Films
Film
26e
La crise forestière
Philippe Belley
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
In 2008, the lumber crisis is stronger than ever. Saw mills are shutting down, one after the others. Workers are unemployed, drawning in distress hatefull. A snowboarder couple are just about to cross their path.
Film
26e
La main gauche
Maxime Robin
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
La main gauche tells the story of a boy whose teacher and mother struggle to fit him into the mold. As he prepares his oral presentation on left-handedness, we discover his love for drawing, his fascination with his mother's clothes and his mysterious visit to the doctor to try to understand why he is not "normal".
Film
26e
La neige cache l'ombre des figuiers
Samer Najari
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Through the eyes of Salim, a newcomer to Canada, the film follows the journey of six immigrants. They eke out a living distributing advertising flyers.
Although they come from diverse backgrounds, they share a similar yearning for their homeland and approach their common daily concerns with a biting sense of humour.
Although they come from diverse backgrounds, they share a similar yearning for their homeland and approach their common daily concerns with a biting sense of humour.
Film
26e
La soeur de Margot
Christine Doyon
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Margot, a pre-teen who struggles to find acceptance at school is challenged by the arrival of her intellectually disabled sister in the after-school program. Margot initially struggles to keep her worlds seperated but an event soon leads her to re-evaluate her position.
Film
26e
La vie heureuse
Amélie Hardy
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
In this anxious and hectic time, Happy Life explores those unusual outlets that soothe the turmoil of the body and mind. In a meditative journey through these analgesic places, this documentary essay paints a portrait of a society in seek of meaning and relief.
Film
26e
Laika & Nemo
Jan Gadermann
Germany, Animation
Nemo looks different. Nobody else wears a diving suit and such a huge helmet. But then he meets Laika, an astronaut.
Film
26e
Last Sonata
Olivier Labonte Lemoyne
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
These are the chaotic last moments of a drug gang that has been hit. Death is everywhere. The protagonist, a large thug, reflects on his life through a bittersweet piano performance. His last sonata.
Film
26e
Le noeud
Badminton Plus
Canada (Unceded Territories), Animation
I had assumed that I had carry the knot in my belly for a long time. But one day, someone said something, and the knot disapeared suddenly!
Film
26e
Le petit oiseau va sortir
Samer Najari
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
The little bird that will come out will die for ideas. This comic and tragic triptych invites us to the ultimate, and banal, photo sessions of three ordinary suicide warriors, in Japan, Lebanon and Palestine, during the Second World War, in the 80s and today.
Film
26e
Leopolis night
Nikon Romanchenko
Ukraine, Fiction
Polia, Solomiia, Mariia play in the local theater. After the spectacle, they meet a guy and walk through the night city together. Polia seems to fall in love with him. In the morning he will leave the city and they will not see each other again.