaces resonating with the fall and redemption of Robert Dole. 

Phone Line 137

In Argentina, the victims of femicide amount to one woman every 23 hours. This documentary portrays the life of four social workers and psychologists who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to assist, help and accompany different women who suffer domestic, sexual, and family violence.

(Sin asunto)

Somewhere in Colombia, a Nile crocodile hides from the tourists of the zoo. Carlos, his caretaker, is trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter. Far away somewhere in France, a director suffers from sleep paralysis and struggles to complete his film. Gradually, these three stories converge.