The audio installation Cinéma Moderne, novembre 2023 from Julie Faubert will be presented before the November 23rd screening. Only the following ticketholders will be able to witness the audio installation (by arriving 30 minutes before the screening) : B3, B4, B5, C3, C4, C5, D3, D4, D5. _______ Reuniting after six years, former university flatmates/current young professionals […]

The electric filmmaking genius John Cassavetes and his brilliant wife and collaborator Gena Rowlands give luminous, fragile performances as two closely bound, emotionally wounded souls who reunite after years apart. Exhilarating and risky, mixing sober realism with surreal flourishes, Love Streams is a remarkable film that comes at the viewer in a torrent of beautiful, […]

The audio installation Cinéma Moderne, novembre 2023 from Julie Faubert will be presented before the November 25th screening. Only the following ticketholders will be able to witness the audio installation (by arriving 30 minutes before the screening) : B3, B4, B5, C3, C4, C5, D3, D4, D5. _______ It is winter on Quebec’s North Shore. Esther’s (Esther […]

New 2K Restoration Phantom Beirut is set in Lebanon at the end of the 1980s, as Khalil returns home after ten years of absence. A decade earlier, during the civil war, Khalil used the cover of chaos and fire during a battle to fake his own death and acquire a new identity.

From tenderness to nightmare, this moody and somatic Quebec short film program jumps into the void and dives into memories, considering the weight of being. Whispers, reminiscences, parentheses, guided meditations – time is suspended, while the body is floating. Dealing with grief, anxiety, loneliness, fear, love – these intimate yet innovative shorts investigate, through language, […]

Wendy Carroll (Michelle Williams) is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series […]

Le Festival Triste et le Cinéma Moderne présentent : Cocktail-happening + projection spéciale ENTRÉE LIBRE Le 30 novembre au Cinéma Moderne, suite à la projection de courts québécois L’insoutenable légèreté de l’être, venez prendre un verre au café-bar avec les cinéastes et les cinéphiles festivalièr·e·s! De 19h00 à 20h45, la salle accueillera également une projection […]

Special screening in partnership with Festival Triste One of America’s foremost filmmakers, Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff) directs a remarkable ensemble cast led by Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, and Laura Dern in this stirring look at three women striving to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a […]

Special screening in partnership with Festival Triste Frank Beauvais’s intimate essay film assembles excerpts from the 400-plus films the French director watched over a four-month period of seclusion in 2016. On the soundtrack, Beauvais speaks of the breakup that led to his retreat, the estranged father with whom he bonded over cinema just before his […]

Special screening in partnership with Festival Triste The last days of summer, when time seems to slip away. For Anders, August 31st is a day to reflect on his recent years in rehab. Suddenly back in his hometown Oslo, the 34-year-old is forced to reassess his life, disappointments, and failures. One single day to try […]