Exploring Nature - Nov 12 to Nov 18
The first feature by Indigenous experimental director Sky Hopinka is a superb film/poem inspired by the Chinookian origin of death myth, and a meditation on the importance of language and the beliefs it contains.
MAɬNI – TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE
- Sky Hopinka
- 2020
- United States
- s.t. English
- 80 min
Becoming Oneself - Nov 19 to Nov 25
The inspiring portrait of a female boxer from Argentina, determined to exorcise the demons of past violence in the boxing ring, and her touching relationship with her coach.
Contemplating Dystopia - Nov 19 to Nov 25
A victim of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack and the spokesman for the cult behind it embark on an unlikely road trip that becomes a gut-wrenching encounter between two solitudes.
Soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
Mémoires Tangibles explores the idea of memory through old objects in a prop rental depot for film and theatre.
Seeking Communities - Nov 12 to Nov 18
The city of Yiwu, China, makes Christmas decorations for the whole world. This film reveals the lives and ambitions of the men and women who do the work.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, YIWU
- MLADEN KOVACEVIC
- 2020
- Sweden, Serbia, France, Germany
- s.t. French or English
- 94 min
Becoming Oneself - Nov 19 to Nov 25
A poignant portrait of a young woman who uses words and a tattoo to reconcile her Inuit and Québécois identities, and reclaims the memory of her mother.
MÉTAMORPHOSES
- Nicolas Renaud
- 2020
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 18 min
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Haunted by inconsolable grief, a filmmaker goes to Siberia. It is a search for self, and a chance to talk to others. “What is love?” he asks each person he meets.
Seeking Communities - Nov 12 to Nov 18
Two neighbours talk about Lisbon and Montreal, the past, the future and homing pigeons, the creatures that guide us through this poetic, sensory short film.
MONOLOGUES DU PAON
- Matthew Wolkow
- 2020
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 29 min
Challenging Power - Nov 19 to Nov 25
In a hospital in Argentina, where abortion is almost entirely prohibited, teenage girls confront the realities of unwanted pregnancy.
MOTHER-CHILD
- Andrea Testa
- 2019
- Argentina
- s.t. English
- 66 min
Becoming Oneself - Nov 19 to Nov 25
The mid-century diary of a rich Swiss woman: impressive archival work results in cinematic sleight of hand, revealing the torments of a woman who seemed to have everything.
MY MEXICAN BRETZEL
- Nuria Giménez
- 2019
- Spain
- s.t. English
- 74 min