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Okurimono
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Okurimono
Laurence Lévesque
Noriko Oi returns to Japan, her native land, in the hopes of reviving her mother’s memories, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb, while preparing for her childhood home’s sale.
Documentaire
96 min.
2024
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Waiting for Casimir
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Waiting for Casimir
Christian Mathieu Fournier
In a cozy house in the heart of a village, men and women struggling with their limits live wrapped up in a well-ordered routine.
Documentaire, Experimental
68 min.
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Sisters of Wrestling
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Sisters of Wrestling
Sarah Baril Gaudet
Sisters of Wrestling paints an intimate portrait of Azaelle, Loue O’Farrell, and LuFisto, three warriors of the ring for whom wrestling is both a passion and an escape from everyday injustice.
Documentaire
68 min.
2022
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After The Odyssey
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After The Odyssey
Helen Doyle
An ensemble film about the reception in Italy of young Nigerian women struggling with human trafficking.
Documentaire
85 min.
2024
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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.
Documentaire
94 min.
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L'abattu des vents
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L'abattu des vents
Félix-Antoine Garneau-Chouinard
Alone on a secluded island, a lightkeeper is prisoner of his own madness.
Animation
5 min.
2021
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Audionomie
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Audionomie
Maximilien Rolland
Loïc is alone in the anechoic room. What had he done to find himself in there? Since when? He only came to the audiology clinic for a little hiss in his ear...
Fiction
17 min.
2020
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The last rhino
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The last rhino
Guillaume Harvey
Fiction
19 min.
2023
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Vessels of Destiny
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Vessels of Destiny
Franie-Éléonore Bernier
As she is about to undergo surgery, Réjeanne realizes that she might not make it. She decides to satisfy her last wishes by inviting her oldest friend JB over to play their favourite video game : Vessels of Destiny.
Fiction
14 min.
2019
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Fruits of Labour
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Fruits of Labour
Ophelia Spinosa
Interplaying the metaphor of grapes, this father-daughter documentary is characterized by the labour of love it is to make wine, but also the labour of love that is love itself.
Documentaire
18 min.
2021
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Greluche
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Greluche
Daphnée Côté-Hallé
A 64-year-old clown, on the verge of retirement, navigates the intersection of her whimsical stage persona and her real-life identity, revealing how imagination has been her means of coping with aging and preserving her sense of wonder.
Documentaire
17 min.
202X
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La Galerie
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La Galerie
Loup-William Théberge
During a nighttime visit to a museum, an unforeseen connection between a woman and a painting triggers an unexpected journey between the real and the unreal.
Film de danse
11 min.
2021
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Les oubliés
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Les oubliés
Guillaume Collin
Two teenagers return to their childhood home. Together, they begin to mourn the father they once loved, but who wounded them deeply.
Fiction
15 min.
202X
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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 the
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Fiction
11 min.
2020
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Scars
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Scars
Alex Anna
Alex Anna’s body is a canvas : her scars come to life to tell a new story of self-harming. Live action and animation intertwine in this short and poetic documentary, both intimate and universal.
Documentaire
10 min.
2020
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One never kills for love
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One never kills for love
Manon Testud
This is in the night they gathering to leave writings on the walls of Montreal : feminicides must stop !
Documentaire
15 min.
2021
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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”.
Fiction
13 min.
2022
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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.
Fiction
13 min.
2022
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Manicouagan
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Manicouagan
Nadine Beaudet
An intimate yet expansive project, this film recounts the history of Manicouagan (North Shore, Quebec) a legendary territory shaped by the impact of an asteroid 215 million years ago.
Documentaire
101 min.
2025
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Amato
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Amato
Romy Boutin St-Pierre
What if love could be told differently?
Documentaire
8 min.
2021
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Heaven Forbid
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Heaven Forbid
Alexandra Bégin
Heaven Forbid is a fictional short film about a pre-teen girl as she challenges the orthodoxy of her faith to save her dogs’ immortal soul. Her quest leads her to question the state of her own soul as she struggles to accept her mother’s death.
Fiction
15 min.
202X
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The Blueberry Blues
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The Blueberry Blues
Andres Livov
As summer unfolds, Quebec's blueberry season springs to life, enticing labourers from afar to pick the coveted little fruit before the frost sets in. Amidst the blue fields, music and tales weave through the bustling rhythm of the harvest. Yet, the ever-present threat of forest fires looms in the ba
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Documentaire
90 min.
