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Le chemin rouge (Red Path)
This moving documentary tells the story of Tony Chachai, a young man who goes on a journey to reconnect with his Atikamekw roots by dancing in powwows.
Director
Thérèse Ottawa (Atikamekw)
Writer
Thérèse Ottawa (Atikamekw)
Producer
Johanne Bergeron
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Vivre à 35 milles à l’heure (35 MPH)
Directors
Jean-Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné, Dominic Leclerc
Writers
Philippe David Gagné, Jean-Marc E. Roy, Dominic Leclerc
Producers
Jean-Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné, Dominic Leclerc
Genre
Drama
Interest
Sports
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Le technicien (The Technician)
Director
Simon Olivier Fecteau
Writer
Simon Olivier Fecteau
Cast
Pierre Collin, Simon Olivier Fecteau
Producer
Antonello Cozzolino
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
La Pepperette (The Pepperette)
Director
Jérôme Hof
Writers
Jérôme Hof, Joëlle Agathe
Cast
Jean-Carl Boucher, Pier-Luc Funk
Producer
Joëlle Agathe
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Parachute
Director
Martin Thibaudeau
Writer
Martin Thibaudeau
Cast
Christine Beaulieu, Louis Tremblay
Producer
Martin Thibaudeau
Genre
Comedy
Interest
Sports
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Léger problème
Director
Hélène Florent
Writer
Hélène Florent
Cast
Denis Trudel
Producers
Mathieu Bergeron, Louis-David Morasse
Genre
Comedy
Interest
Female Filmmaker
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Ma boîte noire (My Black Box)
Director
Nicolas-Alexandre Tremblay
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Discrimination
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
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Leftover
Director
Eui Yong Zong
Writer
Eui Yong Zong
Producer
Andy Kloske
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Global Experiences, Newcomer Stories
Original Language
Other Language
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Vive la rose
Based on the last recording by one of Newfoundland's foremost traditional music performers, Emile Benoit's tender delivery of the 18th century French song is the heart of Vive la rose. The story of unrequited love and tentative obsession throughout the beloved's life, sickness and early death is the narrative focus, accompanied by an emotional interpretation of Benoit's strong Newfoundland French accent and wavering old man's voice. Vive la rose is animation on location, rooting the film in a location that evokes the past, and combines ink drawings with a variety of romantic and associative elements and objects.
Director
Bruce Alcock
Producers
Tina Ouellette, Annette Clarke, Michael Fukushima
Genres
Animation, Romance
Interests
Arts and Culture, History
Original Language
French
Language Versions
EN Subtitles, FR CC
Canadian Distributor
National Film Board (NFB)
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Shin-Chi’s Canoe
Through his father’s gift of a secret and tiny hand-carved cedar canoe, an Indigenous child discovers the strength and resilience to endure his first year at a residential school.
Director
Allan Hopkins (N’quatwua)
Writers
Allan Hopkins (N’quatwua), Kate Kroll
Cast
Zayne Jasper
Producers
Kate Kroll, Allan Hopkins (N’quatwua)
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, Family Relationships
Original Languages
English, Other Language
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Mon Cirque à Moi (My Very Own Circus)
While some children may want to run away and join the circus, Laura (Jasmine Lemée), a young girl in rural Quebec, has grown up in a travelling circus and desperately wants a normal life. Her father (Patrick Huard) is a clown in the circus and can't understand the need for a conventional life, believing that learning happens on the road. As their differences become more apparent, he must accept the fact that his daughter may not want to follow in his footsteps, and let her live the life that she wants.
Miryam Bouchard's debut feature Mon cirque à moi is a heartwarming and hilarious crowd-pleaser that celebrates the power of family in all of its forms.
Director
Miryam Bouchard
Bouchard is an award-winning writer and director. She started her career by directing music videos, and has directed many shorts and TV series, including M’entends-tu?, L'Échappée, Mon ex à moi, Les Chroniques d'une mère indigne, Yin Yang, and La guerre des sexes. Mon Cirque à Moi was her debut feature. She has also directed Lignes de fruite and 23 Décembre.
