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The End of Wonderland
Réalisé par Laurence Turcotte-Fraser ·2021
Le long-métrage documentaire The End of Wonderland est le portrait de Tara Emory, une artiste vétérane qui travaille de manière indépendante dans l’industrie du sexe depuis le début des années 2000. Faisant face à l’éviction imminente de son immense stu...
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THE FAMILY OF THE FOREST by Laura Rietveld
85 min, Documentaire, Québec, 2022
Directed by Laura Rietveld
Produced by Katarina Soukup - Catbird Productions 2, Inc
Language FrenchSynopsis
Gérard Mathar and Catherine Jacob left family, friends and homeland for a life of self-sufficiency in the boreal forest of the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec.... -
THE HEARING by Émilie B. Guérette and Peggy Nkunga Ndona
93 min., Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2023
Directed by Émilie B. Guérette & Peggy Nkunga Ndona
Produced by Colonelle films - Justine Chevarie-Cossette, Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering
Languages French, LingalaSynopsis
After crossing 11 countries irregularly to seek asylum in Canada, Peggy, Simon a... -
THE HIDDEN RIVER by Jean-François Lesage
Documentary
French with English subtitles
75 minutes
Quebec, Canada
Production: Les films de l'AutreFestival - RIDM, Special Jury Prize Canadian Feature
In the heart of a deep forest runs a river. On its banks, men and women sit and talk, opening up to each other. In this remote settin...
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THE HORSE PALACE by Nadine Gomez
Between the abandoned factories and crumbling buildings of Griffintown is concealed Montreal’s oldest stable, last remnant of a time gone by. In this intriguing, anachronic enclave, running alongside modernity, it seems like time has withheld its course. But since its aging owner has decided to s...
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THE LONGEST KISS by Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque
74 min, Documentary, Québec,Canada, 2013
Director(s) : Sicotte-Lévesque, Alexandra
Producers : Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque, Yanick Létourneau (Périphéria)
Language : Arabic and English with French subtitles"The meeting of the Blue and White Nile in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, is referred to...
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THE LOST NUDITY by Davyd Tousignant & Tomi Grgicevic
Fat, thin, fit, or decrepit, naked bodies come out of the closet in the kingdom of clothing. But rather than make love, they garden, they cook, they do taichi... Are they trying to regain the lost freedom?
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THE NAME YOU CARRY by Hervé Demers
Short film, 17 min., Quebec, Canada, 2015
When Vlace is suspended for hitting a classmate, Sasha is called to come get his son at school and has no choice but to take him along on his delivery route. During this intimate journey, we discover what provoked Vlace’s uncharacteristic act, as fathe...
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THE NATURE OF FRÉDÉRIC BACK a film by Phil Comeau
78 min, Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2012
Director: Phil Comeau
Producer : Cécile Chevrier
Language : French, English
Subtitles: EnglishThe Nature of Frédéric Back draws a masterful portrait of an exceptional man. A visual artist and animation filmmaker, he has produced an immense body of...
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THE OTHER RIO by Émilie B. Guérette
Documentary
88 minutes
Original language : Portuguese with English subtitles
Québec, Canada 2017
Production : Colonelle FilmsRio de Janeiro, August 2016. The Summer Olympics are in full swing. A few steps away from the Maracanã stadium, but far from the international attention, a hundre...
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THE RED APPLE by Giovanni Princigalli
This is the story of a friendship and burgeoning love between two Romanian Gypsy kids in a camp on the outskirts of Bari in southern Italy. Vitalis just arrived from Romania. On his first day at school, Vitalis gets taken there by Giuly, but at school he is the victim of an act of racism. Giuly a...
