Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont’s second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing. *Grand Prix […]
Set in contemporary Madrid, an aging filmmaker named Miguel Garay is called upon to recount his memories of working on his final and still unfinished film, “The Farewell Gaze.” During its production, the lead actor and Miguel’s close friend, Julio Arenas, disappeared without a trace, leaving in his wake a mystery that would haunt the […]
A stylish, subversive thriller from suspense-maverick Kiyoshi Kurosawa (CURE, PULSE), concerning Yoshii, an ambitious, yet directionless, young factory worker from Tokyo who side hustles in the murky realm of black market reselling, cheating buyers and sellers alike. After swindling his way into loads of cash, he becomes slowly disconnected to humanity, moving out of the […]
In collaboration with Cinéma Moderne, Vidéographe presents Pea Soup by Pierre Falardeau et Julien Poulin. Pea Soup is an ethnographic video on the Québécois tribe. The film is a collage, a puzzle, even, where interlocking images and sounds draw the portrait of a nation. Photographic images, text, and scenes shot in various locations such as […]
Staff picks – Marie Perreault (Cinema manager) CLUELESS is the story of a wealthy Beverly Hills teenager’s need to manage everyone’s life around her. Empowered with the belief that only she knows what’s stylishly appropriate, she sets about to do personal, fashion, and romantic make-overs for her high-school classmates and even her teachers. Her choices, […]
Le retour des Contes pour tous! Max, un entrepreneur de 12 ans se voit forcé de fermer son entreprise opérée de son garage et de déménager avec son père dans un village perdu en campagne. Quand Max fait la découverte de poules dans la vielle grange abandonnée de son cousin Charles, il y voit une […]
Amidst a period of unprecedented world events, an eighteen-year-old girl’s life is placed on hold. Isolated in her bedroom, she falls under the spell of the mysterious vlogger Patricia Coma. As time carries on, the lines between her dreams, fears, hopes, and reality begin to blur into one another. *FIPRESCI Prize – Berlin Film Festival […]
In collaboration with the FNC Following a breakup, Finnish grad student Laura takes the train from Moscow to Murmansk to visit an archeological dig. On board, she’s forced to share a compartment with a surly, vodka-swilling Russian labourer. A kind of Before Sunrise with much more heightened realism, Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s second feature affectionately […]
From director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting a new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from […]