19 - 29 Nov. 2026
FREE
Navigate the winding paths of our urban ruins to join an evening presented by Vidéographe and Spira. The worlds of Nos ruines fertiles by David Sanchez and Des grues et des voix by Simon Plouffe will intertwine in an audiovisual performance combining VJing, music and poetry. A sensory journey that sets the stage for a night of celebration.
The evening's program:
8 p.m. - Citizens' Assembly - Et si l'avenir se décidait au coin de la rue ?
Spira and the Multitudes movement invite you to a citizens' assembly to discuss ways to bring local democracy to life and strengthen citizen power. In a warm, relaxed atmosphere, everyone is welcome, whether to share their thoughts or simply listen in on the conversation!
10 p.m. - A performance built around the themes of the film Des grues et des voix, bringing together for the very first time musician and poet Belinda Campbell and sound artist Anne F. Jacques for a sensory experience exploring the emotional and physical dimensions of sound.
10:30 p.m. - VJ performance by David B. Ricard and Andrew Beaudoin.
11 p.m. - DJ André Bazin takes over the decks to close out the night!
Elsa works on a documentary about Franco’s concentration camps while mourning the loss of a family member. A lucid film that shifts between the prosaic and the poetic.
See full detailsWith a creative mix of various visual archives, this rigorous and fascinating film revisits the incomplete solidarity project of OPEC and its member countries.
See full detailsFour portraits of dissident artists intertwine to tell a story about exile, the fight and the power of writing. Staying silent is a luxury they do not have.
See full detailsLaurence Ly | 2026 | French, English | S.T English
At 72, artist Janet Lumb is losing her memory. To create new memories and revive old ones, her friend Laurence spontaneously plans a trip to Ecuador.
See full detailsMarianne Khayat | 2026 | French | S.T English
Based on the testimonies of victims of psychological violence, this animated film depicts Jeanne’s daily life as her world changes with every outburst of her partner’s anger.
See full detailsJuliette Balthazard | 2026 | French | S.T English
The director films her grandmother Claire, whose memory is failing. As her memories disappear, a love story resurfaces.
See full detailsLaura Kamugisha | 2026 | French, English, Kinyarwanda, Arabic | S.T English
With tender warmth and dreamlike visual poetry, this intimate film brings together the experiences of motherhood shared by several women.
See full detailsNarrated like a daydream, in the form of a nighttime radio show, In The Sweet Arms shows music in a rare light and questions the ways it shapes how we see the world.
See full detailsFrance Tewatironnyon Gros-Louis-Morin | 2026 | French, Wendat | S.T French
Through an intimate and experimental lens, Yonnonhwe’ explores a daughter’s courage, a mother’s love and the interconnectedness that sustains us through suffering and healing.
Presented in front of the National feature length competition films as part of our collaboration with Wapikoni Mobile.
Ryan Ermacora, Jessica Johnson | 2026 | English | S.T French
This work invites us to see differently, and even to experience, the ecosystem that connects oysters to a community of fishers and oyster farmers.
See full detailsTyson Houseman | 2026 | English | S.T English
In this experimental Nêhiyaw archive, an oral history remembered between a kokum and her daughter exposes the colonial violence and agency of six fierce generations.
See full detailsMartine Granby | 2025 | English | S.T English
A lyrical work rich in aesthetic explorations, Same Water uses archives and personal accounts to depict a resort that embodied segregation.
See full detailsAlba Jaramillo | 2026 | Spanish, English | S.T English
Through a multifaceted approach that combines a roaming camera with a strong narrative perspective, Visite guidée unfolds as a decolonial fable with ecological undertones.
See full detailsJiayi Chen | 2026 | English, Tlingit | S.T English
Jiayi Chen blends Tlingit sounds with Alaska’s landscapes in a sensory immersion where lands freed from ice reveal a language also in need of protection.
See full detailsChantal Partamian | 2026 | Armenian | S.T English
A poetic essay by Chantal Partamian where the Haralez, spirit-dogs of Armenian mythology, roam Istanbul to awaken the dead buried beneath Gezi Park.
See full detailsThrough the perspectives of three survivors and archival images, this film explores Srebrenica’s history, where forests, fields and disturbed earth bear the scars of the past.
See full detailsThrough voices and urban sounds, Simon Plouffe explores intimate and collective soundscapes that shape the act of listening through a visual representation of sound.
See full detailsIn Quebec City, filmmaker David Sanchez follows the citizen-led movement that is organizing to reclaim a space the city ceded to a techno-industrial centre.
See full detailsFilmed along the Scottish coast, this experimental film project by Karl Lemieux documents the decommissioning of offshore oil platforms at the end of their operational life, transforming an industrial process into a sensory experience where image, sound, and materiality converge. Presented as an installation, Plateforms confronts viewers with these monuments of the oil industry, opening a space for reflection on our relationship to territory, time, and the irreversible transformations of the contemporary world.
See full detailsIn a poetic vision where art and memory intertwine, KUBANA combines various stories of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda to explore how to rebuild society after the unspeakable.
See full detailsInspired by Johanna’s real life and shot magnificently on film, this dreamy work of hybrid fiction, with just the right touch of humour, reveals a passionate lover of cars who follows her own path.
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