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A Story of One's Own

Their names are Anne-Charlotte, Joohee, Céline, Niyongira and Mathieu. They are 25- to 52-year-old, hailing from Brazil, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, South Korea, or Australia. These five individuals have something in common: they are adopted. Separated from their family and country from childhood, they grew up in French families. Their life stories and home movies tell an intimate, political story about...

Oasis

At the dawn of their teenage years, Raphaël and Rémi are twins who see their fusional attachment crumble while one of them, suffering from an increasingly marked disability, remains a prisoner of childhood. During one last summer surrounded by nature, time seems to want to stand still.

Last Things

Evolution and extinction from the point of view of rocks and various future others. The geo-biosphere is introduced as a place of evolutionary possibility, where humans disappear but life endures.

The Sparkle

Kim and Billy work at carnivals. This summer, Kim procrastinates. He plans to leave this family of colleagues to devote himself to his passion, the search for precious stones. The layoff of Billy, his best friend, accelerates his disenchantment. We always dream of elsewhere.

Lisière

“A few cabins built along a hillside, on the margins of society and without men. A refuge, a space for collective and feminist transformation. From this edge of the world, alongside those who build it, I question my place in nature and in society, in my relationship, the freedom of my body, and the choice to have a child.” (Éva Tourrent)

Geographies of Solitude

_Geographies of Solitude_ is an immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island and the life of Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived over 40 years on this remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Shot on 16mm and created using a scope of innovative eco-friendly filmmaking techniques, this feature-length experimental documentary is a playful and reverent col...

Mother-To-Be

Can a woman fully realize herself while embracing the demands of motherhood? Filmed during an actual pregnancy and based on the journal director Anne Claire Poirier kept during one of her own, this documentary captures the pregnant female body, revealing the emotions and anxieties that accompany this transformative experience.

Comptines

Spring has arrived in the streets of Montreal. Little girls bring out their bolos, skipping ropes, elastics, and balls, playing joyfully to the rhythm of delightful rhymes. Freshness, spontaneity, innocence, joy and sorrow—it’s all there, in these little songs. A world that adults will be delighted to return to.

Users

Drawing from her experience of motherhood and the unfailing perfection of machines, Natalia Almada envisions, in the form of a dystopian essay, the future of her children in a technological world. Between wonder and dread, the film’s strikingly beautiful images portray a terrifyingly “perfect” society.

The Sunset Special

A secluded beach location, the perfect partner, the most exclusive hotel : it is the life of your dreams. Join an eerie trip to a luxurious place of unfulfilled desire, nostalgia and endless longing. Catch a unique glimpse through the polished facades of a world shaped by abundance and the reality distorting imagery of social media. Caught up in their own fantasies, the main characters wander t...

Summer Love

On the banks of an abandoned quarry, couples confront their love before taking a dip.

Oasis

At the dawn of their teenage years, Raphaël and Rémi are twins who see their fusional attachment crumble while one of them, suffering from an increasingly marked disability, remains a prisoner of childhood. During one last summer surrounded by nature, time seems to want to stand still.