Filmoption International - Berlin 2018

2018



ORIGAMI MARKET PREMIERESUSPENCE, SCI-FI DRAMA, COMPLETED“An absolute treat as both a time travel movie and a dramatic thriller”– Kim Lo, That Moment InDavid’s arduous journey attempting to break free from his troubled past.David (François Arnaud) is travelling. He’s on a unique trip that doesn’t take him from one placeto another but from one moment in time to another. Seeking to better understand the strangepower he has to move around in his own timeline, David will eventually have to confront thedeconstructed chronology as well as his own repressed past. Directed by Patrick Demers (Regular or Super, Best Canadian Work at FIFA, Jaloux, Detectives, Keeping Canada Alive) Written by André Gulluni (Rock, Paper, Scissors, 11 règles, 100 amis) and Claude Lalonde (3 petits cochons, 10, Fillière 13) Produced by Cédric Bourdeau (Bunker, Room Tone, Tadoussac) et Stéphane Tanguay (Montreal, White City, Mabina Moboko – La danse des mains) Cast François Arnaud (Midnight Texas, Blindspot), Normand D’Amour (The Killer Inside, Adrien), Alexa-Jeanne Dubé (Winter Claire, Yes but No Thanks), Tania Kontoyanni (Oh What a Wonderful Feeling, 30 Vies), Benoît Gouin (L’heure bleue, Les loups) and Milton Tanaka (Palissade, The Art of More) Language French with English subtitleshttps://vimeo.com/232042241 EFM SCREENINGS FRIDAY – FEB 16 – 11:15 – CINEMAXX 11 MONDAY – FEB 19 – 18:05 – CINEMAXX 12



LOUISE LECAVALIER:IN MOTION (LOUISE LECAVALIER : SUR SON CHEVAL DE FEU)DOCUMENTARY, BIOGRAPHY, COMPLETED“Lecavalier is a true star, one of those rare performers able to capture the public’s heart and soul” – The Dance Current“Louise Lecavalier is a typhoon of physicality” – The New York TimesA visually stunning exploration of the life and work of acclaimed Canadian dancerand choreographer Louise Lecavalier.The inspiring story of an irrepressible artist who, working with choreographer Édouard Lock,revolutionized contemporary dance in the 1980s. Today, at 58, Lecavalier enjoys a successfulsolo career on the international stage. She is a true icon of dance, a unique creator whose arttranscends the limitations of the human body. Spectacular dance sequences, original scores andexclusive interviews are combined to create an intimate and touching portrait of this passionateartist, driven by her quest for perfect movement. Written and directed by Raymond St-Jean (A Chair Fit for an Angel, Best Canadian Film Award and Best French Canadian Film Award at the 32nd International Festival of Films on Art) Produced by Michel Ouellette (Mary Shelley, Lanterna Mágica Award for Best Documentary in Tours, France and In the Hands of Michel Tremblay, Best Director - Gemini Awards) Choreographed by Louise Lecavalier (Oranges, Businessman in the Process of Becoming an Angel, Human Sex), Édouard Lock (Amelia) and Nigel Charnock (10 men) Cast Louise Lecavalier (Roastbeef, Velasquez’s Little Museaum, La la la Human Steps), Robert Abubo (Milles batailles), Patrick Lamothe (Skywriter, Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program at the Gemini Awards), Keir Knight (Amelia, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary) Language: French and English with French and English subtitleshttps://vimeo.com/250683217



