F3M
UPCOMING TITLES
Les Films du 3 Mars (F3M) currently has a catalog with over 250 titles and essentially distributes Canadian produced films of all genres and lengths; primarily feature documentaries. 20 years in the making, F3M has had films selected and rewarded in Festivals such as Sundance, Berlinale, Cannes, Rotterdam as well as the Toronto International Film Festival and Hot Docs.
In a nutshell, F3M champions those tiny precious gems that deserve some love.
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FEATURE FILMS
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED
by Catherine Hébert and Elric Robichon
World Premiere
90 & 52 min | Documentary | 2026 | French, English, Arabic, Bengali, Mandarin, Turkish
We Will Not Be Silenced reveals the struggle of three writers and a publisher against censorship and exile, determined to make their voices heard despite the oppressive threats they face.
MY SON CAME BACK TO DISAPPEAR
by Yan Giroux
International Premiere
80 min | Fiction | 2025 | French
After years of waiting, a mother living alone in the forest is shaken by the return of her son, now a stranger. Against her will, she must accompany him on one final journey.
Festival Selections:
Atlantic International Film Festival (Canada)
FNC – Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma (Canada)
FICFA – Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (Canada)
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IN THE FOREST
by Pascale Ferland
International Premiere
123 min | Documentary | 2025 | French, Anishinaabemowin, Innu-aimum
In the Forest is a documentary essay that explores the deep ties that bind humans and animals to the forest, revealing a world that is increasingly fragile in the face of climate crises and growing exploitation.
Festival Selections:
FCIAT – Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival (Canada)
KINDERGARTEN
by Jean-François Caissy
International Premiere
88 min | Documentary | 2025 | French
The caring yet bustling environment of a kindergarten serves as the anchor for this deep dive into early childhood. Structured to follow the gradual progression of ages on screen, the film takes us into the daily lives of various children from ages 1 to 5, at a stage where the world seems to revolve around them, and self-awareness slowly shifts from ‘I’ to ‘We’.
Festival Selections:
RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival 2025 (Canada)
THE INHERITORS
by Serge-Olivier Rondeau
79 min | Documentary | 2025 | French
Alongside Canada’s largest landfill, a colony of ring-billed gulls settles in for the breeding season. The Inheritors follows these unwanted creatures, who flourish within a hostile ecosystem where peril comes in many forms—flesh, feathers and metal.
Festival Selections:
DOK Leipzig 2025 (Germany)
RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival 2025 (Canada)
by Nadine Gomez
European Premiere
76 min | Documentary | 2025 | English, Spanish, Japanese
Like a waking dream, Chronicle of a City explores the unique, intimate and mysterious relationship we have with our urbanized world through the place and meaning each of us tries to find in them.
Festival Selections:
DocsMX (Mexico)
RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival 2025 (Canada)
IN ORBIT
by François Jacob
World Premiere
95 min | Documentary | 2026 | English, French, Dutch
In Orbit is a documentary comedy about the nightmare of tax havens. To further inspire her theatre project Hidden Paradise with Marc Béland, Alice (Alix Dufresne) embarks on an initiatory journey to understand offshore capitalism. Alice’s research begins in Montreal with Alain Deneault and leads her to teleport to different tax havens by navigating through the subsidiaries of a Montreal wealth management firm. This journey will make her meet, among others, a sociologist of the ultra-rich, investigators and Dutch detectives working on the hidden assets of oligarchs, among other things. Alice will confront politicians in Brussels, then go track down the companies of her own real estate owner in Montreal. Finally, Alice and Marc will present their new flamboyant and committed work in a grand premiere at the Prospero theater.
LA MÉTHODE SCANDINAVE (The Scandinavian Method)
by Anik Salas
World Premiere
90 min | Documentary | 2026 | French, English, Swedish, Norwegian, and Icelandic
What if showing solutions and telling a feel-good story was the best way to talk about gender equality and find concrete ways to achieve it? The Global Gender Gap Report says it’ll take another 132 years for our world to close the gender gap, so we’re heading to the top three countries in the rankings—Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—to find out the secret to their success. By exploring the most successful and distinctive initiatives, we will attempt to gather the keys that unlock the redistribution of power. Told as a story, La méthode scandinave (The Scandinavian Method) is a socially conscious road movie, a travelogue rich in stimulating ideas, expressed by strong characters rooted in reality.
SHORT FILMS
THE PUNK OF NATASHQUAN
by Nicolas Lachapelle
20 min | Documentary | 2025 | French
Forty years after the mysterious disappearance of an enigmatic figure known as “The Punk of Natashquan”, a remote Quebec community reflects on his fleeting yet unforgettable presence.
Festival Selections:
REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival 2025 (Canada)
Festival Vues sur mer 2025 (Canada)
Festival Court sur Place (Canada)
Festival Fantasia (Canada)
Les Percéides (Canada)
Festifilm de la Beauce à St. Séverin (Canada)
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (Canada)
Festival du film de Knowlton (Canada)
Festival des macacains (Canada)
Off-Courts Trouville (France)
by Juan Frank Hernandez
25 min | Fiction | 2025 | Spanish, Creole
Ti-Frè and Gran-Frè, two brothers of Haitian origin living in a Dominican Republic shantytown, struggle daily to survive. On a full moon night, desperation pushes them to steal from a plantation, where a mysterious beast prowls in the shadows of the banana trees.
Festival Selections:
Sundance Film Festival 2025 (US)
REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival 2025 (Canada)
LightReel Film Festival (US)
Fantasia (Canada)
Les Percéides (Canada)
Octopus Film Festival (Poland)
Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival (US)
Calgary International Film festival (Canada)
Festifilm de la Beauce à St. Séverin (Canada)
Off-Courts Trouville (France)
17 min | Fiction | 2026 | English, Mandarin
An immigrant stay-at-home father, struggling with feelings of inadequacy within his family, sees a lost flamingo and decides to rescue it.
THE HIVE
by Clara Milo
World Premiere
18 min | Fiction | 2026 | English
Adeline is the new member of a cult-like commune made up of several other pregnant girls. Tasked with delivering a jug of milk to the nearby chapel, she falls upon a sordid truth which will make her doubt the benevolence of her peers.
ROTTING / LOVING U
by Lou Scamble
International Premiere
14 min | Fiction | 2025 | French
After an accident that confines her to her home, Torte II wanders alone through her decaying apartment. Revisiting the pages of her diary, she relives—violently—what she never dared to say. Desire, sorrow, fear, femininity, illness—emotions surge and blur, blending into chaos, swallowed by an absurd algorithm overwhelmed by too much data.
Festival Selections:
FNC – Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma (Canada)
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