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Disrupting the Social Order – Retrospective

Anne at 13,000 ft

Kazik Radwinski

Duration: 75 minutes

Best Canadian Film – Toronto Critics Awards

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Alexander Nanau

COLLECTIVE
Filippo Meneghetti

DEUX
Jesse Noah Klein

LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE
Sarah Baril Gaudet

PASSAGE
Rose Glass

SAINT MAUD
Emma Seligman

SHIVA BABY
Sound og Metal de Cinéma Public films en ligne
Darius Marder

SOUND OF METAL
Stray de Cinéma Public films en ligne
Elizabeth Lo

STRAY
Festival Stop Motion Montreal

A STOP MOTION ADVENTURE
Art Souterrain

(p)eau
Art Souterrain

&?6$ »*?4 en processus
Art Souterrain

Call you at Noon – Outside In (exploration)
Lee Isaac Chung

MINARI

Alexander Nanau

COLLECTIVE

2019 / Romania, Luxembourg / Romanian with English subtitles / 109 min

Alexander Nanau’s film, Collective, immerses us in an investigation of the Romanian health care system, where reality far outweighs fiction.

Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians — and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.

Nominated Best Documentary Feature Film – Academy Awards 2021

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Filippo Meneghetti

DEUX

2019 / France / French with English subtitles / 99 min

Nina and Madeleine have hidden their love to the people around them for years. But they will have to rethink everything after an unexpected event.

Pensioners Nina (Barbara Sukowa) and Madeleine (Martine Chevallier) have hidden their deep and passionate love for many decades. From the point of view of those surrounding them, including Madeleine’s meddling daughter (Léa Drucker), they are simply two neighbours sharing a hallway during their sunset years. In reality, this landing is a bridge between two worlds: one belonging to a widowed, doting grandmother, the other to a free-spirited, fiercely independent woman who longs to spend her life with the person she loves. Clandestinely, Nina and Madeleine share a tender life, moving freely between their apartments until, one day, an unexpected event closes the portal. In this new reality, their secret cannot remain hidden if they are to stay together — and their unconditional love is put to the test.

Nominated Best Motion Picture Foreign Language – Golden Globes 2021

AVAILABLE APRIL 1ST

Jesse Noah Klein

LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE

2020 / Canada / English with French subtitles / 85 min

The story of a woman’s struggle to regain the life she left behind.

Dara returns home to reconnect with her husband and her young daughter, whom she left two years earlier. When she arrives, she discovers that a woman who is seven months pregnant has taken her place and that her daughter no longer recognizes her. LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE tells the story of a woman’s struggle to regain the life she left behind.

TIFF Select – Toronto International Film Festival 2020

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Available until April 30

Sarah Baril Gaudet

PASSAGE

2020 / (Québec) Canada / French with English subtitles / 81 min

Passage paints a poetic portrait of 18-year-olds Gabrielle and Yoan’s summer, on the eve of their inevitable departure from remote area of Temiscamingue.

Gabrielle and Yoan are 18 years old. Even though they both grew up in Temiscamingue, their aspirations are opposite. While Yoan wants to leave the area to break away from his loneliness and explore his homosexuality, Gabrielle is torn at the thought of going over a hundred kilometers away from home to carry on with her studies. While summer is in full swing, Passage paints a poetic portrait of these two protagonists transitioning into adulthood, trying to blossom and chart their own path.

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Rose Glass

SAINT MAUD

2019 / United Kingdom / English with French subtitles / 85 min

Your savior is coming.

The debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud is a chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a fallen world. Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient’s soul — but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.

Nominated for 2 BAFTA 2021
Best Film – London Film Festival

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Emma Seligman

SHIVA BABY

2020 / United-States, Canada / English / 77 min

Danielle will have to face a few demons at a family shiva – including an ex and…her sugar daddy.

