FIFEQ – DOMY + AILUCHA : KET STUFF !

As part of its 19th edition, the FIFEQ-MTL invites you to a free screening of 3 short films around the following theme: The cinema of the extraordinary.

The ordinary, the everyday, the familiar, presented in an extraordinary way – exceptionally, grandly, and beautifully ordinary. From animated illustrations to sensory films, these cinematographic works invite viewers in through their great humanity. Touching, funny, experiential, they move us with the richness of their outlook on the daily pleasures and pains that are characteristic of the human experience.

Accompanying Cameras and Filmic Processes of Care : 

There are times when the camera becomes more than a tool for capturing images, and comes to fully assume a function of accompaniment, even therapy. Whether it accompanies the director or the people filmed in their journey, the camera is not meant to be an imposition. It is benevolent, it listens, it supports; it creates time-spaces where we take care of ourselves, of others, of our relationships.  Watching these films collectively is a way of extending the initial gesture and invites us to practice care.

Free admission, limited seating available ! We advise you to come 20 to 30 minutes before the start of the session to ensure your seat.

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1 – NOSH UP (original title : COMEZAINAS) – Mafalda Salgueiro

Country of origin of director : Portugal
Country of production and recording : Portugal
2022 | 12 min | VOSTA

SYNOPSIS
Cooking is caring, says my mother while preparing a family meal. Using food and recipes, personal history is interwoven with affection. A joyful ode to the unsung heroes who feed and care for us without asking for anything in return.

First screening in Canada
Selected at IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival (2022) and at Shorts Mexico (2022).
Award of Best Animation at Ymotion.

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2 – UNWELL MIND (original title : Yamei Shlishi Im Yael) – Danna Levy

Country of origin of director : Israel
Country of production and recording : Israel
2021 | 38 min | VOSTA 

SYNOPSIS
Yael, a woman in a state of neurodivergence, and Danna, a student, are forced to confront difficulties in their romantic lives. Ultimately, they discover that their bond gives them all of the support they need.

First screening in Canada

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3 – DOMY + AILUCHA : KET STUFF ! (original title : DOMY + AILUCHA : CENAS KETS !) – Ico Costa  

Country of origin of director : Portugal
Country of production : France, Portugal
Country of recording : Mozambique
2021 | 30 min | VOSTA

SYNOPSIS
In 2020, unable to travel to Mozambique, Ico Costa asked Ailucha and Domingos to film their daily lives with a camera he had left in Inhambane the previous year. The camera acquired a special presence in the group, recording the teenage life.

First screening in Canada
Selected, among others, for the Reykjavik International Film Festival (2022) and the Beijing International Short Film Festival (2022).

There will be a 10 minute break after the screening of this short film.

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4 – THE A-TEAM – Nnenna Onuoha

Countries of origin of director : Ghana, Nigeria
Countries of production : United States, Germany
Countries of recording : Ghana, United States
2021 | 17 min | VOSTA

SYNOPSIS
Over the phone, thirteen former classmates reminisce about their Ghanaian high school’s exchange trip to Jackson, Mississippi, USA, a decade earlier. But the more they remember, the stranger it becomes. Comprised of a mix of black and blurry images, the visuals mimic the group’s memory blocks and uncertainties, as well as those moments that they struggle to confront from the present day.

First screening in Canada 

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5 – HABITER BEYROUTH  – Michel Tabet 

Countries of origin of director : Lebanon, France
Country of production : France
Country of recording : Lebanon
2021 | 42 min | VOSTA

SYNOPSIS
I was not in Beirut the day of the explosion, but I think the shock wave reached me. For days and days, I was sick to my stomach. It was not only because this explosion affected my city and my country. It is also because the neighborhoods that were hit are the neighborhoods of my childhood and adolescence, the neighborhoods where my closest Lebanese friends live and whose every corner I know. I decided to visit them, to check on them, to walk the streets, and measure the geographical and human changes that this explosion has brought about.

First screening in Canada

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FIFEQ 2023 – May 4 to 11

The FIFEQ-MTL, the only festival dedicated to ethnographic cinema in Canada, brings together several hundred spectators each year around two common passions: visual anthropology and documentary film. Thanks to spaces for discussion and exchange between the public, filmmakers, researchers in human sciences and experts, we are democratizing this cinematographic genre to the public. The festival is also a privileged space to discuss contemporary issues or experiences of capturing and representing reality.

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