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Here is a shared space to showcase documentaries with film festivals, affinity groups and artists' organizations of all kinds!
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Marie & me
This documentary explores a young woman’s journey to reconstruct her identity and confront her tumultuous past as an escort. It is a portrait of deep-seated trauma viewed through a lens of compassion and empathy. This is Mary’s journey: a dazzlingly compelling tale that offers a glimmer of hope in a world filled with darkness.
Le petit panier à roulettes
Living on a shoestring in Montreal, a Vietnamese mother must act in bad faith to assert her right to buy 12 discount laundry detergents that she's been refused at a grocery store.
Like a Spiral
_Like a Spiral_ is a dialogue between Beirut and five women, migrant domestic workers, under the Kafala system. Expressing their belonging to a society in collapse, the women's voices rise through the film's grainy images to denounce their stolen freedom with an inalienable thirst for existence. Their memories dance in the rhythm of oppression. Caught within life's spiral, they lift themselves ...
Hello Stranger
Between loads of laundry at the corner laundromat, Cooper shares the story of her gender reassignment journey. Piecing together her memories, from her childhood in a small fishing village through her tumultuous medical process, Cooper attempts to make peace with the last male imprint remaining on her body: that annoying deep voice that sticks to her skin.
Mothers & Monsters
For a very special celebration, a host-mother has gathered mothers and their perfect children for a great banquet. Orchestrated by the host-mother, the banquet is suddenly disrupted by strange disturbances. What is hiding behind the scenes of this perfect ideal world? _Mothers & Monsters_ is a surrealist satire about modern-day maternity and the ideal of the family at a time where capitalism ha...
Hey Little One
Combining drawing and collage, the animated film _Hey Little One_ explores the intensity of the attachment bond between Edna, a hospitalized baby, and her parents' pair of friends who regularly rock her in the hospital.
Dear Oscarz
_Dear Oscarz_ is a correspondence between the desire to create and life that swallows you up. Something like that.
47 pouces
One night, 7-year-old Zélie sees her young Aunt Clara arrive at the family home. Clara is sad, doesn't leave the room and wears bandages on her wrists. Faced with the mystery of this closed door, Zélie realizes that all she has to do to get her aunt out of her melancholy is to help her dispel the clouds in her head...
Sylvie en liberté
Sylvie’s out of jail and back in town. She secretly visits her mother, trying to convince her to leave her violent husband. Facing her mother's refusal, Sylvie stays determined to enjoy every second of her new freedom. She rides her old chopper bicycle across the dirt roads, gets drunk, and thinks about kidnapping a neglected dog. But one thing is on Sylvie's mind: seeing her old lover, Coyote....
Never Fully Naked
_Never Fully Naked_ is a full, authentic, and truthful immersion into stripper’s intimacy. Intended to de-stigmatize sex workers, this film follows the sacred beauty ritual of two best friends before their shift, while examining questions about general intimacy. It offers viewers another version of sex work—something unsensational and non-sexual, but nonetheless caring, tender, and beautiful.
Contractions
We watch as fourteen women testify and perform, with their backs to the camera. In a place where a woman can no longer make decisions about her own body, they express themselves with all the power of their collective presence.
Correspondence-dance
The postal system serves as more than just a means of transportation; for these two filmmakers it becomes a conduit through which they forged a connection, weaved a tapestry and created Correspondence-dance. With each shipment by mail of both camera and 8mm film, they infuse the work with their individual perspectives and practices allowing them to transcend geographical boundaries and language...
La noce est pas finie
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Part scripted film, part reportage, part sociological investigation, this feature film is above all a collective adventure. Made in collaboration with a group of citizens from Gloucester County, New Brunswick, the film is aimed not only at the population concerned, but also at anyone willing to recognize the ever-growing importance of social facts.
I Would Like to Thank My Body
Rosalie is striving to build a more positive relationship with her body. In her thirties and living with a disability caused by muscular dystrophy, she now aims to see her body in a healthier and more compassionate light. To this end, she decided to take part in a photo session with Teri Hofford, a Winnipeg-based photographer specializing in empowerment and boudoir photography. Together, Rosali...
The Last of the Franco-Ontarians
The Last of the Franco-Ontarians
Duration: 1h56Subscription access
The testamentary cry of a minority culture in the face of the hegemonic steamroller, or, doubt is a benevolent devil. In his hometown of Fauquier, Northern Ontario, poet Pierre Albert organizes a grand celebration to mark the foretold demise of the last Franco-Ontarian. A hybrid and eclectic project reflecting its subject, this imaginary documentary is a passionate tribute to a people and their...
Y'a une étoile
Samuel LeBlanc, a young transgender musician, undertakes in an artistic process the search for a rural queer community in his native Acadie. During his wanderings, he will find, behind heteronormative rural landscapes, people determined to live their differences without having to leave their hometown or deny their cultural identity to get there. Samuel will leave with the conviction that the ...
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.
CBQM
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The radio station CBQM operates out of Fort McPherson, a small town about 150 km north of the Arctic Circle in the Canadian Northwest Territories. Through storytelling and old-time country music, filmmaker and long-time listener Dennis Allen crafts a nuanced portrait of the "Moccasin Telegraph," the radio station that is a pillar of local identity and pride in this lively northern Teetl'it Gwic...