A near college graduate, Danielle, gets paid by her sugar daddy and rushes to meet her neurotic parents at a family shiva. Upon arrival, she is accosted by various estranged relatives about her appearance and lack of post-grad plans, while her confident ex-girlfriend, Maya, is applauded by everyone for getting into law school. Danielle’s day takes an unexpected turn when her sugar daddy, Max, arrives at the shiva with his accomplished wife, Kim, and crying baby. As the day unfolds, Danielle struggles to keep up different versions of herself, fend off pressures from her family and confront her insecurities without completely losing it.

Official Selection – SXSW 2020
Official Selection – TIFF 2020

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cELLEuloid is a fun and laidback monthly series of films directed by women. Founded by film curator and lifelong cinephile, Dara Moats, the series aims to create a space to showcase all genres and levels of women-directed films from classics to cult hits to brand new Montreal premieres! cELLEuloid is the perfect way to experience all the complexities of the female gaze and enjoy a drink or two in great company!

Sound og Metal de Cinéma Public films en ligne

Darius Marder

SOUND OF METAL

2020 / United-States / English with French subtitles / 130 min

Music was everything to him. But living in silence will put all his life in perspective.

When ex-addict Ruben unexpectedly loses his hearing while touring with his girlfriend Lou, he becomes overwhelmed by anxiety and his life is thrown into turmoil. In a group home for Deaf addicts, Ruben must choose between his new Deaf community and the life of sound he left behind.

Nominated for 6 Academy Awards
Nominated for 4 BAFTA

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Stray de Cinéma Public films en ligne

Elizabeth Lo

STRAY

2020 / Turkey / Turkish with French subtitles / 72 min

Witness the daily life of Zeityn, a stray dog in Istanbul.

Close to the ground, the camera follows three stray dogs, Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal, through the streets of Istanbul. We discover their territory and habits, and the humans they know. They take us to surprising places and give us a novel look at Turkish society and human situations we rarely see. The three dogs’ paths converge on the young Syrian refugees who also live in the streets. Minimalist yet spectacular, Elizabeth Lo’s film is driven by a spontaneous, immersive approach to direction. Filmed from the dogs’ eye-level, this sensory work takes their perspective in order to get a clearer look at humanity and its paradoxes, and to put the world’s invisible beings back in the frame. (Apolline Caron-Ottavi, RIDM 2020)

Hot docs 2020 – Best International Feature Documentary Award

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Festival Stop Motion Montreal

A STOP MOTION ADVENTURE

For budding explorers, hiking across the jungle and navigating through the clouds has never been so exciting. Grab a friend by the hand and travel among colorful settings to meet brave and touching characters.

Quma y las Bestias/ Quma & the Beasts / Javier Ignacio Luna Crook & Ivan Stur / 2019 / Argentina / no dialogue / 11 min
Sum of its Parts / Alisa Stern / 2019 / United-States, United Kingdom / no dialogue / 3 min
Birdlime / Evan DeRushie / 2017 / Canada / no dialogue / 11 min
Amiki, Bonne nuit Papili / Francis Gélinas / 2020 / Canada / French / 2 min
Two Balloons / Marck C. Smith / 2017 / United-States / no dialogue / 9 min
Picko / Sukhyun Park / 2020 / South Korean / no dialogue / 7 min
Archie / Ainslie Henderson / 2018 / United Kingdom / no dialogue / 4 min
Claypet / Yasuko Abe / Japan / no dialogue / 2 min

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Art Souterrain

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(p)eau / L’incubateur and Anna-Maude Lamontagne / (Québec) Canada / French / 15 min

Comment définir l’eau? La saisir? La ressentir pour ce qu’elle compose et ce qu’elle pénètre?
« Ayant acquis le droit d’habiter le plus creux de l’océan, son obscurité absolue, ayant payé mon poids de chair et d’os aux féroces poissons lumineux, goutte de nuit dans la nuit, ni lune ni soleil ne peuvent plus m’atteindre. »
– Les fous de Bassan, Anne Hébert

In collaboration with UQAM’s L’Incubateur, BIGBANG shares an exclusive mini-documentary on the realities and challenges of the performing arts. Discover how today’s emerging dancers project themselves into the environment of tomorrow, all the while being deprived of their first place of creation: the stage. Presented 3 times on the Cinema Public web platform, see Stéphanie Decourteille and her students open the doors to their more-than-ever fragmented universe.

