In theatre
Casa d’Italia – 505 Jean-Talon E
Landmark of the Little Italy neighbourhood, the Casa d’Italia is our anchor point to offer you more screenings, events and meetings. With Jean-Talon station right across the street, there’s no excuse to miss a good movie on the big screen!
FIKA(S), festival nordique
Trine refuses to fly. When the 18-year-old climate activist and trumpet talent gets invited to an audition at the famous Opera House in Oslo, she only has days to travel over 1500 km from the remote Lofoten islands to the capital. Trine decides to hitch-hike.
Laurens Pérol
Norway
language: Norwegian
subtitles: French
77 min
Homegrown cinema
Following the rhythm imposed by the elements, Sylvain L’Espérance patiently observes the sea, plants, rocks, and clouds cohabitate and their interactions with the contrasting sunlight.
Sylvain L'Espérance
Québec (Canada)
language: no dialogues
71 min
International cinema
When defamed actress Elisabeth is abruptly called into a parent-teacher meeting after hours, she’s presented with scathing allegations that trigger a tangled web of accusations. As Elisabeth struggles to uncover the truth, a chaotic fight for redemption arises.
Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden
language: Norwegian, English
subtitles: English
117 min
Ages 8 and up
It’s back in 52 BC. Cleopatra’s Egypt is under the yoke of the Roman Empire. What’s worse is that Cleopatra has had the good sense to choose Caesar for her boyfriend.
Alain Chabat
France
language: French
108 min
Homegrown cinema
Sarah and Simon, a couple of young millennials, are facing the repossession of their apartment in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis in the province of Quebec.
Simon Larochelle
Québec (Canada)
language: French
subtitles: English
69 min
Enter the Videodrome
Jim and Dave, a dad and a step-dad, have trouble bonding during a 3-day weekend upstate with their son, Branson. Presented as part of the Enter the Videodrome series, Tynan DeLong’s Dad & Step-Dad will be preceded by Maziyar Khatam’s The Sweater.
Tynan DeLong, Maziyar Khatam
language: English
88 min
International cinema
Pablo and his sister Apolline have forged an unbreakable bond through their shared obsession with an online video game. As Pablo’s reckless choices provoke the wrath of a dangerous rival gang, the end of their virtual life draws near, upending their reality.
Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
France
language: French
subtitles: English
107 min
Ages 8 and up
Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. They navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.
Gints Zilbalodis
Latvia, France, Belgium
language: no dialogue
84 min
Homegrown cinema
Sound and image stare each other in the face as Intercepted contrasts quiet compositions of everyday life of Ukrainians since the full-scale invasion with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families.
Oksana Karpovych
Québec (Canada), France, Ukraine
language: Russian, Ukrainian
subtitles: French
93 min
Homegrown cinema
In this gripping documentary, Ayana O’Shun (The Myth of the Black Woman) explores the phenomenon of absent fathers in Black communities, through the personal stories of the director and luminous, resilient women from Canada and Guadeloupe.
Ayana O'Shun
Québec (Canada)
language: French
75 min
Festival Filministes
Who said feminist issues were only for grown-ups? Certainly not the Filministes! On the contrary, if the truth comes from the mouths of children, it’s because they have to learn it somewhere. On the menu: six dynamic short films for young and old alike.
Multiple directors
language: French
45 min
International cinema
As political unrest erupts in Iran, a newly appointed judge realizes that his job is even more dangerous than expected, making him increasingly paranoid and distrustful.
Mohammad Rasoulof
Germany, France, Iran
language: Farsi
subtitles: French
166 min
Homegrown cinema
Jenny Cartwright casts a critical eye on a political system that doesn’t offer everyone the same opportunities. For most, the race is over before it even begins. But, thanks to the way the electoral system is set up, the big losers are the rest of us.
Jenny Cartwright
Québec (Canada)
language: French
98 min
Nuit blanche à Montréal
Presented free of charge as part of the Nuit blanche à Montréal, Monterey Pop documents the performances at the legendary Monterey International Pop Music Festival, including those of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding and Ravi Shankar.
D.A. Pennebaker
United States
language: English
147 min
Homegrown cinema
Shot over more than six years, the film brings us the moving stories of three groups of children from three different Indigenous nations: Atikamekw, Eeyou Cree and Innu.
Kim O'Bomsawin
Québec (Canada)
language: French, English, Innu Aimun, Attikamekw
93 min
International cinema
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. His complex bond with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, is haunted by the extreme inequality between them.
Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal
Palestine, Norway
language: Arabic, Hebrew, English
subtitles: English
95 min
Ages 3 to 10
Juliette and Carmen, two intrepid sisters aged 4 and 8, discover a secret passage to the Kingdom of the Winds, their favourite book.
Benoît Chieux
Belgium, France
language: French
80 min
Regards palestiniens
This program of films curated by the collective Regards Palestiniens explores the interview as form, examining how it shapes the conditions of speech.
Various filmmakers
language: English
80 min
International cinema
Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become a novelist while Martha became a war reporter. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain, United States, France
language: English
subtitles: French
107 min
Homegrown cinema
Margo, an aspiring actress, sees her life slowly crumble around her: her friends turn their backs on her, her lover ignores her, and her next film project is in jeopardy. Isolating herself in Portugal, she is confronted with her expectations and must learn to trust again.
Yann-Manuel Hernandez, Margaux Latour
Québec (Canada)
language: French
80 min
Homegrown cinema
Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.
Matthew Rankin
Québec, Manitoba (Canada)
language: Farsi, French
89 min
International cinema
This singular portrait of a sprawling family, set in the small, mountainous village of Vermiglio during the waning days of WWII, follows a series of dramatic, consequential events after the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier, who hides out in town after deserting the army.
Maura Delpero
Italy, France
language: Italian
subtitles: French
119 min
Love Stories
In the underground coal mines, Nam and Viet, young miners, face danger and darkness. One prepares to leave for a new life, but they must find Nam’s father’s remains, a soldier lost in a faraway forest, retracing the past through memories.
Trương Minh Quý
Vietnam
language: Vietnamese
subtitles: English
128 min