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THE ROOM by Sami Mermer & Houman Zolfaghari
19 min, fiction, Canada, 2019
Directed by Sami Mermer & Houman Zolfaghari
Produced by Leitmotiv - Patricia Bergeron
Languages French, English, KurdishSynopsis
In the midst of the sadness of exile, of the living wounds of wars, failures and solitude, two men, both strangers, unexpectedly find t... -
THE ROSES OF DAMASCUS by Gabriel Gonzalez Guirola and Yasmina Touzani
10 min 50, France, 2019
Directed by Gabriel Gonzalez Guirola & Yasmina Touzani
Produced by Yasmina Touzani et Gabriel Gonzalez Guirola
Language FrenchSynopsis
“The Roses of Damascus” is an image adaptation of a poem that evokes a current topic, witnessing the journey of a young Syrian in exil... -
THESE STREETS WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME (DÉROUTE) de/by Mitchell Stafiej
FR
Documentaire | 95 min | Canada | 2024 | Anglais (sous-titres français en option)Une voiture parcourt lentement les rues sinueuses et les ondes radio des États-Unis d’Amérique, pour discerner les cicatrices du capitalisme dans les paysages naturels, les environnements urbains, les gens et les...
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THE SOUTHERN WIND by Aucéane Roux
16 min., Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2021
Directed by Aucéane Roux
Produced by Éliane Chartier | École des médias de l'UQAM
Languages French, EnglishSynopsis
In Canada, the village of Val Gagné is facing a rural exodus. Life seems to be dissolving, the future is uncertain. But these Franco-On... -
THE SOWER by Julie Perron
Documentary · A portrait of artist and seed producer Patrice Fortier, who dedicates his passion and expertise to preserving plant biodiversity.
He likes beets, especially hardy varieties that can stand up to a strong wind. He admires independence in a plant. He looks over his carrots with the sa...
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The Specter of Waves
Documentary · Forced to protect themselves and flee from exposure to the electromagnetic waves and fields that surround us, François, Suzanne and Lorraine share with us the torments imposed by electrohypersensitivity. Through an intimate approach, The Spectre of Waves sheds light on the humanity ...
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The Undaunted
Documentary · Within the confines of a housing project in one of Montreal’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods, Monique, Ginette, Yimga, Élisabeth, José, René (and many others) are waging a battle in which every gesture counts. Together, through daily efforts, residents and social workers pit soci...
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The Work of Days
Documentary · Three artists – Louis-Pierre Bougie, François-Xavier Marange and Denis Saint-Pierre – have shared a studio for over thirty years when one of them is hit by cancer. Meanwhile, they all keep working, expressing their thoughts and feelings by craft, gesture, art, and poetry. A film abo...
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THE WORK OF DAYS by Bruno Baillargeon
Three artists – Louis-Pierre Bougie, François-Xavier Marange and Denis Saint-Pierre – have shared a studio for over thirty years when one of them is hit by cancer. Meanwhile, they all keep working, expressing their thoughts and feelings by craft, gesture, art, and poetry. A film about friendship ...
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The World of Adrien
Dpcumentary · A privileged encounter with Adrien, a child who has a passionate relationship with his creativity. Shot over the course of several years, he explores various forms of art all the while sharing with us his passions, his sensitivity and his vision of his own colorful world.
Directed ...
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The World of Vincent
Documentary · “In his world there are griffons, supermen, the 3rd voice or THE voice, and numerous voices which speak of almost everywhere. There are the neuroleptic and their unacceptable side effects, the crises and the stays in psychiatric hospitals, there is a before and an after, world which...
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Those Who Come, Will Hear
Documentary · Those Who Come, Will Hear proposes a unique meeting with the speakers of several indigenous and inuit languages of Quebec. The film starts with the discovery of these unsung tongues through listening to the daily life of those who still speak them today. Buttressed by an exploration...
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Those Who Walks Softly Die Without a Trace
Documentary · His name was Henri Turcotte. He has lived all his life in the Hochelaga Maisonneuve district. He walked through existence with such light footsteps that he almost disappeared without leaving a trace. He was a stranger, a loner, a former bowling planter who collected old wood from th...