2022 Edition – Schedule

I Remember a Time When No One Jogged in This Neighbourhood

, Jenny Cartwright

, Sociology, Urbanity

ZO REKEN

, Emanuel Licha

In Port-au-Prince, a humanitarian organization's SUV is diverted from its usual use: its Haitian passengers now use it to talk about neo-colonialism and to denounce the promises made by the international community that have not been kept, while the people cry out their anger.

, Colonialism, Democracy, Human Rights, Politics

Under the Same Sun

, François Jacob

Despite the 1994 ceasefire, there is still no real peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, who continue to fight bitterly over the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Under the same sun, the inhabitants of the region are listening attentively.

, Human Rights, Identity, Politics, War

Parc Baldwin

The Gig Is Up

Millions of people throughout the world find work for hire online. The working conditions are often dangerous and unfair. "The Gig Is Up" makes us realize that the magic of technology that we are being sold may be an illusion.

Thu
7
Jul

Square Dézéry

Irréductibles + Résister et fleurir

Fri
8
Jul

Programme de courts métrages – Festival de films féministes de Montréal

The Ants and the Grasshopper

, Raj Patel, Zak Piper

To save her village from extreme weather, Anita Chitaya faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real.

, Agriculture, Environnement, Feminism, Human Rights, Politics, Social struggle

Parc Dante

The Distant Barking of Dogs

, Simon Lereng Wilmont

In 2016, when many have already left the war-torn eastern part of Ukraine, 10-year-old Oleg remains there with his grandmother who has taken care of him since his mother died. They have nowhere else to go. By getting close to Oleg, The Distant Barking of Dogs shows the effect of conflict on children.

, Democracy, Human Rights, War

Red Square on a Black Board

, Hugo Samson, Santiago Bertolino

RED SQUARE ON A BLACK BOARD traces the day-by-day anatomy of the student resistance and its main actors to reveal a militant movement of committed and inspired youth.

, Democracy, Economy, Politics, Social struggle

Tue
12
Jul

Je me soulève

, Hugo Latulippe

Twenty young actors are brought together in a laboratory by directors Véronique and Gabrielle Côté to create a collective work. Over the course of a full year, they delve into contemporary Quebec poetry with the goal of extracting the "spirit of times" from it.

, Culture, Identity, Politics, Social struggle

Esplanade Louvain

Bigger Than Us

An Indonesian activist travels the world to meet young people involved in the fight against social inequality and pollution.

, Colonialism, Environnement, First nations, Human Rights, Social struggle

The silence of the Mole

, Anaïs Taracena

Throughout the 1970s, journalist Elías Barahona infiltrated the heart of Guatemala's most repressive military government. In seeking to uncover the story of this unique and secret individual, "El Silencio del Topo" opens cracks in the walls of silence.

, Democracy, Human Rights, Politics, Social struggle

Oui

, Henri Pardo

Dear Jackie unfolds as an intimate correspondence with Jackie Robinson, a baseball player who became a prominent civil rights activist in the United States, contrasting the milestones of his time in Montreal with the actual experience of the black community revealed in powerful moments of truth.

, Culture, Human Rights, Racism, Social struggle

Thu
14
Jul

ABOVE WATER

, Aïssa Maïga

In the north of Niger, the village of Tatiste is a victim of global warming and its inhabitants have to move every day to have access to water. A borehole would be enough to bring water to the center of the village.

, Democracy, Environnement, Human Rights, Rurality

Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle + Iskwew ishkueu

Writing With Fire

, Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh

Khabar Lahariya is a unique Indian news source. With smart phones in hand, these determined journalists confront the traditions of traditional media, tackling the hottest topics in Indian news while reworking their own identity as Dalits.

, Democracy, Feminism, Politics, Social struggle, Technology

Flee

, Jonas Poher Rasmussen

This animated documentary is based on the true story of Afghan refugee Amin Nawabi. Grappling with a painful secret, kept hidden for 20 years, that now threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his future husband.

, Human Rights, Identity, LGBTQI2SA+, Mental health, Migration

Tue
19
Jul

Je me soulève

, Hugo Latulippe

, Culture, Identity, Politics, Social struggle

Esplanade Louvain

Bigger Than Us

An Indonesian activist travels the world to meet young people involved in the fight against social inequality and pollution.

, Colonialism, Environnement, First nations, Human Rights, Social struggle

Wed
20
Jul

The Act of Beauty

, Nicolas Paquet

Hidden in the heart of the Bic Mountains, in this territory called the Bas-du-Fleuve, is a community of spirits, daring spirits that take root. This "Sageterre" is the work of Jean Bédard, writer, philosopher, social worker and above all a farmer.

, Agriculture, Democracy, Economy, Environnement

Zinder

, Aicha Macky

À Kara-Kara, quartier marginalisé de Zinder au Niger, règne une culture de la violence entre gangs. Certains jeunes tentent de s’en sortir, fonder une famille parfois et s’offrir un avenir autre que celui de la prison. Aicha Macky, originaire de Zinder, filme au plus près leur quotidien.

, Criminality, Human Rights, Urbanity, Violence

Robin Bank

, Anna Giralt Gris

This is the story of Enric Duran, a Catalan activist who took out loans of half a million euros that he had no intention of repaying. Instead, he used the money to finance social projects and explains that he committed these thefts to denounce the bad practices of the banking system.

, Economy, Social struggle, Technology

The Gig Is Up

Fri
22
Jul

Seuls

, Paul Tom

Every year, more than 400 children arrive alone at the Canadian border to claim refugee status. Fearing for their lives, Afshin, Alain and Patricia left their country, without their parents, when they were just children, with the hope of a better life in Canada.

