La professeure adjointe en foresterie urbaine et résilience à UBC, Tahia Devisscher (2e à partir de la gauche) mène une session de bain de forêt avec des étudiants et diplômés du Programme de foresterie urbaine. Image tirée du film Forêts urbaines.

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Un campement d'étudiants militant contre la guerre à Gaza sur le campus de l'Université Columbia dans le documentaire The Encampments.

The Encampments

When a group of students at Columbia University launch a movement protesting the war in Gaza, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The Encampments sheds light on a moment that continues to make headlines today.

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Des femmes en burka sur la plage et une jeune fille en robe blanche dans une scène du film Leila and the wolves.

Leila and the Wolves

Drawing on the Arab heritage of oral tradition and mosaic pattern, Leila and the Wolves combines fictional drama, archival footage, and fantasy sequences to explore the collective memory of Arab women and their hidden role in history both in Palestine and in Lebanon.

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Maggie Cheung

Irma Vep

A Hong Kong movie star arrives in Paris to play the lead in a remake of a classic silent crime serial. What she finds is a behind-the-scenes tangle of barely controlled chaos as egos clash, romantic attractions simmer, and an obsessive director drives himself to the brink.

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Salif Ciss

From April 1st to May 27


Ode to Joy: six European comedies

Laughter without borders, smiles without limits! The Ode to Joy film cycle invites you to dive into a jubilant panorama of European humor through six irresistible comedies, from slapstick to biting satire, through bittersweet humour.

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Maggie Cheung se fait maquiller dans une scène du film Irma Vep.

This Spring


“Audience choices” are back

To celebrate our fourth anniversary, we are presenting four films selected by our audience: Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride, Joel Coen’s The Big Lebowski, Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude and Olivier Assayas’ Irma Vep.

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Une discussion au Cinéma Public.

Ensemble au cinéma


Over 6,000 participants!

Through the “Ensemble au cinéma” cultural mediation project, we are pursuing an objective that is close to our hearts: to make the cinema a place where people can live together, where the experience of films is lived, shared and developed through exchange and discussion.

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