FREE CONFERENCESThree discussions moderated by filmmaker Jeanne Leblanc will allow professionals and the general public to discover current Canadian film productions. A privileged incursion into the world of filmmakers present at this year’s festival, the afternoon will also be the opportunity to...

Jean-Sebastien’s anticipated trilogy Anna is lyrical, intense, psychological and anxiety-provoking – what Pinocchio’s fable would be if seen through the twin lenses of science fiction and artificial intelligence.

NOUS | MADE celebrates the excellence of the artists and artisans of our industry. Spotlight on their talents during this special evening. As a bonus, actress Caroline Dhavernas at the turntables!Guest Caroline DhavernasPresented by NOUS | MADEfacebook Event

Following the afternoon of conferences Visionaries by the Directors Guild of Canda (DGC), enjoy a drink while discussing the upcoming canadien production....

Sitting on her director’s chair onstage in a theatre, Agnès Varda recounts her life in film. This personal and political “chat,” as she liked to call it, leads the audience on a journey through her work.

A high school girl meets two children of the sea in this adventure that connects humans, the undersea world and the greatest mysteries of the universe. A one-of-a-kind work of art and one of the best animated films of the last decade, with nods to Kubrick, Malick and Miyazaki.

An intensely devout woman receives an unexpected – and dangerous – sign from above. Wrapped in a pop neon aesthetic, Gabriel Mascaro’s second feature is an ambiguous comment on contemporary Brazil.

A young girl meets her half-sister around a piano. An abandoned farm burns in the countryside. A group of seniors take an aquafitness class. A handful of vignettes from this nuanced, composite vision of Iceland, captured as Christmas nears....

A demented rom-com tinged with philosophy and nostalgia where the abrupt arrival of an enigmatic young women throws a wrench into the quiet life of a ragtag family living in a small village in the Vosges.

Susanne Heinrich delves into the psyche of today’s young womanhood in a series of deeply ironic bubblegum-hued vignettes. A cinematic oddity that wraps its quirky existential romp in a joyously camp package.

Two Indigenous women from different backgrounds come together and share a moment between distress and communion. A naturalistic and highly sensitive first film where women’s words and experiences are brought to life in all their complexity.

Piercing portrait of a lonely, socially awkward young woman doing her best to find her place in the world. The ultra-close camera work helps create a strangely compelling sensory universe.

The shattering tale of two Brazilian sisters residing in mid-century Rio who desperately try to find each other after they are forced to live apart. Adapting Martha Batalha’s eponymous novel with great sensitivity and impressive narrative force, Karim Aïnouz (Madame Satã) scooped the Un Certain...

As the other locals flee Madrid for the summer, a woman in her 30s moves into a sublet and, needing to both lose and find herself, experiences a season charged with encounters.

In this blend of history, fantasy and teen drama, Bertrand Bonello digs into the zombie myth through a double narrative: a Haitian who comes back to life in 1962 and two young students who meet at a modern-day boarding school.

For the second instalment of his medieval period piece based on Charles Péguy’s play, Bruno Dumont casts the mythical female figure in a more sombre, slightly anachronistic light, raised by a brilliant performance from the young Lise Leplat Prudhomme.

Seven years after Capital, the FrancoGreek filmmaker tackles Greece’s political and financial crisis of 2015 with a feverish, unrelenting adaptation of the controversial memoirs of former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.

Will you survive the Alien night?For the event to be truly unique, and beyond a simple screening of films, a number of gastronomic pleasureswill be served to caress (or terrify!) the taste buds. The Alambika team will create a series of horrifying cocktailsin the colours of the films’ themes. On...

Amidst the violence and turmoil of the 20th century, a young Inuit woman oscillates between freedom and assimilation in this intimate melodrama that blows a fine wind of resistance, in keeping with its unconquered setting.

A Tarantino-esque Romanian comedy that doubles as an introduction to el silbo, the whistled register of Spanish used on the Canary Island of La Gomera. A deadpan, offbeat musical neo-noir crime caper with, as a backdrop, the mid-Atlantic isle that’s headquarters to a gang of whistling crooks. If...

After snagging a cross thrown in the water intended to bring prosperity to one of a hundred male competitors, a Macedonian woman in her thirties emerges as a true heroine for our times in this feminist social critique of gender inequality.

When a meteorite crashes to Earth, the shadows take over. The much anticipated return of Richard Stanley (Dust Devil, Hardware), Lovecraft’s most famous story, a reinvented post-Mandy Nicolas Cage: pure cinematic delight.

Blurring ever further the lines between fiction and documentary, the German filmmaker examines the relationship between a 12-year-old girl and the actor hired to play the father she’s never met.

The Dutch filmmaker’s first English language outing is an intense and sensitive account of the trials of a young woman disfigured with acid by her ex-boyfriend. A heartrending portrait of incredible resilience.

The best part of the fight happens behind the scenes, according to Vampiro. Here’s proof. The crazy, chaotic story of a wrestling star. A portrait of a survivor as he takes on the biggest battle of his life: raising a child.

Between performance and the sculpture of female body, artists Mania Akbari and Douglas White ponder individual and collective memories through letters and images. A lyrical essay both intimate and universal.

A woman tormented by loneliness develops an unreasonable passion for animals in this minimalist tale whose mix of naturalism and imagination makes for a work of strange beauty.

A young woman discovers that a sex tape made without her knowledge is circulating online. A cyber-rape that fractures reality in a society under constant surveillance. Magnetic and harrowing.

Four filmmakers return to Sudan, intent against all odds on bringing movies back to a country controlled by an Islamist government. A heartwarming epic about determination, friendship and an undying love of cinema.

Portrait of two outstanding artists whose videos vividly captured and supported the second-wave feminism of the 70s. More than four decades later, the activism of Delphine and Carole is striking in its boldness, humour and subversion, as hard-hitting as ever.

This selection of short and medium-length films by Delphine Seyrig and Carole Roussopoulos will whisk you into the filmmakers’ heady past of committed feminism and creativity. Maso et Miso s’en vont en bateau (1976) joyously sends up a televised interview of Françoise Giroud, at the time...