VENTIL, originally from Vienna, transforms the sound of bulletproof glass being destroyed into an abstract and intense piece of electronic music, expanded by video animations created live by Conny Zenk. It’ll be a unique performance.Presented by FTA and with the support of FORUM CULTUREL...

BY JOHN BLOUIN AND BERNARD FALAISETo try. To make an error. Whatever. To try again. Still making errors. Better errors made. Performance forged around Samuel Beckett’s Worstword Ho. Games of language, images and sounds to say, to repeat and to deny being.

WITH LE VALET D’COEURLe Valet d'Coeur is pleased to partner with the FNC and have a selection of its games placed around the cinema. Adults and kids, movie lovers and film aficionados, there will be games for everyone !

For a third the year in a row, the Agora Hydro-Québec, located in UQAM’s Coeur des Science building, is transformed into an educational and fun playground. And this time for two full days ! Interactive sessions, creative workshops and family projections, all animated by professionals from here...

Simultaneously, and for the first time, the P’tits loups takes over the Espace jeunes at the Grande Bibliothèque. On offer: a selection of virtual reality works and digital creations for kids to freely discover and experiment with.FREE | 10 YEARS + | 2 DAYSCASSANDRE POIRIER-SIMON PRÉSENTE LA...

A man of unshakeable conviction risks losing everything in this scathing indictment of a country whose citizens are subject to arbitrary arrests.

A light-hearted romp through Cannes, Claire’s Camera is a delightfully wry comedy that points up the elegance of Hong Sang-Soo’s writing.

Moving portrait of a stubborn Congolese woman who, faced with setbacks, refuses to stay in the shadows.

Using home movies collected around the world, Gustav Deutsch (Shirley, Film Ist) creates a captivating reflection on migration.

The insane rantings of a Buddhist monk who’s adept at riling up the crowds. A documentary that uses its source material to examine the roots of evil.

Sun, guns and 250 kilos of stolen gold: a crazy romp from two directors at the creative cutting edge....

In Aleppo, filmmaker and Al Jazeera/BBC journalist Orwa Al Mokdad turns his lens on the reality of war, conflict and the disillusionment of the combatants. CANADIAN PREMIERE IN COMPÉTITION...

Mesmerizing aesthetics and a fragmented narrative plunge viewers into the daily life of mine workers in this first feature from the Bolivian director....

At the Panchwa festival in Rajasthan, exorcists take on demons and divinities. Best ghost film of the year !...

A Brazilian road movie, lyrical but unsentimental, on the tragic, unjust world of a working man sensitive to the wonders of existence....

An intimate, visceral documentary on contemporary dance portraying a sensitive woman at an artistic crossroads.

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

Deadly vengeance and voodoo are on the menu of this feature about one family’s outrage when their debt-ridden patriarch is assassinated by a local bigwig.

A coming-of-age tale where the trust between a young Iranian girl and her parents is sorely tested after a disturbing visit to the gynecologist....

For this first feature, cult artist Bertrand Mandico has created an erotic fantasy with a lush aesthetic and fascinating plot.

An edge-of-seat psychological thriller about a woman who refuses to let legal complexities get in the way of her dogged fight for justice.

A legendary rivalry comes back to life as Björn Borg and John McEnroe go head-to-head at Wimbledon in 1980.

Love makes you soar? No, but it can give you supernatural powers, at least according to the Norwegian director’s fourth feature.

A critique of brutal economic liberalism, through the prism of a disen- chanted couple’s private tragedy....

The hallucinatory odyssey of an adventurer king inspires a creative cinematic hybrid featuring a journey where memory meets madness.

Niels Schneider, Agathe Bonitzer, Mathieu Amalric, Serge Bozon... Director Arrietta transposes Perrault’s classic tale to a bewitching, contemporary fairyland where the characters play drums and travel by helicopter....

Intuitive camera work depicting jam-packed urban life and philosophical comments make up the latest offering from this icon of Canadian avant-garde cinema....

A sensitive coming-of-age story from a director who resolutely strips all clichés from her rendering of the heightened emotions of youth. IN COMPETITION

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

The unhealthy relationship between a young man and his grandfather sharing a seedy apartment.IN COMPETITION

Time travels, a talking dog, Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and plenty more in this Spanish sci-fi thriller....

Greek director Konstantina Kotzamani made a name for herself at the Cannes and Berlin film festivals. Here, she presents her films, followed by a master class. Born in Komotini, in 1983, Konstantina studied pharmaceutics and cinema at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She participated at...

The Spaghetti Western sings its swan song with this 1976 classic by Enzo G. Castellari....

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