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From Greece
Duration: 54 minutes
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Greece, filmed at a pivotal moment in its history, just before the 1967 military coup — a country where tensions between fascism and anti-fascism persisted after the war and erupted in a confused search for a truly free future. Nestler films the Greek people with respect and sensitivity, creating one of his masterpieces, built on a rigorous interplay between candid footage, commentary, and docu...
American Journal
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Remember America. Remember the cities, the houses, all the people, the arrivals, the departures, the children coming, the children leaving, death, life, movement, speech. Remember the deep inner sigh of everything that lives in America. Bend down. Pick up what others have lost from life. And do something with it...
Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens
Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens
Subscription accessBased on never-before-seen archives, this film written and directed by the photographer's granddaughter paints an intimate portrait of the man and the artist who joyfully intertwined his family and professional life to build an exemplary body of work. _Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens_ tells the story of how this child from the Parisian suburbs became one of the world's most famous photographers.
Cinéma documentaire : fragments d'une histoire
Cinéma documentaire : fragments d'une histoire
Subscription accessDrawing from the images of the last century, from those of Louis Lumière (1895) to those of Yann Le Masson (1973), this film is a subjective journey through the history of cinema, particularly documentary... Comolli willingly summons through quotation Robert Flaherty, Dziga Vertov, Jean Rouch, Mario Ruspoli, Robert Drew, Johan Van der Keuken, Maurice Pialat, Guy Debord, Joris Ivens, Luis Buñuel...
The Last Bolshevik
Based on the life and work of the Russian film director Alexander Medvedkin (1900-1989), \_The Last Bolshevik\_ is a tribute from one filmmaker to another. An archeological expedition into film history that reveals new cinematic treasures, the film prompts a reflection on the relation between art and politics in the former Soviet Union.
Miron: a Man Returned from Outside the World
Miron: a Man Returned from Outside the World
Subscription access« Tous les pays qui n’ont plus de légendes seront condamnés à mourir de froid. » C’est par la découverte de cette phrase que Gaston Miron comprend ce que doit être sa poésie : une façon de donner à son pays une légende au futur, un projet global. Véritable fresque esthétique alliant le portrait, le documentaire politique et le cinéma expérimental, "Miron : Un homme revenu d’en dehors du monde" ...
Time of the Buffoons
Chaque année, la bourgeoisie canadienne se réunit au banquet du Beaver Club. Elle y célèbre le vieux système d'exploitation coloniale britannique et son avatar moderne, le néocolonialisme canadien.
La république des Beaux-Arts - La malédiction de la momie
La république des Beaux-Arts - La malédiction de la momie
Duration: 2h30Subscription access
This film traces the history of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, from its founding in 1923 to its dissolution in 1969, when it was integrated into the Université du Québec à Montréal. At that time, tensions were rising within the education system: CEGEPs and universities were being occupied by students. In this climate of protest, the students of the École des beaux-arts seized control of ...
Okurimono
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Noriko Oi, a Japanese Canadian who has lived in Montreal for more than 20 years, is preparing to return to Nagasaki, her hometown, to help her siblings clear out the family home that will soon be sold. Within the walls of this old house lie fragments of the Oi family’s history. Noriko decides to reconstruct the past of her mother, Mitsuko, an atomic bomb survivor, in the hope of coming to terms...
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 4 - Épilogue : on a réussi, mais on n’a pas fini (1982-2024)
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Within the troupe, the wave of departures that began around _As-tu vu? Les maisons s’emportent!_ continues, and paths diverge. Activism is a never-ending task: sometimes, it’s exhausting. In 2006, thirty years after the March 8, 1976 speech that closes the first episode of _Nous sortirons de nos cuisines_, Québécois women won their battle for free access to abortion: from then on, voluntary ter...
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 3 - As-tu vu? Les maisons s’emportent! (1979-81)
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 3 - As-tu vu? Les maisons s’emportent! (1979-81)
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The premiere of _As-tu vu? Les maisons s’emportent!_ takes place 10 days before the first referendum on Quebec sovereignty. A wave of conservatism is sweeping the West: privatization policies benefit those who already have everything, and we witness the gradual dismantling of the state and the common good. Carole Fréchette suggests: “What if we made a play? But this time, we should make a play ...
Beirut, My City
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In 1982, Jocelyne Saab's 150-year-old family home burns down. In tandem with the Lebanese playwright Roger Assaf, she decided to travel through her city, which was under siege by the Israelis, and to report on the situation in Beirut, the departure of the Palestinians and the incomprehension of the civilians who were suffering from the war.
