Feature

THE HEARING

93 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

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.

CAITI BLUES

84 min, Documentary, Canada, France, 5.1

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.

MÁ SÀI GÒN (MOTHER SAIGON)

98 min., Documentary, Canada, 5.1

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.

I LOST MY MOM

75 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

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).

DESVÍO DE NOCHE (NIGHT DETOUR)

96 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1

A journalist reminisces about her latest investigation; a sensory enigma made of tropical heat and melting ice on the Mexican West coast.

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?