A screening of striking short films by kimura byol lemoine, followed by a discussion with Dédé Chen on art, transnational adoption, and the political and cultural issues surrounding them. Through intimate and radical exploration, discover how the artist  kimura byol lemoine has been crossing boundaries and deconstructing norms for over 35 years. * “bibim”, which  means “to mix” […]

In collaboration with Festival Triste Widely hailed as one of the best films of 2009, the latest from the renowned director of Beau Travail, Claire Denis’ sublime 35 Shots of Rum is the moving story of a father and daughter whose close-knit, tender relationship is disrupted by a handsome young suitor. Sumptuously filmed and featuring […]

The audio installation Cinéma Moderne, novembre 2023 from Julie Faubert will be presented before the November 25th screening. Only the following ticketholders will be able to witness the audio installation (by arriving 30 minutes before the screening) : B3, B4, B5, C3, C4, C5, D3, D4, D5. _______ Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of […]

Solidarity Shorts Fundraiser-screening for Palestine 18$ – includes a can of Zamalek  100% of the proceeds will be given to Connecting Humanity, a registered charity sending eSIMS to Gaza. One heart to another – across oceans, generations and arbitrary borders. All struggles connected – from Haiti, to Vietnam to Sudan to Brazil to Palestine, a […]

Lars von Trier became an international sensation with this galvanizing realist fable about sex and spiritual transcendence. In an Oscar-nominated performance, Emily Watson stuns as Bess, a simple, pious newlywed in a tiny Scottish village who gives herself up to a shocking form of martyrdom after her husband (Stellan Skarsgård) is paralyzed in an oil […]

The audio installation Cinéma Moderne, novembre 2023 from Julie Faubert will be presented before the November 23rd screening. Only the following ticketholders will be able to witness the audio installation (by arriving 30 minutes before the screening) : B3, B4, B5, C3, C4, C5, D3, D4, D5. _______ Reuniting after six years, former university flatmates/current young professionals […]

The electric filmmaking genius John Cassavetes and his brilliant wife and collaborator Gena Rowlands give luminous, fragile performances as two closely bound, emotionally wounded souls who reunite after years apart. Exhilarating and risky, mixing sober realism with surreal flourishes, Love Streams is a remarkable film that comes at the viewer in a torrent of beautiful, […]

The audio installation Cinéma Moderne, novembre 2023 from Julie Faubert will be presented before the November 25th screening. Only the following ticketholders will be able to witness the audio installation (by arriving 30 minutes before the screening) : B3, B4, B5, C3, C4, C5, D3, D4, D5. _______ It is winter on Quebec’s North Shore. Esther’s (Esther […]

New 2K Restoration Phantom Beirut is set in Lebanon at the end of the 1980s, as Khalil returns home after ten years of absence. A decade earlier, during the civil war, Khalil used the cover of chaos and fire during a battle to fake his own death and acquire a new identity.

From tenderness to nightmare, this moody and somatic Quebec short film program jumps into the void and dives into memories, considering the weight of being. Whispers, reminiscences, parentheses, guided meditations – time is suspended, while the body is floating. Dealing with grief, anxiety, loneliness, fear, love – these intimate yet innovative shorts investigate, through language, […]