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Like You
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Like You
Romy Boutin St-Pierre
Once upon a time, there was a beloved princess… or a neglected child creating an imaginary world in her mind in an attempt to resemble her mother, who is both victim and aggressor in her tumultuous relationships.
Fiction
9 min.
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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.
Documentaire
11 min.
2022
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Parvis
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Parvis
Laurence Gagné-Frégeau
Parvis is this special place where things shift to something very grand.
Fiction
12 min.
2021
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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.
Fiction
25 min.
2021
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Woodswomen
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Woodswomen
Julie Lambert
FEMMES DES BOIS, a foray into the singular word of forest encampments.
Documentaire
48 min.
2022
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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 landscap
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Documentaire
88 min.
2022
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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.
Documentaire
68 min.
2021
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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!
Fiction
11 min.
2021
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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.
Documentaire
10 min.
2021
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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?
Documentaire
87 min.
2020
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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.
Documentaire
77 min.
2020
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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.
Experimental
7 min.
2020
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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.
Fiction
12 min.
2020
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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...
Documentaire
15 min.
2019
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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.
Fiction
7 min.
2019
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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.
Experimental
14 min.
2019
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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.
Fiction
14 min.
2020
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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.
Fiction
20 min.
2020
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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.
Documentaire
60 min.
2017
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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.
Fiction
12 min.
2018
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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.
Documentaire
73 min.
2019
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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.
Documentaire
24 min.
2019
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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 door
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Fiction
15 min.
2019
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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.
Documentaire
94 min.
2019
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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 humou
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Fiction
16 min.
2020
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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....
Fiction
8 min.
2017
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Spring Cleanup
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Spring Cleanup
David Labrecque
In the aftermath of a major spring cleaning, Gabrielle and her daughter Eva learn that Madeleine, who just survived a heart attack, is coming home. Gabrielle didn’t think she would have to accommodate her mother again. This return comprises her household.
Fiction
13 min.
2018
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Citizens of Nowhere
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Citizens of Nowhere
Nicolas-Alexandre Tremblay et Régis Coussot
September 2013. The Court ruling is reached. Almost a quarter million Dominicans of Haitian descent have just become stateless because of the Dominican Constitutional Tribunal’s decision. Identified as scapegoats for all the problems affecting the country, they have lost everything: their rights, th
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Documentaire
52 min.
2015
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The Rhythm of Time
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The Rhythm of Time
Elias Djemil
An incursion in a documentary form in the world of emerging Algerian music . On camera, succeed artists and bands with various influences , which are at the heart of this new wave. From Algiers to Oran.
Documentaire
19 min.
2014
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Roseline Like in the Movies
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Roseline Like in the Movies
Sara Bourdeau
Roseline is a renowned actress with an impressive career. After a lifetime on camera, she gets ready to play her greatest role yet. Fiction and reality blur together, surfacing a deeply buried secret—then: lights, camera, action.
Fiction
15 min.
2020
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Correspondences
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Correspondences
Franie-Éléonore Bernier
Several reflections on Franco-Manitoban identity in Winnipeg and its relationship with the French language.
Documentaire
13 min.
2017
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The Clown
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The Clown
Maxime Genois
A trained actor, the protagonist is dreaming of playing tragic heroes of the classical repertoire, but his career is going nowhere. In order to earn a living, he becomes“Coquetti the Clown” and gets hired to entertain kids at birthday parties.In the film, we see him on his way to fulfill one of his
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Fiction
17 min.
2017
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Living here
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Living here
Sarah Baril Gaudet
«Living Here» is a story made of solitude and wind, told with the poetry of Nunavik's stark tundra and the beauty of young Martha's words.
Documentaire
17 min.
2017
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Herd
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Herd
Florence Lafond
That morning, as she gets ready for her dance audition, Alex is outraged when her mother forces her once again to babysit her disabled sister.
Fiction
11 min.
2017
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Fence
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Fence
Alexis Fortier-Gauthier
An indigenous artist presents his work at a viewing in the city. Overcoming the feeling he is instrumentalized by the well-intentioned gallery owner, he sparks interest in potential buyers. He returns to his community, proud to have proven his talent.
Fiction
9 min.
2017
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Karim + Hadjer
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Karim + Hadjer
Samuel Matteau
Once upon a time, in an Algeria divided between tradition and modernity, two young adults named Karim and Hadjer could not love each other free. Through the trials that will be on their way, it is the very meaning of their love that they will have to learn to rediscover and redefine.
Fiction
9 min.
