Giovanni, a renowned Italian filmmaker, is about to start shooting a political film. But between his marriage in crises, his co-producer on the verge of bankruptcy and the rapidly changing film industry, everything seems to be working against him ! Always on the edge, Giovanni will have to rethink his way of doing things if […]
In Arnaud Desplechin’s beguiling A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), Catherine Deneuve brings her legendary poise to the role of Junon, matriarch of the troubled Vuillard family, who come together at Christmas after she learns she needs a bone marrow transplant from a blood relative. That simple family reunion setup, however, can’t begin to […]
New 4K Restoration Art versus commerce, friendship versus status, independence versus conformity – values clash and collide in Edward Yang’s study of an increasingly Western-influenced country heading into the 21st Century minus a steady moral compass. Moving from breakout hit A Brighter Summer Day’s investigation of the past to a critical survey of the present, […]
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost. *Silver Bear, Best Lead Performance – Berlin Film Festival 2024
Staff Picks – Rachel Samson (associate programmer) New 4K Restoration Young Princess Camélia, magically transformed into an adult, must traverse a phantasmagoric and surreal landscape filled with enchanted beings, fantastical goblins, and human-like ghouls. Throughout her journey to adulthood, she navigates a minefield of patriarchy, facing a series of frightful encounters in this whimsical and […]
4K Restoration First part of the MAN WITH NO NAME trilogy San Miguel is a one horse town that’s being pulled apart by two rival families. John Baxter, the crooked town sheriff with a sideline in weapons smuggling, seeks to establish his own version of law and order with support from his son, Antonio and […]
New 4K Restoration Long after leaving Portugal behind and vowing never to return, an ex-patriate widow returns to her house overlooking the bay and takes in a mysterious, wounded man who washes up on shore. Together, the two journey into one anothers’ pasts and develop a mutual attraction.
Staff Picks – Pascal Plante (associate programmer) In 1947, three men are witnessed fleeing a burning pawn shop as a freak typhoon sends a passenger ferry running between Hokkaido and mainland Japan plunging to the ocean depths. The police suspect theft and arson, and when Detective Yumisaka (Junzaburo Ban) discovers the burned remains of a […]
Special screening in collaboration with the Club ukrainien de Montréal In his acclaimed debut feature The Distant Barking of Dogs, filmmaker Simon Lereng Wilmont took on a 10-year-old child’s perspective of the war in Donbass in 2017. Three years later, the war still raging in Ukraine—and now on a scale that is difficult to comprehend—he […]
*In collaboration with the FNC Pierre-Olivier, Émilie, Steve and Nicolas, all aged 14 to 16, live in a Quebec City suburb and have the concerns you’d expect, from falling in love to finding friendship. One wild night, the group experiences something that changes how they see the world. Rough-edged, semi-improvisational and made on a shoestring, […]