For a Few Lives
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Portrait of Raymond Eddé, a candidate in the Lebanese presidential elections and a staunch opponent of the sectarian war. During the 1975–1976 conflicts, he and his team actively searched for those who had gone missing in the war, whether Christian, Druze, or Muslim.
Palestinian Women
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Filmmaker Jocelyne Saab gives a voice to Palestinian women, often overlooked victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 2 - Môman travaille pas, a trop d’ouvrage! (1974-75)
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 2 - Môman travaille pas, a trop d’ouvrage! (1974-75)
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The UN declared 1975 the “International Women's Year,” ironically using the singular form in French (Année internationale de la femme). It was a pivotal time: more and more women were divorcing or entering the workforce. Yet a pregnancy was enough to justify dismissal, and maternity leave would not exist until 1979. The members of Théâtre des Cuisines returned to the stage with their second pla...
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 1 - Nous aurons les enfants que nous voulons (1968-74)
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 1 - Nous aurons les enfants que nous voulons (1968-74)
Duration: 1h02Subscription access
Montreal, 1973. Canadian law now permits abortion. But the criteria are very restrictive, and women depend on the goodwill—more often the ill will—of the men sitting on the committees that approve or deny them. Quebec is the province where it is most difficult to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, and clandestine abortions are common: they are the leading cause of hospitalization among women. Yet...
Nyanga
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During the colonial era, Gaspar Yanga was kidnapped from the African coast, brought to Mexico, and enslaved. Though forced to work on the master's plantation, he never stopped dreaming of freedom. Based on historical facts and using shadow theatre with hand-drawn animation, _Nyanga_ pays tribute to the resistance against the chains of colonialism.
The Illinois Parables
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_The Illinois Parables_ is an impressionistic portrait of the state of Illinois, sometimes described as a miniature version of the United States, tracing its decidedly eclectic history from the 7th to the 20th century in 11 parables.
Far from Vietnam
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In 1967, Alain Resnais, William Klein, Joris Ivens, Agnès Varda, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, and Chris Marker co-directed this film to express their solidarity with the struggle of the Vietnamese people. Each offers a distinct and personal perspective on this conflict, set against a backdrop of international public anger and mobilization.
From Greece
Duration: 54 minutes
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Greece, filmed at a pivotal moment in its history, just before the 1967 military coup — a country where tensions between fascism and anti-fascism persisted after the war and erupted in a confused search for a truly free future. Nestler films the Greek people with respect and sensitivity, creating one of his masterpieces, built on a rigorous interplay between candid footage, commentary, and docu...
American Journal
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Remember America. Remember the cities, the houses, all the people, the arrivals, the departures, the children coming, the children leaving, death, life, movement, speech. Remember the deep inner sigh of everything that lives in America. Bend down. Pick up what others have lost from life. And do something with it...
Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens
Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens
Subscription accessBased on never-before-seen archives, this film written and directed by the photographer's granddaughter paints an intimate portrait of the man and the artist who joyfully intertwined his family and professional life to build an exemplary body of work. _Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens_ tells the story of how this child from the Parisian suburbs became one of the world's most famous photographers.
Cinéma documentaire : fragments d'une histoire
Cinéma documentaire : fragments d'une histoire
Subscription accessDrawing from the images of the last century, from those of Louis Lumière (1895) to those of Yann Le Masson (1973), this film is a subjective journey through the history of cinema, particularly documentary... Comolli willingly summons through quotation Robert Flaherty, Dziga Vertov, Jean Rouch, Mario Ruspoli, Robert Drew, Johan Van der Keuken, Maurice Pialat, Guy Debord, Joris Ivens, Luis Buñuel...
The Last Bolshevik
Based on the life and work of the Russian film director Alexander Medvedkin (1900-1989), \_The Last Bolshevik\_ is a tribute from one filmmaker to another. An archeological expedition into film history that reveals new cinematic treasures, the film prompts a reflection on the relation between art and politics in the former Soviet Union.
Miron: a Man Returned from Outside the World
Miron: a Man Returned from Outside the World
Subscription access« Tous les pays qui n’ont plus de légendes seront condamnés à mourir de froid. » C’est par la découverte de cette phrase que Gaston Miron comprend ce que doit être sa poésie : une façon de donner à son pays une légende au futur, un projet global. Véritable fresque esthétique alliant le portrait, le documentaire politique et le cinéma expérimental, "Miron : Un homme revenu d’en dehors du monde" ...