Art Souterrain

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Courts-Métrages_ Cinéma Public X Art Souterrain

&?6$ »*?4 en processus / L’incubateur and Marianne Mercier-Dulac / (Québec) Canada / French

Un public est là.
Individu sur scène.
On le regarde. Parce qu’on a le droit.
Aussi on a appris à regarder cette personne et à croire que ce qu’elle va nous dire est réel ou bien on aime croire que ce qu’elle nous présente pourrait exister. Alors ça c’est réel mais apporte un peu de confusion quand on y pense.

In collaboration with UQAM’s L’Incubateur, BIGBANG shares an exclusive mini-documentary on the realities and challenges of the performing arts. Discover how today’s emerging dancers project themselves into the environment of tomorrow, all the while being deprived of their first place of creation: the stage. Presented 3 times on the Cinema Public web platform, see Stéphanie Decourteille and her students open the doors to their more-than-ever fragmented universe.

Art Souterrain

Call you at Noon – Outside In (exploration)

Courts-Métrages_ Cinéma Public X Art Souterrain

Call you at Noon – Outside In (exploration) / L’incubateur and Laura Perron / (Québec) Canada / French

Suite à l’inévitable conflit interne qu’a provoqué l’isolement des premiers mois de pandémie, je ne pouvais plus ignorer mon profond sentiment d’inauthenticité et de désalignement. L’œuvre que je propose, soit l’amorce
d’une exploration de mouvements intitulé «Call you at Noon – Outside In (exploration)», est un approfondissement de cette introspection; de mes émotions.

D’abord voulant étudier les impacts de la respiration sur l’état émotif du spectateur, je me trouve rapidement ébahie par l’allure bestiale de mes mouvements; l’articulation de la colonne, l’isolation des omoplates, la contraction des muscles,… je vous invite donc à vous plonger dans un univers mystérieux, inhumain, voire déshumanisant.

In collaboration with UQAM’s L’Incubateur, BIGBANG shares an exclusive mini-documentary on the realities and challenges of the performing arts. Discover how today’s emerging dancers project themselves into the environment of tomorrow, all the while being deprived of their first place of creation: the stage. Presented 3 times on the Cinema Public web platform, see Stéphanie Decourteille and her students open the doors to their more-than-ever fragmented universe.

Lee Isaac Chung

MINARI

2020 / United-States / Korean and English with English and French subtitles / 115 min

Minari follows a Korean-American family that moves to an Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream.

A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, Minari follows a Korean-American family that moves to an Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, Minari shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

Grand Jury Prize – Sundance 2020
Nominated for 6 Academy Awards 2021

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INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR
Anne at 13,000 ft de Kazik Radwanski Cinéma Public
Radwanski Retrospective

ANNE AT 13,000 FT
Radwanski Retrospective

HOW HEAVY THIS HAMMER
Radwanski retrospective

TOWER
Radwanski retrospective

SHORT FILMS

TALK WITH KAZIK RADWANSKI & DERAGH CAMPBELL

ABOUT THE RETROSPECTIVE

INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR

By Charlotte Selb

Your films have been compared to documentaries, both in method and style. Can you comment on your naturalistic approach, and what you’re trying to achieve with that method?
I’ve always been drawn to the complexity of reality, how natural light falls on a location or the specificity of someone’s cadence when they speak. I think it’s the feeling of capturing something beyond words. There’s an infinity in documentary or naturalism that I find endlessly fascinating. 

Your films are microbudget and typically shot over a long period of time. Do you feel like having limited resources ended up being a source of freedom and creativity?
Yes, definitely. I’ve had the luxury of working with close collaborators and friends over a long period of time. In many ways I feel that it is priceless. It’s been a huge source of freedom and creativity because it gives us a lot of perspective on our work. We are able to take a step back and edit the footage, have a conversation about it and then shoot more.

