Directory

Black Friday 2017 / 17 min 40 s / Quebec

Directed by Stéphane Moukarzel

Amélie is haunted by the memories of the last Black Friday as she returns to the scene.

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How Tommy Lemenchick Became A Grade 7 Legend 2017 / 11 min 33 s / Quebec

Directed by Bastien Alexandre

Ophelia is a whip-smart 12-year-old girl who must solve a vexing problem: she’s never been kissed. There are several candidates in her class, but none have Tommy Lemenchick’s smile. Baiting him with the hottest new videogame, Ophelia manages to get Tommy on the old family couch and claims her coveted prize. But, Tommy has more than a nice smile; he also has a big mouth.

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Elegy 2017 / 7 min 2 s / Quebec

Directed by Philippe Lesage

Paris. More than a year after the attacks of November 13, 2015.

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Merce 2017 / 9 min / Quebec

Directed by Ian Lagarde, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette

Merce lives in Centro Habana, a modest yet extremely lively neighborhood of Havana, Cuba. She and her friends own the streets, where they kill time without an ounce of boredom. They dance and play night and day, seemingly carefree and masters of themselves. A tourist has left a game console at her place. The television's strong images and peculiar sounds hypnotize her, and she dances by herself on alien songs. Her country, like herself, are at the dawn of radical change.

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The Beep Test 2017 / 16 min 25 s / Quebec

Directed by Maxime Aubert

Wojtek is a mysterious new student at school. This is why he is a prey designated for Thomas and Philippe, two students in search of entertainment. Not finding the words in front of his assailants, Wojtek will go back to his physical education course to express the substance of his thoughts.

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Garage at Night 2017 / 12 min 48 s / Quebec

Directed by Daniel Daigle

Twelve months. Four seasons. Two brothers. And a garage at night.

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Born in the Maelstrom 2017 / 28 min / Canada

Directed by Meryam Joobeur

Born in the Maelstrom is an impressionistic journey of a young biracial woman named Rebecca as she struggles to find her identity in a world shaped by her black mother's painful past.

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Hold my hand 2017 / 21 min 48 s / Canada

Directed by Alexandre Lefebvre

Documentary exploring visual impairment through the daily life of Chloe (11 years old), Alex (17 years old) and Salma (21 years old), all with partial or complete blindness. An intimate journey centered on the existential questioning of their place in this world.

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Waiting for Pascal 2017 / 15 min 14 s / Quebec

Directed by Guillaume Harvey, Marc-André Charpentier

Montreal, 2028. Surrounded by drones and useless gadgets, four vain thirty-somethings get together for dinner. ''Creative'' work, daily anxieties and ''transients'' (miserable refugees living around town) are the order of the day while the four of them wait for one Pascal. Will he come?

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The fall 2017 / 23 min 53 s / Quebec

Directed by Olivia Boudreau

A woman wakes up from a long coma surrounded by her relatives. Suffering from amnesia, she tries to understand who she is. Marty will experience a past and a future that do not seem to belong to her. Without words, without memories, can she liberate herself?

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Upset body 2017 / 20 min 30 s / Canada

Directed by Delphine Le Courtois

Gabrielle is an young independent woman, master of her own life and choices. But when unexpected news come hurtling into her life, Gabrielle is forced to face difficult questions.

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A Visit 2018 / 12 min / Canada

Directed by Parissa Mohit

Amidst a bustling cityscape, a child pays a visit to a woman in a high-rise apartment. Inside, their interactions with each other, and with the outside world, becomes increasingly phantasmagorical.

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Your Mother is a Thief! 2018 / 11 min / Canada

Directed by Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre

Animated film on the psychological violence of parental alienation

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The sisters' bedroom 2018 / 7 min / Canada

Directed by Claire Brognez

Louise enjoys a private moment to open her treasure box in the room she shares with her little sister. She does not know that she has been hiding under her bed to spy on her. The film deals with sensuality through a both charming and erotic experience of an involuntary interaction between two sisters.

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America 2018 / 15 min / Israel

Directed by Nadav Arbel

In 1950 Tel Aviv, a mother and her son receive a telegram with an invitation for a phone call from America. The prospects of the call spark hope for a better life in the mother's heart while her son is busy in his own fantasy world inspired from his life in Israel.

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Riot 2017 / 13 min / France

Directed by Frank Ternier

A young black man is killed in an altercation with a vigilant neighboor and the police. An indignant crowd gathered together. The feeling of injustice is high. A group isolates itself. Emotion engenders riot... In the absence of words, can the body take its revenge?

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Ultraviolet 2018 / 8 min / France, USA

Directed by Marc Johnson

A woman named Kanchana and several scorpions explore collaborative survival approaches in a posthuman future in which all living being are considered equal. Inter-species sociability, the Anthropocene and the fable unfold in a futuristic and enchanted world.

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Milk 2018 / 9 min / Canada

Directed by Santiago Menghini

On a late night, a young teen goes into the kitchen for a glass of milk. Upon encountering his sleepless mother, he quickly realizes things are not as they seem.

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Lola & Claire 2018 / 15 min / Canada

Directed by Élisabeth Desbiens

Lola & Claire tells the story of the unconditional love between Claire, a young woman living in a paralyzed body and Lola, her little sister. One lives in immobility and the other in movement. It's Lola’s birthday and the young girl realizes that Claire's days are numbered. She will do whatever it takes to free her big sister.

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Fontaineblues 2018 / 9 min / Canada

Directed by Akim Gagnon

It’s night, December 20. Clara goes to talk with her sister, Sara, who has locked herself in the bathroom of her Hochelaga home.

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