Histoires du cinéma Kiba the Vicious Wolf, a penniless samurai, agrees to help a blind woman boss oversee a shipment of gold through her village and protect it from a horde of criminals anxious to get their hands on it (a rogue’s gallery including a deaf-mute killer with a monkey on his shoulder). The complex […]
National competition section Judith is at a crossroads. Mourning the recent death of her mother, she defines herself through her family, living in denial of her Japanese roots. During a retreat with her emotionally stilted husband and two sensitive daughters on a remote island in British Columbia, her encounter with an ostensibly happy couple shatters […]
Histoire(s) du cinéma In Sleep (1964), Andy Warhol scrutinized the sleep of his then-lover, artist John Giorno, for over five hours. Six decades later, Radu Jude pays tribute to this classic of avant-garde cinema with Sleep #2, a radical, mischievous, meticulous look at the evolving microcosm surrounding Warhol’s grave in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. By day […]
Les nouveaux alchimistes Screening with filmmaker Dominic Gagnon in attendance A team of astronauts is launched into space during the pandemic. As the planet takes a pause, its inhabitants share their experiences of COVID-19 and the consequences it might have on their mental health. Following the filmmaker’s usual modus operandi, Space Down is made up […]
Nouveaux Alchimistes Two electronic voices converse in the darkness. Tenderly, affectionately, they talk to each other, or maybe to the spectator, creating a meditative communion with the bodies appearing on screen. For his first feature, Portuguese director Jorge Jácome teamed up with the Dançando com a Diferença dance troupe and the Teatro Praga theatre company […]
Temps ø section Bruce Lee, nunchaku in hand, has just died and gone to the Underworld. There he is welcomed by a lecherous King of the Underworld, who sends him into the arms of a motley band of baddies. Clint Eastwood, James Bond and, to top it all off, Zatoichi, the Godfather, the Exorcist, Dracula […]
Temps Ø Screening with filmmaker Kenichi Ugana in attendance A motley crew of friendly, urban (and musically damn cool) punks exile themselves to the countryside to record their new album. Surrounded by cows, vegetables and aging farmers, the anachronism couldn’t be more striking yet against all odds, the social mix becomes a source of inspiration. […]
Les nouveaux alchimistes In a universe where human beings sleep during the coldest months of the year, a boy emerges prematurely from his hibernation into a snowy forest. Left to his own devices, he sets out to find his sister. Later, as spring blossoms anew and other humans gradually awaken, it’s his sister’s turn to […]
Les nouveaux alchimistes section Scattered across different countries, various young people drift through landscapes marred by capitalism, new technologies and invisible threats, their wandering seemingly endless. Seeking to escape dead-end jobs or simply find a livable environment, they amble toward a mystical, elusive future. Argentinian filmmaker Eduardo Williams picks up where The Human Surge — […]
Les nouveaux alchimistes After the nightmarish animated film La Casa Lobo (FNC, 2018), this Chilean filmmaking duo is back with a UFO (Unidentified Filmic Object), mixing live action, stop motion animation and puppets. In a large studio with pasteboard sets, an actress and a psychologist plunge us into the world of Miguel Serrano, a Chilean […]