Co-presented by Vidéographe In collaboration with Vidéographe, Film POP presents a program of contemporary videos by Montreal-based experimental filmmakers. Drawn from Vidéographe’s catalogue, musically themed works such as Frédéric Dallaire’s immersive documentary, Le rêve d’Ida, are paired alongside films where music is central to the sound design, such as in Alisi Telengut’s enchanting animation, The […]
Free screening (we recommend online booking for your free tickets) Art POP, in collaboration with Film POP, will be presenting three films by artists who explore themes of diaspora in their work. Foreign in a Domestic Sense, is a constellation of testimonies and imaginaries of Puerto Ricans who have migrated to Central Florida in recent […]
Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things — each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and documenting their discoveries. Ultimately, they lost their lives in a 1991 volcanic explosion, leaving a legacy that forever enriched our knowledge of the natural world. Director Sara Dosa and […]
Special screening with director Max Dufaud, Rémi Frechette and Kevin T. Landry and producer Jarrett Mann in attendance. March 12th, 2020. COVID-19 has just been declared a global pandemic, it is the beginning of confinement in Quebec. Samuel, Fanny, Daniel and Marianne, four Montrealers from very different backgrounds, must now adapt to this new reality. […]
A simple story of love and loss told three times in three different cities: New York, Berlin, and Tokyo. Repeating the same situations and dialogue but with subtle shifts of emphasis, the film evolves from the turbulence of America to the benign calm of Japan. The crisis in each story is set off by the […]
Feature paired with short film BOUSCUEIL by Thomy Laporte FLORE LAURENTIENNE, THE END AND THE BEGINNING reveals the musical project of composer, orchestrator and multi-instrumentalist Mathieu David Gagnon, through a hypnotic concert filmed in the church of Saint-Pacôme, in Kamouraska. Neither fully documentary nor pure performance, the film unveils a discreet artist and a fragile […]
A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils […]
In collaboration with FNC Peter Strickland’s fifth feature takes place in an art residency led by an upper-class aesthete who has invited a culinary collective to perform their “sonic catering” practice for a month. Hired to report on their creative process, a Greek writer begins to suffer from indigestion, to which the institution’s sarcastic doctor […]
International Panorama section Screening with filmmaker Daisuke Miyazaki in attendance Fashion and beauty influencer Mito is a superstar, an idol for the young generation. Her every social media livestream goes viral. But a new collaboration linked to an app exploiting her dewy-eyed appeal turns sour when her image is used for illegal purposes. Suddenly, her […]