Documentary
THE LEGACY OF THE OKA TRAPPISTS
52 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2008
Having been established in their magnificent abbey at Oka, Québec, for over 125 years, the Trappist monks now prepare to leave.
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KIYUKTA
40 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2008
A journey in Nunavut punctuated by captured moments and encounters.
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A GARDEN UNDER THE LINES
116 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2008
In the heart of a North American city, a cast of retired Haitian and Italian immigrants tend their gardens, planted on a vast vacant lot soon to be replaced by a highway.
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A TENT ON MARS
60 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2008
Schefferville, a mining town active in the 80s which was since abandonned, is now the new home of the Innu People.
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MY FATHER’S STUDIO
72 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2008
An insider’s look on how art impacts life.
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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY
84 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2007
A visually exquisite, meditative immersion into a Uganda ravaged by 20 years of war.
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THE SPIRIT OF PLACES
84 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2006
This documentary follows the photographical journey of Gabor Szilasi in the area of Charlevoix in 1970, 35 years after the facts.
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TREE WITH SEVERED BRANCHES
80 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2005
In Moscow, two elderly men who lived under the Soviet regime adapt to their new sociopolitical reality by creating an imaginary world through art.
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HE’S THE MAN
89 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2005
Chronicle of an amateur theater company which has been performing the life of Jesus for 31 years.
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SOMETHING LIKE IMMORTALITY
81 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2003
Three compulsive creators face judgment by their fellow citizens.
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ALICE AU PAYS DES GROS NEZ – SPIRA
52 min., Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2003
“Alice is my daughter, who comes from China. The big noses, it’s us: the expression many Asian prople use to decribe people from the West.”
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OCEAN
50 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2002
A Road-Movie on rails, Ocean offers both a journey between Montreal and Halifax, as well as a sensory evocation of the intimate experience of travelling.
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SPIRA COLLECTION
A collaboration between Spira and Les Films du 3 Mars. Five documentaries are now available on our digital platform, individually or as a bundle, as a rental or as a subscriber’s feature!
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