2010-2014

BULL’S EYE: A PAINTER ON THE WATCH

76 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

A boreal forest, in the fall. A man wearing a face mask is on the watch. Camouflaged in the bush, he holds his gun at the ready. Is he a serial killer or just a trophy hunter!? He’s neither. He’s an artist waiting for an animal and that elusive moment when the image for a work will come to him.

AT NIGHT THEY DANCE

85 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

At Night They Dance is one family’s story. The film takes us into the heart of a clan of women, in which the art of dancing has been passed down from mother to daughter since time immemorial. Like folk heroines, these women are larger than life, united, dignified and resourceful. Filmed in Cairo, At Night They Dance takes an unsentimental yet lyrical look at a hidden world full of surprise and fascination. The viewer is allowed in as a privileged witness.

JOHN MAX, A PORTRAIT

94 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

An intimate portrait looking into the life of the most interesting and singular Canadian photographer, John Max (1936-2011).

THE HEART THAT BEATS

82 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Within the walls of the Hotel-Dieu in Montreal, Philippe Lesage discretely documents the special relationship that forms between patient and caregiver, highlighting the vulnerability of the individuals facing disease and the dedication of those responsible to appease both the distress, as well as the pain, of the afflicted.

THE AILING QUEEN

89 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

At dusk in a remote part of the high Laurentians, a man works, collecting beehives. Nightfall brings a soft curtain down on the day’s labour. The beekeeper, Anicet Desrochers, a man strongly devoted to his calling, is worried. Bees, indispensable to the balance and continuation of the ecosystem, are dying in countless numbers – and nobody understands exactly why.
The Americas, Europe, Asia… every continent has been hit by bee colony collapse. No place on earth is spared.