Films
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21e
Kommittén
Gunhild Enger & Jenni Toivoniemi
Sweden, Fiction
Three delegates from Sweden, Norway and Finland come together to agree on an artwork to be placed at Three-Country Cairn, the geographical meeting-point of the three nations. A comedy about political processes with high ambitions, which ultimately fall flat.
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21e
L'odeur après la pluie
Sara Bourdeau
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Claire, a recently retired widow, shares her suburban house with her sister Gisele. On a scorching summer day, Julien an old flame, shows up unexpectedly with the intention of winning Claire back. Proof that life never ceases to amaze us.
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21e
L'usine et ma vilaine mémoire de 9 ans
Philippe Belley & Belley
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
This autobiographical web series combines animation, documentary and archive images to retrace the story of the director and that of his father, who disappeared 26 years ago. In the manner of an investigation, the series proposes an incursion into the childhood of Philippe Belley, marked by the closing of the paper factory where his father worked and, above all, his definitive departure from the family, on some winter night.
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21e
La Lili à Gilles
David Uloth
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
A child with a fertile imagination sees her grandfather's illness under a new light: if he's not crippled by old age, like his son believes, perhaps he's a wizard!
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21e
La Voce
David Uloth
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Edgar works in a pig slaughterhouse. He loves opera and Ginette, the stripper of his dreams. Edgar is about to ask her to marry him when he surprises her bedding her boss. In shock, he loses his voice and unfortunately finds himself with the voice of a pig.
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21e
La cage
Loïc Bruyère
France, Animation
It’s the story of an encounter between a caged bear who can’t sing and a little bird who can’t fly but who can sing beautifully. Their friendship will be mutually beneficial and together they will overcome their disabilities.
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21e
La chute
Frédérique De Montblanc & De Montblanc
Belgium, Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
Invited at an exclusive cocktail party, a woman, Queen KA tries her best to engage with what seems to be quite an austere group. After some unfortunate exchanges, awkward smiles and odd food bits, she eventually escapes through the garden. As darkness surrounds her, she discovers the guests in a new light.
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21e
La course navette
Maxime Aubert
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Wojtek recently attended Bonsecours High School in the Montreal suburbs. This discreet teenager remains a mystery to his peers. This is why it represents a prey designated for Thomas and Philippe, two troubled students in search of entertainment. Not knowing how to find the words in front of his assailants, he will go back to his physical education course to express the substance of his thought.
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21e
La laine sur le dos
Lotfi Achour
France, Tunisia, Fiction
While driving along a road in the Tunisian desert in an old battered van on their way to market to sell their sheep, an old man and his grandson are stopped by two policemen. In order to be allowed to leave, they have to accept a strange and unusual deal.
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21e
La partie
Alexandre Isabelle
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Bernard is an austere man whose sole occupation is to care for his beloved Line, who is very ill. Their son organizes a sugaring off party that forces Bernard to reconnect with the exhilaration of spring.