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Available Upwelling Hugo Latulippe 2022

Upwelling

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Upwelling

Hugo Latulippe
Twenty young performers brought together for a creation lab strive to tap into the spirit of the times by scouring contemporary Québécois poetry. When, to everyone’s amazement, one of theirs is elected to Quebec’s National Assembly, poetry becomes an integral part of the country’s political (...)
88 min. 2022
Available Free Belle River Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin 2022

Belle River

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Belle River

Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin
Belle River is a film about Louisiana and its peaceful inhabitants, both threatened with extinction by the emergence of the climate crisis.
11 min. 2022
Available The Act of Beauty Nicolas Paquet 2021

The Act of Beauty

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The Act of Beauty

Nicolas Paquet
Author and farmer, Jean Bédard fights to see a new, more humane world, rise, with the community of the farm Sageterre.
68 min. 2021
Available Free Ousmane Jorge Camarotti 2021

Ousmane

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Ousmane

Jorge Camarotti
At the end of a long workday, OUSMANE, a Burkinabé immigrant living in Montreal, has his life take a turn when he meets an elderly disoriented neighbor.
25 min. 2021
Available Free Babatoura Guillaume Collin 2021

Babatoura

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Babatoura

Guillaume Collin
Benoit and Catherine, a couple in their late twenties, go to his parents' house for dinner. It is with surprise and apprehension that they learn that the whole family is invited for supper and that the evening may not go as planned!
11 min. 2021
Available Free Beyond the void Rafaël Beauchamp 2021

Beyond the void

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Beyond the void

Rafaël Beauchamp
November 2001 : Charles follows his Martin, another victim from the AIDS epidemic of the 90’s, to the end. Twenty years later, we dive back in.
10 min. 2021
Available Wandering, a Rohingya Story Olivier Higgins et Mélanie Carrier 2020

Wandering, a Rohingya Story

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Wandering, a Rohingya Story

Olivier Higgins et Mélanie Carrier
Within a few months, the Kutupalong refugee camp has become the biggest in the world. A labyrinth of makeshift shelters, home to 700 000 Rohingya exiles. In this place out of space and time, is it still possible to exist?
87 min. 2020
Available Passages Caroline Côté et Florence Pelletier 2020

Passages

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Passages

Caroline Côté et Florence Pelletier
Five women from the North to the South of Quebec embark on a multisport expedition following the Koroc river in Nunavik. Travelling together against adversity, this journey soon becomes one of self-discovery for each participant.
77 min. 2020
Free The long wail of a passing train slips into the heart of the ghosts and everything explodes in silence Anne-Marie Bouchard 2020

The long wail of a passing train slips into the heart of the ghosts and everything explodes in silence

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The long wail of a passing train slips into the heart of the ghosts and everything explodes in silence

Anne-Marie Bouchard
An experimental animated film built around a single sound recording that evokes travel, the need to communicate, solitude, fragility, the desire for freedom, the arrival of fall, and our ephemeral existence.
7 min. 2020
Available Free A Broken-Hearted Solstice Fanny Lefort 2020

A Broken-Hearted Solstice

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A Broken-Hearted Solstice

Fanny Lefort
A professional mascot named Fauve gets dumped on the summer solstice, aka the longest day of the year. The icy storm she’s plunged into doesn’t quite fit with the current heatwave.
12 min. 2020
Available Playeros : Beach Workers Alexandre Beaumont-Vachon 2019

Playeros : Beach Workers

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Playeros : Beach Workers

Alexandre Beaumont-Vachon
We dream of the beach; Nelson dreams of escaping it. We wish to go on vacation; Nelson wishes only to work. While we sleep, he is awake. By day, he walks among us. Yet, Nelson goes unnoticed...
15 min. 2019
Available Free Cayenne Simon Gionet 2020

Cayenne

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Cayenne

Simon Gionet
During her night shift at the remote gas station, a female clerk agrees to help a man whose car broke down. While they both attempt to repair the vehicle, the driver’s intentions leave the young woman uncertain. In the middle of the deserted parking lot, an air of apprehension fills the night as t (...)
11 min. 2020
Available Free Today, or I'll die Kristina Wagenbauer 2019

Today, or I'll die

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Today, or I'll die

Kristina Wagenbauer
After a month of texting, Zoe has organized a perfect first date with Marc. Their expectations will be tested by reality.
7 min. 2019
Available Free Still Untitled/Encore sans titre Geneviève Sauvé 2019

