After Sound of Metal, Riz Ahmed delivers his second creative tour de force of 2020 with Mogul Mowgli, a film which he both co-wrote and starred in. Zed (Academy Award® nominated Riz Ahmed), an Anglo-Pakistani rapper, lives in New York City. One day, luck smiled on him, and here he was ready to go on […]
After All the Streets Are Silent, Cinéma Moderne delves yet again into the underground of New York culture with Moments Like This Never Last, a fascinating new documentary focusing on the urban art scene and on the life and career of Dash Snow. A notorious figure of New York’s post 9/11 underground, Dash Snow ignited […]
Special screenings – 10th anniversary A widowed single mom finds herself burdened with the full-time custody of her explosive 15-year-old ADHD son. As they try to make ends meet and struggle with their impetuous and unpredictable ménage, the new girl across the street, Kyla, benevolently offers needed support. Together, they find a new sense of […]
Minato, a young boy, is displaying increasingly worrying behaviour both at school and at home. His mother, Saori, decides to discuss it with the teaching staff at his school. It soon becomes apparent that his teacher, Hori, is the source of all the problems. But as the mystery unfolds, the truth turns out to be […]
Still Life Program – January 16 19h00 – Base Station 20h20 – 7 promenades avec Mark Brown A ticket gives access to the 2 films in the program Quebec Premiere In this diptych documenting two projects at once, filmmakers Pierre Creton and Vincent Barré (L’Arc D’Iris, Souvenir D’Un Jardin; A Prince) reconnect with the world […]
Still Life Program – January 16 19h00 – Base Station 20h20 – 7 promenades avec Mark Brown A ticket gives access to the 2 films in the program International Premiere In the near future, hypochondriac siblings Eden and Hyunho have taken to the mountains to avoid all electromagnetic frequencies, which they believe to be harmful […]
At Dusk Program – January 17 19h00 – Taman-Taman (Park) 20h40 – Let the Red Moon Burn (short film) 21h00 – Eephus A ticket gives access to the 3 films in the program Quebec Premiere As their beloved small-town baseball field is about to be torn down, two dedicated teams from a New England beer […]
Occupied Territories Program – January 18 16h30 – Fujiyama Cotton 18h30 – Mémoire fertile 20h30 – Spiders Web Individual ticket (one ticket per film) Shocked by the eugenicist and ableist massacre of Sagamihara in 2016, emerging documentarian Taku Aoyagi crafts an empathetic filmic response, focusing here on Mirai Farm, a welfare center in Yamanashi, that […]
At Dusk Program – January 17 19h00 – Taman-Taman (Park) 20h40 – Let the Red Moon Burn 21h00 – Eephus A ticket gives access to the 3 films in the program Every August, thousands of people gather in the Bulgarian village of Zheravna to celebrate the Festival of National Costume. In traditional dress, they sing […]
Family Albums program – January 15 19h00 – Lost Chapters 20h20 – Merman 21h45 – UNDR (short film) A ticket gives access to the 3 films in the program North American premiere After years living abroad, Ena returns to Venezuela with a fragmented sense of self. At home, she finds her grandmother losing her grasp […]