Writers
Miryam Bouchard, Martin Forget
Cast
Patrick Huard, Jasmine Lemée, Sophie Lorain, Robin Aubert
Producer
Antonello Cozzolino
Genre
Comedy
Interests
Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
eOne
Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés (Saint Martyrs of the Damned)
The town’s inhabitants are a strange group — a mayor who rules with an iron fist, the creepy twins running the motel, the woman who serenades cows, a masked mechanic, and many others. But Flavien can’t get anyone to help him, as they’re all suspicious and even downright aggressive toward him. With an arresting visual style and quirky sense of humour, the film pushes the boundaries of the conventional thriller, tackling questions about identity, responsibility and mortality in a refreshing way.
Director
Robin Aubert
Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés premiered at TIFF 2005. Aubert also directed the feature films À quelle heure le train pour nulle part, À l’origine d’un cri, and Tuktuq, and starred in De père en flic, the critical hit Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre, Jeune Juliette, and Mon cirque à moi. His latest film, Les Affamés won Best Canadian Feature at TIFF 2017 and ten Prix Iris. He is currently completing his next film, Tu ne sauras jamais.
Writer
Robin Aubert
Cast
François Chénier, Isabelle Blais, Sylvie Boucher
Producers
Luc Vandal, Roger Frappier
Genres
Drama, Horror
Interest
Family Relationships
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
Christal Films
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Before Tomorrow
The two women and Ningiuq’s grandson Maniq (Paul-Dylan Ivalu) are dropped off on a remote island to dry and store fish for winter. However, as summer turns to fall, they wait in vain for the others to pick them up, and Ningiuq worries that her worst fears about the impending advance of white Europeans are coming true.
Directors
Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu (Inuk)
Writers
Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Susan Avingaq (Inuk)
Cast
Madeline Piujuq Ivalu (Inuk), Paul-Dylan Ivalu (Inuk)
Producer
Stéphane Rituit
Genre
Drama
Interests
Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker, Literary Adaptation
Original Language
Inuktitut
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
eOne
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Ste. Anne
Four years after leaving her daughter (d’Eschambault) to be raised by her brother (Theis) and his wife (Marion), Renée (Vermette) returns to find an entirely different life from the one she left behind. The tensions caused by her arrival simmer under the surface as Renée clumsily adjusts back into a maternal role despite her young daughter having no memory of her.
Featuring members of Vermette’s own family and community, this lovingly made personal project went on to win Best Canadian Feature at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2021.
“More experiment than straight-ahead narrative, Ste. Anne rewards patient, careful attention. The rewards are great.” - Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail
Director
Rhayne Vermette (Métis)
Writer
Rhayne Vermette (Métis)
Cast
Isabelle d’Eschambault, Valerie Marion, Dolorès Gosselin (Métis)
Producer
Rhayne Vermette (Métis)
Genres
Drama, Experimental
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
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Je m’appelle humain (Call Me Human)
After spending most of her life working as an Innu language translator and transcriber, Joséphine Bacon rose to fame late in life in her second career as an award-winning poet. This moving profile frames her life and work in a new context, offering a deeply personal look at an important literary figure in Canada.
Je m'appele humain premiered at the Quebec City Film Festival to great acclaim, and went on to receive four Prix Iris nominations, including Best Documentary.
Director
Kim O'Bomsawin (Abenaki)
Writers
Kim O'Bomsawin (Abenaki), Nathalie Gressin
Cast
Joséphine Bacon (Innu)
Producer
Andrée-Anne Frenette
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, Biography, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Languages
French, Other Language
Language Versions
EN CC, EN Subtitles, FR CC, FR Subtitles
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Bootlegger
Driven by a desire to spark change in her community, young activist Mani (Jacobs) returns to her reserve from the big city to promote the ending of alcohol prohibition on her reserve. When she runs into opposition from the local convenience store owner Nadine (Poupart), the two square off, forcing the divisive issue into the spotlight leading to unexpected consequences.
This critically acclaimed first feature from Caroline Monnet is a thought-provoking and timely look at an ongoing debate that rarely gets the media attention it deserves.
