Koffi, a young Ivorian trumpeter, arrives in Montréal with nothing but the legacy of his father to guide him. Lost between the city’s noise and the silence of his past, he must confront his roots to finally find his voice.
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Koffi, a young Ivorian trumpeter, arrives in Montréal with nothing but the legacy of his father to guide him. Lost between the city’s noise and the silence of his past, he must confront his roots to finally find his voice.
As an uptight elementary school principal, Jo’s skills are put to the test when a new young student, Simon, continuously lands in her office for detention. When she learns the boy’s father is her old high school flame Ryan, Jo’s world is thrown for a loop, especially since she has been dating Bernie, the school’s French teacher. The Love Club are stunned to learn that their sensible friend impulsively married Ryan at 19 then quickly annulled it. It becomes clear to the Love Club that neither Jo or Ryan have forgotten one another, and their heated volatile relationship only reveals an intense passion that the Love Club are intent on reigniting.
An unfinished film is passed along from one friend to another. The dialog between them is a journey crossed by the swarming of the Great Eastern Brood X of periodical cicadas that prophetically emerge every 17 years in the United States, invoking a reflection of a post-pandemic present and our shared futures. A road movie composed of a chorus of voices (both human and non-human), the warnings of history, the power of nature and rebirth.
A man comes to terms with his fate as he swings from the real to the unreal in this dreamy sci-fi romance.
A filmmaker explores the intricate connections between race and identity at the core of her personal story.
Behind every great role is an actor bold enough to believe in himself. In this surrealist sketch, we learn lessons on acting and life—straight from the fox’s mouth.
A Losing Game follows three people who ran for office in the 2022 Quebec provincial election, casting a critical eye on its electoral system and the many ways in which it is dysfunctional.
Forced to reckon with doctors who treat her debilitating pain as though it's all in her head, what will it take for Alice to get the care she needs?
HOMME-RELAIS spotlights Juan Manuel, a doctor turned community leader who, amid migration grief and integration challenges, guides immigrant men through a life-changing program: forging resilience, belonging, solidarity, and hope.
A boy tries to earn the love of his abusive father while contending with torment from the monster under his bed.
When a neurotic city transplant inherits his late father's rural farm, he must survive his unhinged neighbor's psychological warfare while discovering that sometimes your worst enemy might just save your life.
A group of wayward Millennials embark on their own unique, regressive journeys during the same night out on Montreal’s Plateau strip, chasing the past and losing the plot.
Fanny, a naive teenager, starts her journey to adulthood when Cécile, a mysterious refugee, is taken in by her charitable family. As the two girls develop an intense and obsessive bond, Fanny becomes captivated by Cécile’s way of navigating life, leading to an awakening of desire and jealousy. Gradually, both girls realize that the benevolent world they inhabit is not what it appears.
Two best friends, Chase and Connor, rush to film their self-tape auditions. Chase, a gay actor, struggles with body image, while Connor, despite his leading-man looks, battles a voice that feels out of place. As the clock ticks and the pressure mounts, their insecurities surface, revealing the cracks beneath their polished performances.
Eager to make something of himself, Will joins a small but eccentric business club. Partnering with two senior members, the trio enroll in an intense online business competition in an attempt to win a trip to internationals and a hefty cash prize.
A young masculine-presenting woman must return home to help her estranged father, an ex-rancher, recover from a car accident — only to discover that reconciliation isn’t so easy when identity is at stake.
A poor boy’s love for a girl whose tears turn to pearls leads him into a perilous bargain between love, greed, and survival.
A relentless captor preys on young women, forcing them into a deadly game of psychological warfare using costumes. When 17-year-old Skylar becomes the first to outsmart him, a battle of wits ensues in a fight for their very survival.
The Arctic is melting. Fast. There is a scramble by Russia, China, the US, Canada and the EU to secure the region’s natural resources and control the Arctic’s sea lanes. The sooner the Arctic melts, the more dangerous the fight for its control will be. Even Greenland is suddenly up for grabs, if the new US president gets his way. To find out how soon we will have an ice free Arctic, the American ice breaker USCGC Healy is on a scientific mission to the Extreme North. So who is leading the race for control of the Arctic? And what will the Healy discover in its historic mission to the Arctic Ocean?
Agathe, an asthmatic child, lives with her mother Thérèse, a melancholic artist.
Andie saves Ryan from a car wreck, sparking a tumultuous year that might just prove life could be great.
A young Indigenous couple get a break from their troubled lives when they find each other through a summer of love on the Pow-Wow circuit.
They proclaim themselves masters of virility and seduce thousands of young Quebecers. Who are they? Journalist Simon Coutu delves into the world of influencers who claim the role of alpha male.
A young woman, trapped in the throes of a binge eating disorder, becomes a ravenous creature threatening to devour the town.
At a secret forest hideout, suburban teen Dani meets up with her crush Jayde, only to discover an otherworldly presence has joined them.
All is not well in paradise. On the remote, rugged and beautiful coast of south Newfoundland, people have for generations enjoyed living close to the land and sea. But recently, huge amounts of plastic waste have been piling up in the region's once-pristine bays and coves. The culprit? Open net-pen salmon farming. Rock - Plastic - Salmon exposes an industry's blatant disregard for the environment and the inspiring characters who are standing up for a cleaner future. A whole ecosystem and the way of life that depends on it are at stake. One thing is clear: the cost of salmon farming is simply too high.
A daughter struggles to speak with her father about her grandmother, revealing the quiet distances — and shared inheritances — that shape three generations of family.
David Huggins, a 72 year-old New Jersey man, claims to have had a lifetime of encounters with otherworldly beings. His experiences include an interspecies romance with an extraterrestrial woman. He’s chronicled it all in his surreal impressionist paintings, but are his experiences dreams, hallucinations, or possibly reality?
