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Schedule

20 Nov. - 01 Dec. 2024

Cinéma Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin - Salle 10
Cinéma Moderne
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Norman-McLaren
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Principale
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20:30 Rule of Stone *
Danae Elon | 2024 | English, Hebrew, Arabic | S.T French

Taking a critical look at Jerusalem’s development project in the 70s, this film reveals the invisible violence perpetrated against the Palestinian people.

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18:00 Traces / Both, Instrument & Sound / Razeh-del /...*
(1) Traces
Chantal Partamian | 2023 | - Without dialogue | S.T English

Toxic masculinity dissolves and disintegrates as images of war collide with a lesbian pornographic film in this experimental found footage work.

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(2) Both, Instrument & Sound
Sharlene Bamboat | 2024 | English | S.T English

Activist Tony Souza tells his life story under the textures of hand-processed 16 mm film and through musical and visual variations exploring the concept of tension.

See full details
(3) Razeh-del
Maryam Tafakory | 2024 | Farsi | S.T English

Within a polyphonic composition of images from Iranian films from the late 90s, two female students try to get published in their country's first women's newspaper.

See full details
(4) Loveboard
Felipe Casanova | 2023 | French | S.T English

Through its pixelated, dysfunctional archive, a broken cellphone reveals fragments of a romantic relationship, underscoring the fragility of love and technology.

See full details
18:00 Sound creation documentary listening session 1
(1) Searching for Butterflies
Nanna Hauge Kristensen | 2024 | English | S.T English

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(2) Sound Desert
Diego Véliz | 2023 | Spanish | S.T English

Recorded on the edge of the Atacama Desert and the Pacific, Sound Desert is a field recording work rooted in this territory where Chile, Bolivia, and Peru meet.

See full details
20:30 Performance | Nous sommes au cinéma
Julie Faubert | 2024 | - Without dialogue

An experimental sound, video and performative creation from Julie Faubert that unfolds from the very specific context of the Cinéma moderne screening room in Montreal.

See full details
18:00 Audio Documentary Listening Session #1
Audio Documentary Listening Session #1

Unframing Documentary presents sound works to be experienced in the darkness of Cinéma Moderne. For the second year running, cinema is taking a visual sabbatical. To tell stories through sound is to access an endlessly evocative power, akin to that of literature, and one that offers unprecedented creative freedom. As Orson Welles once said: “on the radio, the screen is larger than in the cinema.”

This program includes Sound Desert, and a RIDM favorite from the creative audio festival Phonurgia Nova.

Presented in collaboration with Jenny Cartwright.

See full details
18:00 Apple Cider Vinegar
Sofie Benoot | 2024 | English, Arabic, Portuguese | S.T English

In a blend of science and humour, this meticulous essay unfolds a vast and playful investigation of rocks, unlocking a fascinating look at the world in the age of the Anthropocene.

See full details
15:30 An Oscillating Shadow *
Celeste Rojas Mugica | 2024 | Spanish | S.T English

In a darkroom, the filmmaker and her father, a dissident photographer in the Pinochet years, revive an intimate and political history through a fascinating sensory journey.

See full details
20:30 Up the River with Acid *
Harald Hutter | 2023 | French, English | S.T English

This debut feature by Harald Hutter is a deeply personal exploration of memory, resilience, and the inevitable passage of time, experienced through the lives of his parents, Horst and Francine.

See full details
20:00 Republic
Jin Jiang | 2023 | Mandarin, English | S.T English

In his six-square-metre bedroom, a young Chinese revolutionary has created an anti-capitalist refuge for rebellious youth: a buzzing, intoxicating, closed-door setting.

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17:45 All That Passes By Through a Window That Doesn't... *
Martin DiCicco | 2017 | Azerbaijani, Armenian, Russian | S.T French

DiCicco's visually stunning film captures the South Caucasus’ unique geography. By highlighting the socio-political fractures of these lands, he invites viewers to reflect on the region's profound disconnects.

