Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political
Duration: 2h36With a meticulous selection of interviews, performances and photos drawn from a vast and rich archival collection, _Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political_ follows the iconic Quebec singer and eternally free spirit on a journey through key moments in the province’s history.
After working on major cleaning projects in New York, immigrants share their experiences. Their voices traverse dreamscapes, reflecting on the American dream, the reality of being undocumented individuals, the dangers of this labor, and the dust that still lingers in their lungs decades later.
Around an austere brick altar lost in the middle of the desert like a drifting raft, the Panchwa festival (Rajasthan, India) is a gateway to the beyond, a celebration during which Kalbeliya gypsies converse with their dead. While they come to celebrate the King of Panchwa, their hero buried here, the festival is also a privileged moment for the Kalbeliya imagination to unfold. Goddesses and war...
We Don't Care About Music Anyway...
Duration: 2h40While featuring key figures from Tokyo’s avant-garde music scene of the mid-2000s, _We Don’t Care About Music Anyway..._ offers a kaleidoscopic vision of the megacity, juxtaposing music with noise, sound with imagery, representation with reality, and fiction with documentary. Beyond the music and performances, the film explores the future and modes of existence of an entire city and society.
Kings of the Wind & Electric Queens
Duration: 1h52Since Antiquity, the Sonepur fair in the Indian state of Bihar has been the largest animal market in Asia. Mobilizing all the showmen of this state renowned for its indomitability, it is the place of expression par excellence for Bihari popular culture. The characters in _Kings of the Wind & Electric Queens_ are the custodians of this culture. Like the different figures in a tarot deck, they ar...
_Octopus_ surfaced during trauma, in the aftermath of the cataclysmic Port of Beirut explosion. The film silently navigates that unfolding, giving space to the myriad of existential questions birthed by the enormity of the happening. Questions of unexamined worldviews, of suffering and meaning, of collective purpose, and of many other quiet thoughts strewn amidst the rubble. What are we saying ...
_Listed_ shares the story of Faizal Karim, a Canadian man falsely flagged on the Canadian No-Fly List, a terrorist watch list under the Passenger Protect Program. Through Faizal’s personal account of racial profiling and detainment due to being falsely flagged, the film exposes the systemic issues underlying the No-Fly List and its impact on marginalized communities. By examining the potential ...
Every Sunday, Hudson returns to Park Extension to see his father. Along the way, he runs into his childhood friend, Baki. Together, they wander their old stomping grounds, just like when they were kids. As they walk, Hudson reminisces about how the neighbourhood shaped who he has become.
Immerse yourself in the extraordinary world of Daniel Robichaud, an Acadian weaver. Despite the challenges he faced in his recent battle against AIDS, Daniel discovered in the fabrics he weaves a new identity imbued with hope and resilience. Through his textiles, rich in the vibrant colors of his Acadian homeland, Daniel deeply connects to his roots, creating works that tell not only his person...
In this feature documentary, filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk talks to people from the five Northern Baffin Communities affected by the proposed expansion of the Mary River Mine Iron Ore Mine. These conversations clearly show the predicament these communities are in – being torn between wanting to support the opportunities the expanded mine brings – but also wanting to protect their environment and cu...
Hunting with my Ancestors - Bowhead Whale Hunt
Duration: 1h40Inuit have hunted bowhead whales for thousands of years, using stone tools to hunt these 25-ton mammals. In 2016, Igloolik community received a tag to harvest a bowhead; Zacharias Kunuk documents this hunt - from the selection of hunting captains and planning to the large-scale hunt and the ensuing community-wide harvest and distribution of food.
One Day In the Life of Noah Piugattuk
Duration: 3h46Kapuivik, north Baffin Island, 1961. Noah Piugattuk’s nomadic Inuit band live and hunt by dogteam, just as his ancestors did when he was born in 1900. When the white man known as Boss arrives in camp, what appears as a chance meeting soon opens up the prospect of momentous change.
Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political
Duration: 2h36With a meticulous selection of interviews, performances and photos drawn from a vast and rich archival collection, _Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political_ follows the iconic Quebec singer and eternally free spirit on a journey through key moments in the province’s history.
After working on major cleaning projects in New York, immigrants share their experiences. Their voices traverse dreamscapes, reflecting on the American dream, the reality of being undocumented individuals, the dangers of this labor, and the dust that still lingers in their lungs decades later.
Around an austere brick altar lost in the middle of the desert like a drifting raft, the Panchwa festival (Rajasthan, India) is a gateway to the beyond, a celebration during which Kalbeliya gypsies converse with their dead. While they come to celebrate the King of Panchwa, their hero buried here, the festival is also a privileged moment for the Kalbeliya imagination to unfold. Goddesses and war...
We Don't Care About Music Anyway...
Duration: 2h40While featuring key figures from Tokyo’s avant-garde music scene of the mid-2000s, _We Don’t Care About Music Anyway..._ offers a kaleidoscopic vision of the megacity, juxtaposing music with noise, sound with imagery, representation with reality, and fiction with documentary. Beyond the music and performances, the film explores the future and modes of existence of an entire city and society.
Kings of the Wind & Electric Queens
Duration: 1h52Since Antiquity, the Sonepur fair in the Indian state of Bihar has been the largest animal market in Asia. Mobilizing all the showmen of this state renowned for its indomitability, it is the place of expression par excellence for Bihari popular culture. The characters in _Kings of the Wind & Electric Queens_ are the custodians of this culture. Like the different figures in a tarot deck, they ar...
_Octopus_ surfaced during trauma, in the aftermath of the cataclysmic Port of Beirut explosion. The film silently navigates that unfolding, giving space to the myriad of existential questions birthed by the enormity of the happening. Questions of unexamined worldviews, of suffering and meaning, of collective purpose, and of many other quiet thoughts strewn amidst the rubble. What are we saying ...
_Listed_ shares the story of Faizal Karim, a Canadian man falsely flagged on the Canadian No-Fly List, a terrorist watch list under the Passenger Protect Program. Through Faizal’s personal account of racial profiling and detainment due to being falsely flagged, the film exposes the systemic issues underlying the No-Fly List and its impact on marginalized communities. By examining the potential ...
Every Sunday, Hudson returns to Park Extension to see his father. Along the way, he runs into his childhood friend, Baki. Together, they wander their old stomping grounds, just like when they were kids. As they walk, Hudson reminisces about how the neighbourhood shaped who he has become.
Immerse yourself in the extraordinary world of Daniel Robichaud, an Acadian weaver. Despite the challenges he faced in his recent battle against AIDS, Daniel discovered in the fabrics he weaves a new identity imbued with hope and resilience. Through his textiles, rich in the vibrant colors of his Acadian homeland, Daniel deeply connects to his roots, creating works that tell not only his person...
In this feature documentary, filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk talks to people from the five Northern Baffin Communities affected by the proposed expansion of the Mary River Mine Iron Ore Mine. These conversations clearly show the predicament these communities are in – being torn between wanting to support the opportunities the expanded mine brings – but also wanting to protect their environment and cu...
Hunting with my Ancestors - Bowhead Whale Hunt
Duration: 1h40Inuit have hunted bowhead whales for thousands of years, using stone tools to hunt these 25-ton mammals. In 2016, Igloolik community received a tag to harvest a bowhead; Zacharias Kunuk documents this hunt - from the selection of hunting captains and planning to the large-scale hunt and the ensuing community-wide harvest and distribution of food.
One Day In the Life of Noah Piugattuk
Duration: 3h46Kapuivik, north Baffin Island, 1961. Noah Piugattuk’s nomadic Inuit band live and hunt by dogteam, just as his ancestors did when he was born in 1900. When the white man known as Boss arrives in camp, what appears as a chance meeting soon opens up the prospect of momentous change.