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CIRCO
88 min, Documentary, Canada, 2024
In Rio de Janeiro, Richard dreams of dazzling audiences in the world’s biggest circus tents. But when the 20-year-old artist is kicked out of his home by his adoptive mother, his life is turned upside down. Through an intimate, direct cinema approach, Circo immerses us in the lives of residents of Brazil’s favelas as they seek to shape their own futures.
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SIMPLY JOHANNE
75 min, Documentary, Canada, 2024
A contemporary tribute to trailblazer Johanne Harrelle: artist, actress and one of North America’s first Black models.
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IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS
86 min., documentary, Québec, Canada, 2023
A meditative state of wonder where the fleeting beauty of shadows evokes our place in the world, the passage of time, and the very essence of life and its fragility.
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EVICTED CITY
80 min., Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2023
Montreal — one of the few remaining affordable cities in North America — is now in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis. An intimate portrait of socio-political resistance, this multilayered film explores the human impact of real estate speculation on the cities of tomorrow.
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THE HEARING
93 min., Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2023
Having fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Peggy, Simon and their children seek political asylum in Canada after a dangerous migration route. The film delves in the daily life of the family over one year, as they go through the complex legal maze of claiming asylum.
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CAITI BLUES
84 min., Documentary, Québec, Canada/France, 2023
Caiti Lord has a beautiful voice that she plans to use to do more than sell cherry cocktails. As madness surges in the United States, in a most disturbing absurd manner, Caiti is overtaken by a growing sense of suffocation. So Caiti sings. The blues.
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MÁ SÀI GÒN (MOTHER SAIGON)
98 min., Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2023
Má Sài Gòn is a love letter – a bittersweet ode to a comforting yet disturbing mother, to a city that is as liberating as it is oppressive.
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I LOST MY MOM
75 min., documentary, Québec, Canada, 2022
In the form of a filmed journal, filmmaker Denys Desjardins documents the extraordinary sequence of events that drove him to place his mother in a CSHLD (long-term care home).
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DESVÍO DE NOCHE (NIGHT DETOUR)
96 min., fiction, Québec, Canada, 2022
A journalist reminisces about her latest investigation; a sensory enigma made of tropical heat and melting ice on the Mexican West coast.
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WHAT REMAINS AFTER WE’RE GONE
72 min., Documentary, Canada, 2020
The harsh winter of a community of squatters in one of the great lost city of America.
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BENEATH THE SURFACE
75 min., Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2021
Three brothers embark on a fishing trip with their father, despite relationships that have become fragile due to his absence.
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ZO REKEN
86 min., Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2021
In Port-au-Prince, a humanitarian aid organization’s 4×4 vehicle has been hacked: its Haitian passengers now use it to talk about neocolonialism and to denounce the promises of the international community that were made and never kept. Outside, barricades are erected, and the people cry out in anger.
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I MIGHT BE DEAD BY TOMORROW
75 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2020
In Montreal, front-line workers work hard to provide appropriate care to the most vulnerable citizens in our society.
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PASSAGE
81 min, Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2020
Passage paints a poetic portrait of 18-year-olds Gabrielle and Yoan’s summer, on the eve of their inevitable departure from remote area of Temiscamingue.
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CHAMPIONS
94 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2020
The director follows Stéphane, his autistic brother, and Audrey, his atypical friend, on a sports odyssey that takes them from Canada to Dubai to participate in the Special Olympics World Games.
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SPEAK LOVE
80 min, arthouse cinema, fiction, Canada, 2019
Liliane, an orphan girl, roams the city with her camera. At her side a young woman, Maya.
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SISTERHOOD
75 min, documentary, France, Canada, 2019
What remains of a life of struggles? The Helper Nuns of Quebec, who believe in God but not in a Church dominated by men, are preparing for the disappearance of their religious community.
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NIN E TEPUEIAN – MY CRY
82 min., Documentary Quebec, Canada, 2019
NIN E TEPUEIAN – MY CRY is a documentary tracks the journey of Innu poet, actress and activist, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, at a pivotal time in her career as a committed artist.
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