How do you work with your actors, whether they’re professionals or not? How much do they help define the characters?
Yes, all of my actors are typically non-ACTRA. What was different about Anne at 13,000 ft is that I wrote it with Deragh Campbell in mind. I’ve admired Deragh’s work and the films she has appeared in for years and wanted to work with her because she’s a great actor. On top of that, Deragh is also a filmmaker and Matt Johnson is too. They are both cinephiles and understand my methods. They also have similar goals with their own work. So it was a great experience developing and defining these characters with Matt and Deragh. 

What are the other factors influencing your script as the shoot goes?
The edit, we are constantly editing as we shoot. The latest draft of the script quickly turns into the latest edit of the rough cut. I’ve collaborated with my editor Ajla Odobašic for over a decade. She has cut all of my films. We are always looking for ways to evolve the film in the edit. We will experiment by cutting out entire scenes or extending a scene that was very short on paper. We found the ending of Anne at 13,000 ft while editing. 

Can you talk about your use of close-ups? Rather than helping us understand the character, this aesthetic choice seems to create a sense of anxiety and opacity.
I think it’s both. The proximity of the shots provides intimacy and obviously help us understand the character. But yes, I also like it when that privileged position feels a little anxious or opaque. I don’t think we should feel too comfortable judging these characters. I also hope the cutting and certain juxtapositions help deter a simplistic reading. There are a lot of pitfalls to knowledge. I definitely favour sensation over knowledge in my work. I love the feeling of being close to something mysterious.

Your films are very anchored in Toronto, as you’re shooting in natural settings. Can you talk about the influence of the Toronto landscape on your films, and how you see the relationship between environment and characters? What do you feel is cinematic about Toronto?
What’s cinematic about Toronto is that I’m from Toronto. I grew up here and most locations I choose have a personal resonance for me. They are all charged with memories that I can pull from. The daycare where we filmed Anne at 13,000 ft is a major Toronto landscape for me. It’s the largest daycare in Toronto and my mother ran it for 40 years. It was important for me to capture the architecture and ambience of the building but more importantly how it functions as an institution and microcosm of society. How children, families, employees are all connected through it.

Anne at 13,000 ft de Kazik Radwanski Cinéma Public

Radwanski Retrospective

ANNE AT 13,000 FT

2019 / Canada / English with French subtitles / 75 min

Anne (Deragh Campbell, I Used To Be Darker) has a seemingly ordinary and stable life as a single daycare worker in Toronto. But after an overwhelming skydiving trip for her best friend Sara’s bachelorette party, the ground shifts beneath Anne’s feet. She starts to bring a care-free joyfulness to her conservative job, the effects of which spill over into her personal life. At Sara’s wedding, Anne meets Matt (Matt Johnson, Operation Avalanche) who takes to her offbeat, confrontational charms, but she soon finds herself pushing the limits of what’s socially acceptable. Anne at 13,000 ft is a rigorous, volatile portrait of a young woman struggling to come down to earth, from director Kazik Radwanski (Tower, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival; How Heavy This Hammer, Berlin International Film Festival; Scaffold, New York Film Festival) and Toronto’s acclaimed MDFF filmmaking collaborative.

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You can rent the movie alone for 7,99 or the whole retrospective bundle for 9,99$.

Radwanski Retrospective

HOW HEAVY THIS HAMMER

2015 / Canada / English / 75 min

A married father of two nearing middle age, Erwin (Erwin Van Cotthem) is not quite an outcast, but as his life slowly begins to unravel we begin to understand just how far outside the social order he truly is. Erwin spends all of his free time playing fantasy games online. When not on the computer, Erwin is a barely conscious entity: virtually everything else in his life is a distraction and an annoyance (including his wife and children), and his only physical exercise is rugby, where he uses his bulk to his advantage and releases his usually sublimated aggression. A touching yet infuriating example of our society’s mysterious ability to freeze men in adolescence, Erwin is both conscious of and frustrated by his stunted existence, but is either unwilling or incapable of getting out of his rut.

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You can rent the movie alone for 4,99 or the whole retrospective bundle for 9,99$.