2015
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Iris
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Iris
Gabrielle Demers
Emanuelle is training on her stationary bike but she can't get her mind off the image of Laura. The more she pedals, the more her memories turn to desire.
Fiction
10 min.
2017
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Where do cats go after 9 lives ?
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Where do cats go after 9 lives ?
Marion Duhaime
Lily-May decides to tell those closest to her about the choice she has made. She intends to end her life at an assisted suicide clinic. When the time of our own death is predetermined, is saying goodbye any easier?
Fiction
18 min.
2017
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Footsteps
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Footsteps
Claudia Kedney-Bolduc
In a small boxing gym in Louisiana, two generations of female boxers reveal how the sport changed their lives.
Documentaire
5 min.
2018
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Before Fall
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Before Fall
Sarah Baril Gaudet
On the eve of an inevitable exile towards the urban centers, the youth of Temiscamingue is torn between the desire of a better future and the attachment to its territory.
Documentaire
14 min.
2018
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A Tempo
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A Tempo
François Dubé
In music, the return to the original movement. Reflections on the rhythm of childhood and parenthood from birth.
Documentaire
11 min.
2018
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Living Vocalities
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Living Vocalities
David B. Ricard
While filming his native land, David B. Ricard is entrusted with the task of documenting the creating process of a show of poetry and music across the Canadian Francophonie. This project gives him the opportunity to question the relationship to rooting (land, language), adaptation (poetry, territory
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Documentaire
80 min.
2018
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Forêt noire
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Forêt noire
Jean-Marc E.Roy et Philippe David Gagné
Jura Department, France. A judge orders the re-enactment of a crime scene in order to shed some light on inconsistencies in a murder case. Under the eye of Lady Justice, the accused, a family of three women from Quebec, have to thoroughly relive the day of the crime.
Fiction
20 min.
2019
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Ethical Extinction
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Ethical Extinction
Jeremy Peter Allen
Lucien Kovacic introduces himself as a wellness counsellor, a rich persons’ travel agent and an explorer of the human spirit. Through the fusion of biological and artificial intelligence, this medical renegade has plans to upgrade humanity’s operating system.
Fiction
9 min.
2018
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Émergence
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Émergence
Clarissa Rebouças et Julie Bernier
Katiana emerges. She finally takes her head off the water and she speaks for all Haitian women.
Documentaire
7 min.
2018
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Éléonore
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Éléonore
Martin Rodolphe Villeneuve
A grand-fatherA countryside in the springAn old houseA scar starts to heal
Fiction
30 min.
2018
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The prince of Val-Bé
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The prince of Val-Bé
Jean-François Leblanc
Ex-ATV champion, Martin spent the last six years in prison. Back in his hometown, he founds out that he is no longer welcome in Val-Bélair. His sister and his niece are gonna help him proving to everybody that the Prince is not dead.
Fiction
19 min.
2019
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1,2,3 Viva l'Algérie!
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1,2,3 Viva l'Algérie!
Yannick Nolin
A cafe in Oran, men pile to watch Algeria’s qualification match for the 2014 Mondial.
Documentaire
13 min.
2014
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The Runners-Up
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The Runners-Up
Claudia Hébert
A man, a women, a cabin and a piano.
Fiction
20 min.
2017
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Beaten Paths
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Beaten Paths
Guillaume Harvey
Maxime, a rather cerebral blogger, is back in his hometown for the holidays. His father Jacques, a retired thrill seeker who's more the manual type, seizes the opportunity to get closer to his estranged son. His proposal : a father-son snowmobile ride...
Fiction
19 min.
2018
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Acadiana
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Acadiana
Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin
May 2017. The city of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, is the theatre of the mythic Crawfish Festival. It’s just another day, in America.
Documentaire
9 min.
2019
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Skies are not just blue
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Skies are not just blue
Lysandre Cosse-Tremblay
Identifying as queer and also being Muslim is a reality for Yara, A. and brothers Monib & Tariq.
Documentaire
25 min.
2018
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Not Your Panda
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Not Your Panda
Tigris Alt Sakda
One of anthropocene's charismatic megafauna - Ailuropoda melanoleuca : ... and if I hear anyone else say 'isn't he cute'...
Animation
5 min.
2018
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Midnight at the Oasis
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Midnight at the Oasis
Jason Béliveau
Audrey and Simon don’t love each other. Well, yes, maybe. Audrey shows up at Simon’s an evening during the weekend. She is a student, he is her teacher. Is this story written in advance?
