Labor

Dust Away

After working on major cleaning projects in New York, immigrants share their experiences. Their voices traverse dreamscapes, reflecting on the American dream, the reality of being undocumented individuals, the dangers of this labor, and the dust that still lingers in their lungs decades later.

Where The River Widens

Inspired by the friendship and the work of fishermen, Zack Greenleaf sings the mig'mag culture of his Gesgapegiag village, "where the river widens.”

Saint-Jérôme

This socially-driven film explores the impact of technological changes on the city of Saint-Jérôme, which faced a severe socio-economic crisis in the 1960s, mirroring issues in other Quebec cities. Citizens from all social classes come together in a monumental effort to address the crisis. The film serves as both a reflection of this situation and a catalyst for action, acting as a mediation to...

Entre elle et moi

Madeleine Dansereau was the first female jeweler in Quebec. She began her career at the age of 47, just as doctors diagnosed her with breast cancer. Her daughter, filmmaker Mireille Dansereau, reflects on their relationship over the last twenty years while maintaining her film career as a backdrop.

Portraits by Alain Cavalier - L'opticienne

Each portrait of this series consists of an interview between Alain Cavalier and a woman working in a rare or disappearing profession. At their place of work, they talk about their craft and the techniques they use, their training and their history, their tastes and their daily lives. These intimate documentary portraits reveal astonishing personalities and surprising work environments. Here, i...

Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La rémouleuse

Each portrait of this series consists of an interview between Alain Cavalier and a woman working in a rare or disappearing profession. At their place of work, they talk about their craft and the techniques they use, their training and their history, their tastes and their daily lives. These intimate documentary portraits reveal astonishing personalities and surprising work environments.

Il passo

Gabriele is thirteen and has a strong will to prove himself. He chooses to spend the summer in the mountains to look after cattle and returns home a new person. Dotted with feats of strength and unexpected moments of tenderness, _Il passo_ is an unusual coming-to-age story, set in a world bound to disappear.

A Steady Job

Each month, a multitude of nurses from the South of Italy cross the country to try their luck in an open competition in the great cities of the North. There are just few positions for the thousands of candidates. The majority of them try several times a year. To save money, they travel at night on a bus that drops them off at dawn at the exam site. Each of them has her own story, her own hopes ...

Song of Heroes

Α documentary about the building of blast furnaces by Komsomol, the Communist Union of Youth, as part of Stalin’s first five-year plan for the Soviet Union. The film is set in Magnitogorsk in the Ural Mountains, where an industrial city of over 200,000 people was built in just a few years, and the Kubas Basin in Siberia. This film, shot entirely in praise of Soviet workers, shows us the constru...

Chef.fe.s de brousse

This documentary follows three Quebec chefs who got off the beaten track to offer gastronomy that brings us together and reflects who we are. In the forest, fields, and along the St. Lawrence River, they pick startling ingredients and lay the territory’s fruits right on the plate. By doing so, these gourmet creators draw a mentality shift toward the flowering of a kind of culinary art in harmon...

Snack Bar Rhapsody

Along the countryside roads, little white cabins attract hungry people. Craving for their “poutine” and French fries, they keep coming back to their “cantine”, as snack bars are called in Quebec. Run by women working long hours every day, every summer, those places embody a strange summer ritual, a tradition standing against the fast food chains.

Labour/Leisure

The Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia is marketed as a destination of leisure, recreation, retirement and wealth. Behind this facade is a largely invisible agricultural labour force, comprised of temporary migrant workers from the Global South.