Opening film

UN OURS ET DEUX AMANTS

Kim Nguyen

Invite only

QUEBEC, Canada | 96 minutes | 2016

Closing feature

MALIGLUTIT

Zacharias Kunuk

Invite only

QUEBEC, Canada | 94 minutes | 2016

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HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA

BELGICA
Felix Van Groeningen

O.V. Flemish | st English

Tracking the fortunes of two brothers who get swept up in their club’s success, Belgica is an intense look at the night-life scene. Jo, who’s single,...

BELGIUM, France | 126 minutes | 2016

FOCUS QUÉBEC/CANADA

BELOW HER MOUTH
April Mullen

O.V. English

The first Canadian fictional film made entirely by women, Below Her Mouth takes a bold look at attraction. Jasmine, a fashion editor, lives a happy,...

CANADA | 92 minutes | 2016

TEMPS Ø

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
John Carpenter

O.V. English

John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Chinese ghosts and kung fu together at last in one of the coolest (if not the coolest) American films of the last thirty...

UNITED STATES | 99 minutes | 1986

LES INCONTOURNABLES !

BITTER MONEY
Wang Bing

O.V. Mandarin | st English

A hard-hitting documentary on the plight of migrants in fast-changing contemporary China. A leading documentarist of China’s social realities and a...

HONG KONG, France | 150 minutes | 2016

LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES

BLACK
Anouk De Clercq

O.V. - Without dialogue | st English

Simultaneously boundless and intimate, collective and personal, an ode to and an example of a cinematic experience that is becoming increasingly rare: the...

BELGIUM | 5 minutes | 2015

FOCUS QUÉBEC/CANADA

BLACK COP
Cory Bowles

O.V. English

While listening to a talk radio show debating the death of an unarmed black teen at the hands of the police, a black officer decides to take privileged...

CANADA | 11 minutes | 2016

HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA

BLIND CHANCE
Krzysztof Kieslowski

O.V. Polish | st English

A variation on the theme of destiny: a man about to miss his train experiences three different outcomes. This surprising film, divided into three sections,...

POLAND | 114 minutes | 1987

PRÉSENTATIONS SPÉCIALES

BOMB
Peter Millard

A container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device....

UNITED KINGDOM | 1 minutes | 2014

FOCUS QUÉBEC/CANADA

BOOST
Darren Curtis

O.V. English | st French

Hakeem is the teenage son of east African immigrant parents living in Montreal’s tough Parc-Ex neighbourhood. Along with his best friend ‘A-Mac’,...

QUEBEC, Canada | 95 minutes | 2016

FOCUS QUÉBEC/CANADA

BOUND
Daniel Boos

O.V. English | st French and english

When a mysterious group of workers appear at his brother’s sawmill, a struggling shop manager faces a troubling decision.

CANADA | 12 minutes | 2015

FNC eXPlore

BREAK A LEG

Your chance to become a magician. An interactive experience designed for virtual reality. Inspired by 19th-century magic shows by the likes of Houdini and...

SWITZERLAND | 0 minutes | 2016

PRÉSENTATIONS SPÉCIALES

BROKEN ALTAR
Mike Rollo

The Broken Altar is a portrait of open-air theaters documented under the strange light of day, emptied of the once present hum of human voices, radioed-in...

QUéBEC/CANADA | 20 minutes | 2014

LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES

LE BULBE TRAGIQUE
Guillaume Vallée

O.V. English | st French

Ephemeral traces of nothingness. rotoscoped farmers, crumbling churches and dying memories as hand-painted layers, decay & collage on film emulsion as...

QUéBEC/CANADA | 7 minutes | 2016

LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES

BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK
Anocha Suwichakornpong

O.V. Thai | st English

Invisible bonds connect singular characters whose lives are in flux. Individuals loosely connected by invisible strands. A director and his muse, an older...

THAILAND, Netherlands, France, Qatar | 105 minutes | 2016

PRÉSENTATIONS SPÉCIALES

BY THE TIME WE GO TO EXPO
Philipp Hoffman, Eva Kolcze

A re-reading of the expo's symbol of the globe evokes not only memories of the era's pride in technological progress, but also emphasize the aesthetic...

CANADA | 9 minutes | 2015

HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA

THE CALM
Krzysztof Kieslowski

O.V. Polish | st English

Kieslowski’s first film to be censored by Polish authorities is a harsh look at the world of work. This feature’s release was delayed until 1980, four...

POLAND | 81 minutes | 1976

HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA

CAMERA BUFF
Krzysztof Kieslowski

O.V. Polish | st English

A watershed work for Kie?lowski, and certainly his most personal film. Camera Buff focuses on a worker who buys an 8mm movie camera to preserve memories...

POLAND | 117 minutes | 1979

CARTES BLANCHES

CARTE BLANCHE
Philippe Lesage

Paris. Almost one year after November 13, 2015.

CANADA | 7 minutes | 2016

P'TITS LOUPS

CATS & DOGS
Jesús Pérez, Gerd Gockell

O.V. - Without dialogue

An animated short film for children about friendship. One can‘t force a friendship, but an emergency can build a friendship.

SWITZERLAND, Germany | 7 minutes | 2015

FOCUS QUÉBEC/CANADA

CAVE OF SIGHS
Nathan Douglas

O.V. English

A casual hook-up is waylaid by unusual circumstances – a nostalgic collection of Byzantine icons.

CANADA | 11 minutes | 2016

PRÉSENTATIONS SPÉCIALES

CECI EST UN MESSAGE OFFICIEL
Matthew Rankin

Matthew Rankin launches a failed campaign of absolute inter-human solidarity entirely in Esperanto, the artificial language of world peace.

QUéBEC/CANADA | 2 minutes | 2015

PRÉSENTATIONS SPÉCIALES

CEUX QUI FONT LES RÉVOLUTIONS À MOITIÉ N'ONT FAIT QUE SE CREUSER UN TOMBEAU
Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie

O.V. French

Québec’s “Maple Spring” is the backdrop for the story of four activists who take matters into their own hands to bring about social change. After...

QUEBEC, Canada | 183 minutes | 2016

PRÉSENTATIONS SPÉCIALES

CHAMISSO'S SHADOW PART 1
Ulrike Ottinger

O.V. German | st English

Adelbert von Chamisso accompanied the Romanzow research expedition on the Rurik from 1815 to 1818 as a botanist. Inspired by his descriptions as well as...

GERMANY | 193 minutes | 2016

PRÉSENTATIONS SPÉCIALES

CHAMISSO'S SHADOW PART 2
Ulrike Ottinger

O.V. German | st English

Adelbert von Chamisso accompanied the Romanzow research expedition on the Rurik from 1815 to 1818 as a botanist. Inspired by his descriptions as well as...

GERMANY | 192 minutes | 2016

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