Fiction
17 min.
2018
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Winter prints
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Winter prints
Mathieu Germain
On Quebec's frozen Saint Lawrence River a few brave souls take part in their favourite winter activity: smelt fishing. This observational documentary reveals the ballet that is a day of fishing to the tune of beating shovels, holes being dug, rods swinging and the chit chat between fishermen and wom
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Documentaire
14 min.
2018
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The pornographer
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The pornographer
Gabrielle Demers
Fall of 1970, an all-female film crew is about to shoot a soft-porn. Jane, the director, starts having a crush on a new girl. An eroticized power game unfolds between the filmmaker and her actress.
Fiction
11 min.
2018
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Guillaume
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Guillaume
Carole Laganière
When Guillaume was born, his life expectancy was about four days. Today he’s eight years old and he doesn’t have much time left. His autism and love for music make Guillaume an exceptional being, who has got an intense joy of life. As if he knew that each moment could be the last one.
Documentaire
8 min.
2018
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À l'abri du temps
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À l'abri du temps
Josiane Roberge
In this short film, the director gently puts her camera in the house that has seen her grow up. She caresses the daily life of her parents in a series of paintings showing us, through still shots, the wealth of simple moments spent together. She shares with us her difficulty to accept time passing b
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Documentaire
10 min.
2018
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Justin & Julie
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Justin & Julie
Thierry Paradis
Julie and Justin go out to celebrate some of their relationship’s anniversaries at a restaurant. Since their first date five years ago, their careers have followed different paths. Julie loves her work, but Justin feels trapped and desperate. All their plans together have fizzled. Where to go from h
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Fiction
17 min.
2013
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Imaginary Tales
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Imaginary Tales
Jean-Marc E.Roy
Des histoires inventées (Imaginary Tales) is a documentary feature best described as the portrait of an author about and with André Forcier. It is the story of an exceptional and undeniable filmmaker in our national cinema's landscape and a pillar at the heart of its identity.
Documentaire
71 min.
2018
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Franciszka
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Franciszka
Elias Djemil
1943, a revolt broke out at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Among the resistants, a famous polish ballerina. It is said that she disarmed a cruel SS officer with the simple grace of a ballet movement. Only her story has survived until today. Her name was Franciszka Mann.
Film de danse
7 min.
2018
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Atoms in Search of Immateriality
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Atoms in Search of Immateriality
Anne-Marie Bouchard
“There is only one moral worth in this story, one essential fact: we are nothing but ridiculous sparks in the light of the universe. May we have the wisdom not to forget it.” - Hubert Reeves
Experimental
5 min.
2018
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Snowbirds
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Snowbirds
Joannie Lafrenière
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.
Documentaire
47 min.
2017
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Artemis & Death
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Artemis & Death
Julien Bouthillier
During the Feria of Nîmes, a bullfight is filmed from the perspective of the animal, relegating the matador and public to off-screen spectators. A ritual at the frontiers of mysticism, carried by the sacrificial figure of the bull, revealer of our humanity.
Experimental
7 min.
2017
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Shiner
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Shiner
Jimmy G. Pettigrew
A junk dealer is trapped inside a terribly unhealthy love triangle. He sinks into a fantasy world to avoid this horrible reality and he will try to finally show who he really is.
Fiction
20 min.
2017
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Bonfires
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Bonfires
Martin Bureau
The Bonfires are huge bonfires lit in Northern Ireland on July 12 each year by Protestants, in the context of the Battle of the Boyne celebrations, which took place in 1690. Composed of wooden pallets, of tires and rubbish, they represent identity affirmation for Protestants, arrogance and humilia
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Documentaire
6 min.
2017
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The holdup of my freedom
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The holdup of my freedom
Marie-Claude Fournier
While living in the same HLM, Jay, Jersey and Gerald committed a series of armed robberies that had a serious impact on their teenage life. Now young adults, they show willingness to avoid falling back into the vicious circle of crime. The Hold up of my freedom is the meeting of the three young men
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Documentaire
52 min.
2014
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Joseph Samuel Jacques Julien
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Joseph Samuel Jacques Julien
David N. Bernatchez
Jacques is 59. Seller by profession, he has been working in Quebec City all his life. The last months though, have been particularly difficult: bereaved of his wife, he is slow to recover. Change of life? Shed of skin? The political context might confuse it's situation, but the narrator insists : Ja
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Fiction
20 min.
