August 17th screening with filmmaker Jennifer Wickham in attendance Spanning more than a decade, YINTAH follows Howilhkat Freda Huson and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham as their nation reoccupies and protects their ancestral lands from the Canadian government and several of the largest fossil fuel companies on earth.
Screening in collaboration with La Coop Vidéo de Montréal, with filmmaker Yann Gonzalez in attendance Hideous (Yann Gonzalez, 2022, 22 minutes) Popstar Oliver Sim is the main guest of a talk-show that soon slides into a surreal journey of love, shame and blood. A three-part musical short. You and the Night (Yann Gonzalez, 2013, 98 […]
Leo, a lonely, anxious pizza delivery guy, stumbles upon John, a mysterious taxi driver seeking lonesome souls. This unusual encounter throws the young man into a dizzying delirium, disrupting his blossoming romance with Rita. As the leaves start falling from the trees, days are getting shorter, and the cold is settling in… Luckily, the first […]
Feature preceded by short film SOUS LE SOLEIL EXACTEMENT by Noa Blanche Beschorner An adaptation of “Sea Foam,” a chapter in Cesare Pavese’s Dialogues with Leucò, Piñeiro’s latest is an intimate and expansive meditation on death and desire and a thrilling exploration of the possibilities of adapting text to film. In “Sea Foam,” Pavese stages […]
Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss. From boundary-pushing directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim comes YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING.
Two couples in their thirties, heated discussions on the essentials of life unfolding between Madrid and the neighbouring countryside. Directorial star of Spanish film Jonás Trueba (The August Virgin, KVIFF 2019) is a master of soulful cinematic miniatures which don’t require long hours to convey profound, existential feelings infused with enchanting melancholy and gentle humour. […]
New 4K Restoration A young neurosurgeon (Gene Wilder) inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback called Igor, a pretty lab assistant named Inga and the old housekeeper, Frau Blucher. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when […]
June 18th screening with filmmaker Annie St-Pierre in attendance Part sympathetic portrait and part exposé of the absurd, Your Higher Self dives into the world of life coaching -a modern phenomenon in full swing- embodying the quest of our individualistic society: to be oneself, only better. *Official Selection – RIDM 2024 *Official Selection – SXSW […]
As Munir (Georges Khabbaz) embarks on a journey to a remote island to contemplate a drastic decision, he is haunted by a cryptic parable passed down by his mother. In the newfound stillness of his isolated island sanctuary, he encounters the enigmatic Valeska (Hanna Schygulla) and her rough, loyal son Karl (Tom Wlaschiha). Although few […]
Le Dr. Mobilo Aquafest et le Festival Fantasia s’unissent pour vous présenter une soirée retraçant le parcours sur petit et grand écran de Richardson Zéphir. Animée par Marc Lamothe et Philippe Cigna, la soirée de projections sera entrecoupée de discussions avec Richardson sur son parcours, ses influences et ses personnages les plus marquants, en plus de vous réserver quelques […]