Films on demand
Ten Canadian filmmakers. Five filmed correspondences. Cinéma Public is proud to present Cinépistolaire, our very first original creation. From these exchanges of filmed letters, a unique cinematic space is born, where each person’s voice and gaze simultaneously listen to the other and unveil the self.
Homegrown cinema
Jo is only ten years old, has three sisters, a father who is very busy being unhappy, and an understanding, but strict mother. With her romantic soul and an imagination hungry for drama, she sets herself the mission of saving her father from work and misfortune.
Patrice Sauvé
Québec (Canada)
language: French
subtitles: English
105 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
Germaine Lauzon, a housewife, wins a million stamps that she believes will bring her happiness and access to a world she’s been dreaming of for so long. She invites her sisters, sisters-in-law and neighbors to a stamp collage party.
René Richard Cyr
Québec (Canada)
language: French
subtitles: English
102 min
Homegrown cinema
Noriko Oi, a Japanese-Canadian woman who lives in Montreal, is about to return to Nagasaki, her hometown. She decides to reconstruct the past of her mother Mitsuko, a survivor of the atomic bomb, in the hope of passing down her cultural heritage to her children.
Laurence Lévesque
Québec (Canada)
language: Japanese
subtitles: French
96 min