Time of the Buffoons
Chaque année, la bourgeoisie canadienne se réunit au banquet du Beaver Club. Elle y célèbre le vieux système d'exploitation coloniale britannique et son avatar moderne, le néocolonialisme canadien.
La république des Beaux-Arts - La malédiction de la momie
La république des Beaux-Arts - La malédiction de la momie
Duration: 2h30Subscription access
This film traces the history of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, from its founding in 1923 to its dissolution in 1969, when it was integrated into the Université du Québec à Montréal. At that time, tensions were rising within the education system: CEGEPs and universities were being occupied by students. In this climate of protest, the students of the École des beaux-arts seized control of ...
Okurimono
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Noriko Oi, a Japanese Canadian who has lived in Montreal for more than 20 years, is preparing to return to Nagasaki, her hometown, to help her siblings clear out the family home that will soon be sold. Within the walls of this old house lie fragments of the Oi family’s history. Noriko decides to reconstruct the past of her mother, Mitsuko, an atomic bomb survivor, in the hope of coming to terms...
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 4 - Épilogue : on a réussi, mais on n’a pas fini (1982-2024)
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Within the troupe, the wave of departures that began around _As-tu vu? Les maisons s’emportent!_ continues, and paths diverge. Activism is a never-ending task: sometimes, it’s exhausting. In 2006, thirty years after the March 8, 1976 speech that closes the first episode of _Nous sortirons de nos cuisines_, Québécois women won their battle for free access to abortion: from then on, voluntary ter...
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 3 - As-tu vu? Les maisons s’emportent! (1979-81)
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 3 - As-tu vu? Les maisons s’emportent! (1979-81)
Duration: 1h00Subscription access
The premiere of _As-tu vu? Les maisons s’emportent!_ takes place 10 days before the first referendum on Quebec sovereignty. A wave of conservatism is sweeping the West: privatization policies benefit those who already have everything, and we witness the gradual dismantling of the state and the common good. Carole Fréchette suggests: “What if we made a play? But this time, we should make a play ...
Beirut, My City
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In 1982, Jocelyne Saab's 150-year-old family home burns down. In tandem with the Lebanese playwright Roger Assaf, she decided to travel through her city, which was under siege by the Israelis, and to report on the situation in Beirut, the departure of the Palestinians and the incomprehension of the civilians who were suffering from the war.
For a Few Lives
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Portrait of Raymond Eddé, a candidate in the Lebanese presidential elections and a staunch opponent of the sectarian war. During the 1975–1976 conflicts, he and his team actively searched for those who had gone missing in the war, whether Christian, Druze, or Muslim.
Palestinian Women
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Filmmaker Jocelyne Saab gives a voice to Palestinian women, often overlooked victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 2 - Môman travaille pas, a trop d’ouvrage! (1974-75)
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 2 - Môman travaille pas, a trop d’ouvrage! (1974-75)
Duration: 1h01Subscription access
The UN declared 1975 the “International Women's Year,” ironically using the singular form in French (Année internationale de la femme). It was a pivotal time: more and more women were divorcing or entering the workforce. Yet a pregnancy was enough to justify dismissal, and maternity leave would not exist until 1979. The members of Théâtre des Cuisines returned to the stage with their second pla...
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 1 - Nous aurons les enfants que nous voulons (1968-74)
Nous sortirons de nos cuisines - Épisode 1 - Nous aurons les enfants que nous voulons (1968-74)
Duration: 1h02Subscription access
Montreal, 1973. Canadian law now permits abortion. But the criteria are very restrictive, and women depend on the goodwill—more often the ill will—of the men sitting on the committees that approve or deny them. Quebec is the province where it is most difficult to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, and clandestine abortions are common: they are the leading cause of hospitalization among women. Yet...
Nyanga
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During the colonial era, Gaspar Yanga was kidnapped from the African coast, brought to Mexico, and enslaved. Though forced to work on the master's plantation, he never stopped dreaming of freedom. Based on historical facts and using shadow theatre with hand-drawn animation, _Nyanga_ pays tribute to the resistance against the chains of colonialism.
The Illinois Parables
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_The Illinois Parables_ is an impressionistic portrait of the state of Illinois, sometimes described as a miniature version of the United States, tracing its decidedly eclectic history from the 7th to the 20th century in 11 parables.
Far from Vietnam
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In 1967, Alain Resnais, William Klein, Joris Ivens, Agnès Varda, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, and Chris Marker co-directed this film to express their solidarity with the struggle of the Vietnamese people. Each offers a distinct and personal perspective on this conflict, set against a backdrop of international public anger and mobilization.
