21st Edition
November 8 - 18, 2018
FILMS OF INTEREST
Opening Film
WHAT WALAA WANTS
Director Christy Garland
Opening movie
Walaa, a strong-willed young Palestinian woman, dreams only of joining the Palestinian Security Forces. A complex and engrossing story of one woman’s education.
Full Length Films
PREMIÈRES ARMES
Director Jean-François Caissy
Canadian Feature Competition
Quebec
A non-judgmental observation of a
Canadian Forces boot camp, exposing the deep workings of an institution geared
to enforcing a collective ideal.
L’APOLLON DE GAZA
Director Nicolas
Wadimoff
CANADIAN PREMIERE
ARTifice
ARTifice
A fascinating investigation into
the fate of an ancient statue found and then lost in Gaza
MY DEAREST SISTER
Director Kyoka Tsukamoto
WORLD PREMIERE
Portraits
Quebec
An intimate, poetic self-portrait in the form of a love letter to a
sister, questioning the fundamental principles of Japanese society.
OF FATHERS AND SONS
Director Talal Derki
Director Talal Derki
International Feature Competition
A disturbing look inside the life of a Syrian jihadi family, and an
unforgettable perspective on a world without a future, where childhood and
innocence no longer have meaning.
DE CHAQUE INSTANT
Diredtor Nicolas Philibert
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Special presentations
France, Japan
Nicolas Philibert takes us inside a nursing school, where we meet the
students and see their stressful lives, captured with deep empathy.
PREMIÈRES SOLITUDES
Director Claire Simon
Director Claire Simon
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Special presentations
Claire Simon lets us share in the turmoil of an uncertain age by
filming the private conversations of a group of teenagers from a Paris
MA GUERRE
Director Julien Fréchette
Director Julien Fréchette
The State of the World
A portrait of four Westerners who volunteered to fight against the
Islamic State group alongside the Kurds, including a captivating visit to the
combat zones.
THE TRIAL
Director
Maria Augusta Ramos
Retrospective Maria Augusta Ramos: Exposing the system
Brazil , Netherlands ,
Germany Dilma Rousse , Brazil
Director Stefano Savona
Special presentations
Weaving together intimate testimonies and mesmerizing animation,
acclaimed filmmaker Stefano Savona retraces the destruction of the Samouni
family’s life in Zeitoun, Gaza.
LES COASTERS
Director Nicolas-Alexandre Tremblay and Stéphane
Trottier
WORLD PREMIERE
Special presentations
An inspiring, humanist ensemble film about the realities of life in Quebec
BEAUTIFUL THINGS
Director
Giorgio Ferrero
CANADIAN PREMIERE
La bête humaine
Where do the thousands of objects around us come from? Where do they
go? This audio-visual symphony is a dark reflection on our world.
THE WALDHEIM WALTZ
Director Ruth Beckermann
Special presentations
Austria
During the Austrian presidential election campaign of 1986, Kurt
Waldheim’s reputation is seriously attacked – and suffers no damage. The
episode foreshadowed our reactionary future.
ENSEMBLE
Director
Jean-Nicolas Orhon
WORLD PREMIERE
ARTifice
Quebec
Jean-Nicolas Orhon spent a year filming the Orchestre Métropolitain de
Montréal, closely observing its rehearsals, working relationships, precision
and passion.
Short or Medum Length Films
OUR SONG TO WAR
OUR SONG TO WAR
Director Juanita Onzaga
CANADIAN PREMIERE
International Short or Medium-Length Competition
As the war winds down in the Colombian jungle, the ghosts of the dead wander the forest and the living resume their lives. A film whose aesthetic is steeped in mystery and beauty.
LA RIVIÈRE TANIER
Director June Balthazard
Director June Balthazard
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
International Short or Medium-Length Competition
Who was Marie Lourdes? The filmmaker reconstructs the past of her grandmother, who has lost her memory, and explores her Creole identity through beautiful animation.
LA CHANSON
by Tiphaine Raffier
CANADIAN PREMIERE
International Short or Medium-Length Competition
A hilarious, brilliantly critical futuristic fiction presented as a documentary-to-come about Marne-la-Vallée, home to Disneyland
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