Radwanski retrospective

TOWER

2012 / Canada / English with French subtitles / 78 min

Tower centres on a thirty-four year old man, Derek, who lives at home with his parents in Toronto, Canada. Unlike his married brother who is expecting a baby, Derek is single and without a career. Although he aspires to become a graphic-animator, he works part-time at his uncle’s construction company. Late at night he wanders the street alone and frequents nightclubs in search of companionship. Derek suddenly finds himself in an intimate relationship with a woman he meets, Nicole. When a neighbourhood raccoon becomes a constant nuisance by tearing up his family’s garbage, Derek sets out to catch it.

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You can rent the movie alone for 4,99 or the whole retrospective bundle for 9,99$.

Radwanski retrospective

SHORT FILMS

Scaffold (2017, Canada, English, 15 min)
Recent immigrants to Canada working on scaffolding break the routine of their job by observing the people in the neighbourhood from a unique, precarious and ephemeral vantage point.

Cutaway (2014, Canada, English, 7 min)
Cutaway portrays a phase in the life of a single young man as he works as a labourer, pursues relationships with women, and comes to terms with a life changing event. Told through close details of hands and objects, this film intimately portrays uncertainty and loss.

Green Crayons (2010, Canada, English, 10 min)
An afternoon at school; it’s time for independent activities and two boys scan the table of books in front of them to see what’s on offer. Then one of the boys starts spitting at the other. The other boy reciprocates, getting in to it. The more they spit, the more they enjoy themselves. But then the teacher arrives on the scene and things take a dramatic turn.

Out in That Deep Blue See (2009, English, anglais, 16 min)
A real estate agent encounters a slump late in his career, struggling to balance his professional obligations and personal relationships.

Princess Margaret Blv. (2008, Canada, English with French subtitles, 13 min)
An introduction to Isabelle, as she defiantly confronts the frustration, confusion and loneliness that are the effects of Alzheimer’s.

Assault (2007, Canada, English, 11 min)
A teenager attempts to keep his composure following a reckless crime.

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You can rent every short individually for 1,99$ or the whole retrospective as a bundle for 9,99$.

TALK WITH KAZIK RADWANSKI & DERAGH CAMPBELL

It is our pleasure to share this wonderful discussion between director Kazik Radwanski and actress Deragh Campbell from Anne at 13,000 Ft moderated by TIFF’s head programmer Andréa Picard.

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ABOUT THE RETROSPECTIVE

In 2009, Kazik Radwanski co-founded the Toronto-based production company MDFF. To date, he has made three feature films and six shorts, revealing his talent as one of English Canada’s most compelling independent filmmakers. His films have been selected for major festivals – Berlin, Locarno, NYFF, TIFF – and praised by critics for their formal refinement, sardonic humour and intriguing nature. He works with microbudgets, maintains a loose relationship with the script, and makes editing central to his artistic approach. He is often compared to filmmakers such as John Cassavetes and the Dardenne brothers because of his naturalistic aesthetic, outsider characters and non-professional actors.

“MDFF is committed to exploring naturalistic, narrative and documentary forms in filmmaking with a focus on unique, director-driven projects that display a strong sense of cinematic handwriting,” according to the company’s website. Rather than limiting his creativity, financial constraints have been a source of creative freedom for Radwanski: working with friends and close colleagues over long periods, with schedules adjusted to fit each person’s availability, he makes his films over the long haul, perfecting his scripts based on the scenes filmed, developing his characters in depth and constantly experimenting with editing.

Tower (2012), How Heavy This Hammer (2015) and Anne at 13,000 ft (2019) reveal his fascination with the complexity of reality, in particular the situations faced by individuals who are at odds with their social environment. In his portrayal of antiheroes, he refuses to indulge in simplistic readings or moralizing; he favours feeling over understanding, questioning over judgment. Radwanski’s body of work is a multi-faceted portrait of a Canadian society that is more alienating than it seems. He shows us human beings in crisis – irritating, endearing, incomprehensible – struggling to find their place in a social order that gives people limited scope for reinvention.

