Cinémathèque québécoise
When documentaries become a tool for exploring intimacy.
On the occasion of the Intimate Documentaries series, presented from October 20 to 27 at the Cinémathèque québécoise, Tënk offers a complementary program — three films that turn the raw wounds of the soul into shimmering cinema.
A public art, a collective art, an art of sharing, cinema sometimes becomes a space for exploring intimacy — the deeply personal. Often carried by the artist’s own voice, the screen transforms into a vessel for individual memory, offering inner journeys that inevitably resonate with viewers. These films strike sensitive chords in each of us: family memories, buried wounds, fractured identities.
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Atalaya
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_Atalaya_ means "watchtower" in Spanish. It’s also the name of the Chilean islands where, in 1998, debris was found from the boat belonging to the filmmaker’s seafaring father, Gerry Roufs, lost at sea. It’s also a key word of the book _Une Atalaya pour Gerry Roufs_ written by her mother, Michèle Cartier, which recounts the search she undertook to find him in 1997-1998. _Atalaya_ is the filmmak...
Diary of a Father
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To make up for the absence of his six-year-old daughter who lives in Berlin, a Montreal filmmaker keeps a film diary that conjures up his relationship with his adoptive father and his biological father, whom he never knew. His film diary also becomes a reflection on filmmaking by revisiting the work of directors who have influenced him, such as Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders. _Diary of a Father...
Keeping Mum
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With this film, Émilie attempts to understand the mystery of her universe: her mother Meaud. Magical grandmother, broken child, punk mother, spontaneous feminist, she fascinates as much as she disrupts. The film invites the audience to dive into an intimate odyssey, an intergalactic journey through the psyche.
Atalaya
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_Atalaya_ means "watchtower" in Spanish. It’s also the name of the Chilean islands where, in 1998, debris was found from the boat belonging to the filmmaker’s seafaring father, Gerry Roufs, lost at sea. It’s also a key word of the book _Une Atalaya pour Gerry Roufs_ written by her mother, Michèle Cartier, which recounts the search she undertook to find him in 1997-1998. _Atalaya_ is the filmmak...
Diary of a Father
Subscription access
To make up for the absence of his six-year-old daughter who lives in Berlin, a Montreal filmmaker keeps a film diary that conjures up his relationship with his adoptive father and his biological father, whom he never knew. His film diary also becomes a reflection on filmmaking by revisiting the work of directors who have influenced him, such as Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders. _Diary of a Father...
Keeping Mum
Subscription access
With this film, Émilie attempts to understand the mystery of her universe: her mother Meaud. Magical grandmother, broken child, punk mother, spontaneous feminist, she fascinates as much as she disrupts. The film invites the audience to dive into an intimate odyssey, an intergalactic journey through the psyche.
