People have been committing so-called honour crimes since time immemorial. While many of us believed these acts were a thing of the past, reality has bluntly taught us otherwise. Around the world, people are dying by the thousands in the name of honour. The Shafi a murders were Canada’s wake-up c...

Border mechanisms that act on migrants are many.  Moving from shelter to shelter and hopping on trains, they head up north across Mexico to reach the United States and Canada. During the U.S election, migrants are more than aware that it could be their last chance to cross the border.

Followin...

96 min., fiction, Québec, Canada, 2022

Directed by Paul Chotel & Ariane Falardeau St-Amour
Produced by Maintenant et plus tard - Omar Elhamy, Simon Allard and Jeanne Dupuis
Languages Spanish, French, English

Synopsis
In the midst of a snowstorm, a journalist dives back into the memories of her ...

Ginette Lafontaine is a 70-year-old painter. As she presents her different paintings, we see many of her important life moments through these. Moments, that have been highly marked by mental health disorders issues. Her tormented journey is presented and we see how art and painting were a turning...

78 min, Documentary, Canada, 2012
Director(s) : Guillermo Proto, Carlo
Producer : Carlo Guillermo Proto, Sergeo Kirby, Arianne Shaffer (THE HANDSHAKE PRODUCTIONS INC)
Language : O.V. English & Spanish, with English Subtittles

Gustavo Proto, a Chilean living in Canada, lost his father at the...

80 min., Documentary, Canada, 2023

Directed by Laurence Turcotte-Fraser & Priscillia Piccoli
Produced by Dominique Dussault, Laurence Turcotte-Fraser, Priscillia Piccoli - Fraser Films
Languages French, English

Short description
Montreal — one of the few remaining affordable cities in North Ame...

EXARCHEIA takes you on a dreamy nocturnal stroll through one of Greece’s most politically active neighbourhoods, situated in the heart of Athens, just below the Acropolis. In this lively and mythical space, you meet a coterie of characters whose ideals and aspirations are in constant flux. Set ag...

98 minutes - English Subtitles - 2017 - Québec, Canada

Rendez-vous du cinéma Québécois RCVQ (Montréal 2017) - PIERRE ET YOLANDE PERRAULT PRIZE
DOXA (Vancouver 2017)
Durban International Film Festival (South Africa 2017)
Les Percéides (Percé, Canada 2017)

FAR AWAY LANDS is a voyage ...

28 min., fiction, Québec, Canada, 2020

Directed by Omar Elhamy
Produced by Les Films Rôdeurs
Languages French, Arab

Synopsis
In the peak of summer, a carwash languishes. More than a job, the carwash has become a surrogate family to the small group of men. When Hakim returns to work after servin...

From prisons to prisons documents the life of different ex-cons who are trying to reintegrate society. From the small recidivist thief, to the drug dealer, to the person who committed homicide, this documentary provides an opportunity for different ex-cons to speak about their precarious day-to-d...

14 min, Fiction, Québec, Canada, 2013

Murdochville,1957.
A family is forced to move, as the father, pained by a long miners’ strike, finds
a new job in the city.

61 min, Fiction, Québec, 2013
Producers: Elza Kephart, Patricia Gomez Zlatar
Language: English avec French subtitles

GO IN THE WILDERNESS tells the story of Lilith, Adam’s rebellious first mate, and Sammael, her guardian angel, as they forge an uneasy alliance on their journey back to Eden...

A young actress is willing to do whatever it takes to get a part in the film of a famous director, whom she admires. Invited to audition for the director, she’s pushed to the breaking point in order to reveal her true talent.

Documentary, 81 min., Quebec, Canada, 2015

I’M GONE is the story of a journey set to a dark country melody. Twenty hours on the road from Montréal to an island lost in foggy Nova Scotia, three drug addicts in remission, two filmmakers, ten million mosquitoes, twelve days to record an album and...

Every day, in a consultation room, the patients land; broken, sick and marked by life. In front of them, sits an invested person who tries, without false hope, to repair the bodies and the psyches. In this cramped room where the world and a suffering humanity parade, each one of them confides in ...

The title Indian Time seeks to reverse the stereotypical expression associated with ‘’being late’’ in order to present the indigenous viewpoint of their relationship with time, territories, people and objets proper to the First Nations, thus launching the spectator into this ‘’Indian Time’’ with ...

In the Waves is an expressive documentary that depicts the life of 80 years old Joan Alma Mills in her aging coastal village. Following the death of her younger sister, Joan finds herself confronted by the fragility of life. As she tries to come to terms with her loss Joan searches for meaning in...

Short Documentary, 24 min, Québec, Canada, 2014

Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire RIDM (Montréal 2014) - OFFICIAL COMPETITION
DOXA (Vancouver 2015) - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Rendez-vous du cinéma Québécois (Montréal 2015)
Niagara Integrated Film Festival (Canada 2015)
Ciné Tapis ...

The Isle de Jean Charles is found on the Bayou, in southeast Louisiana. The location is currently inhabited by descendants of Choctaw, Biloxi and Chitimacha Native American tribes representing fifty residents or so. Since the 18th century, fishing has been the community’s means of sustenance. Thi...

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75 min, documentaire, Québec, Canada, 2022

Réalisation Denys Desjardins
Production Centaure Films - Denys Desjardins
Langue français

Synopsis
À la manière d’un journal filmé, ce film documentaire nous plonge dans l’expérience...