The coming of age film by HOU Hsiao-hsien and JEONG Jae-eun shouldn’t be missed: A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985, Taiwan) by legendary Taiwanese filmmaker HOU Hsiao-hsien. One of the greatest Taiwanese films is inspired by director HOU’s upbringing in Taiwan while living through the deaths of his father, mother, and grandmother. […]
Cemetery of Splendor (2015, Thailand) by Apichatpong Weerasethakul focuses on a woman treating a soldier with sleeping sickness. Apichatpong’s representation of bodily intimacy on film evokes the 11th KFFC’s theme “Arts & Technologies: Sleep, Dream, and Body,” as we are showcasing films and media arts that highlight how personal experiences intersect with social issues and technological […]
This 11th KFFC screening features in water (2023, Korea; Québec premier) by prolific filmmaker HONG Sangsoo. The film centers around three friends who are trying to make a film together. This bold, experimental, dreamy yet real film-within-a-film reflects HONG’s rigorous strive to reinvent filmic forms in his use of landscapes and the tense pursuit of an artist’s […]
Take Care of My Cat (2001, Korea) by female director JEONG Jae-eun. The film is about the friendship of five girls who are navigating life after graduating high school, recalling the advent of early mobile phones with globalization, and the change of telecommunications technologies that underscore the film’s themes relating to connectivity and friendship. It is […]
The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin (2019, South Korea) was made by new talents KIM Dongryung and PARK Kyoungtae. This independent, fantastical docu-fiction film is featured in KFFC’s “Side by Side” category. When plans to demolish the American base in Uijungbu, Korea surface, Park Insun, a long-time resident of the neighboring shanty town and former “comfort […]
*Screening dedicated to Black History Month Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer who is growing detached and numb from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse. Frustrated by money problems, he finds respite in moments of simple beauty: […]
Kinds of Kindness is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined […]
December 13th screening with filmmaker Kaveh Nabatian in attendance In 1791, Dutty Boukman presided over a Vodou ritual in Bois-Caïman that led to the creation of the first Black republic in Haiti. Since then, rituals of transformation and artistic expression have been at the core of a thriving culture, as the country faces oppression, poverty, […]
ONLINE SHOW OF THE YEAR – ADISQ 2021 After receiving honors at the very last ADISQ Gala with four Félixes, here is the immersive experience VIVRE – Le Spectacle spectral by Klô Pelgag! Much more than a simple concert recording, this accompaniment to the Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs album comes to us like a real breeze of freshness; […]
Nestled at the heart of the Bic mountains, in this territory called Lower St. Lawrence, hides a community of wise people, audacious people taking root. The collective farm Sageterre is the work of Jean Bédard, writer, philosopher but most importantly, a peasant. His writing calls for action. His work on the land cultivates ideas. Jean […]