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.

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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.

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PORNOMANIA

15 min, fiction, Québec, Canada, 2024

Trauma and fascination growing from the roots of our sexuality : pornography.

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HERE AND THERE

19 min., documentaire, Québec, Canada, 2023

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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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IN 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?

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AMANI

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.

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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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ISTANBUL ECHOES

100min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada / France, 2017

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LIGHTS ABOVE WATER

60 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2016

Children from a Cree community express and question their identity.

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THE 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.

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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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LOVE 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.

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I AM AN ACTRESS

8 min, fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2014

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JULIA 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.

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RED 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.

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A MILE END TALE

68 min, Documentaire, Québec, Canada, 2013

A night walk in the Mile End neighborhood of Montreal, reflecting on disillusioned love.

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A SHADE OF GREY

14 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2013

A short film loosely inspired by Lionel Groulx’s novella.

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THE 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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