2014
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Nallua
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Nallua
Christian Mathieu Fournier
Ruth Sangria is the last survivor of the village of Qarmaarjuit who, in 1943, saw 24 people, more than half of her community, die in strange circumstances. More than half a century later, Ruth, accompanied by Elisapie, a member of the family who collected her at the time, returns to the scene of the
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Documentaire
76 min.
2015
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Wrinkles, tale for little old man
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Wrinkles, tale for little old man
Catherine Breton
Four retirees decide to leave their homes to go in search of a new life.
Fiction
12 min.
2014
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Switch & Bitch
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Switch & Bitch
Sophia Belahmer et Juliette Gosselin
Fanny meets her high school friends at home for the annual Switch & Bitch. A ton of clothes, girls, alcohol and old grudges are at stake during this reunion.
Fiction
7 min.
2015
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The Great Heist
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The Great Heist
Thomas Rodrigue, Carl-Emmanuel Blanchet et Ludovic Fleury
Believing that they have the perfect plan to steal the local bank, a team of thieves comes up against a series of obstacles when it comes time to take action and improvise a plan.
Fiction
14 min.
2015
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Erotisse
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Erotisse
Geneviève Albert
Francis really wants to make love with Clara. But Clara doesn't really want to make love with Francis. A love chronicle without the sex.
Fiction
7 min.
2015
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Paths
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Paths
Jérémy Comte
Paths is a vibrant trip across the globe, painting an atypical portrait of humanity.
Documentaire
22 min.
2015
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Thirst
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Thirst
Franie-Eleonore Bernier
In the desert, beneath the beating sun, this woman wanders exhausted and bruised. Her path is littered with various psychological and physical challenges. This will lead to what will eventually be her emancipation or her demise.
Experimental
10 min.
2015
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Uncertain Spring
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Uncertain Spring
Carole Laganière
Francis, mid-forties, is terminally ill with cancer in the palliative care unit of a hospital in Montreal. His 14 years old niece, Lea, visits him every day coming home from school. She also sends him regularly, with her cell, some images of the outside hesitant spring. And other images, just as hes
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Fiction
16 min.
2015
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The Divine Strategy
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The Divine Strategy
Martin Forget et Eliot Laprise
Frustrated by Catholic Church's decline, a priest gets help from a charismatic marketing expert to bring people back to churches.
Fiction
16 min.
2015
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Back to my body
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Back to my body
Gaëlle Hannebicque
She twists me, bends me, transforms my body. This curved spine.She twists me, bends me, transforms my body. This curved spine.This hump on my back cutting off my wings, sticking to my skin.Like a shedding that will not occur...My scoliosis.
Experimental
8 min.
2015
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Jade & Matteo
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Jade & Matteo
Myriam Guimond
Jade and Matteo love each other, but their daily life is disturbed by the strange behavior of Matteo. Jade, rather conformist prefers to ignore it. The love that unites them will be put to the test in this huis clos. What to do before the impotence of a loved one who loose control?
Fiction
10 min.
2015
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Private
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Private
Christine Doyon, Sophie B Jacques et Samuel Pinel-Roy
After 60 years of abstinence and silence, Diane decide to change her life.
Docufiction
9 min.
2015
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Le serrement
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Le serrement
Alexandre Isabelle
To help him cope with his brother's impulsivity, Thomas found a refuge in his passion for books and falconry.
Fiction
12 min.
2015
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La bagatelle
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La bagatelle
Franie-Eléonore Bernier, Anne-Marie Bouchard et Julie Pelletier
It is in Quebec, in a small town in the Abitibi, that a lady from Spain attracts the glances and judgments of the other inhabitants of the city. Flora does not have the language in her pocket, she speaks loudly, she disturbs, her personality will lead them, during a quiet afternoon, in a strange sit
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Docufiction
10 min.
2015
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Ravages
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Ravages
Alan Lake
Ravages tells a kind of abstract tale, inviting the viewer to dive into the raw and fragile world of a symbolic epic where the human confronts what is perishable or unchangeable. This piece of dance on screen is driven by an inherent intensity, where the bodies-landscapes meet with bad weather, gath
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Film de danse
22 min.
2015
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Echoes - Signal Transpositions
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Echoes - Signal Transpositions
Anne-Marie Bouchard
The signal used in underwater acoustics is transposed into music in this experimental film that explores the sound and the waves of all kinds that surround us. Waves, wind, vibrations, signal: the invisible materializes in a privileged encounter between science and art.
Experimental
11 min.
