New 4K Restoration The contemporary American auteur Michael Mann’s bold artistic sensibility was already fully formed when he burst out of the gate with Thief, his debut feature. James Caan stars, in one of his most riveting performances, as a no-nonsense ex-con safecracker planning to leave the criminal world behind after one final diamond heist—but […]
Sang-hyun is a Christian priest who, in order to help find a cure, volunteers to be infected with a virus that’s devastating Africa. He’s left with an intense craving for blood and sex. As a hospital visitor he can quench his thirst for blood, and an intense affair with unhappily married Tae-ju provides him with […]
February 10 screening with director Miryam Charles in attendance Bridgeport, January 17, 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examine the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like […]
Presented in collaboration with the FNC Old widow Mantoa lives in the small village of Nasaretha in South Africa. When her son dies in an accident, she decides to make arrangements for her own funeral, but then learns that a dam project will soon flood her land, forcing all the residents to resettle in the […]
“Life flows through films.” In this deeply personal documentary, André-Line Beauparlant picks up the camera to gain a deeper understanding of the life and work of her partner, filmmaker Robert Morin. As the imagery—composed of film clips, behind-the-scenes footage, conversations, and personal archives—reveals the inner workings and behind-the-scenes aspects of their collaboration in film and […]
Mikhaël Hers double bill: discover director’s The Passengers of the Night In high summer, Sasha, 30, dies suddenly. Her death brings two virtual strangers, her boyfriend Lawrence and sister Zoé, closer together, sharing their grief and the burden of their loss in Berlin, Paris and New York. *International Film Festival Rotterdam 2016
35th Anniversary of Max Films Special screening with filmmaker Jean-Philippe Duval in attendance The year it took Dede Fortin to write and record “Dehors Novembre” is revisited in this film which examines his struggle between despair and creativity; his haunted past and Les Colocs’ future.
Special screening with filmmaker Rémi Fréchette in attendance Policewoman Marjolaine Coppola (Catherine Beauchemin) is looking for her sister, who has been kidnapped the same night their parents were murdered. Those responsible are believed to be working for Franz DeMann (Peter Seaborne), the megalomaniac businessman who is trying to become mayor of Ridgway City. Following an […]
Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away. Using his own collected archives, his grandparents’ photographs, and films, as well as […]