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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.
Negra
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Filmmaker Medhin Tewolde Serrano was around seven years old when, for the first time, someone shouted “negra” at her in the street. That day, she realized she was Black — and the laughter around her quickly made it clear that this probably wasn’t a good thing… Through the stories of five women of African descent living in Mexico, _Negra_ explores what it means to inhabit the body of a Black wom...
Mom
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Filmmaker Xun Sero grew up as a Tzotzil Mexican among the sacredness of the Virgin of Guadalupe and Mother Earth. As the son of a single mother, he grew up between mockery for not having a father and blaming his mother for it. _Mom_ is a dialogue between a mother and a son who explore their contradictions, who know and recognize each other, and reflect on the perpetuation of naturalized violence.
Un toit, un droit
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Is it normal for a family to find itself homeless on July 1st? Is it normal for immigrants to be evicted from their apartments? Camera in hand, the Collectif (...) Parenthèses went to meet tenants and landlords in Quebec and Europe to answer this vital question: shouldn't housing be a right for every citizen?
Snowbirds
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_Snowbirds_ is a mid-length documentary that reaches out to golden age Canadians living in Florida during the winter season. This is the growing trend of an entire generation migrating to the tropics, seeking a leisure society that can entertain them. With tenderness and humor, this sociological documentary goes to the heart of their daily lives by painting a human portrait of this typically Ca...
Skies are Not Just Blue
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Yara, A. and brothers Monib & Tariq claim their identities as Muslims from diverse backgrounds by negotiating a space in the LGBTQ+ community and reflecting on their personal beliefs and experiences.
Playeros : Beach Workers
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We dream of going to the beach; Nelson dreams of escaping it. We want to go on vacation; Nelson wants only to work. While we sleep, he is awake. By day, he walks among us. Yet, Nelson goes unnoticed...
La Bocca del Lupo
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Enzo has spent half his life in prison behind bars. The Sicilian gangster, a repeat offender, has nevertheless found love there as well as a form of salvation through poetry. In snatches, Pietro Marcello paints his portrait, like so many scraps of a broken life, along with a portrait of the underclass from Genoa’s Croce Bianca, Via Prè and Sottoripa neighbourhoods with their labyrinths of cut-t...
Letters to the Prime Minister
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Montreal author Marie-Célie Agnant collects stories, dreams and demands from Parc-Extension neighbours, in order to write a letter to their deputy, Justin Trudeau, then the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada.
Les femmes me touchent
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A musical film based on a song by _Les Folles Alliées_, illustrating the unacceptable insults directed at the female body and intellect: sexual harassment, sexist advertisements and music videos, pornography, domestic violence, and rape.
Don't Worry, The Doors Will Open
Don't Worry, The Doors Will Open
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Shot over summer and winter seasons on _elektrychkas_, typical Soviet commuter trains that travel between the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and small provincial towns, _Don’t Worry, The Doors Will Open_ invites us to share a ride with working class, mostly marginalized passengers and vendors. Following a number of people from one grimy wagon to another, from station to station, from day to night, we a...
Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World - The Subway
Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World - The Subway
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In this animated film without words, filmmaker Pierre Hébert and musicians Robert Marcel Lepage and René Lussier worked together, and separately, in their respective media. This cinema/music performance recreates, impressionistically, the dehumanizing environment of the urban subway. Drawings etch the outlines of people hurtling through space in underground tunnels. The soundtrack, elemental an...
Arctic Cliffhangers
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Canada’s Arctic seabirds are revealing much about the Earth’s changing oceans and climate. \*Arctic Cliffhangers\* spotlights the biology and life history of seabirds, providing insights into the impacts of industrial pollution and the role that climate change plays in the transformation of marine ecosystems. In addition to communicating some of the latest scientific findings on polar marine re...
The Blueberry Blues
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
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.
Guidelines
_Guidelines_ explores the world of adolescence through a series of tableaux that illustrate the occasionally trying existence of young people at a rural secondary school. Emphasizing the contrasts between the regulated environment of the classroom and the beckoning freedom of the great outdoors, the film is structured around the teens’ meetings with various authority figures in the institution ...
Urban Forests
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While green spaces have long been neglected in cities, community-led efforts in recent years have helped restore the many benefits of urban forests. Through a number of innovative nature restoration projects in cities across Canada—from Montreal to Vancouver, via Toronto, Laval, Varennes, and New Westminster—this documentary explores initiatives aimed at bringing nature back into the urban envi...
People's Park
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A mesmerizing, one-of-a-kind window into modern China, _People's Park_ is an exhilarating single shot documentary that immerses viewers in an unbroken journey through a famous urban park in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. The film explores the dozens of moods, rhythms, and performances coexisting in tight proximity within the park's prismatic social space. A sensory meditation on cinematic time and ...
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.
