Psychology
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Baby Drawings
Duration: 8 minutes
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How do we learn to draw? First, we practice holding a crayon without eating it. Then, just a few years later, we’re using sophisticated symbols to represent ourselves, our families, and our imaginations. _Baby Drawings_ covers the development of childhood art from the very first stage of scribbles all the way to the development of spatial perspective.
Tu as crié LET ME GO
Duration: 3h14
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_Tu as crié LET ME GO_ is an intimate and heartrending film in which filmmaker Anne Claire Poirier undertakes a personal investigation into the tragic death of her daughter Yanne, who was murdered at the age of 26. A former drug addict and sex worker, Yanne had fallen into the margins of society. Through this film, Poirier reaches out to those living with or working alongside people struggling ...
Rehab (From Rehab)
Duration: 2h52
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A sensitive and personal reflection that questions the way hospitals think spaces of care for the most vulnerable ones. Recounting her personal story as a young girl who spent her childhood in rehabilitation centres alongside her severely disabled father, the director confronts her traumatic memories with the exceptional experimentation developed at REHAB in Basel by the Swiss architects Herzog...
Days
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Marie-Philip is a PhD student and part-time professor who loves cats and _Harry Potter_. But one week before her 29th birthday, she is diagnosed with breast cancer. For a year, without false modesty, we follow her through each step as she confides in us with shocking honesty. An ode to life, to courage and to the resilience of all those who fight every day against disease.
No Crying at the Dinner Table
Filmmaker Carol Nguyen interviews her family. The result is a portrait tinged with love and sorrows, revealing intergenerational traumas.
Phobie d'impulsion
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Presentation of this variety of obsession characterized by the fear of an idea, an object or even a specific act. Collection of observations on the invasion of the patient's field of consciousness by a sort of monstrous desire, on the resulting terror, and finally on the rarity of the passage to action. (Description from the libraries of the Université de Montréal)
Create; Survive
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How can you continue to create when you can barely feed yourself? Alex Anna presents their film _Scars_ at a sunlit festival, but behind their apparent success hides a ceaseless fight with their own mind. Expressing the brutality of loneliness through a poetic act of cinematography, _Create; survive_ confronts our virtual and public identities against the intimate reality of depression.
Afterwards
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Inside a shelter, participants in a talking circle share their experiences of intimate partner violence as a way to regain their dignity and strength to act. Powerfully empathetic, _Afterwards_ creates a space of sisterhood and solidarity—a chorus of voices breaking down the walls of silence.
Death is Dangerous, it Could Hurt
Death is Dangerous, it Could Hurt
Duration: 38 minutesThree rhythmic storylines are characterized by the rituals of everyday life and the vicissitudes of existence, coalescing around a common experience: that of shooting up as a mode of drug use.
Tonratun: The Armenian History told by women
Tonratun: The Armenian History told by women
Duration: 2h48In an Armenian village, five women from different generations tell their stories and discuss life and war as they prepare _lavash_. This fine bread whose dough is simply made from flour, wheat and water is an Armenian tradition – and since 2014 it has been inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It's in the _tonratun_ (the bakehouse), devoted e...
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
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In the intimacy of Estonia's sacred saunas, ancient hymns to nature, birth and death are sung, and all the rituals of life intersect. Here, women tell stories they wouldn't tell anywhere else, and in the smoke of burning stones, the female condition is revealed in all its violence and power.
Octopus
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_Octopus_ surfaced during trauma, in the aftermath of the cataclysmic Port of Beirut explosion. The film silently navigates that unfolding, giving space to the myriad of existential questions birthed by the enormity of the happening. Questions of unexamined worldviews, of suffering and meaning, of collective purpose, and of many other quiet thoughts strewn amidst the rubble. What are we saying ...
C’est une bonne journée
A short, deconstructed story about depression and the mental health of a woman who drinks.
Les mots/maux du silence
Fragments of poems, readings, texts, excerpts from plays, songs, and reflections, pieced together like a patchwork quilt. What’s the purpose of medications, electroshock therapy, institutions? What if all of it only serves to suppress rebellion? What’s the purpose of psychiatry and our prejudices, the daily responses… to those women we label as _mad_?
