Documentary

AMONG MOUNTAINS AND STREAMS

98 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

In a mysterious forest, far from the borders of the China they’ve left behind, the painter Meng Huang and writer Ma Jian talk about exile, political opposition and artistic creation as a response to oppression and lies. Ma Jian lives in London. He is a dissident and a prominent writer translated into numerous languages. Since 2011, he has been unable to return to China, where all of his books are banned. Meng Huang is a renowned painter who lives in Berlin.

SEEING THROUGH THE DARKNESS

93 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Carried by an immersive sonic universe, this film offers a sensitive journey through memory, perception, and resistance. It invites us to listen differently to lives transformed by war.

SIMPLY JOHANNE

75 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

A contemporary tribute to trailblazer Johanne Harrelle: artist, actress and one of North America’s first Black models.

LIKE A SPIRAL

28 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Like a Spiral is a dialogue between Beirut and five women, migrant domestic workers, under the Kafala system.

THESE WILD CATS

77 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Away from the world, in his DIY cabin deep in a forest, Martin is building a new existence in the company of his pack of cats. The disappearance of one of his felines disrupts his daily life and brings back memories of his past.

RED FEVER

104 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Red Fever follows Cree co-director Neil Diamond on his journey to find out why the world is so fascinated with the stereotypical imagery of Native people that is all over pop culture.