Coming of Age

Les Films du 3 Mars (F3M) invites you to discover thematic cinema about Coming of Age. From fiction to documentaries, long and short, enjoy the best of Québécois and Canadian filmmaking.

MARGOT’S SISTER

17 min., fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2021

When her intellectually disabled sister enters the after school program at her school, a young teen struggles to keep her worlds appart.

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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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SMALL TROPHIES

16 min, documentary, Canada, 2019

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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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LE FRÈRE (THE BROTHER)

28 min, documentary/animation, Canada, 2019

Trapped in his body because of an illness, Kaïs dreams at night he’s the hero of his favorite manga, along with his brothers: Fehd, the bodybuilder and Zaïd, the ninja.

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NINA

15 min, short film, Quebec, Canada, 2015

A short film on a young mother in Montreal.

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SOLID GROUND

75 min, Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2015

Through the eye of an alert yet discreet camera, Solid Ground follows the unique journey of three reserved and endearing teens as they test their limits, discover the meaning of strong connections and live and learn in synch with the natural rhythms of the land and its animals.

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THE RED APPLE

20 min, short film, Quebec, Canada, 2014

In this short movie, two children improvise and stage their actual lives.

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LAYLOU

80 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2012

The moving depiction of two teenagers on the verge becoming adult.

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MY REAL LIFE

90 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2012

For Danny, Alex, Mickerson and Michael, music is an outlet, a form of expression, and a necessity of life. My real life is a portrait of four people in transition and a microcosm of a misunderstood Montreal neighbourhood. It is a social documentary that takes an honest look at dropouts, delinquency, rites of passage and what it means to be a parent.

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THEY THINK I’M CHINESE ! – SPIRA

52 min, documentary, Canada, 2011

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BAS ! BEYOND THE RED LIGHT

77 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2009

How can you create a future from a past that dares not be told?

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