I Remember Nothing
December 2010: revolution breaks out in Tunisia, the country of the filmmaker's father. In a strange way, the cries of fury of the Tunisian people echoed the inner turmoil that had been growing inside her for several weeks. At the same time, she was going through a manic-depressive episode of great intensity, and was diagnosed as bipolar and admitted to a psychiatric clinic. When she emerged fr...
Pathfinders
With ropes and wood, teenage girl scouts build an ephemeral village deep in the forest, where they live together freely. Filled with raw beauty, both autonomous and vulnerable, they come face to face with themselves and learn to be tolerant of others.
Il était une fois Françoise Dolto - Part 2
Il était une fois Françoise Dolto - Part 2
Duration: 0h59Subscription access
These conversations with renowned pediatrician and psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto were recorded in 1986, two years before her death. With her unique perspective on childhood, her humour, and her unparalleled talent for simplifying psychoanalytic theories, Dolto helped change the way society views children.
Il était une fois Françoise Dolto - Part 1
Il était une fois Françoise Dolto - Part 1
Duration: 0h59Subscription access
These conversations with renowned pediatrician and psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto were recorded in 1986, two years before her death. With her unique perspective on childhood, her humour, and her unparalleled talent for simplifying psychoanalytic theories, Dolto helped change the way society views children.
Le Jardin des délices de Jérôme Bosch
Le Jardin des délices de Jérôme Bosch
Duration: 34 minutesSubscription access
Filmmaker Jean Eustache reconstructed an evening among friends — of which he was a witness a few years ago — during which a fan of Jérôme Bosch, the psychoanalyst Jean-Noël Picq, engaged in a very personal commentary on the painting _The Garden of Earthly Delights_.
Chasing Birds
When the world turns upside down, we have a choice to firmly hang on to old ideas or embrace the new view. In _Chasing Birds_ we follow a little girl who playfully chases a bird throughout a chaotic and transformational period. An animated short inspired by the directors own anxiety and her daughter Sunneva.
Baby Drawings
Duration: 8 minutes
Subscription access
How do we learn to draw? First, we practice holding a crayon without eating it. Then, just a few years later, we’re using sophisticated symbols to represent ourselves, our families, and our imaginations. _Baby Drawings_ covers the development of childhood art from the very first stage of scribbles all the way to the development of spatial perspective.
Tu as crié LET ME GO
Duration: 3h14
Subscription access
_Tu as crié LET ME GO_ is an intimate and heartrending film in which filmmaker Anne Claire Poirier undertakes a personal investigation into the tragic death of her daughter Yanne, who was murdered at the age of 26. A former drug addict and sex worker, Yanne had fallen into the margins of society. Through this film, Poirier reaches out to those living with or working alongside people struggling ...
Rehab (From Rehab)
Duration: 2h52
Subscription access
A sensitive and personal reflection that questions the way hospitals think spaces of care for the most vulnerable ones. Recounting her personal story as a young girl who spent her childhood in rehabilitation centres alongside her severely disabled father, the director confronts her traumatic memories with the exceptional experimentation developed at REHAB in Basel by the Swiss architects Herzog...
Days
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Marie-Philip is a PhD student and part-time professor who loves cats and _Harry Potter_. But one week before her 29th birthday, she is diagnosed with breast cancer. For a year, without false modesty, we follow her through each step as she confides in us with shocking honesty. An ode to life, to courage and to the resilience of all those who fight every day against disease.
No Crying at the Dinner Table
Filmmaker Carol Nguyen interviews her family. The result is a portrait tinged with love and sorrows, revealing intergenerational traumas.
Phobie d'impulsion
Subscription access
Presentation of this variety of obsession characterized by the fear of an idea, an object or even a specific act. Collection of observations on the invasion of the patient's field of consciousness by a sort of monstrous desire, on the resulting terror, and finally on the rarity of the passage to action. (Description from the libraries of the Université de Montréal)
Create; Survive
Subscription access
How can you continue to create when you can barely feed yourself? Alex Anna presents their film _Scars_ at a sunlit festival, but behind their apparent success hides a ceaseless fight with their own mind. Expressing the brutality of loneliness through a poetic act of cinematography, _Create; survive_ confronts our virtual and public identities against the intimate reality of depression.
