Nouveaux Alchimistes Terminally ill Europe spends time with her vampiric Man Machine, with whom she’s in a sadomasochistic relationship. At the same time, the employees in a medical institute are subjected to the forces of totalitarian rule. Outside is a snow-covered wasteland. When a stranger bursts in, the torment ramps up. After M (FNC 2018), […]
Les nouveaux alchimistes “Beneath the scorching sun of Granada, in Andalusia, two figures cross paths: Chorrojumo, a ghostly presence wandering the city for two centuries, and Anas, a young Moroccan searching for his Morisco roots. Together they roam among the remnants of a city in transformation, where layers of the past give way to a […]
François and Julie, together for sixteen years and parents of two children, can no longer connect intimately. They decide to open up their relationship in order to engage in sexual follies that will allow them to learn more about themselves… But it can’t be that simple, right? *Locarno Film Festival 2025
Opening night of Fondu au noir festival The screening will be followed by a 60-minutes discussion with filmmaker Peggy Nkunga Ndona moderated by Diane Gistal, consultant, cultural producer and independent art curator. After crossing 11 countries irregularly to seek asylum in Canada, Peggy, Simon and their three children are waiting for the hearing that will […]
Special screening with filmmaker Miguel Lambert in attendance FOR THE LOVE OF KINBALL is a feature-length documentary about the Canadian KIN-BALL® delegation, which will travel to South Korea this coming November to represent Canada at the next World Cup of the sport. Canada, reigning champion for nearly as long as anyone can remember, goes with […]
Forme d’onde 2 is a collection of experimental and narrative animated short films. As with the first edition of Forme d’onde, each film has a deep relationship to music and sound design in varying ways. Each film is bold in its own way, defying conventions as they take us to new worlds only made possible […]
In collaboration with Panorama-Cinema, curated by filmmaker Brandon Blommaert A selection of short films that explores the long relationship between animation and electronic music. Both animation and electronic music have an inherent ability to conjure whole new worlds out of nothing, allowing creators to be untethered by the confines of reality. All of these films […]
Screenings paired with Québec short film OASIS by Justine Martin The life of Olfa, a Tunisian woman and mother of four daughters, oscillates between light and shadow. One day, her two eldest daughters disappear. To fill their absence, director Kaouther Ben Hania calls upon professional actors to re-enact the story of Olfa and her daughters. […]
New 4K Restoration The rarely screened Four Nights of a Dreamer is Robert Bresson’s great forgotten masterpiece, a stark yet haunting ode to romantic idealism and the capriciousness of love. Adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “White Nights,” Four Nights follows Jacques (Guillaume des Forêts), a lonely artist who roams bohemian Paris in search of the girl […]
Special screening followed by panel with filmmakers Aaron Zhegers and Mira Burt-Wintonick, moderated by Justine Smith Personal, political and social developments unfold in Fragments of Ice, edited together from fifteen VHS tapes covering the period 1986 to 1994. As we follow director Maria Stoianova growing up, we witness the parallel collapse of the Soviet Union […]