Schedule
This Love, These Days
André-Line Beauparlant turns her camera towards the life and work of her lover, filmmaker Robert Morin. Through a collage of film excerpts, archival footage, discussions, and photographs, she reveals the ins and outs and the highs and lows of their collaboration.
Les voyages de Tereza
Tereza receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. She refuses to accept this fate. Instead, she embarks on a transformative journey through the Amazon.
My Son Came Back to Disappear
After years apart, a woman living alone in the forest is troubled by the sudden return of her estranged son. Against her will, she must accompany him on his final journey.
Bulles
Bulles gives a voice to autistic teenagers who invite us into their imaginary worlds. Through their creations, the film offers an uplifting perspective on difference and reveals rich, multifaceted worlds far removed from the clichés associated with the diagnosis.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
A teacher in a small Russian town spent two years filming the implementation of the military and nationalist curriculum imposed in schools following the invasion of Ukraine.
FIFEQ - Free entrance
Leaving Amerika
Born out of a nearly thirty-year friendship between the director and Derrick Johnson, this film chronicles the journey of a man attempting to leave a country where he no longer feels at home, confronted by the racism and social violence of the system.
FIFEQ - Free entrance
To the West, in Zapata
In the Zapata marshes of Cuba, Landi catches crocodiles with his bare hands to feed his family. Meanwhile, Mercedes watches over their son, awaiting her husband’s return.
Montreal, My Beautiful
Feng Xia has always been a model wife, wholly devoted to her husband and two children. But when she meets Camille, a free-spirited young woman, a long-suppressed desire resurfaces.
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.
FIFEQ - Free entrance
Rétrospective : auto-ethnographie
What happens when the camera turns inward? This screening explores that question through two works that make the ethnographic gesture an intimate and political act.
FIFEQ - Free entrance
Expedition Content
Expedition Content is an augmented sound work composed from the archive’s 37 hours of tape which document the strange encounter between the Harvard Peabody Expedition and the Hubula people in Netherlands New Guinea (current day West Papua).
FIFEQ - Free entrance
Les choses d’une vie, exercises d’archéologie intime
Three short and medium-length films screened as part of the FIFEQ’s 22nd edition.
I Lost Sight of the Landscape
Intrigued by a theatre artist’s creative process, a director makes 16 different versions of the same film—one in which art and life are continually intertwined.
With Claude Champagne in attendance
Voir – Juger – Agir : l’histoire de la JOC au Québec
A documentary exploring the little-known history of the Jeunesse Ouvrière Catholique (JOC).
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.
Chime + Serpent’s Path
When we gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into us… Two films by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, master of psychological horror, that explore the cyclical nature of evil and violence.
Les contes du pommier
During a stay at their grandfather’s house, Suzanne (8 years old) improvises as a storyteller to fill the house with imaginary and wonderful stories.
Last chance
Les blues du bleuet
In Lac-Saint-Jean, summer brings with it blueberry season. As the fields turn blue, pickers of all kinds rush to gather these precious little fruits before the first frost of fall.
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.
Last chance
Follies
François and Julie, who have been together for 16 years and are parents to two children, are no longer able to connect sexually. They decide to open up their relationship in order to have some “wild” experiences that will help them learn more about themselves.
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.
Bulles
Bulles gives a voice to autistic teenagers who invite us into their imaginary worlds. Through their creations, the film offers an uplifting perspective on difference and reveals rich, multifaceted worlds far removed from the clichés associated with the diagnosis.
Allegro non troppo
An enterprising producer believes he has hit upon a winning concept: a program of original animated shorts set to classical music. He rallies an orchestra of geriatric women, a bullish conductor, and an animator that he keeps locked in the dungeon. What could go wrong?
Last chance
Marty Supreme
New York, 1952. Marty Mauser, a shoe salesman working for his uncle, dreams of becoming world table tennis champion, a sport in which he excels. With a dream no one respects, the young man goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
Les voyages de Tereza
Tereza receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. She refuses to accept this fate. Instead, she embarks on a transformative journey through the Amazon.
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.
Un poeta
Óscar Restrepo, a poet longing for recognition, leads a lonely existence marked by disillusionment. But his encounter with Yurlady, a teenager from a working-class background with a real talent for writing, will turn his life upside down.
My Son Came Back to Disappear
After years apart, a woman living alone in the forest is troubled by the sudden return of her estranged son. Against her will, she must accompany him on his final journey.
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.
Palestine 36
In 1936, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine, Yusuf divides his time between his village and his work in Jerusalem. Against a backdrop of anti-colonial revolt and the arrival of Jewish refugees, he finds himself at the heart of a decisive historical moment.
This Love, These Days
André-Line Beauparlant turns her camera towards the life and work of her lover, filmmaker Robert Morin. Through a collage of film excerpts, archival footage, discussions, and photographs, she reveals the ins and outs and the highs and lows of their collaboration.
Special screening
Gloria !
At the Sant’Ignazio Institute, an orphanage and conservatory for young girls, everyone is bustling about in preparation for the imminent visit of the new Pope and the grand concert that will be given in his honor. Teresa makes a discovery that will change the life of the conservatory.
I Lost Sight of the Landscape
Intrigued by a theatre artist’s creative process, a director makes 16 different versions of the same film—one in which art and life are continually intertwined.
Projection bénéfice
L’histoire d’Aisha
Aisha Azzam and her husband started their family grain mill in the Baqa’a refugee camp in Jordan nearly 40 years ago. Through food, Aisha tells the story of the displacement of the Palestinians and rebuilding family and community in a refugee camp.
Nuestra Tierra
Lucrecia Martel takes a sweeping approach to this tragic true story, triangulating the murder trial of three men, the lives of activist Chocobar and his fellow Chuchagasta people, and the centuries-old, colonialist legacy of land and property theft across Latin America.
Last chance
Ce qu’il reste de nous
From 1948 to the present day, three generations of a Palestinian family carry the hopes and wounds of a people. A fresco where history and intimacy meet.
Palestine 36
In 1936, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine, Yusuf divides his time between his village and his work in Jerusalem. Against a backdrop of anti-colonial revolt and the arrival of Jewish refugees, he finds himself at the heart of a decisive historical moment.
Sirāt
A father and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco, their missing daughter and sister. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert.
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.
With Sabrina Greco in attendance
Lockjaw
When the worst person at the party is you! Six weeks after getting into a drunk driving accident that leaves her jaw wired shut, Rayna tries to have a fun night out with her friends. The film will be preceded by Kyle Garrett Greenberg and Anna Maguire’s French Lessons.
Olivia et le tremblement de terre invisible
Olivia’s life falls apart when she, her mother, and her little brother are evicted from their home.
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.
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.
Les voyages de Tereza
Tereza receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. She refuses to accept this fate. Instead, she embarks on a transformative journey through the Amazon.
Dry Leaf
Lisa, a sports photographer, vanishes off into the the Georgian countryside, traces of her passing embedded in the landscape like clues. Her father, Irakli, picks up her scent in the ochre foliage and communal soccer fields she documented for her last assignment.
Coming soon
Nuestra Tierra
Lucrecia Martel takes a sweeping approach to this tragic true story, triangulating the murder trial of three men, the lives of activist Chocobar and his fellow Chuchagasta people, and the centuries-old, colonialist legacy of land and property theft across Latin America.
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.
Dry Leaf
Lisa, a sports photographer, vanishes off into the the Georgian countryside, traces of her passing embedded in the landscape like clues. Her father, Irakli, picks up her scent in the ochre foliage and communal soccer fields she documented for her last assignment.