Negra
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Filmmaker Medhin Tewolde Serrano was around seven years old when, for the first time, someone shouted “negra” at her in the street. That day, she realized she was Black — and the laughter around her quickly made it clear that this probably wasn’t a good thing… Through the stories of five women of African descent living in Mexico, _Negra_ explores what it means to inhabit the body of a Black wom...
Mom
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Filmmaker Xun Sero grew up as a Tzotzil Mexican among the sacredness of the Virgin of Guadalupe and Mother Earth. As the son of a single mother, he grew up between mockery for not having a father and blaming his mother for it. _Mom_ is a dialogue between a mother and a son who explore their contradictions, who know and recognize each other, and reflect on the perpetuation of naturalized violence.
Un toit, un droit
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Is it normal for a family to find itself homeless on July 1st? Is it normal for immigrants to be evicted from their apartments? Camera in hand, the Collectif (...) Parenthèses went to meet tenants and landlords in Quebec and Europe to answer this vital question: shouldn't housing be a right for every citizen?
Snowbirds
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_Snowbirds_ is a mid-length documentary that reaches out to golden age Canadians living in Florida during the winter season. This is the growing trend of an entire generation migrating to the tropics, seeking a leisure society that can entertain them. With tenderness and humor, this sociological documentary goes to the heart of their daily lives by painting a human portrait of this typically Ca...
Skies are Not Just Blue
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Yara, A. and brothers Monib & Tariq claim their identities as Muslims from diverse backgrounds by negotiating a space in the LGBTQ+ community and reflecting on their personal beliefs and experiences.
Playeros : Beach Workers
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We dream of going to the beach; Nelson dreams of escaping it. We want to go on vacation; Nelson wants only to work. While we sleep, he is awake. By day, he walks among us. Yet, Nelson goes unnoticed...
La Bocca del Lupo
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Enzo has spent half his life in prison behind bars. The Sicilian gangster, a repeat offender, has nevertheless found love there as well as a form of salvation through poetry. In snatches, Pietro Marcello paints his portrait, like so many scraps of a broken life, along with a portrait of the underclass from Genoa’s Croce Bianca, Via Prè and Sottoripa neighbourhoods with their labyrinths of cut-t...
Letters to the Prime Minister
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Montreal author Marie-Célie Agnant collects stories, dreams and demands from Parc-Extension neighbours, in order to write a letter to their deputy, Justin Trudeau, then the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada.
Les femmes me touchent
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A musical film based on a song by _Les Folles Alliées_, illustrating the unacceptable insults directed at the female body and intellect: sexual harassment, sexist advertisements and music videos, pornography, domestic violence, and rape.
Don't Worry, The Doors Will Open
Don't Worry, The Doors Will Open
New product!Subscription access
Shot over summer and winter seasons on _elektrychkas_, typical Soviet commuter trains that travel between the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and small provincial towns, _Don’t Worry, The Doors Will Open_ invites us to share a ride with working class, mostly marginalized passengers and vendors. Following a number of people from one grimy wagon to another, from station to station, from day to night, we a...
Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World - The Subway
Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World - The Subway
New product!Subscription access
In this animated film without words, filmmaker Pierre Hébert and musicians Robert Marcel Lepage and René Lussier worked together, and separately, in their respective media. This cinema/music performance recreates, impressionistically, the dehumanizing environment of the urban subway. Drawings etch the outlines of people hurtling through space in underground tunnels. The soundtrack, elemental an...
Arctic Cliffhangers
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Canada’s Arctic seabirds are revealing much about the Earth’s changing oceans and climate. \*Arctic Cliffhangers\* spotlights the biology and life history of seabirds, providing insights into the impacts of industrial pollution and the role that climate change plays in the transformation of marine ecosystems. In addition to communicating some of the latest scientific findings on polar marine re...
The Blueberry Blues
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
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.
Guidelines
_Guidelines_ explores the world of adolescence through a series of tableaux that illustrate the occasionally trying existence of young people at a rural secondary school. Emphasizing the contrasts between the regulated environment of the classroom and the beckoning freedom of the great outdoors, the film is structured around the teens’ meetings with various authority figures in the institution ...
Urban Forests
Subscription access
While green spaces have long been neglected in cities, community-led efforts in recent years have helped restore the many benefits of urban forests. Through a number of innovative nature restoration projects in cities across Canada—from Montreal to Vancouver, via Toronto, Laval, Varennes, and New Westminster—this documentary explores initiatives aimed at bringing nature back into the urban envi...
People's Park
Subscription access
A mesmerizing, one-of-a-kind window into modern China, _People's Park_ is an exhilarating single shot documentary that immerses viewers in an unbroken journey through a famous urban park in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. The film explores the dozens of moods, rhythms, and performances coexisting in tight proximity within the park's prismatic social space. A sensory meditation on cinematic time and ...