THE FALL OF THE (LA CHUTE DE SPARTE)SPARTANSYOUTH, COMEDIC DRAMA, POST-PRODUCTIONThe Fall of the Spartans is based on the award-winning Quebec Bestseller JONATHAN LILI-ANN MARIANNE LÉVI KARLby Biz (Loco Locass) ST-ARMAND DE FRANCESCO FARLEY DORÉ WALCOTT“A treat for the intellect” – Éric Dumais RESTER DEBOUT“Amazing clarity” – Bible Urbaine EST LE TRIOMPHE DE TOUT HÉROS.A comic-tragedy looking at the last year of high school through the eyes D'APRÈS LE ROMAN DE BIZof a disaffected teen. UN FILM DE TRISTAN DUBOISWhen we are young, we sometimes feel that the world is stacked against us. This is the case for16 year-old Steeve Simard (Lévi Doré), who is entering his last year at Gaston-Miron High School FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL AVECLAPARTICIPATIONDE PARALLAXES MÉDIA PRÉSENTENTin St-Lambert. A cynical intellectual with a critical view of himself and the world, he struggles to LA CHUTE DE SPARTEestablish bonds with his parents and peers. He only has one friend: Virgil (Jonathan St-Armand). UNEADAPTATIONDUROMAN DE BIZIn order to evade his loneliness and fill a void in his imagination, he seeks refuge in his books and SCÉNARIO BIZ ETTRISTAN DUBOISmusic. However, an incident with the star of the Spartans football team, will force Steeve to come AVEC LÉVIDORÉ,KARLWALCOTT,LILI-ANNDEFRANCESCO,DEVONO’CONNOR,JONATHANST-ARMAND,SIMONDUCHESNE,out of his shell and face his destiny… GABRIELSABOURIN,MARIANNEFARLEY,AMÉLIEGLENN,JEAN-MARCGÉNÉREUXET ÉRICKBOULIANNE UNFILMDETRISTAN DUBOIS DIRECTIONDELAPHOTOGRAPHIE DANIELVILLENEUVE Directed by Tristan Dubois (Two Wrongs, Forget and Forgive) DIRECTIONARTISTIQUEANDRÉ CHAMBERLAND CONCEPTIONCOSTUMES SOPHIE LEFEBVRE PRISEDESON SIMON GOULET Written by Tristan Dubois and Sébastien Fréchette - Biz (Loco Locass) MONTAGEIMAGE HUBERT HAYAUD DIRECTIONDEPRODUCTIONYANNICK SAVARD PRODUITPAR SONIA DESPARS ET MARC BIRON Produced by Marc Biron (Roof Runners, Girls on the Hunt) and Sonia Despars (Roof Runners, UNEPRODUCTIONDE PARALLAXES Sur nos traces) With Levi Doré (Au secours de Béatrice, Ces-gars-là), Marianne Farley (Our Family, Eye on Juliet, Bellevue), Jonathan St-Armand, Lili-Ann de Francesco (Têtes d’affiche) et Karl Walcott (X-Men: Apocalypse, Quantico, Sur-Vie) Language French with English subtitleshttps://vimeo.com/250692627



WITH LOVE (L’AMOUR)DRAMA, POST-PRODUCTIONInspired by the true story of Stephen Marshall that shook Canadaand the United States.What drove a young man to murder two men and then take his own lifein this fact-based drama.A young man (Pierre-Luc Lafontaine) goes to his father’s (Paul Doucet) home in Maine where,helped by an online pedophile registry and fueled by a stifling anger, he locates and tracks downsex offenders. In parallel, his mother (Fanny Mallette) follows his trail in order to try to understandwhat could have pushed him into his murderous madness. Based on a true story. Directed by Marc Bisaillon (Guilt, La lâcheté) Written by Marc Bisaillon and Philippe Schommer Produced by Christine Falco (Rock, Paper, Scissors, A Moon of Nickel and Ice, Scratch) Cast Pierre-Luc Lafontaine (The Squealing Game, Un peu comme Simone), Paul Doucet (C’est le cœur qui meurt en dernier, Early Winter), Fanny Mallette (Boost, The Killer Inside) and Claude Despins (GAME(R), Les pays d’en haut) Language French and English with English subtitles

LIKE A PEBBLE INTHE BOOT (COMME UN CAILLOU DANS LA BOTTE)DOCUMENTARY, COMPLETED“An intimate and unflinching look at the economic immigrationphenomenon in Italy” – La Bille BleueIn Florence, the refugee crisis complicates the situation of street vendorsand economic migrants, the majority of whom are Senegalese.This compelling story of Senegalese street vendors in Florence, filmed in both Italy and Senegal,focuses on the situation of economic migrants, complicated by the Italian financial crisis and thetidal wave of refugees seeking asylum. Meanwhile, the families are unaware of their exiled lovesones’ hardships, living with the expectation of a possible return, or receiving a much neededmoney order. Written and directed by Hélène Choquette (A Dog’s Life, Fists of Pride, The Refugees of the Blue Planet) Produced by Anne-Marie Gélinas (Radius, Turbo Kid, A Bottle in the Gaza Sea, Night Song) Language English, Italian and Wolof with French and English subtitleshttps://vimeo.com/213329787

