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The Sea Horse
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The seahorse is the only fish that moves vertically. It is also one of the few animals in which the male nourishes the eggs deposited by the female in his brood pouch and actually gives birth to the young. To film at the bottom of the Garonne estuary, the first mobile underwater camera was improvised. This film, accompanied by music from Darius Milhaud, shows with precision and humor the life o...
The Love Life of an Octopus
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The fluid grace of an eight-armed embrace, the velvety gaze of an inscrutable eye… Painlevé creates a fascinating portrait of the octopus, a mysterious underwater creature, set to a soundtrack composed by Pierre Henry, one of the pioneers of electroacoustic music.
Shrimp Stories
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_Shrimp Stories_ is a short documentary that closely examines the daily life of shrimp. Combining a scientific approach with a touch of humor, the film explores their feeding, digestion, grooming, molting, and reproduction, notably showing how females carry their eggs on their legs and the spectacular hatching of the larvae. It reveals, with wonder, the fragility and surprising complexity of th...
How Some Jellyfish Are Born
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Filmed at the Marine Biology Station in Roscoff, on the northern coast of Bretagne, _How Some Jellyfish Are Born_ explores the formation of polyps, as well as the feeding and reproduction of four species of jellyfish. The transparency of their bodies reveals many details of their anatomy, while still holding other mysteries that the film invites us to discover…
Lights
Duration: 6 minutes
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Created during the brief, illuminated Christmas season, _Lights_ was made between midnight and 1:00 a.m., when vehicular and pedestrian traffic was minimal, over a period of three years. The work draws on store decorations, window displays, fountains, public promenades, the lights of Park Avenue, and the facades of buildings and churches. Due to near-freezing temperatures, filmmaker Marie Menke...
At That Very Moment
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A child raised in the mountains yearns to grasp reality. The inner and outer world get blurred in his mind as he evokes his obsessions and captures his surroundings with a camera.
Ninan Auassat: We, the Children
Ninan Auassat: We, the Children
Duration: 3h02Subscription access
Filmed over more than six years, this feature-length documentary follows the journeys of three groups of children from different Indigenous nations (Atikamekw, Eeyou Cree, and Innu). In following these young people through the crucial milestones of childhood, right to the threshold of adulthood, we witness their daily lives and aspirations, along with the challenges they face. Filmed from “a ch...
Zlata
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Twelve-year old Zlata has to find her way in Belgium, after she inevitably had to flee the war in home country Ukraine. Her father Petro and Findus, the cat, stayed behind, mother Ira and little brother Martin came along. Step by step the adolescent girl explores not only her new living environment, but also her own identity. Awaiting the uncertain arrival of her father, Zlata slowly opens up.
Château rouge
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Goutte d'Or district, Paris, Château Rouge metro station, Georges Clemenceau secondary school. Teenagers, burdened with their carelessness and their wounds, have to grow up. They are shaping their personalities, losing their way, searching for themselves. Adults try to guide them despite the violence of the system.
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.
The Space
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With the help of a sketch, a little girl illustrates how space and games are divided up during recess at school, especially between boys and girls, and explains how this is a daily problem for her. Despite her various attempts to change things, she cannot find a solution—especially since the issue remains invisible to others, children and adults alike, who don’t seem to be concerned. What emerg...
Comptines
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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.
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.
Nin mak Celine Dion (Me and Celine Dion)
Nin mak Celine Dion (Me and Celine Dion)
Duration: 10 minutesSimeon Malec loves his life in Nutashkuan and talks about identity and values.
NDDJ (Notre-Dame-du-Jambon)
Karan and Rohan, two biracial brothers raised in an alternative, unique, and marginal environment, creatively find ways to pass the time. Like many kids, a trip to buy candy often feels like the perfect escape from boredom. This short film is an ode to the power of reality and fiction, the love between two brothers, and the beauty of the Quebec countryside.
All The Time In The World
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Featuring the perspectives of three children (aged 10, 8, and 4), _All The Time In The World_ is an inspiring, humorous, and family-friendly documentary that chronicles the natural rhythm of life as a family chooses to live by the seasons instead of by the clock, highlighting the connection, creativity, and ingenuity that flourish as a result.
Sukwan's Island
In a remote village in Thailand, Sukwan, an 8-year-old autodidact, is building with her parents’ help a life-sized version of "Snowyaland": an imaginary world she has conceived in her own mind. Against all odds, the modest family has been pursuing this colossal endeavor over the years while attempting to preserve Sukwan’s luxuriant inner world as she is soon approaching adolescence and its many...
Summer Nights
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As night falls on the outskirts of Montreal, the shrill sound of scooters pierces the silence. Helly and Nathan roam the streets in search of the best skateboarding spots, dreaming of the most beautiful tricks.
La vie est immense et pleine de dangers
La vie est immense et pleine de dangers
Duration: 1h20Cedric is eight years old. One day, he has stomach pains. During the following six months, he will mostly live in a small unit for children suffering from cancer, on the fifth floor of the Institut Curie in Paris. His words and the story intertwine with those of Steve, Dolores and the other children. Cedric will lead us each time a bit further, through all the trials that he'll face until his r...
A Delicate Balance
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Filmed from the point of view of its young subjects, _A Delicate Balance_ takes an introspective look at the lives of four aspiring ballet dancers who candidly tell their stories and share their hopes and dreams.
