A grouchy couple give birth to a very sweet girl they name Matilda. Unlike her bratty brother & mean parents, Matilda becomes a very sweet & extremely intelligent girl who is very anxious to go to school & read books. After a while, her parents send her to a school with the worst principal in […]
A chance encounter leads Mara (Deragh Campbell), a young creative writing professor, to reunite with Matt (Matt Johnson), a charismatic, free-spirited author from her past who wanders onto her university campus. Bonded by their shared interests, the two begin to grow closer as she contends with her strained marriage to an experimental musician. When her […]
Special screening – Double bill ME (Don Hertzfeldt, United States, 2024, 22 minutes) *QUEBEC PREMIERE* Don Hertzfeldt’s newest animated film ME is a 22-minute musical odyssey about trauma, technology, and the retreat of humanity into itself. Indiewire has described it as “soul-shaking” and “a triumph”. It’s Such a Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt, United States, 2012, […]
Special screening – Don Hertzfeldt short film program ME (Don Hertzfeldt, United States, 2024, 22 minutes) *QUEBEC PREMIERE* Don Hertzfeldt’s newest animated film ME is a 22-minute musical odyssey about trauma, technology, and the retreat of humanity into itself. Indiewire has described it as “soul-shaking” and “a triumph”. World of Tomorrow (Don Hertzfeldt, United States, […]
Little Modernes screening: 5 years and over A film about two mortal enemies – a little mouse Whizzy and Whitebelly the fox, who after an unfortunate accident, meet in animal heaven. They lose their natural instincts and become best friends. Their wish to stay together after they return to earth comes true, but they are […]
Feature preceded by short film A Crab in the Pool A CRAB IN THE POOL (Alexandra Myotte and Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Québec, 2023, French with English subtitles, 11 minutes) In a run-down neighborhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by […]
Sixteen years before Parasite, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho was making his first major film, a haunting and sulphurous thriller based on the real-life case of the first serial murders in Korean history. Combining horror and dark humour, Memories of Murder also marks the first collaboration between the filmmaker and his favourite actor Song Kang-ho, […]
Sixteen years before Parasite, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho was making his first major film, a haunting and sulphurous thriller based on the real-life case of the first serial murders in Korean history. Combining horror and dark humour, Memories of Murder also marks the first collaboration between the filmmaker and his favourite actor Song Kang-ho, […]
Sylvia (Jessica Chastain) is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life. This is blown open when Saul (Peter Sarsgaard) follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past. *Best Actor (Peter Sarsgaard) – Venice Film Festival […]