A TOUCH OF (UN PRINTEMPS D’AILLEURS) SPRING DRAMA, COMPLETED Strong feature-length debut” – Film Beats A recent immigrant to Canada is torn between her Chinese heritage and Canadian culture when she visits China following a break-up. Li Fang (Wensi Yan) is a Chinese immigrant who has been living in Montreal for over 10 years. Her infertility and her violent separation from her Québécois husband, Eric (Émile Proulx-Cloutier), have pushed her to the brink of despair. Escaping the chaos in Montreal, Li Fang visits her grand- father in Dazu, her birthplace in south China. The support and inspiration provided by her family and an old lover helps her break the impasse in her life. Written and directed by Xiaodan He (Cairo Calling, Children of the Setting Suns) Produced by Xiaodan He, Andreas Mendritzki (In the Waves, Mon ami Dino), Nguyen-Anh Nguyen (Temple, The Akira Project) and Aonan Yang (In the Waves, Taming the Horse) Cast Wensi Yan (Mirror mirror), Émile Proulx-Cloutier (Nous sommes les autres, Plan B), Xuan Zhao, Kefa Cui (Fu qin de shen fen) and Cheng Yan (Qiao Geer) Language French and Mandarin with English and Mandarin subtitles A FILM BY XIAODAN HE FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL PREsENTs A GREENGROUND AND RED DAWN PRODUcTION A TOUcH OF sPRING A FILM by XIAODAN HE sTARRING WENsI yAN, ÉMILE PROULX-cLOUTIER, XUAN ZHAO, KEFA cUI AND cHENG yAN PRODUcED by AONAN yANG, ANDREAs MENDRITZKI, NGUyEN-ANH NGUyEN AND XIAODAN HE LINE PRODUcER ANNIcK bLANcDIREcTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHy GLAUcO bERMUDEZ EDITOR TAO GU sOUND DEsIGN ANDREAs MENDRITZKI WRITTEN AND DIREcTED by XIAODAN HE RED DAWN PRODUCTION

KISS ME LIKE (EMBRASSE MOI COMME TU M’AIMES)A LOVERDRAMA, COMEDY, COMPLETEDMEILLEUR FILM CANADIEN PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD OFFICIAL SELECTION SÉLECTION OFFICIELLELE PRIX DE L’INNOVATION FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU CINÉMA FRANCOPHONE EN ACADIE 2016“Without a doubt, André Forcier is still at the height of his game, allowing his fulltalents to shine, much to the delight of moviegoers” – Le Journal de MontréalIn 1940s Montreal, a young man wrestles with his emotions for hisdomineering twin sister and his best friend’s girlfriend.1940. 22 year old Pierre Sauvageau dreams of joining the war effort but must take care of his twinsister Berthe, who is crippled since birth. Their closeness awakens Berthe’s sensuality. Her attempts atseduction are rejected by Pierre but, when he falls in love with another, he is subconsciously foiled bythe fantasy of his sister. He would very much like to break free of Berthe’s hold on him, but his fantasyhas a strong grasp. Kiss Me Like A Lover delves us into the unique universe of Quebec’s enduringauteur André Forcier. Directed by André Forcier (Coteau rouge, Je me souviens, Happiness Bound) Written by André Forcier and Linda Pinet (Coteau rouge, Les états-unis d’Albert) Produced by Linda Pinet and Louis Laverdière (Mom et moi, Ludovic) Cast Émile Schneider (Fox Lake, Vétérane, L’Imposteur), Juliette Gosselin (Tadoussac, 19-2, The Gracefield Incident), Mylène Mackay (La Bolduc, Wolfe, L’Âge adulte), Céline Bonnier (L’heure bleue, C’est le cœur qui meurt en dernier, Unité 9), Tony Nardi (Bella ciao!, The Neighborhood, The Red Maple Leaf), Antoine Bertrand (Les pays d’en haut, Votez Bougon, Le locataire), Réal Bossé (Innocent, Tableau de chasse, 19-2), Roy Dupuis (Pieds nus dans l’aube, Feuilles mortes, The Forbidden Room), France Castel (Olivier, Manivald, Hedgehog’s Home), Denys Arcand (Burghers of Vancouver, Le règne de la beauté, Adam & Ève), Pascale Montpetit (District 31, The Saver, Trauma) Julien Poulin (Les pays d’en haut, Karl & Max, Agent secrèt), Rémy Girard (Frontier, Pays, Murdoch Mysteries) and Marc Hervieux (Il était une fois les boys, Bye-Bye, 2001: A Space Travesty) Language French with English subtitleshttps://vimeo.com/250642920