See full details
15:15 A Fidai Film
Kamal Aljafari | 2024 | Arabic, Hebrew, English | S.T English

Drawing from footage seized by Israeli forces during the 1982 invasion of Beirut, Aljafari re-contextualizes these archival materials, transforming A Fidai Film into a bold act of cinematic reclamation.

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21:30 Karaoke Night!
Karaoke Night!

FREE

Let yourself be carried away by the urge to sing at the top of your lungs and share your favourites on the microphone. The goal for the evening is simple: to have fun! This free event is hosted by Charlie Morin.

See full details
18:00 The Wolves Always Come at Night
Gabrielle Brady | 2024 | Mongolian | S.T English

In a revealing documentary approach, this story, told with the protagonists playing themselves, reconstructs their uprooting in the face of the insensitivity of climate change.

See full details
20:15 Kouté vwa
Maxime Jean-Baptiste | 2024 | French, French Guianese Creole | S.T English

In a blend of fact and fiction, Melrick visits his grandmother in French Guiana, rediscovering with fascination a country that lives within him and walking the path of difficult forgiveness.

See full details
13:00 Des chats sauvages
Steve Patry | 2024 | French | S.T English

A tender immersion into the world of Martin, a reserved man who has isolated himself from the world, but not his feelings, and his feline menagerie.

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15:15 Interceptés*
(1) Résilience
Mali | 2024 | French | S.T English

Expressed with artistic creativity, Marie Rock-Hervieux’s touching, life-saving personal story is an admirable example of resilience and affirmation.

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(2) Interceptés
Oksana Karpovych | 2024 | Ukrainian, Russian | S.T English

In Interceptés, Oksana Karpovych combines haunting imagery of Ukraine’s ravaged landscapes with intercepted calls between Russian soldiers and their families to deliver a powerful reflection on the devastating human cost of war.

See full details
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13h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Principale
13H00 Des chats sauvages
Steve Patry | 2024 | French | S.T. English

A tender immersion into the world of Martin, a reserved man who has isolated himself from the world, but not his feelings, and his feline menagerie.

See full details
15h
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
15H30 An Oscillating Shadow *
Celeste Rojas Mugica | 2024 | Spanish | S.T. French or English

In a darkroom, the filmmaker and her father, a dissident photographer in the Pinochet years, revive an intimate and political history through a fascinating sensory journey.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
15H15 A Fidai Film
Kamal Aljafari | 2024 | Arabic, Hebrew, English | S.T. French or English

Drawing from footage seized by Israeli forces during the 1982 invasion of Beirut, Aljafari re-contextualizes these archival materials, transforming A Fidai Film into a bold act of cinematic reclamation.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Principale
15H15 Interceptés*
Mali | 2024 | French | S.T. English

Expressed with artistic creativity, Marie Rock-Hervieux’s touching, life-saving personal story is an admirable example of resilience and affirmation.

See full details Oksana Karpovych | 2024 | Ukrainian, Russian | S.T. French or English

In Interceptés, Oksana Karpovych combines haunting imagery of Ukraine’s ravaged landscapes with intercepted calls between Russian soldiers and their families to deliver a powerful reflection on the devastating human cost of war.

See full details
17h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
17H45 All That Passes By Through a Window That Doesn't... *
Martin DiCicco | 2017 | Azerbaijani, Armenian, Russian | S.T. French and English

DiCicco's visually stunning film captures the South Caucasus’ unique geography. By highlighting the socio-political fractures of these lands, he invites viewers to reflect on the region's profound disconnects.

See full details
18h
Cinéma Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin - Salle 10
18H00 Traces / Both, Instrument & Sound / Razeh-del /...*
(1) Traces
Chantal Partamian | 2023 | - Without dialogue

Toxic masculinity dissolves and disintegrates as images of war collide with a lesbian pornographic film in this experimental found footage work.

