Spotlight on our cinema
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Norway, Canada | 105 minutes | 2019
Rosie is barefoot in the rain in the streets of Vancouver. She is very young, pregnant, on the run and in danger. Older and better-off Áila takes her under her wing. The two Indigenous women from different backgrounds exchange thoughts on motherhood, sharing and privilege, body image, culture and violence, alternately lying, pushing away and trying to understand one another. The subtle, incisive camera stays on them at all times. This naturalistic first film is a technical tour de force, a real-time encounter between two very different yet complementary women whose worlds collide.Q&A with Kathleen Hepburn on October 12thIn collaboration with Cinema Politica, Dames des Vues and ARRQ."The film resists pat solutions on abuse, and instead, it depicts the complexities of domestic abuse, privilege and charity, and freedom." Independent"This courageous entry in Indigenous cinema refuses to wrap up life neatly with a bow; we are shown, rather than told, just how things are in 2019." HCN
Grand prix focus Quebec/Canada - Festival du nouveau cinéma
Best Canadian Feature Film, Honourable Mention - Toronto Film Festival
Berlin Film Festival
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On the cusp of the 20th century, a young William Lyon Mackenzie King negotiates the obstacles strewn in his path on the way to becoming prime minister of...
Feature film, Fiction
QUéBEC, CANADA | 90 minutes | 2019
Anne is a lonely young daycare worker who has trouble following the rules and connecting with others. Uncompromising and prone to excess, she’s complex...
ONTARIO, UNITED STATES, CANADA | 75 minutes | 2019
Something strange is happening around the Red Crow Mi’gMaq reserve: dead fish start coming back to life, followed shortly by dead humans. All too soon,...
QUéBEC, CANADA | 96 minutes | 2019
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