Emigration & Migration
Les Films du 3 Mars (F3M) invites you to discover thematic cinema about Emigration and Migration. From fiction to documentaries, long and short, enjoy the best of Québécois and Canadian filmmaking !
A WINTER SONG
36 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2011
A Winter Song looks into the achingly human story behind a typical Chinese-‐run dépanneur in Montréal.
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NOTES ON A ROAD LESS TAKEN
94 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2011
An engrossing road movie, given tremendous depth by its « journeys within the journey » – the fascinating detours taken as the road meanders and forks.
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USELESS THINGS
16 min, fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2009
A dreamily crafted short about a second-generation immigrant who contemplates his unfamiliarity with his South Asian heritage and his disconnection with his parent’s experience while he empties the family home.
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SNOW HIDES THE SHADE OF FIG TREES
21 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2009
Framed in poetic realism, Snow hides the shade of fig trees tells the story of a handful of immigrants experiencing the first snowfall of the season.
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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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