Documentary

LIVING LIKE THE LAND

73 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

After more than 100 years of restless colonialism, the Dene People strive to reconnect with the land they live on.

THE WORK OF DAYS

105 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Three artists – Louis-Pierre Bougie, François-Xavier Marange and Denis Saint-Pierre – have shared a studio for over thirty years when one of them is hit by cancer. Meanwhile, they all keep working, expressing their thoughts and feelings by craft, gesture, art, and poetry. A film about friendship and the people we love, about the shared heritage we leave behind and the things we take with us when we go. A film about life, but also about death and how we see life through it. A film about time and how it shapes us as we are.

A SHORT HISTORY OF MADNESS

27 min, Dance, Canada, 5.1

Bringing together contemporary danse and architecture in a series of six pieces, A Short History Of Madness evokes the history of treatment of mental illness.

MIRON : A MAN RETURNED FROM OUTSIDE THE WORLD

75 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

A veritable aesthetic fresco blending portrait, political documentary and experimental cinema, Miron : a man returned from outside the world recounts the people of Quebec’s collective journey through the work of their greatest poet, Gaston Miron. Consisting exclusively of archive material, this cinematographic essay takes on the form of fragmented memories and stands as a contemplation on the survival of threatened cultures around the world.

ISLAND & FLIGHT

23min, Short film, Canada, 5.1

Through a visual and narrative collage of personal testimonies, Island & Flight poetically explores the universe of contemporary travels by air.

FROM PRISONS TO PRISONS

85 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Every month in Quebec, hundreds of detainees gain their freedom after serving their sentences. What happens to these detainees once released? And what freedom do they find on the other side of the bars?