The Sea Horse
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The seahorse is the only fish that moves vertically. It is also one of the few animals in which the male nourishes the eggs deposited by the female in his brood pouch and actually gives birth to the young. To film at the bottom of the Garonne estuary, the first mobile underwater camera was improvised. This film, accompanied by music from Darius Milhaud, shows with precision and humor the life o...
The Love Life of an Octopus
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The fluid grace of an eight-armed embrace, the velvety gaze of an inscrutable eye… Painlevé creates a fascinating portrait of the octopus, a mysterious underwater creature, set to a soundtrack composed by Pierre Henry, one of the pioneers of electroacoustic music.
Shrimp Stories
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_Shrimp Stories_ is a short documentary that closely examines the daily life of shrimp. Combining a scientific approach with a touch of humor, the film explores their feeding, digestion, grooming, molting, and reproduction, notably showing how females carry their eggs on their legs and the spectacular hatching of the larvae. It reveals, with wonder, the fragility and surprising complexity of th...
How Some Jellyfish Are Born
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Filmed at the Marine Biology Station in Roscoff, on the northern coast of Bretagne, _How Some Jellyfish Are Born_ explores the formation of polyps, as well as the feeding and reproduction of four species of jellyfish. The transparency of their bodies reveals many details of their anatomy, while still holding other mysteries that the film invites us to discover…
Lights
Duration: 6 minutes
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Created during the brief, illuminated Christmas season, _Lights_ was made between midnight and 1:00 a.m., when vehicular and pedestrian traffic was minimal, over a period of three years. The work draws on store decorations, window displays, fountains, public promenades, the lights of Park Avenue, and the facades of buildings and churches. Due to near-freezing temperatures, filmmaker Marie Menke...
At That Very Moment
Subscription access
A child raised in the mountains yearns to grasp reality. The inner and outer world get blurred in his mind as he evokes his obsessions and captures his surroundings with a camera.
Ninan Auassat: We, the Children
Ninan Auassat: We, the Children
Duration: 3h02Subscription access
Filmed over more than six years, this feature-length documentary follows the journeys of three groups of children from different Indigenous nations (Atikamekw, Eeyou Cree, and Innu). In following these young people through the crucial milestones of childhood, right to the threshold of adulthood, we witness their daily lives and aspirations, along with the challenges they face. Filmed from “a ch...
Zlata
Subscription access
Twelve-year old Zlata has to find her way in Belgium, after she inevitably had to flee the war in home country Ukraine. Her father Petro and Findus, the cat, stayed behind, mother Ira and little brother Martin came along. Step by step the adolescent girl explores not only her new living environment, but also her own identity. Awaiting the uncertain arrival of her father, Zlata slowly opens up.
Château rouge
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Goutte d'Or district, Paris, Château Rouge metro station, Georges Clemenceau secondary school. Teenagers, burdened with their carelessness and their wounds, have to grow up. They are shaping their personalities, losing their way, searching for themselves. Adults try to guide them despite the violence of the system.
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.
The Space
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With the help of a sketch, a little girl illustrates how space and games are divided up during recess at school, especially between boys and girls, and explains how this is a daily problem for her. Despite her various attempts to change things, she cannot find a solution—especially since the issue remains invisible to others, children and adults alike, who don’t seem to be concerned. What emerg...
Comptines
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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.
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.
Nin mak Celine Dion (Me and Celine Dion)
Nin mak Celine Dion (Me and Celine Dion)
Duration: 10 minutesSimeon Malec loves his life in Nutashkuan and talks about identity and values.
NDDJ (Notre-Dame-du-Jambon)
Karan and Rohan, two biracial brothers raised in an alternative, unique, and marginal environment, creatively find ways to pass the time. Like many kids, a trip to buy candy often feels like the perfect escape from boredom. This short film is an ode to the power of reality and fiction, the love between two brothers, and the beauty of the Quebec countryside.
All The Time In The World
Subscription access
Featuring the perspectives of three children (aged 10, 8, and 4), _All The Time In The World_ is an inspiring, humorous, and family-friendly documentary that chronicles the natural rhythm of life as a family chooses to live by the seasons instead of by the clock, highlighting the connection, creativity, and ingenuity that flourish as a result.
Sukwan's Island
In a remote village in Thailand, Sukwan, an 8-year-old autodidact, is building with her parents’ help a life-sized version of "Snowyaland": an imaginary world she has conceived in her own mind. Against all odds, the modest family has been pursuing this colossal endeavor over the years while attempting to preserve Sukwan’s luxuriant inner world as she is soon approaching adolescence and its many...
Summer Nights
Subscription access
As night falls on the outskirts of Montreal, the shrill sound of scooters pierces the silence. Helly and Nathan roam the streets in search of the best skateboarding spots, dreaming of the most beautiful tricks.
La vie est immense et pleine de dangers
La vie est immense et pleine de dangers
Duration: 1h20Cedric is eight years old. One day, he has stomach pains. During the following six months, he will mostly live in a small unit for children suffering from cancer, on the fifth floor of the Institut Curie in Paris. His words and the story intertwine with those of Steve, Dolores and the other children. Cedric will lead us each time a bit further, through all the trials that he'll face until his r...
A Delicate Balance
Subscription access
Filmed from the point of view of its young subjects, _A Delicate Balance_ takes an introspective look at the lives of four aspiring ballet dancers who candidly tell their stories and share their hopes and dreams.
