Society

PLATANERO

25 min, Fiction, Canada, 2025

Ti-Frè and Gran-Frè, two brothers of Haitian origin living in a Dominican Republic shantytown, struggle daily to survive. On a full moon night, desperation pushes them to steal from a plantation, where a mysterious beast prowls in the shadows of the banana trees.

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.

THE BINGO SISTERS

21 min, Fiction, Canada, 2024

In a surreal sisterhood where bingo determines the next leader, Mrs. Geneva plots to rig the game, but fate has other plans.

AMONG MOUNTAINS AND STREAMS

98 min, Documentary, Canada, 2024

In a mysterious forest, far from the borders of the China they’ve left behind, the painter Meng Huang and writer Ma Jian talk about exile, political opposition and artistic creation as a response to oppression and lies. Ma Jian lives in London. He is a dissident and a prominent writer translated into numerous languages. Since 2011, he has been unable to return to China, where all of his books are banned. Meng Huang lives in Berlin, where he is a renowned painter, living in exile by choice.

SEEING THROUGH THE DARKNESS

93 min, Documentary, Canada, 2024

Seeing Through the Darkness is an anti-war polyphonic tale exploring the unique and humane perspectives of five individuals blinded by global conflicts.

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.

LIKE A SPIRAL

28 min, Documentary, Canada, 2024

Like a Spiral is a dialogue between Beirut and five women, migrant domestic workers, under the Kafala system.

RED FEVER

104 min, Documentary, Canada, 2024

Red Fever follows Cree co-director Neil Diamond on his journey to find out why the world is so fascinated with the stereotypical imagery of Native people that is all over pop culture.

INTERCEPTED

93 min, Documentary, Canada, France, Ukraine, 2024

Sound and image stare each other in the face as Intercepted contrasts quiet compositions of everyday life of Ukrainians since the full-scale invasion with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families.

A FRENCH YOUTH

84 min, Documentary, Canada, France, 2024

In the south of France, Jawad and Belka, two young men from North African origin free themselves through their passion for Camargue races. Much more than a traditional fight, this confrontation in front of a bull allows them to take their place in the arena as well as in French society. But at what cost?

LARRY (THEY/THEM)

103 min., Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2024

A luminous and engaging portrait of young non-binary trans photographer Laurence Philomène, one of the most original and inspiring voices of their generation and an LGBTQ+ community icon.

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.

ASHES

11 min, fiction, Québec, Canada, 2022

FAR BEYOND THE PASTURELANDS

84 min, documentary, Canada, 2021

In a remote himalayan region, the villagers of Maikot are preparing for the harvest of a mysterious aphrodisiac caterpillar-mushroom worth more than gold.

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.

PERDRE MARIO

84 min., Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2021

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.

THE SPECTER OF WAVES

52 min, Documentary, Canada, 2020

Afflicted by various ailments and symptoms, François, Suzanne and Lorraine adapt or take refuge, challenged by the torments imposed by electrohypersensitivity.

PRAYER FOR A LOST MITTEN

79 min, documentary, Canada, 2020. Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award at Hotdocs Festival

JONGUÉ, A NOMAD’S JOURNEY

80 min, documentary, Canada, France, 2019

The life of photographer-writer Serge Emmanuel Jongué, told
using his own talismans, images and texts.