Schedule

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
May 12 Monday, May 12
18:00
Chronicle of a Summer
20:00
RATS!
May 13 Tuesday, May 13
18:00
À l’abordage
20:00
Le temps
May 14 Wednesday, May 14
21:00
The Big Lebowski
May 15 Thursday, May 15
18:00 Leila and the Wolves (EST)
Des femmes en burka sur la plage et une jeune fille en robe blanche dans une scène du film Leila and the wolves.

Leila and the Wolves

Drawing on the Arab heritage of oral tradition and mosaic pattern, Leila and the Wolves combines fictional drama, archival footage, and fantasy sequences to explore the collective memory of Arab women and their hidden role in history both in Palestine and in Lebanon.

20:15 Bread Day + Paradise (EST)
Special screening
Un enfant kazakh boit un bol de lait dans une séquence du documentaire Paradise (Chastie).

Bread Day + Paradise

Sergei Dvortsevoy’s early observational documentaries capture a time of transition in Russia and Kazakhstan in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union with a slow and steady cinematic gaze.

May 16 Friday, May 16
16:00 L’histoire de Souleymane
Abou Sangaré dans le métro de Paris dans une scène du film L'histoire de Souleymane.

L’histoire de Souleymane

As he pedals through the streets of Paris, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview. But Souleymane is not ready.

18:00 Misericordia (EST)
Last chance
David Ayala

Misericordia

Jérémie returns to his hometown for the funeral of his former boss. He decides to stay for a few days with the man’s widow. A mysterious disappearance, a threatening neighbor and a priest with strange intentions make Jérémie’s short stay take an unexpected turn…

20:15 Il reste encore demain (FST)
Paola Cortellesi parmi une foule dans une scène du film Il reste encore demain.

Il reste encore demain

In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband.

May 17 Saturday, May 17
13:15 Il reste encore demain (FST)
Paola Cortellesi parmi une foule dans une scène du film Il reste encore demain.

Il reste encore demain

In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband.

15:45 No Other Land (FST)

No Other Land

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.

18:00 Kouté Vwa
With Miryam Charles in attendance
Le jeune Melrick Diomar vu de profil dans une scène du film Kouté Vwa.

Kouté Vwa

Melrick, a 13-year-old boy, spends his summer vacation in Cayenne with his grandmother Nicole. His desire to learn to play the drum brings back the spectre of Lucas, Nicole’s son, also a drummer, who died in tragic conditions 11 years earlier.

20:15 À l’abordage
Salif Cissé et un bébé sur la plage dans une scène du film À l'abordage.

À l’abordage

A warm summer evening in Paris: Félix meets Alma by chance. But she is about to go on a family vacation and their time together is cut short. On an impulse, Félix decides to surprise her where she is holidaying and enrols a friend in the adventure.

May 18 Sunday, May 18
10:30 Flow
10:30 Flow
Un chat noir assis à la proue d'un bateau nous observe dans une scène du film Flow.

Flow

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.

12:15 Bande-son pour un coup d’État (FST)
Le roi Baudouin de Belgique désarmé par un Congolais le 30 juin 1960. La photo est tirée du film Bande-son pour un coup d'État.

Bande-son pour un coup d’État

A riveting essay film that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 murder of Congo’s leader. A moment when African politics and American jazz collided.

15:15 Je suis toujours là (FST)
Last chance
Fernanda Torres dans une scène du film Je suis toujours là.

Je suis toujours là

Brazil, 1971, under the military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government. The true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.

18:00 The Players (FST)
Une actrice au visage voilé dans une scène du film The Players.

The Players

It’s the summer of 1994 and Emily’s dream of becoming an actor is about to come true, when she joins an avant-garde theatre production. As the lines between artistic and personal relationships blur, Emily becomes trapped in the complex power dynamics within the group.

20:00 No Other Land (EST)

No Other Land

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.

May 19 Monday, May 19
18:00 No Other Land (FST)

No Other Land

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.

20:00 Irma Vep (EST)
Maggie Cheung

Irma Vep

A Hong Kong movie star arrives in Paris to play the lead in a remake of a classic silent crime serial. What she finds is a behind-the-scenes tangle of barely controlled chaos as egos clash, romantic attractions simmer, and an obsessive director drives himself to the brink.

May 20 Tuesday, May 20
18:00 À l’abordage
Last chance
Salif Cissé et un bébé sur la plage dans une scène du film À l'abordage.

À l’abordage

A warm summer evening in Paris: Félix meets Alma by chance. But she is about to go on a family vacation and their time together is cut short. On an impulse, Félix decides to surprise her where she is holidaying and enrols a friend in the adventure.

20:00 The Players (FST)
Last chance
Une actrice au visage voilé dans une scène du film The Players.

The Players

It’s the summer of 1994 and Emily’s dream of becoming an actor is about to come true, when she joins an avant-garde theatre production. As the lines between artistic and personal relationships blur, Emily becomes trapped in the complex power dynamics within the group.

May 21 Wednesday, May 21
18:00 Les enfants nés du viol
Listening session, with guests
Une illustration représentant une main flottant par dessus deux personnages, un enfant et un parent.

Les enfants nés du viol

How do you love a child born of sexual abuse? How do you live with the fact that you were born of rape? This five-part audio documentary is the fragmented account of five women.

20:00 L’histoire de Souleymane
Abou Sangaré dans le métro de Paris dans une scène du film L'histoire de Souleymane.

L’histoire de Souleymane

As he pedals through the streets of Paris, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview. But Souleymane is not ready.