2016
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Surfing on grace
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Surfing on grace
David B. Ricard
David B. Ricard, director from Quebec, followed his brother Louis, champion of slalom skateboarding in his evolution in the sport for five years. In an introspective approach, he juxtaposes their two courses trying to find some constant: seeking for grace. He forces his brother to question himself a
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Documentaire
60 min.
2016
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Rituals
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Rituals
David Gamache
A documentary essay that reveals the symbolics of human actions through mundane gestures.
Documentaire
15 min.
2015
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Against the wind
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Against the wind
Alexis Fortier-Gauthier
While their band is on tour in Montreal, two longtime friends face their inner demons. The tension broke out during a performance and jeopardizes their friendship and the future of the group.
Fiction
10 min.
2016
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Before Dawn
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Before Dawn
Amélie Boutin
Women are choosing to try a physiological birth labor, by developing their self-confidence and accepting pain. A sensible and poetic look at labor, diving into this unique and intense experience with the women.
Documentaire
8 min.
2016
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Steps
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Steps
Noémie Brassard
STEPS presents 10 year old Josephine, who has one foot in childhood and the other in adolescence. Astonishingly brilliant, but mainly charming, she puts into words the changes happening inside her as well as around her; her body, her relationships, her imagination.
Documentaire
8 min.
2016
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Ice Paths
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Ice Paths
Claudia Kedney-Bolduc
Traditionally a means of transportation, ice canoeing is now practiced as an extreme sport. Ice Paths immerses us in the frozen waters of the St.Lawrence River where history and passion meet.
Documentaire
7 min.
2016
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Sugar Shack Tales
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Sugar Shack Tales
Nicolas Paquet
Sugar Shack Tales unfolds the stories of those solitary men who keeps the spring ritual alive. They run the buckets and boil the maple sap in their beautiful and old shacks surrounded by a mystical atmosphere.
Documentaire
15 min.
2016
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The Sugaring Off
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The Sugaring Off
Alexandre Isabelle
Bernard is an austere man whose sole occupation is to care for his beloved Line, who is very ill. Their son organizes a sugaring off party that forces Bernard to reconnect with the exhilaration of spring.
Fiction
15 min.
2016
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Single
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Single
Mélanie Charbonneau
On a grey and windy January day, Annie tries to recover from a horrible break up by organizing her new apartment. She obsesses about restoring her own happiness at any cost.
Fiction
9 min.
2016
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Traiter de docilité
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Traiter de docilité
Jean-Simon Leduc
Traiter de docilité speaks about relationships, platitude and identity. During a stormy evening, a couple falls into the downward spiral of an awkward quarrel. The confrontation brings them to redefine what unites or divides them.
Fiction
12 min.
2015
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A house for the Syrians
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A house for the Syrians
Nadine Beaudet et Christian Mathieu Fournier
In the region of Portneuf, an encounter is slowly unveiled between the here and there, and comes to life through the long wait and small gestures of love of the Saint-Ubalde Sponsoring Committee, who works tirelessly towards the ultimate dream of welcoming a family of Syrian refugees.
Documentaire
79 min.
2017
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Nonna
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Nonna
Pascal Plante
A surprising visit at granny's...
Docufiction
10 min.
2016
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Richard Superstar
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Richard Superstar
Alec Pronovost
A star tennis coach for young people for the past ten years, Richard sees his star fade when a new, dashing employee makes his arrival.
Fiction
15 min.
2016
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North of the Bark River
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North of the Bark River
Charles Fleury
Journey to the heart of Parc des Laurentides in the footsteps of a trapper and his acolytes.
Documentaire
30 min.
2016
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A Heady Moment That Could Change Everything
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A Heady Moment That Could Change Everything
Anne-Marie Bouchard
While cycle touring in Normandy, a young French Canadian girl makes a striking encounter.
Fiction
15 min.
2016
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Sarah
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Sarah
Elias Djemil
Sarah wants to dance . Like any artist, wants to create. This movie tells the story of the creative transition from darkness to light.
Film de danse
7 min.
2016
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Crème de menthe
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Crème de menthe
Philippe David Gagné et Jean-Marc E.Roy
A young woman returns to her home town after the death of her father. As a single daughter, she must empty the house of her father, who was a compulsive accumulator (or hoarder). She will then revisit, through the various stacks of objects, the life of her father, trying to find out what her specifi
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Fiction
22 min.