The Kazik Radwanski retrospective will take place from April 14 to May 31 on Cinéma Public’s online platform. The filmmaker’s three features, plus a program of six shorts, will be accompanied by a pre-recorded discussion between Radwanski and actress Deragh Campbell (How Heavy This Hammer, Anne at 13,000 ft), moderated by TIFF senior programmer Andréa Picard. A pass for the entire retrospective will be available, as will single-film rentals.

The Kazik Radwanski retrospective is co-presented by 24 images, thanks to the support of the Conseil des arts de Montréal.

Disrupting the Social Order
April 14 to May 31

In 2009, Kazik Radwanski co-founded the Toronto-based production company MDFF. To date, he has made three feature films and six shorts, revealing his talent as one of English Canada’s most compelling independent filmmakers. His films have been selected for major festivals – Berlin, Locarno, NYFF, TIFF – and praised by critics for their formal refinement, sardonic humour and intriguing nature. He works with microbudgets, maintains a loose relationship with the script, and makes editing central to his artistic approach. He is often compared to filmmakers such as John Cassavetes and the Dardenne brothers because of his naturalistic aesthetic, outsider characters and non-professional actors.

The Kazik Radwanski retrospective is co-presented by 24 images, thanks to the support of the Conseil des arts de Montréal.

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STRAY

TALK WITH ELIZABETH LO, INA FICHMAN & ERNST KAREL
Passage

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Shiva Baby

TALK WITH EMMA SELIGMAN
ASWANG

TALK WITH ALYX AYN ARUMPAC
April 18 – 8 p.m.

CINEMA QUIZ
This summer

OUTDOOR SCREENINGS

TALK WITH KAZIK RADWANSKI & DERAGH CAMPBELL

It is our pleasure to share this wonderful discussion between director Kazik Radwanski and actress Deragh Campbell from Anne at 13,000 Ft moderated by TIFF’s head programmer Andréa Picard.

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STRAY

TALK WITH ELIZABETH LO, INA FICHMAN & ERNST KAREL

We had the chance to have a quick talk with Elizabeth Lo (director, writer, producer), Ina Fichman (co-producer) and Ernst Karel (sound designer) behind Stray, available to rent on this website starting April 1st.

Passage

TALK WITH SARAH BARIL GAUDET

We had the chance to have a talk with Sarah Baril Gaudet, director of the documentary Passage, available to rent on this website starting April 1st.

Emma Seligman Shiva Baby Cinema Public Montreal

Shiva Baby

TALK WITH EMMA SELIGMAN

We had the chance to have a talk with Emma Seligman, director of the film Shiva Baby, available to rent on this website starting April 2nd.

CLICK HERE TO RENT SHIVA BABY

ASWANG

TALK WITH ALYX AYN ARUMPAC

We had the chance to have a talk with Alyx Ayn Arumpac (director and producer) about Aswang, available to rent on this website starting April 1st.

CLICK HERE TO RENT ASWANG
Aswang Cinema Public Film Development Council of the Philippines

April 18 – 8 p.m.

CINEMA QUIZ

Once a month, join us for a special CINEMA QUIZ with Quiz Montréal. Please note that the quiz is in French only.

The quiz is divided in three parts:
Round 1) Visual
Round 2) Questions
Round 3) Audio

Hosted by Éloïse et Jennifer.
Drawing by mvvartworks

NEXT QUIZ – APRIL 18 at 8PM

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OUTDOOR SCREENINGS

This summer, Cinéma Public invites you to join us outside, because like you, films will want to get some fresh air in a safe environment. Our programming will be diverse and festive, with some nice surprises. The locations will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

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Our passionate team believes in the future of cinema. We are driven by a desire to create a new space where films, artists and audiences meet. Cinéma Public humanizes the moviegoing experience with appealing and stimulating events and a carefully curated film program.

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Amélie Saffré
Philanthropic development

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Nadine Medawar, Luc Déry, Jean-Marc Krupa, Robert Yalden, Roxanne Sayegh and Tao Fei

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Cinéma Public thanks its institutional partners: the Secrétariat à la région métropolitaine of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation via the Fonds d’initiative et de rayonnement de la métropole, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the SODEC, Telefilm Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage.

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