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Champions

The filmmaker follows Stéphane, his autistic brother, and Audrey, his atypical friend, on a sports odyssey that takes them from Canada to Dubai to participate in the Special Olympics World Games.

On Zenith’s Edge

Natyvel comes from a people in Gabon - the Fangs - where the dead never leave the living. But since becoming Christians, they can no longer hear them. Lost between what she knows and what she sees, the director leads a spiritual quest that reveals the history of a traditional religion that has not been passed on.

Dandelions

Lyrical and full of mirth, this filmmaker wonders out loud in her first film: "How do I make myself at home in a landscape made foreign to me?"

Ostrov - Lost Island

On the desert island of Ostrov, in the Caspian Sea, a handful of inhabitants live without roads, electricity, or jobs, abandoned by the Russian state since the collapse of the Soviet Union. In this dystopian atmosphere, this film reveals the portrait of a family forced to imagine a future in the midst of ruins, or to turn towards the outside world, towards Russia and its current state.

Taming The Garden

A powerful man, who is also the former prime minister of Georgia, has developed an exquisite hobby. He collects century-old trees along Georgia's coastline. He commissions his men to uproot them and bring them to his private garden. Some of these trees are as tall as 15-floor buildings. And in order to transplant a tree of such dimensions some other trees are chopped down, electric cables are s...

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, set the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness. Director Alanis Obomsawin—at times with a small crew, at times alone—spent 78 days behind Kanien’kéhaka lines filming the armed standoff between protesto...

Pénélope My Love

_Pénélope My Love_ traces the journey of a mother and her autistic daughter through the years. It tells the story of different stages: the shock of the diagnosis, the declaration of war, the abdication of weapons, to finally accepting and discovering another way of existence.

Alphée of the Stars

Alphée has a rare genetic disorder that hampers her development. Yet she continues to defy medical expectations. In a moving declaration of love for his daughter, filmmaker Hugo Latulippe and his family steal away for a year, focusing on his daughter's learning, so that she can integrate into a regular classroom when they get home.

The Worlds of Vincent

_The Worlds of Vincent_ is a personal and intimate journey at the heart of madness. An incursion in the world of schizophrenia, an encounter between a brother and his sister on the path of life, questioning mental illness, acceptance, family, love...

On Zenith’s Edge

Natyvel comes from a people in Gabon - the Fangs - where the dead never leave the living. But since becoming Christians, they can no longer hear them. Lost between what she knows and what she sees, the director leads a spiritual quest that reveals the history of a traditional religion that has not been passed on.

Havarie

On September 14 2012 at 2:56 PM, the cruise liner _Adventure of the Seas_ reports to the Spanish Maritime Rescue Centre the sighting of a dinghy adrift with 13 persons on board. From a YouTube clip and biographical scenes evolves a choreography reflecting the past, present, and future of the voyagers on the Mediterranean.

Commune Présence

Guided by a letter from a childhood friend, a young man visits places and people from the past, marked by history and commitment. He then meets other people throughout the night, looking for ways to act and imagine collectively.