Afterwards
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Inside a shelter, participants in a talking circle share their experiences of intimate partner violence as a way to regain their dignity and strength to act. Powerfully empathetic, _Afterwards_ creates a space of sisterhood and solidarity—a chorus of voices breaking down the walls of silence.
Death is Dangerous, it Could Hurt
Death is Dangerous, it Could Hurt
Duration: 38 minutesThree rhythmic storylines are characterized by the rituals of everyday life and the vicissitudes of existence, coalescing around a common experience: that of shooting up as a mode of drug use.
Tonratun: The Armenian History told by women
Tonratun: The Armenian History told by women
Duration: 2h48In an Armenian village, five women from different generations tell their stories and discuss life and war as they prepare _lavash_. This fine bread whose dough is simply made from flour, wheat and water is an Armenian tradition – and since 2014 it has been inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It's in the _tonratun_ (the bakehouse), devoted e...
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Subscription access
In the intimacy of Estonia's sacred saunas, ancient hymns to nature, birth and death are sung, and all the rituals of life intersect. Here, women tell stories they wouldn't tell anywhere else, and in the smoke of burning stones, the female condition is revealed in all its violence and power.
Octopus
Subscription access
_Octopus_ surfaced during trauma, in the aftermath of the cataclysmic Port of Beirut explosion. The film silently navigates that unfolding, giving space to the myriad of existential questions birthed by the enormity of the happening. Questions of unexamined worldviews, of suffering and meaning, of collective purpose, and of many other quiet thoughts strewn amidst the rubble. What are we saying ...
C’est une bonne journée
A short, deconstructed story about depression and the mental health of a woman who drinks.
Les mots/maux du silence
Fragments of poems, readings, texts, excerpts from plays, songs, and reflections, pieced together like a patchwork quilt. What’s the purpose of medications, electroshock therapy, institutions? What if all of it only serves to suppress rebellion? What’s the purpose of psychiatry and our prejudices, the daily responses… to those women we label as _mad_?
I Remember Nothing
December 2010: revolution breaks out in Tunisia, the country of the filmmaker's father. In a strange way, the cries of fury of the Tunisian people echoed the inner turmoil that had been growing inside her for several weeks. At the same time, she was going through a manic-depressive episode of great intensity, and was diagnosed as bipolar and admitted to a psychiatric clinic. When she emerged fr...
Pathfinders
With ropes and wood, teenage girl scouts build an ephemeral village deep in the forest, where they live together freely. Filled with raw beauty, both autonomous and vulnerable, they come face to face with themselves and learn to be tolerant of others.
Il était une fois Françoise Dolto - Part 2
Il était une fois Françoise Dolto - Part 2
Duration: 0h59Subscription access
These conversations with renowned pediatrician and psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto were recorded in 1986, two years before her death. With her unique perspective on childhood, her humour, and her unparalleled talent for simplifying psychoanalytic theories, Dolto helped change the way society views children.
Il était une fois Françoise Dolto - Part 1
Il était une fois Françoise Dolto - Part 1
Duration: 0h59Subscription access
These conversations with renowned pediatrician and psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto were recorded in 1986, two years before her death. With her unique perspective on childhood, her humour, and her unparalleled talent for simplifying psychoanalytic theories, Dolto helped change the way society views children.
Le Jardin des délices de Jérôme Bosch
Le Jardin des délices de Jérôme Bosch
Duration: 34 minutesSubscription access
Filmmaker Jean Eustache reconstructed an evening among friends — of which he was a witness a few years ago — during which a fan of Jérôme Bosch, the psychoanalyst Jean-Noël Picq, engaged in a very personal commentary on the painting _The Garden of Earthly Delights_.
Chasing Birds
When the world turns upside down, we have a choice to firmly hang on to old ideas or embrace the new view. In _Chasing Birds_ we follow a little girl who playfully chases a bird throughout a chaotic and transformational period. An animated short inspired by the directors own anxiety and her daughter Sunneva.
