As part of its 19th edition, the FIFEQ-MTL invites you to a free screening of 5 short films around the following theme: Thinking Ethnographic Cinema Through the Lens of Indigenous Filmmaking. Indigenous filmmaking has been promoted for many years by filmmakers and organizations accompanying them in order to share the realities and issues Indigenous peoples […]
Free admission, limited seating available ! We advise you arrive 20 to 30 minutes before the start of the session to ensure your seat. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Synopsis Documentary filmmaker Aminatou Échard embarks on a journey in the footsteps of her mother, ethnologist Nicole Échard, who conducted […]
To celebrate 20 years of ethnographic cinema, FIFEQ-Montréal invites you to the inauguration of its 20th edition on the 7th of May, 6:30PM at Cinéma Moderne. The night will start with a showing of the film The Chalice: Of Sons and Daughters, a remarkable cinematic masterpiece directed by anthropologist Catalina Tesar and Dana Bunescu. The […]
Free admission – Limited seats 10:30am – Audience welcome 11am – Screening begins Bulunkul (North American premiere) In the middle of the mountains of Tajikistan, villagers organize themselves to survive the winter while the yaks slowly descend from the peaks. In this austere setting, the daily struggle for sustenance overlaps with the wild beauty of […]
Free admission – limited places, no reservation First come, first served FIFEQ – MTL Screening organized by the International Festival of Ethnographic Films of Quebec (FIFEQ), Montreal city. This is women’s cinema. They are the main protagonists, but also the directors, and their gaze, their female gaze, pierces the screen. It is a velvety, courageous, […]
Free admission, subject to availability 5:45 pm Audience welcome 6:15 pm Screening begins *Screening followed by a discussion Bodies on Hold This film explores the ethical implications of watching people at risk on screen. Analyzing migration documentaries and investigating in Philadelphia, it examines how temporal precarity is created without human subjects. Bodies on Hold prompts […]
Free admission, subject to availability 7:30 pm Audience welcome 8:00 pm Screening begins *Screening followed by a discussion Her Plot of Blue Sky Her Plot of Blue Sky is a poignant film made by Kamila Kumic in collaboration with several Amazigh women living in a women’s center in Morocco. Through photographs taken by the protagonists, […]
Free admission, subject to availability 7:45 pm Audience welcome 8:15 pm Screening begins *Screening followed by a discussion In My Head In My Head deals sensitively with my experience of multiple sclerosis. I’ve had multiple sclerosis for over nine years. Weaving medical imagery from my hospital appointments with visual and sound fragments of my daily […]
Retrospective | Reflexive Ethnography – Free admission, subject to availability 5:45 pm Audience welcome 6:15 pm Screening begins *Screening followed by a discussion Reassemblage Trinh T. Minh-ha’s first film and a classic of postcolonial cinema, Reassemblage is set in the rural areas of Senegal. It introduces Trinh’s methodology, which she defines as the idea of […]
Free admission, subject to availability 13 h 15 Audience welcome 13 h 45 Screening begins The Departing Images Between ethnography and reverie, this film explores the dream spaces of a Mapuche family in Chile. Ana Edwards weaves a captivating visual narrative, blurring real and imaginary boundaries. It offers a unique glimpse into Mapuche cosmology, revealing […]