Festivals
Every month we have an appointment taken with a different partnered festival. Within a few films from the current or previous edition, the singularity of the editorial line is captured and shared in order to tell us something of the present and the vivacity of cinematographic creation.
Every month we have an appointment taken with a different partnered festival. Within a few films from the current or previous edition, the singularity of the editorial line is captured and shared in order to tell us something of the present and the vivacity of cinematographic creation.
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The Ones Who Stay
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Four young Cuban artists choose to stay in Cuba during what has now become the island's largest migration crisis. _The One Who Stay_ is an intimate portrait of those who stay behind, loosing loved ones and shaping the identity of a generation at risk of fading away.
Barbaracadabra
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Sixty years after playing a cult role, Barbara—recovering from a debilitating injury—is torn between her desire to direct her first film and her fear of failure. With only Renaud, her friend in his thirties, to help her, they attempt the impossible, defying time and doubt. Creation, like healing, requires courage and patience. _Barbaracadabra_ is a magic trick unfolding in real time: chaotic, u...
On tire pas sur une plante pour qu'elle pousse
On tire pas sur une plante pour qu'elle pousse
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During a summer in their chosen Haute-Gaspésie, Rosie-Roch confides in us about their complex relationship with their body and the recent unfolding of their identity.
Land of Cold
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Immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa have chosen to start their lives over north of the 49th parallel. Here, in the vast expanses of Northern Canada, they reflect on the challenges and splendors of a season they’ve never yet experienced: winter.
The Blueberry Blues
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In Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, summer means blueberry season. Once the fields paint themselves blue, fruit gatherers of all kinds rush to pick these precious boreal berries before the first frost. _The Blueberry Blues_ celebrates a territory and the people who return to this hardy little fruit each summer, connecting generations and cultures. Together, like blueberries emerging from the ashes of a ...
L'aventurine
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As if it could perch on the bridge of the majestic Percé Rock, this film offers a unique perspective on the Gaspé Peninsula—a region shaped by nature, culture, and history. Throughout this poetic road movie, Carlos Ferrand meets the people who call this region home—biologists, children, activists, and artists—revealing the treasures of a landscape where geology meets magic.
Girls & Gods
In a taboo-breaking personal journey, Inna Shevchenko, a prominent FEMEN activist, meets extraordinary and inspiring women: some fight against religion, others defend it, and many, surprisingly, are fighting to reform it. They are all united by one belief: women are magnificent. No god — neither in heaven nor on earth — may deprive them of their rights or subordinate them to men.
Abortion Dream Team
Every third woman in the world will have an abortion. That’s a fact. But in Poland, abortion is almost completely banned, as the government treats the life of a fetus as more important than the life of a woman. Luckily, there is the Abortion Dream Team — a group of four women who run a hotline to support women in need.
Her Scream
Audrey, a woman in her mid-fifties, has never been able to make peace with her tumultuous family history. She now decides to confront her demons. Supported by her son, the director of the documentary, she revisits a striking scene from her past: the moment when she told her parents that her grandfather had sexually assaulted her. Together, through a year-long production process, they transform ...
Feu fantôme
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"A long time ago, I was raped by a boy I really liked. A few years later, he reached out to me again to take responsibility for his actions. This film is our open letter to rape culture." — Morgane Ambre
Al Basateen (The Orchards)
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In 2015 in Damascus, the Basateen al-Razi neighborhood was razed to the ground to punish the population for rising up against Bashar al-Assad’s regime. This site is set to make way for Marota City, a project for a modern, connected neighborhood featuring 80 skyscrapers. Having lost everything, two former residents recall their neighborhood, where their homes once stood alongside the city’s olde...
The Day to Come Is a Bright New Day
The Day to Come Is a Bright New Day
Duration: 1h30Subscription access
Early morning in a Montreal diner: filter coffee, bacon, French toast. Stories and solitudes are shared. Silences, glances, a chance encounter, and the promise of a brand-new day. A restaurant that feels like a refuge, where the chaos of the world nonetheless finds its way in, captured with tenderness and love for its characters.