Director
Caroline Monnet (Algonquin)
Writers
Caroline Monnet (Algonquin), Daniel Watchorn
Cast
Pascale Bussières, Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs (Mohawk), Joséphine Bacon (Innu), Joshua Odjick (Algonquin/Anishinaabe), Samian (Algonquin)
Producer
Catherine Chagnon
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Languages
French, Other Language
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Un sac de billes (A Bag of Marbles)
“Makes such a barbaric and bewildering chapter in human history comprehensible for young audiences.” – Matt Fagerholm, RogerEbert.com
Director
Christian Duguay
Christian Duguay launched his directorial career with Memoirs in 1984 before going on to direct some of the most notable thrillers of the 90s and early 2000s, including Scanners II: The New Order, Scanners III: The Takeover, Live Wire, The Art of War with Wesley Snipes, and Human Trafficking with Donald Sutherland. Most recently he directed the series Medici and the feature film Ride Above.
Writers
Jonathan Allouche, Alexandra Geismar, Joseph Joffo, Christian Duguay
Cast
Batyste Fleurial, Dorian Le Clech, Patrick Bruel, Elsa Zylberstein
Producers
Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou, Joe Iacono
Genre
Drama
Interests
Discrimination, Family Relationships, Global Experiences, History, Literary Adaptation, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
French
Language Versions
EN Subtitles, FR CC
Canadian Distributor
Gaumont Film Company
Les Boys (The “Boys”)
Stan (Girard), the very likeable tavern owner and hockey coach, allows himself to run up a huge gambling debt to Meo (Lebeau), the local Mob boss.
Meo offers Stan a deal: If his pub's team, Les Boys, can defeat Meo's band of thugs at a game of hockey, the tavern remains his. If not, the Mob will take over Chez Stan. Naturally, Les Boys, an out-of-shape group of hockey enthusiasts, are highly motivated to win the game. How they go about doing so, however, is a slapshot of laughs.
Director
Louis Saïa
Montreal director/actor/writer Saïa is known for his trilogy Les Boys I, II and III, each of which won the Golden Reel Award for biggest box-office gross in Canada. Saïa’s TV directing credits include the French-language Vice caché, Max Inc. and the Les Boys television adaptation, as well as the feature Dangerous People.
Writers
Louis Saïa, Christian Fournier
Cast
Marc Messier, Rémy Girard, Patrick Huard
Producers
Richard Goudreau, Jeffrey Tinnell
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interests
Classics, Sports
Original Language
French
Language Versions
EN Dub, EN Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
eOne
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Blood Quantum
The term “blood quantum” refers to a colonial system enforced on Indigenous peoples in North America which determines their individual status and rights based on their “percentage” of Indigenous ancestry. It is a tool of control, assimilation and erasure of Indigenous peoples.
In this brilliantly provocative horror film set in an isolated Mi’kmaq community, the Indigenous population remains immune to a raging zombie virus infecting the surrounding white population.
Blood soaked, fast paced and darkly comic, Blood Quantum is a wild ride using the zombie genre as a vehicle to explore white supremacy, colonialism, genocide and Indigenous self-determination.
Director
Jeff Barnaby (Mi’qmaw)
Writer
Jeff Barnaby (Mi’qmaw)
Cast
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blackfoot/Sámi), Michael Greyeyes (Plains Cree), Forrest Goodluck (Diné/Mandan/Hidatsa/Tsimshian)
Producers
John Christou, Robert Vroom
Genres
Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Languages
English, Other Language
Language Versions
EN CC, EN Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
Elevation Pictures
Jeune Juliette (Young Juliet)
This humorous and heartfelt fourth film from writer/director Anne Émond wonderfully captures the awkwardness and the pain of growing up, letting go, and learning to love yourself no matter what other people think.
“It’s remarkable... Beautifully written, and sprinkled with laughter.” — MarcAndré Lussier, La Presse (Translated from French)
Director
Anne Émond
Émond's debut feature, Nuit #1, won the Claude Jutra Award for Best Feature by a first time filmmaker at the 2012 Genie Awards. Her other credits include the shorts La vie commence, Sophie Lavoie and Plus rien ne vouloir, and the features Nelly and Les êtres chers, which received seven Jutra Award nominations and won for Best Direction. Her most recent film is Manuel de la vie sauvage.
Writer
Anne Émond
Cast
Robin Aubert, Alexane Jamieson, Léanne Désilets
Producer
Sylvain Corbeil
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interests
Bullying, Female Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
French
Language Versions
EN CC, EN Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
Maison 4:3