Youth
Les Films du 3 Mars (F3M) invites you to discover thematic cinema about Youth. From fiction to documentaries, long and short, enjoy the best of Québécois and Canadian filmmaking !
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.
Read moreCIRCO
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.
Read morePORNOMANIA
15 min, fiction, Québec, Canada, 2024
Trauma and fascination growing from the roots of our sexuality : pornography.
Read moreMARGOT’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.
Read moreIN BROAD DAYLIGHT
110 min, fiction, Québec, Canada, 2022
A one-night stand plunges a family into chaos. After giving birth in the living room of an opulent suburban home, a young woman decides to head off in search of her child’s father. But can she prevent the family fabric from shredding and the walls from crumbling?
Read moreAMANI
17 min., Fiction, Canada, 2020
In this tale, halfway between reality and fantasy, a mysterious narrator tells us the story of Amani, a young boy passionate about dance who finds himself hostage to a new reality.
Read moreSPEAK 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.
Read moreLE 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.
Read moreLIGHTS ABOVE WATER
60 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2016
Children from a Cree community express and question their identity.
Read moreTHE NAME YOU CARRY
17 min, Short film, Québec, Canada, 2015
When Vlace is suspended for hitting a classmate, Sasha is called to come get his son at school and has no choice but to take him along on his delivery route.
Read moreSOLID 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.
Read moreLOVE IN THE TIME OF CIVIL WAR
120 min, Fiction, Québec, Canada, 2014
A hard-hitting work that, to paraphrase Jean Genet, gives a voice to the unexpressed.
Read moreJULIA JULEP
9 min, short film, Quebec, Canada, 2014
Julia Julep is a short magical tale about Julia, a very young girl who makes peace with her mother’s recent death.
Read moreRED SQUARE ON A BLACKBOARD
110 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2013
Red square on a blackboard takes us into the heart of the 2012 student crisis to experience from the inside one of the most important social movements in Quebec history.
Read moreA MILE END TALE
68 min, Documentaire, Québec, Canada, 2013
A night walk in the Mile End neighborhood of Montreal, reflecting on disillusioned love.
Read moreA SHADE OF GREY
14 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2013
A short film loosely inspired by Lionel Groulx’s novella.
Read moreTHE WORLD OF ADRIEN
12 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2013
The colorful portrait of a child who loves drawings and shapes, and who takes us into his artistic and musical universe between age 6 to 13.
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