Dir. Nicolás Pereda | Canada/Mexico, 2024 | Spanish with English subtitles | 76 min This is Nicolas Pereda´s nine feature. Pereda is a Mexican- Canadian film director, who has built a peculiar career having always worked with the same group of actors (the Mexican theater collective Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol) is known for his narrative, […]
Director: Lamia Chraibi Canada | 2024 | Portuguese with English subtitles | 88 min | Documentary In Rio de Janeiro, Richard dreams of dazzling audiences in the world’s biggest circus tents. But when the 20-year-old artist is kicked out of his home by his adoptive mother, his life is turned upside down. His once-clear dream […]
Dir. Matías Meyer | Canada, Mexico 2024 French and English with English subtitles | 83 min | Narrative 1885, Saskatchewan, Northwest Canada. Louis Riel, leader of the Métis people of Canada, a mixed group of Indigenous and European ancestry, is sentenced to death, found guilty of high treason for having taken up arms against the […]
This collection of shorts delves into the spectrum of emotions that can overcome us from certain life-altering events—longing, fear, uncertainty, pain, shame—and our fundamental instinct to persevere. From the frustration of navigating the immigration system to the deep struggle of overcoming personal trauma, each film underscores the transformative power of filmmaking. Through diverse stories, voices, […]
Le huitième étage, jours de révolte Dir. Pedro Ruiz, Canada/Cuba, 2024, Spanish & French with English subtitles, 91 min Director Pedro Ruiz in attendance! The Eighth Floor is a fascinating hybrid cinematographic work mixing autobiography and fiction, about one of the most singular characters of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ): Jacques Lanctôt. The FLQ […]