Después del Silencio
If an abuser’s power lies in the victim’s silence, speaking out is an essential weapon for the victim to break free. After the silence comes the journey toward liberation.
Clémence
This documentary gives voice to the parents and close friends of Clémence Beaulieu-Patry, who was the victim of a femicide in 2016. Through memories and tributes, we dive into the complexity of mourning a loved one who has disappeared in violence. With great sensitivity, we accompany her loved ones as they share with us the importance of talking about her while celebrating her life.
The Andrea Doria's Last Message
The Andrea Doria's Last Message
Duration: 6 minutesAn Italian grandmother tells the story of her immigration to North America, shaped by a last-minute decision that altered her fate. By changing her journey, she narrowly avoids a tragic voyage tied to the Andrea Doria, revealing how a single choice can shape generations.
Johnny Libertella : One Million Smiles
Johnny Libertella : One Million Smiles
Duration: 20 minutesSixty-year-old Johnny Libertella has spent his entire life in the Rosemont–La-Petite-Patrie neighbourhood. Like his parents before him, he lives just above his shop on Plaza St-Hubert. An introvert by nature, he has chosen to devote himself to his business. For over three decades, he has religiously manned the counter of his footwear shop that specializes in cowboy boots, only straying away fro...
Kilómetro 126
_Kilómetro 126_ narrates the day of a young couple as they spent their last time together in their hometown. Focusing on small intimate and mundane moments of their lives while juxtaposing it with archival footage contrasting the settlement of a town with its future, questioning the notion of development and progress in these rural areas.
Bloody Mess
When filmmaker Megan Wennberg's period went nuts, she thought her Uterus was out for revenge because she was almost 40 and hadn't given it a baby. But it turned out she had fibroids. _Bloody Mess_ is a short, personal, animated documentary following Megan and her Uterus (voiced by actor Susan Kent) on their harrowing but darkly funny journey through the medical system to try and stop the bleeding.
The Little Ancestor
On a windswept hill, in a place still young and devoid of all life, an ancestral house builds itself. The house comes to life and unveils its long life of one hundred and fifty years. Over the years, it leads us to feel the passage of time, the transformations of its surroundings, and its vulnerability in the face of the unstoppable frenzy of our urban growth. The house evolves quietly in the h...
The Ones Who Stay
Subscription access
Four young Cuban artists choose to stay in Cuba during what has now become the island's largest migration crisis. _The One Who Stay_ is an intimate portrait of those who stay behind, loosing loved ones and shaping the identity of a generation at risk of fading away.
Barbaracadabra
Subscription access
Sixty years after playing a cult role, Barbara—recovering from a debilitating injury—is torn between her desire to direct her first film and her fear of failure. With only Renaud, her friend in his thirties, to help her, they attempt the impossible, defying time and doubt. Creation, like healing, requires courage and patience. _Barbaracadabra_ is a magic trick unfolding in real time: chaotic, u...
On tire pas sur une plante pour qu'elle pousse
On tire pas sur une plante pour qu'elle pousse
New product!Subscription access
During a summer in their chosen Haute-Gaspésie, Rosie-Roch confides in us about their complex relationship with their body and the recent unfolding of their identity.
Land of Cold
Subscription access
Immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa have chosen to start their lives over north of the 49th parallel. Here, in the vast expanses of Northern Canada, they reflect on the challenges and splendors of a season they’ve never yet experienced: winter.
The Blueberry Blues
Subscription access
In Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, summer means blueberry season. Once the fields paint themselves blue, fruit gatherers of all kinds rush to pick these precious boreal berries before the first frost. _The Blueberry Blues_ celebrates a territory and the people who return to this hardy little fruit each summer, connecting generations and cultures. Together, like blueberries emerging from the ashes of a ...
L'aventurine
Subscription access
As if it could perch on the bridge of the majestic Percé Rock, this film offers a unique perspective on the Gaspé Peninsula—a region shaped by nature, culture, and history. Throughout this poetic road movie, Carlos Ferrand meets the people who call this region home—biologists, children, activists, and artists—revealing the treasures of a landscape where geology meets magic.
