Chronicle of a City

A patchwork of millions of lives, urban spaces are not only streets and concrete. They are where our dreams and deepest worries unfold. 

SYNOPSIS

A patchwork of millions of lives, urban spaces are not only streets and concrete. They are where our dreams and deepest worries unfold. Chronicle of a City drifts and strolls through time and chance encounters, moving between fantasy and reality, echoing the intimate and ghostly voices of our metropolises, reminding us that we inhabit The City as much as it inhabits us. This roaming essay is a visual and sonic meditation that invites us to see urban life as a web of sensations that move through us and draw us closer to one another, even in the midst of solitude.

Theme(s): , Portrait, Sociology, Urbanity

DETAILS

Director | , Nadine Gomez
Year | , 2025
Country | , Québec
Duration | 76 minutes
Original language | , English, Japanese, Spanish
Subtitles | , French
Image | Alexandre Lampron
Sound | Clovis Gouailler, Enrique González, Gabriel Villegas, Lynne Trépanier, Marie-Pierre Grenier, Shiho Miyazawa
Editing | Myriam Magassouba
Production | Dominique Dussault, Nadine Gomez

DIRECTOR

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Nadine Gomez

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

A graduate of UQÀM with a master's degree in communication, Nadine Gomez has dedicated the past 15 years to writing, directing, and producing her own films. In 2012, she released her first documentary, The Horse Palace, followed by the short film Metro in 2015, thanks to the “Regards sur Montréal” grant, of which she was the first recipient. Exarcheia: The Chanting of Birds, shot in Athens, Greece, was released in 2018, followed in 2019 by J’aime Hydro (podcast), co-directed and produced by the Théâtre Porte Parole.
In 2023, she joined the TIFF Filmmaker Talent Lab with her first fiction project, Creatures of Chance, a loose adaptation of Lula Carballo’s novel of the same name, produced by Les Films Cosmos (scheduled for release in 2026). Her third feature-length documentary, Chronicle of a City, will be released in 2025. Produced by Dominique Dussault (Nemesis Films), the project continues an urban exploration she began years ago.
A member of Les Films de l’Autre, Nadine served on the board of the Conseil des arts de Montréal from 2018 to 2023 as chair of the film committee, and now serves on the board of Québecine.

CAREER

DocsMX · RIDM - Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal · Festival Cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke · Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1

11 August 2026 pm31 20h15

Lac aux Castors 

A discussion with the filmmaker Nadine Gomez will follow the screening.

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