The films of David Nadeau-Bernatchez
David Nadeau Bernatchez is an artist and researcher working at the intersection of film production, writing, and the performing arts. In 2013, he defended a PhD in history and anthropology on Congolese urban music and spaces. Today, he creates and works across Quebec, Europe, and French-speaking Africa. Particularly active in cinema and audiovisual fields (Red Devil, 2024; Rumba Rules, New Genealogies, 2020; Ludovica, 2018), he also writes, performs in various formats, and collaborates with a range of artists and collectives. The themes of rooting and uprooting are central to his work.
In the fall of 2024, he was selected as part of the cross-residency between the FCVQ and the Festival Vues du Québec in Florac (France) to develop the writing for his documentary project La persistance des choses.
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Joseph Samuel Jacques Julien
Duration: 40 minutes
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Jacques is 59 years old and has spent his entire career as a salesman in Quebec City. The past few months have been especially challenging for him: mourning the loss of his wife, he finds it difficult to regain his footing. Should he change his life? Change his identity? Amidst a growing political turmoil, the narrator remains hopeful, insisting that Jacques still has reason to hope.
Idle Times
Duration: 1h02
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Beginning in the late 19th century, the history of baseball tells the story of the transformation of pastures and mindsets in North America. Slow and repetitive, the game makes ample room for daydreaming and boasting. Full-bodied and mannered, it evokes the vastness of a new continent while also recalling its British origins. Filmed at the Victoria Stadium in Quebec and developed with the colla...
Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
Duration: 3h34
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Immersing itself in the daily life of one of the great orchestras of the current generation, this film proposes an incursion into the arcanes of a monumental genre of African music. Ya Mayi, Lumumba, Xéna La Guerrière, Pitchou Travolta, Alfred Solo, Soleil Patron and many others: nearly thirty artists feed the creative life of the Brigade Sarbati Orchestra. By entering the group and the city of...
Joseph Samuel Jacques Julien
Duration: 40 minutes
Subscription access
Jacques is 59 years old and has spent his entire career as a salesman in Quebec City. The past few months have been especially challenging for him: mourning the loss of his wife, he finds it difficult to regain his footing. Should he change his life? Change his identity? Amidst a growing political turmoil, the narrator remains hopeful, insisting that Jacques still has reason to hope.
Idle Times
Duration: 1h02
Subscription access
Beginning in the late 19th century, the history of baseball tells the story of the transformation of pastures and mindsets in North America. Slow and repetitive, the game makes ample room for daydreaming and boasting. Full-bodied and mannered, it evokes the vastness of a new continent while also recalling its British origins. Filmed at the Victoria Stadium in Quebec and developed with the colla...
Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
Duration: 3h34
Subscription access
Immersing itself in the daily life of one of the great orchestras of the current generation, this film proposes an incursion into the arcanes of a monumental genre of African music. Ya Mayi, Lumumba, Xéna La Guerrière, Pitchou Travolta, Alfred Solo, Soleil Patron and many others: nearly thirty artists feed the creative life of the Brigade Sarbati Orchestra. By entering the group and the city of...
