PROGRAMME 2009
November 18, 2009
Discussion 5 à 7 : The GDP/PIB webdoc experience from A to Z
Come see a selection of shorts and meet the people behind them. Hosted by Hélène Choquette. Free More info here
Affaire Coca-Cola (L')
Colombian workers at a Coca-Cola bottling plant accuse the company of financing the murder of union leaders.
Chine est encore loin (La)
The birthplace of the Algerian revolution, a remote village steeped in memory, where elders, teachers and children reflect the loss of language and identity and an uncertain future.
Orgasm Inc.
Is female orgasm a mystery? Not for the pharmaceutical giants! Orgasm Inc. investigates the underlying assumptions of the female sexual pleasure market.
Cooking History
Funny, touching anecdotes from ex-army cooks who served in Europe during the armed conflicts of the last century. Deliciously told.
En ce temps-là : Souvenirs des derniers jours de la colonie du Kenya [A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony]
The duty to remember. A redemptive film about a painful episode in the filmmaker’s life as a young British soldier in Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising.
Shakespeare and Victor Hugo’s Intimacies [Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo]
A strange young man appears under her grandmother’s roof in Mexico City, and Yulene Olaizola films the clues that will solve the mystery. An enigmatic family tale.
Pierre Perrault : An ear for the river and for blood
November 18, 2009 , 07:30PM
Grande Bibliothèque
Trbute performance in honour of Pierre Perrault, produced by Le Théâtre Barbare in collaboration with the BAnQ. Free
Multiple projections
Mohammed Rewind
“What’s the use of images in a world filled with people who can’t see?” asks Arnaud Bouquet. In September 2004, the camera operator comes across a confrontation on a street corner in Ramallah. Palestinians are throwing rocks at an Israeli...Plomb durci [Piombo fuso ]
In January 2009, at the end of the Israeli government’s Operation Cast Lead, a military attack on the Gaza Strip, Stefano Savona was the only western director in Palestinian territory to film what happened next. Cast Lead offers a glimpse...
Garbage Dreams
In a “garbage village” near Cairo, a group of local teens learn modern recycling techniques and begin exporting plastic and aluminum waste to China.
Myths for Profit: Canada's Role in Industries of War and Peace
Canada the global good guy? Let’s examine that claim. An entertaining, well argued, essential intro to geopolitics and money from NATO to Afghanistan via Kosovo.
Small Wonders
A salute to a disappearing era, in three portraits of small Montreal merchants who embody the neighbourhood life of the downtown. To be savoured.
Multiple projections
Beekeepers (The)
The hives are empty but no one is paying much attention. Does it matter? Absolutely. Bees are true environmental sensors, tremendously sensitive to climate change, pesticides and pollution. Their decreasing numbers are cause for alarm but few people seem to...Silent Color Silent Voice [Shimanoiro Shizukanakoe]
The island of Iriomote lies in remote southwest Japan, a wild and beautiful place known to the outside world for a rare species of lynx and scuba diving. Akiko Ishigaki and her husband, Kinsei, are weavers. Using materials from the...
RiseUp
Blotta took 5 years to make this terrific film about the music scene in Jamaica, looking at Rasta, the magic of luck, and the streets—the true arbiter of what is and is not reggae.
Dynamite Reggae Night !
In tandem with the screening of RiseUp, come dance to the Jamaican beat of Riddim Wise Sound.
