CSE 2023
Yvon / The Eternal
Yvon, a man living with HIV, is undertaking palliative care. Through classical music, he finds the strenght to move forward.
CSE 2023
Rolava
In the heart of the Sudeten Forest in the Czech Republic, the remains of a troubled past are still visible. While walking through these ruins, a young woman wonders about this past and our duty to remember.
CSE 2023
Un robot à soi
By reusing home appliance commercials and television archives, this retrofuturist feminist essay questions the capitalist discourse between 1940 and 1970 in order to examine the relationship between women and technology.
CSE 2023
Ni Wapiten; I see
Ni Wapiten is a plea to better respect Mother Earth. In this poetic film, we follow a child's journey through the woods to his community's local dump. Playfully, he reuses the waste to build a bear, symbolizing nature.
CSE 2023
Manitushiss ; Virus
Powerful cinematographic slam, with a mastery of words in the language imposed by colonization, this film expresses a criticism of our relationship to Mother Earth.
CSE 2023
Agony
In search of a 15-day huis-clos, a filmmaker finds himself captive on a trawler on the high seas, where his distress intertwines with the fate of what he is filming. A sensory experience between expectation and panic, this first short film has become the expiatory film of a traumatized filmmaker.
CSE 2023
Les terrains vagues
Les Terrains Vagues offers a window onto a time-stretched space, from which emanate the voices of five individuals. Revolving around their internal dialogues, the film takes the form of a broad conversation about the models and preconceived ideas that impact the way they experience their sexuality.
CSE 2023
Paradoxe
Paradox, portrays a being of intensity and gentleness. As she undergoes feminizing hormone therapy, Laure learns to cope with the changes in her body, emotions and identity.
CSE 2023
L'atelier
Kathy Tran and Agnès Gaudreau work as auto mechanics at Bâtiment 7, a collective-run space that facilitates the integration of minorities. We get to know them through this inspiring place where they’re truly able to be themselves.
CSE 2023
Wandering
For the past three years, a young Mexican asylum seeker has been forced to put his academic career and his dream of becoming a police officer on hold due to his immigration status.
