Blue Heron
In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her Hungarian immigrant family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island. Their fresh start is disrupted by Jeremy, the eldest son, whose antisocial tendencies are becoming increasingly troubling.
Complet
Complet
Drunken Noodles
Adnan, a young art student, arrives in New York City to flat-sit for the summer, where he begins interning at a gallery. As moments from his past and present begin to intertwine, a series of encounters—both artistic and erotic—open cracks in his everyday reality.
Last chance
Rue Málaga
Maria Angeles, a 79 year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, Morcco, and enjoys her daily routine. However, her life is turned upside down when her daughter arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment in which she has always lived.
I Love Boosters
Corvette, Sade and Mariah make a living reselling garments lifted from the boutiques controlled by the powerful Christie Smith. Then, teleporting in from China, young factory worker Jianhu arrives to expose the squalid conditions in which the brand’s products are made.
Where is the Friend’s House?
Kiarostami takes a simple premise—a boy searches for the home of his classmate whose school notebook he has accidentally taken—and transforms it into a miraculous, child’s-eye adventure of the everyday.
Persepolis
Tehran, 1978. With the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Marjane, now required to wear the veil, begins to picture herself as a revolutionary. Internal repression grows harsher by the day. Her sharp tongue and rebellious stances become a problem.
Daisies
Believing the world to be “spoiled,” two brash young women embark on a series of pranks in which nothing is taken seriously. Daisies is an aesthetically and politically adventurous film that’s widely considered one of the great works of feminist cinema.
Crash
A traffic collision involving a commercial producer, James, and an enigmatic doctor, Helen, brings them, along with James’s wife, Catherine, together in a crucible of blood and broken glass. One of the most singular and provocative films of the 1990s.
Who I Am Not
A beauty queen and a male-presenting activist, both born male and female within one single body, break the intersex taboo through a personal and intimate exploration of truth, faith, and belonging.
Un été en hiver
In summer, Nagisa, a woman from the city, and Natsuo, a young man visiting his relatives, meet by the sea. In winter, Li, a screenwriter in a creative slump, travels to a snow-covered village with an old camera left behind by a late acquaintance.
Time and Water
Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away.
Dans la forêt
A documentary essay exploring the bonds between humans, animals, and the forest, revealing a complex world where protection and exploitation collide. Blending realism, political engagement, and a dreamlike approach, the film calls for a rethinking of our connection to the living world.
Le chant des forêts
In the Vosges forests, Vincent learned everything from his father Michel, a naturalist who spent his life observing wildlife in the woods. Now it is time for them to pass on this knowledge to Vincent’s son. Three perspectives, three generations, one shared fascination with wildlife.
Amadou et Mariam : Sons du Mali
Amadou & Mariam, the blind musical duo from Mali, embark on an extraordinary journey to record a new album, reconnect with their roots, and redefine their iconic music.
With Deanna Milligan, Ramsey Fendall in attendance
Lucid
Mia must pass her self portrait project or be kicked out of school. She is desperate to break free of her terrible creative block and finds her last hope in a magical Lucid Dreaming Elixir. The potion sparks her creativity but also unleashes dark monsters from her subconscious.
Space Cadet
ROBOT always watched over CELESTE, until she became a brilliant scientist and astronaut. When she leaves on an interstellar mission, ROBOT must face loneliness. In the vastness of space, as CELESTE struggles to overcome these obstacles, memories of her childhood resurface.
Nina Roza
A viral video of an 8-year-old Bulgarian artist catches the eye of a major art collector. Mihail is sent there, 30 years after leaving his home country, to assess the value of the girl’s work and confront the ghosts of his past.
Aki
Filmed over seasonal years, this unscripted project unfolds entirely without narration or dialogue, instead relying on the aural textures of wind, water, animal and human life, and ceremony to tell the story of a people fully rooted in their land.
Last chance
Baise-en-ville
When his mother threatens to kick him out of the family house, Sprite finds himself stuck in a paradox: he needs a driver’s licence to land a job, but he needs a job to pay for his licence. Luckily, Marie-Charlotte, his driving instructor, will do anything to help him.
The Devil Queen
Rio de Janeiro’s criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: Diaba, a femme queen with a taste for power and violence. When the police come after her boy toy, Diaba attempts to find a scapegoat to take the blame and a plot to dethrone Her Majesty arises!
Kaïros
After a year of filming abroad, Manu, a once prominent actor, returns to his hometown. But getting back into the business isn’t as easy as he thought. He’s no longer sure of anything. Against all odds, he lands a job hosting a nighttime call-in radio show.
Amadou et Mariam : Sons du Mali
Amadou & Mariam, the blind musical duo from Mali, embark on an extraordinary journey to record a new album, reconnect with their roots, and redefine their iconic music.
