Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
In a series of still images, the filmmaker captures his mother’s final days in a nursing home. He pays tribute to her, and to the many women who work day and night to comfort the dying.
CHSLD
- François Delisle
- 2020
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 20 min
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
A series of funny and touching vignettes of life in a CHSLD. The film immortalizes the essence of these places of support and care, without an ounce of sensationalism.
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
From Montreal to the Manicouagan hydroelectric complex, this meditative, bemused essay equates energy and love as it explores our relationship with time.
GOODNIGHT GOODNIGHT
- Mackenzie Reid Rostad
- 2020
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 37 min
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Claire Simon films the making of Tënk, an online platform for auteur documentaries. A fascinating, bittersweet and insightful behind-the-scenes look at a major cultural project.
LE FILS DE L'ÉPICIÈRE, LE MAIRE, LE VILLAGE ET LE MONDE
- Claire Simon
- 2020
- France, Belgium
- 111 min
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Two mothers, their sons and their dogs cope with months of lockdown earlier this year. A sweet and meditative chronicle of private family moments.
LIFE OF A DOG
- Danae Elon, Rosana Matecki
- 2020
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 26 min
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Haunted by inconsolable grief, a filmmaker goes to Siberia. It is a search for self, and a chance to talk to others. “What is love?” he asks each person he meets.
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Observing a young Syrian exiled in Denmark, the director evokes his own experience of mourning and loss, joining the filmed and the filmmaker in a touching farewell to loved ones.
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
In the heart of São Paulo, a diverse group of activists and artists document their appropriation of public space, with humour and style. An infectiously energetic activist film.
SOUTHERN SORCERESSES
- Eliane Caffé, Carla Caffé, Beto Amaral
- 2020
- Brazil
- s.t. English
- 89 min
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Grainy images and a woman’s voice relate her exploration of the body and sexuality at three times of life. A captivating celebration of intimacy and femininity.
TANDIS QUE JE RESPIRE ENCORE
- Laure Giappiconi, La Fille Renne, Elisa Monteil
- 2020
- France
- s.t. English
- 13 min
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Inspired by interviews with immigrants, this dystopian short denounces the state violence inflicted by UK immigration officials.
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
In this animated short combining reality and supernatural poetry, a woman who lost her beloved sister tries to reconnect with her by becoming an end-of-life caregiver.
THANADOULA
- Robin McKenna
- 2020
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 7 min
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
This sublime first feature is a fiction-documentary hybrid in the form of a multigenerational self-portrait of a Portuguese family.
THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BIRDS
- Catarina Vasconcelos
- 2020
- Portugal
- s.t. English
- 101 min