, Human Rights, Migration, Racism

Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle + Iskwew ishkueu

The Gig Is Up

Mon
25
Jul

Programme courts métrages #1 – Au carrefour des possibles

Programme courts métrages #2 – Dominer les privilèges

Camilo's Trail

, Diego Briceño

The director goes in search of fragments of memory of the man many call the "guerrilla priest". Through these discoveries and the testimonies of those who perpetuate his memory, we learn more about Camilo Torres, a pioneer of liberation theology in Latin America.

, Economy, Human Rights, Politics, Social struggle

Programme courts métrages #3 – Portraits pluriels

RETURNING TO REIMS

, Jean-Gabriel Périot

Through the autobiographical essay of sociologist and philosopher Didier Eribon, performed by Adèle Haenel, "Retour à Reims" (Fragments) tells an intimate and political story of the French working class from the early 1950s to the present day.

, Democracy, Economy, Politics, Social struggle, Sociology

Thu
28
Jul

ANNULÉ | Programme courts métrages #4 – Cohabiter un conflit

Fri
29
Jul

Programme courts métrages #4 – Cohabiter un conflit

Flee

, Jonas Poher Rasmussen

, Human Rights, Identity, LGBTQI2SA+, Mental health, Migration

Little Palestine, Journal d'un siège

, Abdallah Al-Khatib

In his first film, Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege, filmmaker Abdallah Al-Khatib offers a glimpse into the daily lives of the residents of Yarmouk, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world, as they persevere with dignity and hope in the midst of an endless state of war.

, Human Rights, Mental health, Politics, War

Wed
3
Aug

Les Mains dans la Terre

, Antoine Trichet

Eight residents and volunteers are working to create their own habitat, to move towards autonomy, to control their food or simply to live together in a space where different futures are possible.

, Agriculture, Democracy, Environnement, Rurality

Thu
4
Aug

Bigger Than Us

An Indonesian activist travels the world to meet young people involved in the fight against social inequality and pollution.

, Colonialism, Environnement, First nations, Human Rights, Social struggle

Oui

, Henri Pardo

, Culture, Human Rights, Racism, Social struggle

Fri
5
Aug

Parc Beaubien

Once you know

, Emmanuel Cappellin

How can we continue to live with the idea that the human adventure can fail? In search of answers, Emmanuel Cappellin meets experts who call for the most humane transition possible.

, Democracy, Economy, Environnement, Politics

Station Youville

A Los Once + Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

Parc Dante

Damascus Dreams

, Émilie Serri

, Human Rights, Identity, Migration, War

View from the Summit

, Magnus Isacsson

Summit of the Americas, April 20, 2001. Quebec City looks like a city under siege. While the political and financial guests in the security perimeter discuss the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreements, citizen groups demonstrate in the streets.

, Economy, Politics, Social struggle

Perdre Mario

, Carl Leblanc

By committing one of the 1,200 suicides that took place in Quebec that year, Mario plunged his friends and loved ones into a whirlwind of questions and deep sadness, the same one that assails anyone brutally left in mourning by a voluntary and irrevocable departure.

, Mental health, Sociology

Parc Beaubien

The Gig Is Up

Under the Same Sun

, François Jacob

, Human Rights, Identity, Politics, War

Parc Dante

Damascus Dreams

, Émilie Serri

, Human Rights, Identity, Migration, War

Ni Dieu ni maître – Épisode 3 : Des fleurs et des pavés

, Tancrède Ramonet

At the end of the Second World War, anarchism experienced a gigantic decline. But, little by little, in the heart of the Cold War, more and more revolutionaries turn to anarchism and contribute to give it a new echo.

, Democracy, Politics, Social struggle

Robin Bank

, Anna Giralt Gris

, Economy, Social struggle, Technology

Square Dézéry

Ni Dieu ni maître – Épisode 4 : Les réseaux de la colère

, Tancrède Ramonet

In the aftermath of the Cold War, where the imperial powers competed with violence, the main danger of anarchism was no longer to disappear. It was to become alienated. But, at the heart of the great social mobilizations, anarchism is always present, without always saying its name, and restarts for one turn at least the great wheel of our history.

, Democracy, Politics, Social struggle

Pour la suite du monde

, Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault

A poetic and ethnographic documentary on the life of the inhabitants of Isle-aux-Coudres, rendered first by a language, green and hard, always eloquent, and then by the legendary porpoise fishing, work at sea governed by the moon and the tides.

, Culture, Identity, Rurality, Sociology

Fri
19
Aug

Station Youville

The Magnitude of All Things

, Jennifer Abbott

Lorsque Jennifer Abbott perd sa sœur, décédée d’un cancer, son chagrin la rend sensible à l’extrême gravité de la crise climatique. Dans ce nouveau documentaire, elle esquisse des parallèles intimes entre les deuils vécus à l’échelle personnelle aussi bien que planétaire.

, Environnement, Feminism, Mental health

Parc Beaubien

Bigger Than Us

Presbytère de l'Église ND des Sept-Douleurs

An Indonesian activist travels the world to meet young people involved in the fight against social inequality and pollution.

, Colonialism, Environnement, First nations, Human Rights, Social struggle

The Gig Is Up

Presbytère de l'Église ND des Sept-Douleurs

Wed
31
Aug

Once you know

, Emmanuel Cappellin

How can we continue to live with the idea that the human adventure can fail? In search of answers, Emmanuel Cappellin meets experts who call for the most humane transition possible.

, Democracy, Economy, Environnement, Politics

Parc Westmount

Once you know

, Emmanuel Cappellin

How can we continue to live with the idea that the human adventure can fail? In search of answers, Emmanuel Cappellin meets experts who call for the most humane transition possible.

, Democracy, Economy, Environnement, Politics

Fri
2
Sep

Bigger Than Us