May 22 Thursday, May 22
18:00 Creuser mon corps
Listening session
Un jeune homme torse nu prend une selfie sans révéler son visage. Son reflet apparaît en arrière-plan.

Creuser mon corps

Creuser mon corps is an immersive sound creation that plunges straight into the eating disorders of three men. The work recounts the problems and questions they are experiencing and have experienced about their eating habits.

20:00 Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten (EST)
SOLD OUT
Une photographie d'un groupe de rock and roll cambodgien dans le film Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll.

Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten

A celebration of Cambodia’s vibrant musical culture, that was nearly lost forever under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. The country’s tragic past is unraveled through its pop songs.

May 23 Friday, May 23
16:00 Le temps (FST)
Dans un paysage post-apocalyptique, une jeune fille (Victoria Diamond) se couvre le visage dans une scène du film Le temps.

Le temps

Across various timelines and locations, four characters weave a web of stories that explore human resilience in the face of environmental upheaval. This fable about the climate crisis transcends artistic boundaries to spark a dialogue between our past, present and future.

18:00 The Encampments (FST)
Un campement d'étudiants militant contre la guerre à Gaza sur le campus de l'Université Columbia dans le documentaire The Encampments.

The Encampments

When a group of students at Columbia University launch a movement protesting the war in Gaza, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The Encampments sheds light on a moment that continues to make headlines today.

20:00 Leila and the Wolves (EST)
Des femmes en burka sur la plage et une jeune fille en robe blanche dans une scène du film Leila and the wolves.

Leila and the Wolves

Drawing on the Arab heritage of oral tradition and mosaic pattern, Leila and the Wolves combines fictional drama, archival footage, and fantasy sequences to explore the collective memory of Arab women and their hidden role in history both in Palestine and in Lebanon.

May 24 Saturday, May 24
13:00 Bande-son pour un coup d’État (FST)
Le roi Baudouin de Belgique désarmé par un Congolais le 30 juin 1960. La photo est tirée du film Bande-son pour un coup d'État.

Bande-son pour un coup d’État

A riveting essay film that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 murder of Congo’s leader. A moment when African politics and American jazz collided.

16:00 Paul (FST)
Last chance
Paul enchaîné dans une scène du film Paul de Denis Côté.

Paul

Prone to depression and social anxiety, Paul has found refuge in the servitude of women who take him in to do housework. By exposing his gently eccentric routines on social media, he fights loneliness and takes it one day at a time.

18:00 Forêts urbaines (FST)
Sophie Nitoslawski, doctorante en foresterie urbaine à UBC, et l’étudiante Isabel Todorova mesurent le tronc d’un immense arbre sur le campus. L'image est tirée du film Forêts urbaines.

Forêts urbaines

Green spaces have long been neglected in our cities. Exploring innovative nature-restoration projects in cities across Canada, Urban Forests is nothing less than an antidote to pessimism, proving that solutions to environmental challenges are closer than we think.

20:15 Kouté Vwa
Le jeune Melrick Diomar vu de profil dans une scène du film Kouté Vwa.

Kouté Vwa

Melrick, a 13-year-old boy, spends his summer vacation in Cayenne with his grandmother Nicole. His desire to learn to play the drum brings back the spectre of Lucas, Nicole’s son, also a drummer, who died in tragic conditions 11 years earlier.

May 25 Sunday, May 25
10:30 Hola Frida
La petits Frida Kahlo dans une scène du film Hola Frida.

Hola Frida

Little Frida is the sunlight of her small Mexican village. When a polio diagnosis casts a cloud over her spirit, she is forced into the solitude of her bedroom. But it’s there that she finds solace in her imagination, a world brimming with color, flowers, and possibilities.

13:00 Bande-son pour un coup d’État (FST)
Le roi Baudouin de Belgique désarmé par un Congolais le 30 juin 1960. La photo est tirée du film Bande-son pour un coup d'État.

Bande-son pour un coup d’État

A riveting essay film that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 murder of Congo’s leader. A moment when African politics and American jazz collided.

16:00 The Encampments (FST)
Un campement d'étudiants militant contre la guerre à Gaza sur le campus de l'Université Columbia dans le documentaire The Encampments.

The Encampments

When a group of students at Columbia University launch a movement protesting the war in Gaza, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The Encampments sheds light on a moment that continues to make headlines today.

18:00 Il reste encore demain (FST)
Paola Cortellesi parmi une foule dans une scène du film Il reste encore demain.

Il reste encore demain

In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband.

20:30 Irma Vep (EST)
Maggie Cheung

Irma Vep

A Hong Kong movie star arrives in Paris to play the lead in a remake of a classic silent crime serial. What she finds is a behind-the-scenes tangle of barely controlled chaos as egos clash, romantic attractions simmer, and an obsessive director drives himself to the brink.

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Un campement d'étudiants militant contre la guerre à Gaza sur le campus de l'Université Columbia dans le documentaire The Encampments.

The Encampments

When a group of students at Columbia University launch a movement protesting the war in Gaza, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The Encampments sheds light on a moment that continues to make headlines today.

Learn more

Un homme près des décombres d'un char d'assaut dans le documentaire

Les yeux ne font pas le regard

Les yeux ne font pas le regard is an anti-war polyphonic tale exploring the unique and humane perspectives of five individuals blinded by global conflicts.

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Image d'une vidéo de famille représentant Billy enfant dans le documentaire Billy.

Billy

Filmmaker Lawrence Côté-Collins finds her attacker in prison. Billy is schizophrenic and his worst attack left two people dead. Their epistolary prison friendship sheds light on the truth about this mental illness which was neither diagnosed nor treated.

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