Still Untitled/Encore sans titre

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Still Untitled/Encore sans titre

Geneviève Sauvé
Lying down on her bed, she receives a text message from a man she likes. He asks for a picture of her. Dissatisfied with the clichés she took, she starts a game where she takes herself for the famous Cindy Sherman, in four photographs from her Untitled Film Stills serie.
14 min. 2019
Available Free The Music Video Camille Poirier 2020

The Music Video

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The Music Video

Camille Poirier
In order to be in her older brother’s music video, Clara, a 13-year-old tomboy, agrees to undergo a radical change of style. She soon notices that this transformation changes her brother’s friend’s behaviour towards her.
14 min. 2020
Through the Wall Larissa Corriveau 2020

Through the Wall

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Through the Wall

Larissa Corriveau
Emond, the only child of Jacques and Marie, lives in a world without words, a situation which slowly creates a breach in the heart of the family home. Diving into the depths of her despair, Marie discovers the surprising universe hidden in her son's silence.
20 min. 2020
Available Exile to the Wild West Sophie Fortier 2017

Exile to the Wild West

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Exile to the Wild West

Sophie Fortier
Canada, Iqaluit…They arrive on an island of rock, close to the arctic circle, with the desire to start over. The Great North is supposed to be a place where their lives can lay fallow. The hope is to eventually leave and begin anew. Instead, they cannot leave. They never leave.
60 min. 2017
Available Free Quik Yannick Nolin 2018

Quik

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Quik

Yannick Nolin
Two young men are coming back in their home village in order to attend their former hockey coach‘s funeral. This movie deals with the urgent need to speak and to report things.
12 min. 2018
Available Prisons without bars Nicole Giguère et Isabelle Hayeur 2019

Prisons without bars

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Prisons without bars

Nicole Giguère et Isabelle Hayeur
Our environment is saturated with chemicals and electromagnetic fields. The adverse effects of these massive exposures affect a growing number of individuals, including Isabelle, Kathya, Jean-François, Sylvain and Jayden. A glimpse into the little-known world of environmental illness.
73 min. 2019
Available Free The Winding Farmland Sarah-Christine Bourihane 2019

The Winding Farmland

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The Winding Farmland

Sarah-Christine Bourihane
In an estate located in St-Alfred of Beauce, Carl and Alexandra are attempting to take on the life of their forefathers, but cannot escape the reality of the modern world. The belief that their values will be transmitted kindles their hope and makes them fight on.
24 min. 2019
Heat wave Fanny Perreault 2019

Heat wave

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Heat wave

Fanny Perreault
Summer 1997. The summer plan of Lea is falling. It is with a broken leg and a low enthusiasm that she begins the heat wave of July, stuck in a dreary bungalow of the suburb. However, while looking at his sister’s room, she discovers an opening to a whole new universe that will bring her to the doo (...)
15 min. 2019
Available Mad Dog & The Butcher - The Last Villains Thomas Rinfret 2019

Mad Dog & The Butcher - The Last Villains

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Mad Dog & The Butcher - The Last Villains

Thomas Rinfret
The Last Villains (Mad Dog & The Butcher) immerses us in filmmaker Thomas Rinfret’s journey to direct a documentary on the lives of the famed Vachon wrestling family. His protagonist is the last living member of the dynasty: Paul “The Butcher” Vachon.
94 min. 2019
Available Free Nothing to See Here Gabrielle Vigneault-Gendron 2020

Nothing to See Here

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Nothing to See Here

Gabrielle Vigneault-Gendron
Someone has been killing cats in Emmanuelle’s neighborhood while her own pet has been missing for two months. The tenacious and headstrong young woman is still desperately looking for it until she crosses path with an uptight neighbour. A look on social tensions, Nothing to See Here mixes dark hum (...)
16 min. 2020
Available Refurbished Daniel Abraham & Pierre-Alexandre Girard 2017

Refurbished

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Refurbished

Daniel Abraham & Pierre-Alexandre Girard
And to think Germain came to the emergency room to be diagnosed with depression....  
8 min. 2017
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In festivals

In festivals November Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier & Karine van Ameringen

November

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November

Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier & Karine van Ameringen
November is a unique fascinating experience bringing together people living and working in the city of Montreal, in this no man's land between colorful autumn and white winter.
95 min min.
In festivals Cherry Laurence Gagné Frégeau 2023

Cherry

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Cherry

Laurence Gagné Frégeau
Cherry is the epitome of resilience, friendship and hope.
23 min. 2023
In festivals Death is dangerous, it could hurt Mariane Béliveau 2023