2017
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Smoke shell
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Smoke shell
Florence Lafond
The night is coming to an end : the air is saturated and heavy, their minds are feeling both dazed and unsteady. The party seems like it’ll never end. But during one bike ride, longtime friends Camille and Felix get closer and closer to each other – although this nocturnal desire should best be igno
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Fiction
20 min.
2016
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An afternoon with Paolo
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An afternoon with Paolo
Anabelle Lavoie
When Ben comes to volunteer for the first time at Paolo’s retirement home, their awkward meeting suggests a strange situation. The retirement residence is well known for its sponsorship program and assistance to the elderly, but there is a catch. What is the real secret to their success? The mystery
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Fiction
11 min.
2014
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Bras de fer
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Bras de fer
Jean-Laurence et Jonathan Seaborn
On October 26, 2012, a red dust covers the neighborhood of Limoilou, in Quebec City, where Véronique Lalande and her husband Louis Duchesne live with their one-year-old boy. Iron oxide, nickel, zinc, arsenic and other heavy metals fall on the district close to the Port of Quebec, where the multinati
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Documentaire
77 min.
2017
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Regarding Gravity
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Regarding Gravity
Matthieu Brouillard
Friends Christian, 63, and Bruce, 71, each have their burden to bear: Christian suffers from a genetic condition that severely impairs his vision and makes his skin hypersensitive to sunlight, while Bruce is hard of hearing and bipolar. But both men share a dream: to fly, defy gravity, rise up again
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Documentaire
79 min.
2017
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The Medium
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The Medium
Alexandre Auger et Alexis Fortier Gauthier
A medium receives three clients who came to talk about their problems. She's trying to help them as best as she can.
Fiction
18 min.
2017
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The Sound of the Humming Bee
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The Sound of the Humming Bee
Sandra Coppola
Violette, a 63 years old woman, has been suffering from a hoarding disorder for a long time. Now at a stage where she really needs support, she calls on Barbara, a behavioural therapist, to help her overcome her problem. But on Barbara’s first visit to Violette, an unexpected event will twist things
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Fiction
12 min.
2017
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In The Heart of Vivianne Gauthier
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In The Heart of Vivianne Gauthier
Marie-Claude Fournier
I do not regret, said Vivianne Gauthier sitting on the bed of her room where she has been sleeping for more than eighty years. A singular, strong, disciplined and energetic woman, this choreographer and dance teacher led her life as she saw fit then marking the cultural history of her country Hait
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Documentaire
12 min.
2017
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Découpage / Cutout
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Découpage / Cutout
Fannie Giguère
The viewer plunges into an abstract universe that transports him to the liking of images and sounds, to a surprising reality.
Animation
3 min.
2018
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The Apartment
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The Apartment
Justine Gauthier
For the first time since her divorce, a mother welcomes her two kids into her modest new flat. Her son’s liveliness and her daughter’s questions make for a weekend that wavers between tension and tenderness.
Fiction
11 min.
2018
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Outside
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Outside
Jimmy G. Pettigrew
Carlos, a recent convict, is followed by a film crew on his release from prison. Carlos will share his ambitions, his plans for the future and his philosophy on life. He will insist to resume contact with Poppy, his ex-girlfriend.
Docufiction
12 min.
2017
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Letters to the Prime Minister
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Letters to the Prime Minister
Andres Livov
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, now the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada.
Documentaire
20 min.
2016
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Ibuka, Justice
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Ibuka, Justice
Justice Rutikara
Valentine and Jean-Claude form a new couple at the start of the 1994 genocide and civil war in Rwanda. They make repeated attempts to flee the killings with their newborn son.
Animation, Documentaire
23 min.
2024
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Balance
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Balance
Luiza Cocora
Documentaire
20 min.
2024
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Después del Silencio
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Después del Silencio
Matilde-Luna Perotti
In a deeply moving short documentary, a filmmaker returns to her grandmother after six years of silence to confront the family taboo: the sexual assault she suffered.
Documentaire
14 min.
2024
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Through
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Through
Béatriz Mediavilla
A poetic portrait of Acadian artist Monique Léger. A transmission of authentic movement as a life force to transcend death.
Documentaire
18 min.
2024
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Marking the ends
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Marking the ends
Mireille Tawfik
Three women talk about the difficulty they have in recovering from their last breakup.
Documentaire, Experimental
18 min.
2024
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Soap Box
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Soap Box
Jimmy G. Pettigrew
A group of kids gather to compete in the annual soap box race down La montagne de la Mouerté, the village's highest peak.
Fiction
16 min.
