Forme d’onde 2 is a collection of experimental and narrative animated short films. As with the first edition of Forme d’onde, each film has a deep relationship to music and sound design in varying ways. Each film is bold in its own way, defying conventions as they take us to new worlds only made possible […]
In collaboration with Panorama-Cinema, curated by filmmaker Brandon Blommaert A selection of short films that explores the long relationship between animation and electronic music. Both animation and electronic music have an inherent ability to conjure whole new worlds out of nothing, allowing creators to be untethered by the confines of reality. All of these films […]
Screenings paired with Québec short film OASIS by Justine Martin The life of Olfa, a Tunisian woman and mother of four daughters, oscillates between light and shadow. One day, her two eldest daughters disappear. To fill their absence, director Kaouther Ben Hania calls upon professional actors to re-enact the story of Olfa and her daughters. […]
Staff picks – Flavia Carton (receptionist) Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn’t really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she¹s not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren’t really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even […]
Director Toshio Matsumoto’s shattering, kaleidoscopic masterpiece is one of the most subversive and intoxicating films of the late 1960s: a headlong dive into a dazzling, unseen Tokyo night-world of drag queen bars and fabulous divas, fueled by booze, drugs, fuzz guitars, performance art and black mascara. No less than Stanley Kubrick cited the film as […]
A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul. Both hilarious and cringeworthy, Owen Kline’s first feature channels the neurotic and sardonic touch of Ronald Bronstein and the Safdie Brothers’ films while showcasing its own singular, deeply felt artistic vision. *Quinzaine […]
In collaboration with RIDM The first documentary feature by Joannie Lafrenière paints a tender and light-hearted portrait of her friend, the talented photographer Gabor Szilasi. Structured around a number of interviews, notably one between the filmmaker and the energetic, eloquent, insightful and inspiring man himself. This intimate and unconventional documentary revisits the career and personal […]
Abdel’s quiet life is upended by the arrival of his extroverted cousin, who’s staying for the summer. Fatima craves a more stable life since she’s starting a new job as a supermarket cashier. Toussaint, while fishing, finds a bottle washed up on the shore, and there’s a message inside. Straddling the line between fiction and […]
Geographies of Solitude is an immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island, guided by naturalist and environmentalist Zoe Lucas who has lived over 40 years on this remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Shot on 16mm and created using a scope of innovative eco-friendly filmmaking techniques, this feature-length experimental documentary is […]
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