See full details (2) Both, Instrument & Sound
Sharlene Bamboat | 2024 | English | S.T. French

Activist Tony Souza tells his life story under the textures of hand-processed 16 mm film and through musical and visual variations exploring the concept of tension.

See full details (3) Razeh-del
Maryam Tafakory | 2024 | Farsi | S.T. English

Within a polyphonic composition of images from Iranian films from the late 90s, two female students try to get published in their country's first women's newspaper.

See full details (4) Loveboard
Felipe Casanova | 2023 | French | S.T. English

Through its pixelated, dysfunctional archive, a broken cellphone reveals fragments of a romantic relationship, underscoring the fragility of love and technology.

See full details
Cinéma Moderne
18H00 Sound creation documentary listening session 1
(1) Searching for Butterflies
Nanna Hauge Kristensen | 2024 | English

See full details (2) Sound Desert
Diego Véliz | 2023 | Spanish | S.T. English

Recorded on the edge of the Atacama Desert and the Pacific, Sound Desert is a field recording work rooted in this territory where Chile, Bolivia, and Peru meet.

See full details
18H00 Audio Documentary Listening Session #1
Audio Documentary Listening Session #1

Unframing Documentary presents sound works to be experienced in the darkness of Cinéma Moderne. For the second year running, cinema is taking a visual sabbatical. To tell stories through sound is to access an endlessly evocative power, akin to that of literature, and one that offers unprecedented creative freedom. As Orson Welles once said: “on the radio, the screen is larger than in the cinema.”

This program includes Sound Desert, and a RIDM favorite from the creative audio festival Phonurgia Nova.

Presented in collaboration with Jenny Cartwright.

More info
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
18H00 Apple Cider Vinegar
Sofie Benoot | 2024 | English, Arabic, Portuguese | S.T. French or English

In a blend of science and humour, this meticulous essay unfolds a vast and playful investigation of rocks, unlocking a fascinating look at the world in the age of the Anthropocene.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Principale
18H00 The Wolves Always Come at Night
Gabrielle Brady | 2024 | Mongolian | S.T. English

In a revealing documentary approach, this story, told with the protagonists playing themselves, reconstructs their uprooting in the face of the insensitivity of climate change.

See full details
20h
Cinéma Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin - Salle 10
20H30 Rule of Stone *
Danae Elon | 2024 | English, Hebrew, Arabic | S.T. French or English

Taking a critical look at Jerusalem’s development project in the 70s, this film reveals the invisible violence perpetrated against the Palestinian people.

See full details
Cinéma Moderne
20H30 Performance | Nous sommes au cinéma
Julie Faubert | 2024 | - Without dialogue

An experimental sound, video and performative creation from Julie Faubert that unfolds from the very specific context of the Cinéma moderne screening room in Montreal.

See full details
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
20H30 Up the River with Acid *
Harald Hutter | 2023 | French, English | S.T. French or English

This debut feature by Harald Hutter is a deeply personal exploration of memory, resilience, and the inevitable passage of time, experienced through the lives of his parents, Horst and Francine.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
20H00 Republic
Jin Jiang | 2023 | Mandarin, English | S.T. English

In his six-square-metre bedroom, a young Chinese revolutionary has created an anti-capitalist refuge for rebellious youth: a buzzing, intoxicating, closed-door setting.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Principale
20H15 Kouté vwa
Maxime Jean-Baptiste | 2024 | French, French Guianese Creole | S.T. English

In a blend of fact and fiction, Melrick visits his grandmother in French Guiana, rediscovering with fascination a country that lives within him and walking the path of difficult forgiveness.

See full details
21h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Norman-McLaren
21H30 Karaoke Night!
Karaoke Night!

FREE

Let yourself be carried away by the urge to sing at the top of your lungs and share your favourites on the microphone. The goal for the evening is simple: to have fun! This free event is hosted by Charlie Morin.

More info
16h30After circus *

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