PROGRAMME 2009
November 17, 2009
Master class: Myths and Mysteries : The World of Jos de Putter
**** NOTICE : THIS MASTER CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED ****
Discussion 5 à 7 : Do we need public cultural organizations?
Is our culture one of dependence or innovation? That's the burning question at a round-table discussion with expert guests, hosted by Catherine Perrin. Free More info here
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
A portrait of Norman Finkelstein, the Jewish academic and crusader at war with Israel. Provocative.
Multiple projections
Repérage en Palestine pour L’Évangile selon Saint Matthieu
Pasolini explains to a group of students his outline for a film that would find historic proof in the places and people he visited that the Jesus of St. Matthew’s humanistic gospel really existed.Carnet de notes pour une Orestie Africaine
Notes for an African Oresteia was shot in Uganda and Tanzania in preparation for a cinematic adaptation of the ancient Greek play by Aeschylus.
Multiple projections
Rúmenatomija Brandas Addiction [Magapína]
Modern life sure has its share of tragic stories. Pollution, a self-centred lifestyle, drugs… Tell Branda about it! Her udder dependence on plastic bags means that she has to undergo quadruple stomach surgery. Yup, that’s right, quadruple. Did I forget...Chêne et le roseau, quel avenir pour l’agriculture? (Le)
The flexible reed endures when wind uproots the mighty oak. La Fontaine’s lesson is borrowed here to illustrate two approaches to 21st-century farming: one is aligned with global markets for standardized products, relying on high-intensity single-crop operations that use chemical...
Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country
An electrifying montage of amateur underground footage that tells the big story of the Burmese protests against the military regime in 2007.
Archipels nitrate
Fun, erudition and poetry are on the menu in this deeply personal tribute to Belgium’s Cinémathèque Royale.
Théorie du tout (La) [Theory of Everything (The)]
A sumptuous black-and-white film deconstructs the beauty of Quebec’s territory (including the winter so rarely seen on film) and the people shaped by it.
Comrade Couture [Ein Traum in Erdbeerfolie]
In 1980s East Germany, high fashion could begin with a shower curtain.
Carmen Meets Borat
When the film crew for Borat rolls into a small village in Romania, the cost to villagers’ daily lives is not so glorious.
Defamation
An Israeli filmmaker wonders if anti-Semitism is a genuine threat in 2009. Entertaining and disturbing.
Ya Mamma!
From Morocco to Tel Aviv to Montreal, a portrait of three generations that includes a granddaughter, actor Sharon Ibgui.
Bananas!*
Nicaraguan workers sue Dole for exposing them to a banned pesticide that causes sterility, but the judge rules against the attorneys. A documentary with a John Grisham plot.
Passage
A fascinating investigation into the 1845 disappearance of explorer John Franklin is reconstructed blending fiction with documentary filmmaking.
Birmanie l'indomptable, la résistance d'un peuple
Burma, oppressed and still resisting. Clandestine interviews and telling images reveal the story of a nation in peril.
November 17, 2009 , 08:00PM
Grande Bibliothèque
Screening & Discussion : Burma : Ways to resist without using weapons. Moderated by Dennis Trudeau. In collaboration with Rights & Democracy. The filmmakers will attend
Beyond the Game
A fascinating look at the strange universe of the world’s top two competitive gamers of Warcraft, a virtual role-playing game.