Marie & me
This documentary explores a young woman’s journey to reconstruct her identity and confront her tumultuous past as an escort. It is a portrait of deep-seated trauma viewed through a lens of compassion and empathy. This is Mary’s journey: a dazzlingly compelling tale that offers a glimmer of hope in a world filled with darkness.
Le petit panier à roulettes
Living on a shoestring in Montreal, a Vietnamese mother must act in bad faith to assert her right to buy 12 discount laundry detergents that she's been refused at a grocery store.
Like a Spiral
_Like a Spiral_ is a dialogue between Beirut and five women, migrant domestic workers, under the Kafala system. Expressing their belonging to a society in collapse, the women's voices rise through the film's grainy images to denounce their stolen freedom with an inalienable thirst for existence. Their memories dance in the rhythm of oppression. Caught within life's spiral, they lift themselves ...
Hello Stranger
Between loads of laundry at the corner laundromat, Cooper shares the story of her gender reassignment journey. Piecing together her memories, from her childhood in a small fishing village through her tumultuous medical process, Cooper attempts to make peace with the last male imprint remaining on her body: that annoying deep voice that sticks to her skin.
Mothers & Monsters
For a very special celebration, a host-mother has gathered mothers and their perfect children for a great banquet. Orchestrated by the host-mother, the banquet is suddenly disrupted by strange disturbances. What is hiding behind the scenes of this perfect ideal world? _Mothers & Monsters_ is a surrealist satire about modern-day maternity and the ideal of the family at a time where capitalism ha...
Hey Little One
Combining drawing and collage, the animated film _Hey Little One_ explores the intensity of the attachment bond between Edna, a hospitalized baby, and her parents' pair of friends who regularly rock her in the hospital.
Dear Oscarz
_Dear Oscarz_ is a correspondence between the desire to create and life that swallows you up. Something like that.
47 pouces
One night, 7-year-old Zélie sees her young Aunt Clara arrive at the family home. Clara is sad, doesn't leave the room and wears bandages on her wrists. Faced with the mystery of this closed door, Zélie realizes that all she has to do to get her aunt out of her melancholy is to help her dispel the clouds in her head...
Sylvie en liberté
Sylvie’s out of jail and back in town. She secretly visits her mother, trying to convince her to leave her violent husband. Facing her mother's refusal, Sylvie stays determined to enjoy every second of her new freedom. She rides her old chopper bicycle across the dirt roads, gets drunk, and thinks about kidnapping a neglected dog. But one thing is on Sylvie's mind: seeing her old lover, Coyote....
Never Fully Naked
_Never Fully Naked_ is a full, authentic, and truthful immersion into stripper’s intimacy. Intended to de-stigmatize sex workers, this film follows the sacred beauty ritual of two best friends before their shift, while examining questions about general intimacy. It offers viewers another version of sex work—something unsensational and non-sexual, but nonetheless caring, tender, and beautiful.
Contractions
We watch as fourteen women testify and perform, with their backs to the camera. In a place where a woman can no longer make decisions about her own body, they express themselves with all the power of their collective presence.
Correspondence-dance
The postal system serves as more than just a means of transportation; for these two filmmakers it becomes a conduit through which they forged a connection, weaved a tapestry and created Correspondence-dance. With each shipment by mail of both camera and 8mm film, they infuse the work with their individual perspectives and practices allowing them to transcend geographical boundaries and language...
La noce est pas finie
Subscription access
Part scripted film, part reportage, part sociological investigation, this feature film is above all a collective adventure. Made in collaboration with a group of citizens from Gloucester County, New Brunswick, the film is aimed not only at the population concerned, but also at anyone willing to recognize the ever-growing importance of social facts.
I Would Like to Thank My Body
Rosalie is striving to build a more positive relationship with her body. In her thirties and living with a disability caused by muscular dystrophy, she now aims to see her body in a healthier and more compassionate light. To this end, she decided to take part in a photo session with Teri Hofford, a Winnipeg-based photographer specializing in empowerment and boudoir photography. Together, Rosali...
The Last of the Franco-Ontarians
The Last of the Franco-Ontarians
Duration: 1h56Subscription access
The testamentary cry of a minority culture in the face of the hegemonic steamroller, or, doubt is a benevolent devil. In his hometown of Fauquier, Northern Ontario, poet Pierre Albert organizes a grand celebration to mark the foretold demise of the last Franco-Ontarian. A hybrid and eclectic project reflecting its subject, this imaginary documentary is a passionate tribute to a people and their...
Y'a une étoile
Samuel LeBlanc, a young transgender musician, undertakes in an artistic process the search for a rural queer community in his native Acadie. During his wanderings, he will find, behind heteronormative rural landscapes, people determined to live their differences without having to leave their hometown or deny their cultural identity to get there. Samuel will leave with the conviction that the ...
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.
CBQM
Subscription access
The radio station CBQM operates out of Fort McPherson, a small town about 150 km north of the Arctic Circle in the Canadian Northwest Territories. Through storytelling and old-time country music, filmmaker and long-time listener Dennis Allen crafts a nuanced portrait of the "Moccasin Telegraph," the radio station that is a pillar of local identity and pride in this lively northern Teetl'it Gwic...
