Special screening with filmmaker Félix Lamarche in attendance Penetrating through the interstices of the half-closed shutters, a summer light brushes its dappled shadows in Noëlla’s apartment, as she is preparing to receive medical aid in dying. She is assisted by her caregiver, Pierre, who looks after the daily necessities. Dense and diffuse, the last days […]
Oscar Restrepo’s obsession with poetry has brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady, a teenage girl from humble roots, and helping her cultivate her talent brings some light to his days. But dragging her into the world of poets may not […]
Screening as part of The Divorced Women’s Film Festival curated by writer Haley Mlotek for the release of her new memoir “No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce”. The screening will be introduced by Haley Mlotek and a special guest. “Every time I’ve remembered watching A Separation, the 2011 film written and directed by […]
*PROGRAMME DOUBLE Film POP et MUTEK présentent: A Symphony of Noise Enrique Sánchez Lansch│Allemagne, 2021│96 min Matthew Herbert, musicien house et compositeur d’avant-garde basé au Royaume-Uni, s’est toujours considéré comme étant un peu espiègle. Cela dit, malgré toutes ses cascades et ses provocations, Herbert cherche avant tout à nous guider vers de nouvelles façons d’écouter. […]
Based on material from popular sports manga author Ikki Kajiwara, A TALE OF SORROW AND SADNESS follows the life of a young model who skyrockets to fame as a pro golfer after a sports magazine editor obtains the rights to her likeness. However, her newfound fame takes a dark turn when an obsessive fan starts […]
Free screening In honour of Michel Côté (1950-2023) The central character, Lea Mentha, is an assertive teenager who deals contraband cigarettes out of the back of a car. Her boyfriend is an up-and-coming prize fighter who runs off with Lea’s 50-year-old mother. The Mentha family patriarch is the trainer of the two-timing boxer boyfriend.
This uncompromising portrait of domestic turmoil details the emotional breakdown of a suburban housewife and her family’s struggle to save her from herself. Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk give unforgettably harrowing performances as a married couple deeply in love but unable to express their ardor in terms the other can understand. This landmark American film […]
Samet, a young art teacher, is finishing his fourth year of compulsory service in a remote village in Anatolia. After a turn of events he can hardly make sense of, he loses his hopes of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in. Will his encounter with Nuray, herself a teacher, help him […]
April 27th screening with filmmaker Arshad Khan in attendance ABU is a journey to the center of a fragmented family while they grapple with religion, sexuality, colonialism and migration. Through a tapestry of narratives composed of family footage, observation and classic Bollywood films, gay-identifying Pakistani-Muslim filmmaker Arshad Khan takes viewers through the tense relationships between […]
Asiate en court – 2nd edition An evening showcasing short films by Asian-origin filmmakers from Quebec and Canada, with an awards ceremony. Description Média Program 1 – Family fragments: 6PM-7:30PM Last Resort – Samiramis Kia File No. 2304 – A. S. M. Kobayashi The Teacup – Zhimin Hu Perception – Minh Quan Hoang From Ibyanga […]