Festival Émergence : Entrée interdite

Cinéma Public is delighted to welcome two programs from Festival Émergence de Montréal, for their 5th edition! In the privacy of their own home, each person has their own story to tell. Through the lens of the camera, we’ll travel to unfamiliar places, unexplored universes and, why not, inside your head?

The name of the screening is taken from the short film by Philippe Vanasse-Paquet and Dimitri Lavallée, which won an Honorable Mention from the Youth Jury at the 4th edition of Montreal’s Festival Émergence.

Le 19 | Loïc Piché | 2024 | Canada | French | 12’47

Le 19 is an anthropological comedy about the state of awakening and the purity of the behaviors that flow from it. The film seeks to touch on our shared humanity and its universal, unifying appeal.

Glouton | 2023 | Alyson Andrews | Canada | no dialog | 1’36

At the dawn of a pacifist civilization built on post-apocalyptic remains, a fruit picker discovers a forgotten technology, confronting him with a moral conflict.

La chasse | 2023 | Louka Hogue | Canada | French | 8’53

One autumn day, Germain and his son Mathieu visit their old family home where, twenty years earlier, a tragedy turned their lives upside down. What happened? Why are they returning to a place that has been abandoned for so many years? The pieces of their story come together when Germain comes face to face with Nadeau, the former neighbor who has just been released from prison.

INSOMNIE | 2023 | Paul Utkay | Canada | no dialog | 3’18

Follows the struggles of a young man as he tries to fall asleep. The film explores the bizarre, often unsettling inner landscape of a strange brain and the struggles one can face trying to find a moment of tranquility amidst the chaos.

Les crochets | Charles Parisé | 2023 | Canada | French | 9′

A young man finds himself in bed with a partner for the first time as he faces the biggest challenge of his life… figuring out how to undo a bra.

Terreurs nocturnes | Justine Prévost | 2023 | Canada | no dialog | 2’42

Après-coups | Romane Garant Chartrand | 2023 | Canada | French | 24’51

In a shelter, women regain control of their lives by coming together to denounce the violence they have suffered.