Death is dangerous, it could hurt

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Death is dangerous, it could hurt

Mariane Béliveau
Three rhythmic storylines are characterized by rituals of everyday life, coalescing around a common experience: that of shooting up as a mode of drug use.
19 min. 2023
In festivals NDDJ (Notre-Dame-du-Jambon) Grace Singh et Sita Singh 2022

NDDJ (Notre-Dame-du-Jambon)

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NDDJ (Notre-Dame-du-Jambon)

Grace Singh et Sita Singh
Two Quebecer brothers, Karan & Rohan, are on a day trip in their home village during summer vacation.
Comedie 18 min. 2022
In festivals David against Goliath David B. Ricard 2022

David against Goliath

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David against Goliath

David B. Ricard
Haunted by three unfinished films, a filmmaker seeks to demystify his relationship with failure through encounters with past collaborators.
96 min. 2022
In festivals A Night Song Félix Lamarche 2022

A Night Song

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A Night Song

Félix Lamarche
An observation of Noëlla's last days before she received medical aid in dying at home, surrounded by her family.
44 min. 2022
In festivals The middle of the garage Lisa Bolduc 2022

The middle of the garage

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The middle of the garage

Lisa Bolduc
The mysterious arrival of a huge trunk in the garage of Pierre's house turns his life upside down.
Fantastique 13 min. 2022
In festivals Boris Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier et Chloë Saint-Denis 2022

Boris

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Boris

Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier et Chloë Saint-Denis
The family of a Ukrainian-Canadian mountaineer embark on their first expedition without him to Patagonia – a place he considered Heaven on Earth.
41 min. 2022
In festivals Paper Stairs Antoine Foley-Dupont 2022

Paper Stairs

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Paper Stairs

Antoine Foley-Dupont
When Felix returns home, he realizes that his mother has put their house up for sale.
15 min. 2022
In festivals Pushing Through Geneviève Bélanger Genest 2022

Pushing Through

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Pushing Through

Geneviève Bélanger Genest
A synaesthetic voyage by canoe over pack ice explores the trials our bodies push through to inhabit our surroundings.
8 min. 2022
In festivals  Imalirijit Vincent L’Hérault et Tim Anaviapik Soucie	 2022

Imalirijit

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Imalirijit

Vincent L’Hérault et Tim Anaviapik Soucie
The inspired journey of a young Inuit community researcher.
27 min 11 min. 2022
In festivals Saline  Anne-Marie Bouchard  2022

Saline

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Saline

Anne-Marie Bouchard
An algae-based movie that explores some family footage taken in the 60’s, in Gaspésie.
3 min. 2022
In festivals Everything’s fine Audrey Nantel-Gagnon  2022

Everything’s fine

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Everything’s fine

Audrey Nantel-Gagnon
Sweet as an ice cream, EVERYTHING’S FINE opens a window on the emotions contained in a mother’s heart, who always puts others first.
10 min. 2022
In festivals The Left Hand Maxime Robin 2022

The Left Hand

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The Left Hand

Maxime Robin
Young Maxime’s mother starts worrying about him when his 2nd grade teacher declares him “abnormal”.
13 min. 2022
In festivals Meeting with Robert Dole François Harvey 2021

Meeting with Robert Dole

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Meeting with Robert Dole

François Harvey
Experimental portrait of a man who knows he is struggling with mental illness.
16 min. 2021
In festivals Chiaroscuro Elias Djemil-Matassov 2022

Chiaroscuro

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Chiaroscuro

Elias Djemil-Matassov
It is the story of the memory that is born and that dies. But memory rarely dies, to tell the truth.
9 min. 2022
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Coming soon

Coming soon The Ruse Johanne Prégent 2023

The Ruse

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The Ruse

Johanne Prégent
When two bullied teenagers find themselves stuck together in a bathroom, they have to think quick to elaborate a plan in the hope of changing their fates.
11 min. 2023
Coming soon Parades Alan Lake 2022

Parades

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Parades

Alan Lake
Parades is an initiation to a mysterious pagan feast made by powerful images between a fantasy and an allegory.
16 min. 2022
Coming soon Les fontaines sourdent Nicolas Godbout 2022

Les fontaines sourdent

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Les fontaines sourdent

Nicolas Godbout
“Les Fontaines sourdent” addresses the renewal of storytelling in Quebec and oral tradition through the universe and the practice of contemporary storytellers.
79 min. 2022
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