Documentary

THE FAMILY OF THE FOREST

85 min, Documentaire, Canada, 5.1

Gérard and Catherine sacrificed family, friends and their homeland of Belgium for a life of self-sufficiency deep in the boreal forest of Gaspé Peninsula, Québec. Now 15 years later, as their three sons become young adults, what will happen to this remarkable life they’ve given everything to create?

FAR BEYOND THE PASTURELANDS

84 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

In a remote himalayan region, the villagers of Maikot are preparing for the harvest of a mysterious aphrodisiac caterpillar-mushroom worth more than gold.

THE END OF WONDERLAND

85 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Tara Emory, veteran sex-industry artist, confronts a family history of hoarding through art as she faces eviction from her studio Wonderland.

RESOURCES

99 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

An observational film about the meat industry in Quebec, where asylum seekers, mainly from Latin America, process a vast herd of livestock into meat. What is life like at various points along this chain ? (Credit: IDFA)

HOSPITAL(ITY) CHRONICLES

49 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Through family archives, drawings, animations and performances that draw on her long experience with illness, Brigitte Lacasse takes an incisive, critical look at the Quebec health care system.

PLANTED IN 2020

18 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Despite a workforce in quarantine, Canada planted almost 700 million trees in 2020 – the most ever. With future forests under threat, a young woman journies into the Canadian bush to endure a grueling and unconventional season of tree planting during a pandemic.