Opening film

LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT

Jaco Van Dormael

Invite only

FRANCE, Belgium, Luxembourg | 110 minutes | 2015

Closing feature

THE FORBIDDEN ROOM

Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson

Invite only

QUéBEC/CANADA | 119 minutes | 2015

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
HOMMAGES ET RÉTROSPECTIVES

APRAXIA
Janet BrightCorne

O.V. English

aprax-ia \(‘)a-’prak-se- \n [NL, fr. Gk, inaction, fr. a-+ praxis action, fr. prassein to do -- more at PRACTICAL] : loss or impairment of the ability...

CANADA | 5 minutes | 2003

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

ARABIAN NIGHTS : VOLUME 1, THE RESTLESS ONE
Miguel Gomes

O.V. Portuguese

?With his Arabian Nights trilogy, Miguel Gomes takes inspiration from the framing of the original saga to present a sweeping epic of tragic, farcical and...

PORTUGAL, France, Germany, Switzerland | 125 minutes | 2015

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

ARABIAN NIGHTS : VOLUME 2, THE DESOLATE ONE
Miguel Gomes

O.V. Portuguese

The second volume of Arabian Nights features three stories: a serial killer who can teleport, a judge no longer capable of doing his job and a dog, Dixie,...

PORTUGAL, France, Germany, Switzerland | 131 minutes | 2015

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

ARABIAN NIGHTS: VOLUME 3, THE ENCHANTED ONE
Miguel Gomes

O.V. Portuguese

In the third volume, Sheherazade tries to avoid her fate by escaping into Baghdad. Yet she has one last story to tell, about men who train birds for...

PORTUGAL, France, Germany, Switzerland | 125 minutes | 2015

HOMMAGES ET RÉTROSPECTIVES

ARGENTINA
Doug Davidson Tom Morris

O.V. English

The dispassionate calm of a solitary man is captured with disturbing clarity. The sound and images of Argentina mirror the stoic calm of this lone man.

CANADA | 4 minutes | 1980

HOMMAGES ET RÉTROSPECTIVES

ASK-ME
Carole Beecher

O.V. English

An experimental camera-less animation piece worked directly on black leader.

CANADA | 2 minutes | 1995

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

THE ASSASSIN
Hsiao-Hsien Hou

O.V. Mandarin

At some point in the 9th century, the Tang Dynasty, which led China into a golden age, started to lose its grip under pressure from various rebellious...

TAIWAN, China, Hong Kong, France | 107 minutes | 2015

RENCONTRES PANCANADIENNES DU CINÉMA ÉTUDIANT

ATMOSPHERE
Robin Tremblay

O.V. French

The short in itself is a journey through various worlds some big some small, some fast and some slow with recurring pattern of sphere, circle, and loop....

CANADA | 6 minutes | 2015

FNC LAB

AU BORD DE LA RIVIÈRE
Mike Rollo

O.V. - Without dialogue

Au bord de la rivière is an unblinking examination of the light and movement patterns that animate a river bank; an earthly mysticism in miniature,...

CANADA | 4 minutes | 2014

P'TITS LOUPS

AU TEMPS DES MONSTRES
Sophie Farkas Bolla

O.V. French

It is said that long, long ago, the wild children were bestowed the gift of eternal youth. But one day, one of them started growing up and according to...

CANADA | 23 minutes | 2015

HOMMAGES ET RÉTROSPECTIVES

BALLY BRANDO
Brandon J.Byrne

O.V. English

IRELAND | 50 minutes | 2009

TEMPS ø

BELLADONNA OF SADNESS
Eiichi Yamamoto

O.V. Japanese

CANADIAN PREMIERENever before officially released in North America, this one-of-a-kind cult classic can now be enjoyed in all of its splendour through a...

JAPAN | 86 minutes | 1973

RENCONTRES PANCANADIENNES DU CINÉMA ÉTUDIANT

BIKE AND TINA
Christo Graham

O.V. English

The last days of Ike and Tina Turner. But Ike is a Bike.

CANADA | 6 minutes | 2015

PANORAMA

THE BIRTH OF SAKÉ
Erik Shirai

O.V. Japanese

In northern Japan, the small Tedorigawa brewery has been making its saké using the same artisanal methods for more than a century. From October to April,...

UNITED STATES, Japan | 94 minutes | 2015

HOMMAGES ET RÉTROSPECTIVES

BLED NUMBER ONE
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche

O.V. French

Kamel is deported from France after serving a prison sentence and ends up in his native village in northeastern Algeria. Despite the warm welcome of his...

FRANCE, Algeria | 100 minutes | 2006

FOCUS

BLEU TONNERRE
Jean-Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné

O.V. French

Bruno, in his thirties and desperately seeking a purpose, ends up turfed out after a breakup. Without despairing and thanks to his big sister’s motherly...

CANADA | 21 minutes | 2015

FOCUS

BLONDE AUX YEUX BLEUS
Pascal Plante

O.V. French

A Canadian mother travels to Florida with her 4 year-old daughter to take part of a mini-miss contest. Getting ready to compete becomes a cat-and-mouse...

CANADA | 17 minutes | 2015

COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE

BLOOD BELOW THE SKIN
Jennifer Reeder

O.V. English

Countdown to prom night is actually a countdown to irrevocable change for three girls. Two of the girls are falling in love with each other and the third...

UNITED STATES | 33 minutes | 2015

FOCUS

BLOOD MANIFESTO
Theodore Ushev

O.V. French

All over the world, idealist revolutionaries shed their blood to denounce injustices. However, at our intimate core, blood is our most human possession,...

CANADA | 2 minutes | 2015

PANORAMA

BLUE BLOOD
Lírio Ferreira

O.V. Portuguese

Zolah is a human cannonball, of all things. The circus is in his bones, having been raised in the Netuno Circus, led by Kaleb, an illusionist with a...

BRAZIL | 79 minutes | 2014

COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE

BODY
Malgorzata Szumowska

O.V. Polish

Janusz (Janusz Gajos), a forensic pathologist in Poland, is accustomed to the gruesome sights he often sees at crime scenes. He isn’t easily shocked, but...

POLAND | 90 minutes | 2015

FOCUS

BORN TO BE BLUE
Robert Budreau

O.V. English

 In the early 50s, a young musician admired by Charlie Parker emerged as one of the most brilliant jazz trumpeters of his generation. But despite...

UNITED STATES, Canada, Great Britain | 97 minutes | 2015

FNC LAB

BOROBUDUR
Arnold Pasquier

O.V. Italian

Federico, an architecture student in Palermo, roams the city looking for modern buildings to draw and photograph. In a park, he meets a young man,...

FRANCE | 80 minutes | 2015

PANORAMA

BOX
Florin Serban

O.V. Romanian

Rafael is a 19-year-old Roma who spends his days at his grandfather Bunicul’s carwash. While working out at the gym, he is noticed by a very...

ROMANIA, France, Germany | 93 minutes | 2015

x Close

Our newsletter

Stay connected

Sign-up for our newsletter to get all the latest Festival news!

Please fill this field Invalid first name
Please fill this field Invalid last name
Please fill this field Invalid email
Send You'll receive an email soon to confirm your subscription to our newsletter You are already subscribed to the newsletter