Opening film

Blade Runner 2049

Denis Villeneuve

UNITED KINGDOM, United States, Canada | 163 minutes | 2017

Closing feature

Loving Vincent

Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman

GREAT BRITAIN, Poland | 95 minutes | 2017

All # a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES CM

She whose blood is clotting in my underwear
Vika Kirchenbauer

O.V. - Without dialogue

Inspired by military infrared technology, Kirchenbauer reflects on intimacy as well as the privileged gaze of the spectator. Knowledge of the other is the...

GERMANY | 4 minutes | 2016

LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES CM

Le Silence fait peur aux brutes
Boulanger Étienne

O.V. - Without dialogue

On a strip of land between two waters, a drummer spreads his rhythm in front of the immense landscape. The popping beats resound through the fjord. The...

CANADA | 5 minutes | 2016

Rencontres pancanadiennes du cinéma étudiant

Soeur de sang
Guillaume Comtois

O.V. French | st English

Marie-Claude sees her mother's funeral take a turn for the worse when her brother David shows up, surprising every one. There's an unexplained guilt...

CANADA | 13 minutes | 2017

P'TITS LOUPS

Something
Elena Walf

O.V. - Without dialogue

Three great mountains reveal to a smaller mountain what precious minerals they contain: gold, oil, fire... The small mountain seems to possess so little in...

GERMANY | 420 minutes | 2015

PANORAMA INTERNATIONAL

Song of Granite
Pat Collins

O.V. Irish | st English

Spellbinding traditional music and lush natural settings are the raw materials of this unconventional hybrid on the roots of Irish music. Shot through with...

IRELAND, Canada | 104 minutes | 2017

LES INCONTOURNABLES

The Square
Ruben Östlund

O.V. English | st English

Audiences will laugh through gritted teeth at this withering satire that attacks elitism, arrogance and vanity of every stripe. The winner of the Palme...

SWEDEN, Germany, France, Denmark | 142 minutes | 2017

PANORAMA INTERNATIONAL

Strange but true
Michel Lipkes

O.V. Spanish | st English

A sombre tale in luscious black-and-white that exposes the raw violence and sharp contrasts of the Mexican capital. Garbage collectors Jonathan and Yesi...

MEXICO | 90 minutes | 2017

HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA

Sukiyaki Western Django
Takashi Miike

O.V. English | st French

Transplant the spaghetti western to Japan, and you get a gleeful, ultra-violent spectacle with a breakneck pace.Sukiyaki Western Django — really? Never...

JAPAN | 121 minutes | 2007

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Summer 1993
Carla Simón

O.V. Catalan | st English

A six-year-old orphan goes to live with her uncle’s family in the Catalan director’s autobiographical tale. Carla Simón explores her young heroine’s...

SPAIN | 97 minutes | 2017

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Summer Lights
Jean-Gabriel Périot

O.V. Japanese | st English

Following up Une jeunesse allemande (2015), Jean-Gabriel Périot continues exploring history’s ghosts with this tribute to the victims of the bombing of...

FRANCE, Japan | 82 minutes | 2016

Rencontres pancanadiennes du cinéma étudiant

Sunlight Over Water
Jesse Gotfrit

O.V. English

High-schooler Merit discovers his sexuality through a tumultuous relationship with his friend Julien.Presented by SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY (SFU)as part of...

CANADA | 16 minutes | 2017

LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES CM

Super Taboo
Su Hui-Yu

O.V. Mandarin | st English

Playing the role of an urban, white-collar worker, renowned actor Chin Shih-Chieh takes the viewer into a surreal, erotic scene by muttering passages of...

TAIWAN | 19 minutes | 2017

PRÉSENTATIONS SPÉCIALES

Sweet Movie, ciné-concert par Avec le soleil sortant de sa bouche
Dusan Makavejev

O.V. English

A visual and musical fusion fuelled with poetic and political solar energy. Our favourite Montreal quartet scores a controversial, erotic, and fantastic...

FRANCE, Canada, Germany | 98 minutes | 1974

PRÉSENTATIONS SPÉCIALES

Sweet Virginia
Jamie M. Dagg

O.V. English

Solitude, mourning and murder in this noir-hearted, latter-day Western indie thriller that’s also a haunting character study. The scene: small-town...

UNITED STATES, Canada | 105 minutes | 2017

FNC EXPLORE

TESTIMONY
Zohar Kfir

O.V. English

IN COMPETITIONTestimony is an interactive VR documentary that shares the stories of five survivors of sexual assault and their journey to healing. More...

UNITED STATES, Canada, Israel | 40 minutes | 2017

FNC EXPLORE

THE OTHER DAKAR
Selly Raby Kane

st English

IN COMPETITIONA little girl is chosen to discover the hidden face of Dakar, a 360o hommage to Senegalese Mythology. Embark in her fantastic universe and...

SENEGAL | 8 minutes | 2017

FNC EXPLORE

THE SHARED INDIVIDUAL
Stefan Stanisic, Johan Knattrup Jensen

O.V. English

IN COMPETITIONThe Shared Individual is a ground-breaking performance mixing film, performing arts, and technological trickery with virtual reality. A...

SWEDEN, Denmark | 40 minutes | 2016

FNC EXPLORE

THÉÂTRE D'AUTOMNE
Myriam Coulombe, Mathieu Barrette

O.V. French | st English

IN COMPETITIONThings mature with winter, but the thaw makes them real again. At the border of three levels of reality, you are the last-minute guest, the...

CANADA | 9 minutes | 2017

P'TITS LOUPS

TO & KYO
Tsuneo Goda

O.V. - Without dialogue

Downtown Tokyo, Yanesen. Two petit-demons "To" and "Kyo" are doing tags in the narrow alley with full speed. For them, this city has been their playground...

JAPAN | 5 minutes | 2017

HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA

TOUTES LES COULEURS DU VICE (CLASSE DE MAÎTRES ET COURTS MÉTRAGES) : HÉLÈNE CATTET/ BRUNO FORZANI

The anguished exaltation of Let the Corpses Tan, The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears and Amer had its genesis in these diabolical shorts. SUIVI...

90 minutes | 0

LES INCONTOURNABLES

Ta Peau si Lisse
Denis Côté

O.V. English | st English

Denis Côté explores the world of bodybuilding, taking an affectionate look at overdeveloped men. These are men of few words and lots of muscles:...

CANADA | 93 minutes | 2017

HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA

Teddy Bear
Mads Matthiesen

O.V. Danish | st English

A chronically shy bodybuilder is determined to find love, even if it’s to be found in a Thai red light district.A wistful tale revolving around a...

DENMARK | 92 minutes | 2012

PRÉSENTATIONS SPÉCIALES

Ten Skies, ciné-concert par Ben Shemie
James Benning

Clouds and drone music combine for an electrical and atmospheric performance. Composer Ben Shemie (SUUNS) has been an admirer of James Benning’s work...

UNITED STATES | 101 minutes | 2004

HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA

La Terre de la Grande Promesse
Andrzej Wajda

O.V. Polish | st French

A flagship film in the legacy of the unforgettable Polish filmmaker, The Promised Land traces the dawn of industrial capitalism in Eastern Europe and its...

POLAND | 179 minutes | 1975

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