Girls & Gods
In a taboo-breaking personal journey, Inna Shevchenko, a prominent FEMEN activist, meets extraordinary and inspiring women: some fight against religion, others defend it, and many, surprisingly, are fighting to reform it. They are all united by one belief: women are magnificent. No god — neither in heaven nor on earth — may deprive them of their rights or subordinate them to men.
Abortion Dream Team
Every third woman in the world will have an abortion. That’s a fact. But in Poland, abortion is almost completely banned, as the government treats the life of a fetus as more important than the life of a woman. Luckily, there is the Abortion Dream Team — a group of four women who run a hotline to support women in need.
Her Scream
Audrey, a woman in her mid-fifties, has never been able to make peace with her tumultuous family history. She now decides to confront her demons. Supported by her son, the director of the documentary, she revisits a striking scene from her past: the moment when she told her parents that her grandfather had sexually assaulted her. Together, through a year-long production process, they transform ...
Feu fantôme
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"A long time ago, I was raped by a boy I really liked. A few years later, he reached out to me again to take responsibility for his actions. This film is our open letter to rape culture." — Morgane Ambre
Al Basateen (The Orchards)
Subscription access
In 2015 in Damascus, the Basateen al-Razi neighborhood was razed to the ground to punish the population for rising up against Bashar al-Assad’s regime. This site is set to make way for Marota City, a project for a modern, connected neighborhood featuring 80 skyscrapers. Having lost everything, two former residents recall their neighborhood, where their homes once stood alongside the city’s olde...
The Day to Come Is a Bright New Day
The Day to Come Is a Bright New Day
Duration: 1h30Subscription access
Early morning in a Montreal diner: filter coffee, bacon, French toast. Stories and solitudes are shared. Silences, glances, a chance encounter, and the promise of a brand-new day. A restaurant that feels like a refuge, where the chaos of the world nonetheless finds its way in, captured with tenderness and love for its characters.
Después del Silencio
If an abuser’s power lies in the victim’s silence, speaking out is an essential weapon for the victim to break free. After the silence comes the journey toward liberation.
Clémence
This documentary gives voice to the parents and close friends of Clémence Beaulieu-Patry, who was the victim of a femicide in 2016. Through memories and tributes, we dive into the complexity of mourning a loved one who has disappeared in violence. With great sensitivity, we accompany her loved ones as they share with us the importance of talking about her while celebrating her life.
The Andrea Doria's Last Message
The Andrea Doria's Last Message
Duration: 6 minutesAn Italian grandmother tells the story of her immigration to North America, shaped by a last-minute decision that altered her fate. By changing her journey, she narrowly avoids a tragic voyage tied to the Andrea Doria, revealing how a single choice can shape generations.
Johnny Libertella : One Million Smiles
Johnny Libertella : One Million Smiles
Duration: 20 minutesSixty-year-old Johnny Libertella has spent his entire life in the Rosemont–La-Petite-Patrie neighbourhood. Like his parents before him, he lives just above his shop on Plaza St-Hubert. An introvert by nature, he has chosen to devote himself to his business. For over three decades, he has religiously manned the counter of his footwear shop that specializes in cowboy boots, only straying away fro...
Kilómetro 126
_Kilómetro 126_ narrates the day of a young couple as they spent their last time together in their hometown. Focusing on small intimate and mundane moments of their lives while juxtaposing it with archival footage contrasting the settlement of a town with its future, questioning the notion of development and progress in these rural areas.
Bloody Mess
When filmmaker Megan Wennberg's period went nuts, she thought her Uterus was out for revenge because she was almost 40 and hadn't given it a baby. But it turned out she had fibroids. _Bloody Mess_ is a short, personal, animated documentary following Megan and her Uterus (voiced by actor Susan Kent) on their harrowing but darkly funny journey through the medical system to try and stop the bleeding.
The Little Ancestor
On a windswept hill, in a place still young and devoid of all life, an ancestral house builds itself. The house comes to life and unveils its long life of one hundred and fifty years. Over the years, it leads us to feel the passage of time, the transformations of its surroundings, and its vulnerability in the face of the unstoppable frenzy of our urban growth. The house evolves quietly in the h...
