Nouveaux Alchimistes As the war rages on, a father leaves his two young daughters at home to attend a funeral. While he’s away, a bomb lands in their garden, leaving an immense crater that gradually fills with the blood of the victims of the interminable conflict. Unclassifiable and disconcerting, this Iranian feature mixes meticulous, Kubrick-style […]
National Competition section Emma, a young conductor whose star is on the rise, is managed with an iron fist by her father Patrick, who’s also her agent. From Mozart to Mahler to Schoenberg, Days of Happiness chronicles one artist’s quest for technical perfection, a bold repertoire and sublime expressiveness. Backed by the expertise of Yannick […]
Temps 0 Many have adapted the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (which apparently has a more ancient Iroquois equivalent), but no one has ever done it quite like Khavn, the enfant terrible of Filipino cinema and a regular here at Temps 0. His particular take is a rock opera crossed with an experimental film […]
Les nouveaux alchimistes section Canadian premiere Camil goes looking for his girlfriend, who’s disappeared after joining a commune of women who perform mysterious fertility rituals. Sensing that his traditional view of what it is to be a man is slipping through his fingers, his quest – punctuated with oddball encounters – will shake up his […]
Les nouveaux alchimistes section October 11th screening with filmmaker Gústav Geir Bollason in attendance On the shores of a fjord on Iceland’s north coast, an abandoned building seems to have been overtaken by the elements. It is decrepit and vacant, but people regularly visit to indulge in various activities – some natural, some industrial, together […]
Cinema stories section For many years, Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka was practically unknown outside his homeland; he finally caught international cinephiles’ attention when Manila (1975) and Insiang (1976) were restored by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation. Drawing from a vast body of work comprising some 60 films, Khavn De La Cruz embarked on a massive […]
P’tits loups section Every night, to counter the dreariness of his days toiling in a factory, Nina’s father tells bedtime stories. A little hedgehog is the unlikely hero of his tales. One day, the father is fired from the factory. When it’s time to be tucked in, Nina finds herself alone, eager to hear the […]
Cinema Stories section “The silent past is a horror film.” To this day, most of us are unaware of the history of Filipino cinema. Our rare incursions into this rich, fascinating body of work are usually limited to Lav Diaz, Lino Brocka and Mike De Leon. Khavn takes a plunge into the world of silent […]
Les nouveaux alchimistes section After a near-fatal accident, multidisciplinary artist Guido Van der Werve awakens from his coma to serious brain trauma and scant hopes of recovery. However, his extraordinarily philosophical outlook allows him to make a miraculous recovery. And what if the starting point of this healing journey were a childhood marked by pain […]
National Competition Star, aged 19, is hospitalized after her most recent suicide attempt. When she meets An, the queer Chinese immigrant who’s been assigned as her caretaker, the two unexpectedly bond. Exploring inner torment and loneliness, Ashley McKenzie brings her heroine’s subjectivity to life through a radical aesthetic that distills tactile imagery, inventive camerawork and […]