Le chant des forêts
In the Vosges forests, Vincent learned everything from his father Michel, a naturalist who spent his life observing wildlife in the woods. Now it is time for them to pass on this knowledge to Vincent’s son. Three perspectives, three generations, one shared fascination with wildlife.
Persepolis
Tehran, 1978. With the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Marjane, now required to wear the veil, begins to picture herself as a revolutionary. Internal repression grows harsher by the day. Her sharp tongue and rebellious stances become a problem.
News from Home
A mother writes to her daughter who has left for America. A mother writes to her daughter who has left for America. A small voice from a Europe that is still trying to be heard. Little music of life that we still hear but to which we can no longer answer from New York.
Nina Roza
A viral video of an 8-year-old Bulgarian artist catches the eye of a major art collector. Mihail is sent there, 30 years after leaving his home country, to assess the value of the girl’s work and confront the ghosts of his past.
The Devil Queen
Rio de Janeiro’s criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: Diaba, a femme queen with a taste for power and violence. When the police come after her boy toy, Diaba attempts to find a scapegoat to take the blame and a plot to dethrone Her Majesty arises!
With Charles Binamé, Pierre Zovilé, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Chris Mullington, Benjamin R. Taylor in attendance
EXPMTL
Created by artists from Montreal and the surrounding area, the works in this edition of EXPMTL, copresented with VISIONS and Vidéographe, have been drawn from the Vithèque collection, a vast repository of Vidéographe’s video history dating back to the 1970s.
Last chance
La mécanique des frontières
Mathieu, 19, leads a solitary life. His daily routine is upended when his older sister Heidi, who left for the United States three years earlier, asks him to come pick her up.
Crash
A traffic collision involving a commercial producer, James, and an enigmatic doctor, Helen, brings them, along with James’s wife, Catherine, together in a crucible of blood and broken glass. One of the most singular and provocative films of the 1990s.
Time and Water
Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away.
Last chance
With Hasan in Gaza
Three MiniDV tapes filmed in Gaza in 2001 have recently been rediscovered. What began as a search for a former cellmate in 1989 turned into an unexpected road trip from the north to the south of Gaza in the company of Hasan, a local guide whose fate remains unknown.
My Own Private Idaho
Mike and Scott, two young street hustlers, embark on a quest along the grungy streets and open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home.
Amadou et Mariam : Sons du Mali
Amadou & Mariam, the blind musical duo from Mali, embark on an extraordinary journey to record a new album, reconnect with their roots, and redefine their iconic music.
Mile End Kicks
Grace Pine, a 24-year-old music critic, moves to Montreal in the summer of 2011 with the goal of writing a book about Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill. Instead, she falls in love with two guys in the same struggling indie rock band, vowing to become their publicist.
Arco
In 2075, a 10-year-old girl named Iris sees a mysterious boy dressed in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. His name is Arco. He comes from a distant, idyllic future where time travel is possible. Iris takes him in and does everything she can to help him return home.
Le chant des forêts
In the Vosges forests, Vincent learned everything from his father Michel, a naturalist who spent his life observing wildlife in the woods. Now it is time for them to pass on this knowledge to Vincent’s son. Three perspectives, three generations, one shared fascination with wildlife.
I Love Boosters
Corvette, Sade and Mariah make a living reselling garments lifted from the boutiques controlled by the powerful Christie Smith. Then, teleporting in from China, young factory worker Jianhu arrives to expose the squalid conditions in which the brand’s products are made.
Le chant des forêts
In the Vosges forests, Vincent learned everything from his father Michel, a naturalist who spent his life observing wildlife in the woods. Now it is time for them to pass on this knowledge to Vincent’s son. Three perspectives, three generations, one shared fascination with wildlife.
With Olivier Godin in attendance
Oublie pas le gruau
The Barbarian believes he has only a few erections left before death. Cursed to a life in a thrift shop and haunted by family tragedy, he sets his sights on Marie, an alcoholic special-ed teacher. If he must go, he figures, he might as well go out in good company.
Coming soon
A New Love in Tokyo
At the terminus of the Japanese Bubble era, Rei and Ayumi, both sex workers, strike up a friendship and lose themselves in a world dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure, camaraderie and the joys of hanging out in the perpetually horny districts of Shinjuku and Shibuya.
The Company of Strangers
Seven elderly women find themselves stranded when their bus breaks down in the wilderness. They turn a potential crisis into a magical time of humour, spirit and camaraderie.
Macho Dancer
Upon losing a reliable American client, 18-year-old gigolo Pol leaves his native province to try his luck in the soapy gay clubs of Manila. As Pol learns the ropes alongside fellow stripper Noel and savvy prostitute Bambi, he discovers more than his young mind bargained for.