A surreal journey through a park in search of solace from rising environmental anxiety.
Lawrence just wants to drum his depression away in his hardcore band with his best friend. The only problem? He's introverted. They haven't booked a single show yet. And his girlfriend wants them to leave the only town he's ever known. A town where he struggles with the complicated, co-dependent relationship with his parents, who both live with cerebral palsy. Mildlife is a coming-of-age film that follows Lawrence, as he navigates every (not so?) simple decision... one scream at a time.
Spanning over 70 years, two women recount their experiences growing up in Colombia and immigrating to Canada. Intersecting with key moments in Colombian history, Vanishing Points is a polyphonic composition of mirrors, labyrinths, dreams, and nightmares that question the idea of perspective and the linearity of history and time.
Shot in 9 days on a budget of $100k, Dinner with Friends follows eight friends trying to hold on to their group as they get older and life gets complicated. Over a series of dinners, the group deals with loyalty, loss, and an uncertain future as relationships shift and secrets are unraveled, with each dinner bringing its own dynamic-shifting announcement of reconciliation, unexpected relationships, and betrayal. The city is crumbling, the climate is changing, and worries about the future of the world are making it hard for this group of friends to stay together. But they’ll come to realize everything would be much harder if they don’t.
In all of his existences, KOBE KOTORO embarks on an everlasting odyssey through the home of his mind. A transformative journey in hopes to find understanding, identity & reflection. And if nothing else; the freedom to try again.
A corporate jingle writer is on the verge of abandoning her songwriting dreams for good when she mistakenly hands over an old love song to the man who broke her heart, a famous country singer is looking for his next hit.
Kunsang Kyirong sets her tale of theft, betrayal, and something like magical redemption in a Parkdale housing complex.
Rights advocate Alice Robinson descends into the depths of an aging prison, seeking to interview a mysterious inmate who has seemingly been locked away and forgotten.
After the loss of her father, 14-year-old Kiera struggles to care for her grieving mother on her own. When she finds solace in the possibility of love, it unravels into something far more terrifying, bringing them closer again.
Set in an alternate 1980s, where our anti-hero Henry Violence becomes entangled in a brutal drug war as rival cartels battle for supremacy, forcing him to make difficult choices to navigate the treacherous landscape.
After her sister is brutally attacked, Angie must fight to protect her niece from dark family secrets and a killer determined to claim her.
Will could never compete in the sport he’s always loved: racewalking. While struggling to find respect as a coach, Will’s fortunes change when he spots a burnout pitcher with the most impeccable racewalking stride he’s ever seen. Together, Will and Matt team up, face the challenges of a sport that doesn’t want them, and to try to take down the best walker in the country.
A comedy film made for 48-hour Flick Fest
Souheib, a young foreigner in a precarious situation, passionate about theater, fights with the difficulties of his integration into French society…
The Piano Tuner traces the life of 'Red Mike’ MacDonald, who for 60 years has visited Cape Breton homes, churches, concert halls and theatre spaces to tune pianos. But why do people still have this acoustic instrument, its 88 hammers, its 230 strings and each with its own tuning key? Love - love for real sound.
This short documentary revisits Mi’kmaq territory, where an iconic moment was captured in 2013—igniting into a symbol of Indigenous resistance and halting fracking exploration on unceded lands.
For fear of rejection, Betty lives in isolation at home, in a reality constructed with miniature figurines—one of whom she has developed a relationship with. After meeting a woman she can’t forget, Betty faces a difficult decision: continue her private life at home with her miniature boyfriend, or venture into the outside world and risk rejection in pursuit of a genuine, vulnerable connection with a stranger.
Five strangers are kidnapped and forced into a game of life or death, all while the world is in a state of chaos. A virus has decimated almost half of the population and Xena corp. A.I. humanoids have replaced the vast majority of the work force. A detective must confront a failed case to be able to David his way through this corporate Goliath.
When Naoko presses "play" on her CD player, she finds herself face-to-face with a mysterious entity inside of a subway train and reminisces on the meaning of friendships, nature and death.
We follow Dusk & Dawn, two exes who rekindle their love on the night of their high school graduation. As they navigate the night with their friends, they get pulled into a love triangle that leaves Dawn desperate to decide: stay home and give this another shot, or move away for good and start university.
A young woman travels to a secluded resort where her estranged and criminal father seeks to mend their relationship. Upon her arrival, she and her girlfriend are confronted by dangerous men from her father's past and must fight for their lives.
The short story of a man and a meteorite.
An intimate look into the life and career of actor Serge Thériault, a prominent figure in Québec culture.
Short animation about biology, cyborgs, chickens, symbiosis and suffering.
A short breastfeeding horror tale.
Earthly and spiritual guides are a young Vietnamese woman’s allies as she decides whether to enter an arranged marriage in Solara Thanh Bình Đặng’s ethereal drama steeped in sensual rhythms of the land.
An old hermit, living with his ducks in the woods, is kidnapped for not conforming by the state's children's army. In prison the old man undergoes a torturous re-education by fierce classical musicians. A courageous fellow prisoner heals him with love and they attempt an escape.
On the outskirts of an isolated mining town, Lázaro discovers a dead body. He thinks he has a respiratory illness and doesn’t want to go back to the mine. Rumours, suspicion and desire surround him.
A man watches a soothing ASMR video to help him sleep, but the voice meant to calm him soon reveals a chilling connection to his past.
Two friends, Alex and Syd, try to reconnect with Alex’s ex-boyfriend Dean from beyond the grave but their friendship is tested when Dean begins to reveal their secrets.