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
In Saigon, family culture holds on against all odds, even when filial ties are broken. In a mosaic of intimate portraits, Má Sài Gòn adopts the gaze of LGBTQ+ communities to explore a deeply human quest for love, acceptance, connection and belonging.
Khoa Lê
Québec (Canada)
language: Vietnamese
subtitles: French
100 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
Manawan, 1977. A vehicle falls into a river near a Native community. Two Quebecers escape, but five Atikamekws lose their lives. While the police conclude that it was an accident, the victims’ families are left with unanswered questions.
Chloé Leriche
Québec (Canada)
language: Atikamekw, French
subtitles: French or English
103 min
Homegrown cinema
Aaju Peter is a force of nature. A Greenlandic Inuit lawyer and activist, she defends the human rights of the Arctic’s indigenous peoples and fiercely protects her ancestral lands. She strives to bring her colonizers to justice, both in Canada and Denmark.
Lin Alluna
Denmark, Greenland, Canada
language: Danish, Kalaallisut, English, Inuktitut
subtitles: French and English
91 min
