NEW 4K RESTORATION Cléopâtre, la reine d’Égypte, décide, pour défier l’Empereur romain Jules César, de construire en trois mois un palais somptueux en plein désert. Si elle y parvient, celui-ci devra concéder publiquement que le peuple égyptien est le plus grand de tous les peuples. Pour ce faire, Cléopâtre fait appel à Numérobis, un architecte […]
Contemporary Ukrainian cinema: discover same director’s Reflection and Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi’s The Tribe! In collaboration with FNC Over the next few weeks, to celebrate Ukrainian film culture, Cinéma Moderne is committed to present a selection of Ukrainian films from recent years, including several gems from festivals that have still not found their way to the big screens […]
Free screening In honour of Michel Côté (1950-2023) In the middle of a bitter Montreal winter, Bert (Guy L’Écuyer) and François (Michel Côté) live in a broken-down, snowbound Chevy parked permanently behind the Moonshine Bowling Alley. Bert is a former bowling champion reduced by arthritis to serving as a sandwich-board man for the Moonshine; François, […]
Screening of November 30th followed by a discussion with the teams of Été 2000, Mothers & Monsters and Baigal Nurr – Lake Baigal Come and join us to discover the FNC 52th edition winners. You’ll drift from a phantom island in Spain to a reimagined lake in Siberia, from a surrealist satire on maternity to […]
Screening of November 7th with filmmaker Alison McAlpine (Perfectly a Strangeness) in attendance Screening of November 16th with filmmaker Mo Matton (Gender Reveal) in attendance Come and join us to discover the FNC 53rd edition winners: unique short films that stood out for their audacity and their excellence. SANS VOIX | Samuel Patthey Switzerland | […]
Middle-aged sexist Cédric gets suspended from work after drunkenly kissing a female reporter during a prank on live TV. Stuck at home with his long-suffering girlfriend and their incessantly crying baby, Cédric teams up with his sensitive brother to co-author a confessional book apologizing for their past misogyny. – Sundance *Sundance Film Festival 2022
*As part of our CONTES POUR TOUS cycle in tribute to producer Rock Demers* “Bachelor Jonathan’s only passion is Bach music. The last thing he thought he needed was a long-lost niece, at least that was what he thought before the arrival of 11- year-old Fanny and her skunk Broccoli. Newly orphaned Fanny has a […]
February 16th screening followed by a Q&A with co-director Guylaine Maroist In fall 2017, the MeToo hashtag shook the planet, sparking an unprecedented wave of sexual assault accusations in the Western world. Now a storm of virulent misogyny rages on, flooding our screens with harassment, defamation, lynching, sextortion, the sharing of intimate photographs, rape and deaths […]
*Warning – for mature audiences only This masterpiece by Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude, winner of the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlinale, will leave you reeling. Throwing up a middle finger to hypocrisy, double standards and rah-rah patriotism, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is a searing, hilarious satire about the misadventures of Emi, a […]
As seen from the inside out through the eyes of a Mohawk teenager from Kahnawake, Tracey Deer’s new feature film offers a powerful and necessary perspective on the Oka crisis. Despite being only thirteen, Beans has a lot on her shoulders and has to juggle family obligations and inclusion in her new group of friends, […]