2024
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Love in the desert
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Love in the desert
Aubert Sénéchal
On a beach on the south shore of Quebec, Jeff is filming a western with his son Loïc and his daughter Marion. What seemed to be an easy activity quickly split the three family members against each other.
Fiction
19 min.
2024
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Lana
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Lana
Laetitia Angba, Julie Redon Lissouba
In the turmoil of adolescence, Lana's life isn't quite like everyone else's. Her father, Benjamin, is threatened with deportation from Canada, and the family deals with the daily anguish of an impending separation. To protect her family, she creates a routine that gives her and her little brother Lé
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Fiction
17 min.
2024
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Fantas
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Fantas
Halima Elkhatabi
Tania decides to introduce her horse, Fantas, to friends in her working-class neighborhood. Two worlds that had never met before will collide due to an unexpected intervention in this little urban tale.
Fiction
12 min.
2024
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Fuck All Whites
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Fuck All Whites
Jeremy Peter Allen
Wanting to distance himself from his skinhead past, Max joins the Northern Sentinels, a group that provides help to the homeless. The Sentinels’ social activities are soon shown to be hiding an even darker agenda.
Fiction
22 min.
2024
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Lumen
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Lumen
Stéphanie Bélanger
It has been raining heavily for months and the sixth wave is depressing humanity. In this prevailing darkness, Claude, 70 years old, compulsively buys lamps online to break his solitude and bring light into his life, at any cost.
Fiction
13 min.
2024
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Blurred Trees
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Blurred Trees
Fanny Perreault
Two incarcerated women in a secured forest of the North of Quebec are subjected to hard labour of reforestation. Confronted to their body’s instrumentalisation and its underhand control, they enjoy a little area of freedom they managed to create thanks to a prison guard particularly empathetic towar
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Fiction
11 min.
2024
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Like hearing through sheet metal
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Like hearing through sheet metal
Mariane Béliveau
Like hearing through sheet metal offers a sensitive and intimate look at the complex world of injection drug use, through the experiences of Marianne, M., and Lion: a wander through the rituals of daily life, the interstices of the city, and the confines of memory.
Documentaire
83 min.
2024
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Hey Little One
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Hey Little One
Sarah L'Hérault
Hey Little One explores the intensity of the bond of attachment between a hospitalized baby and a pair of friends of her parents who regularly go rock her in the hospital.
Animation
6 min.
2024
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The package
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The package
Lucie Émard
80 year old Gerry moves in a little house in front of Jeannette’s place, an eighty year old woman. Intrigued by the delivery of numerous packages at her new neighbour’s house, Jeannette is getting out of her loneliness to live a last love story.
Animation
14 min.
2024
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Sylvie on the loose
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Sylvie on the loose
Sara Bourdeau
Sylvie’s out of jail and back in town.
Fiction
24 min.
2024
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In production
Greluche
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Greluche
Daphnée Côté-Hallé
A 64-year-old clown, on the verge of retirement, navigates the intersection of her whimsical stage persona and her real-life identity, revealing how imagination has been her means of coping with aging and preserving her sense of wonder.
Documentaire
17 min.
202X
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Les oubliés
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Les oubliés
Guillaume Collin
Two teenagers return to their childhood home. Together, they begin to mourn the father they once loved, but who wounded them deeply.
Fiction
15 min.
202X
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Manicouagan
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Manicouagan
Nadine Beaudet
An intimate yet expansive project, this film recounts the history of Manicouagan (North Shore, Quebec) a legendary territory shaped by the impact of an asteroid 215 million years ago.
Documentaire
101 min.
2025
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Heaven Forbid
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Heaven Forbid
Alexandra Bégin
Heaven Forbid is a fictional short film about a pre-teen girl as she challenges the orthodoxy of her faith to save her dogs’ immortal soul. Her quest leads her to question the state of her own soul as she struggles to accept her mother’s death.
Fiction
15 min.
202X
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The Blueberry Blues
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The Blueberry Blues
Andres Livov
As summer unfolds, Quebec's blueberry season springs to life, enticing labourers from afar to pick the coveted little fruit before the frost sets in. Amidst the blue fields, music and tales weave through the bustling rhythm of the harvest. Yet, the ever-present threat of forest fires looms in the ba
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Documentaire
90 min.
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Like You
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Like You
Romy Boutin St-Pierre
Once upon a time, there was a beloved princess… or a neglected child creating an imaginary world in her mind in an attempt to resemble her mother, who is both victim and aggressor in her tumultuous relationships.
Fiction
9 min.
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