NABIL RAJO JAHMIL FRENCH WITH FANNY MALLETTE AND NTARE GUMA MBAHO MWINE BOOST A DARREN CURTIS FILM ACTION, ADVENTURE, DRAMA, COMPLETED FOCUS COMPETITION “Slick and mysterious” – The Montreal Gazette A thrilling look at the lives of two teenage best friends from Montreal who become entangled with the mob after a car they stole is involved in a fatal accident. Hakeem is the teenage son of immigrant parents living in Montreal’s Parc-Ex neighbourhood. Along with his best friend “A-Mac”, Hakeem works at his uncle’s car wash ’spotting’ luxury sports cars for a local crime syndicate to make extra money. A-Mac eventually persuades Hakeem to boost a car on their own leading to dire consequences and forcing Hakeem to make a life altering decision and define the type of man he will become. Written and directed by Darren Curtis (YidLife Crisis, Who is KK Downey?) Produced by Frederic Bohbot (Kosher Love, Shadows of Paradise), Kieran Crilly (Fubar Age of Computer, Three Night Stand) and Darren Curtis Cast Nabil Rajo (Suits, Rookie Blue, Muna), Jahmil French (Degrassi: The Next Generation, The Infamous), Fanny Mallette (With Love, The Killer Inside), Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (Bosch, Del Playa), Patrick Goyette (Plan B, Blue Moon) and Juliette Gariépy (Where do Cats go after 9 Lives?, Trauma) Language English and French with English and French subtitles https://vimeo.com/195306943 FILMOPTION PreseNTs a BUNBUrY FILMs aNd HaVeLOCK FILMs PrOdUCTION ‘BOOsT’ NaBIL raJO, JaHMIL FreNCH wITH FaNNY MaLeTTe aNd NTare GUMa MBaHO MwINe CasTING BY JONaTHaN OLIVeIra C.s.a. MONTreaL CasTING BY MaXIMe GIrOUX arT dIreCTOr FrÉdÉrIQUe COUrNOYer-Lessard CINeMaTOGraPHer PaweL POGOrZeLsKI edITOr Jared CUrTIs MUsIC BY MICHaeL sILVer OrIGINaL sONGs BY THe POsTerZ LINe PrOdUCer VaLerIe sHaMasH eXeCUTIVe PrOdUCers JOHN HaZLeTT, aNTONeLLO COZZOLINO, PaUL-e. aUdeT PrOdUCed BY FrederIC BOHBOT, KIeraN CrILLY & darreN CUrTIs wrITTeN aNd dIreCTed BY darreN CUrTIsBoost Affiche 27x39 B.indd 1 2017-08-11 2:16 PM

AN EYE FOR AN EYE (ŒIL POUR ŒIL)A story of REVENGE... DOCUMENTARY, COMPLETED CHANGE... and FORGIVENESS... “The rehabilitative power of forgiveness is thought-provokingly explored in Ilan Ziv’s “An Eye for an Eye”, a documentary chronicling the death-row incarceration of a Texas serial murderer.” – Los Angeles Times A true story of hate, revenge, understanding, remorse and redemption as lived by Mark Stroman on the Texas Death Row. In the weeks following 9/11, the entire country was on edge and suddenly every Muslim became suspect. Sadly, it was not long before news broke of a white supremacist from Texas killing anyone who looked Arab. Mark Stroman claims he did this to avenge the United States of America. He was convicted, sentenced and sent to the most notorious ward in America, Texas Death Row. In a rare twist of fate, his only surviving victim became his biggest advocate – Rais Bhuiyan is a devoted Muslim who does not believe in the death penalty. A true story of hate, revenge, change and forgiveness as lived by Mark Stroman on the Texas Death Row. Directed by Ilan Ziv (Capitalism, Exile: A Myth Unearthed, Jesus Politics) Produced by Paul Cadieux (The Patriarch’s Room, The Settlers, P.S. Jerusalem) Language English and French with English subtitles https://vimeo.com/185013679 a documentary film by ilan ZiVFILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS A 6112072 CANADA INC. PRODUCTION OF AN ILAN ZIV FILM ‘AN EYE FOR AN EYE’ DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY SAMUEL SHINN EDITORS DAVID LEGUERRIER AND GEORGE T. CLARKE WRITER PAUL CADIEUX MUSIC ROBERT MARCEL LEPAGE SOUND MICHEL LAMBERT VOICE TALENT HARRY STANDJOFSKI AND MARK CAMACHO PRODUCER PAUL CADIEUX DIRECTOR ILAN ZIV EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARYSE ROUILLARD

THE PATRIARCH’SROOMDOCUMENTARY, COMPLETED FEODORA JURY SPECIAL MENTION & BEST RESEARCH AWARD TORONTO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL DAVID A. STEIN MEMORIAL AWARD“Mystifies and enlightens, perplexes and gratifies” – Blog CriticsA mysterious and riveting exploration that takes us behind the walls of Jerusalem’sold city to discover the inner workings of the Greek Orthodox Church.“Jaffa Gate is ours!” screamed the headlines in 2005. Greek Orthodox Patriarch Irineos was accusedof selling church property to Jewish settlers. He denied all of the accusations. But for the first timein the church’s 2000-year history, its leaders was ousted. For 11 long years, Irineos was imprisonedin his chambers. In this first person account, filmmaker Danae elon unravels what really happenedto the former Patriarch. With unprecedented access to the inner workings of the church, a riveting,mysterious, disturbing and often humorous story is revealed about an unknown world within thewalls of Jerusalem’s Old City. Directed by Danae Elon (P.S. Jerusalem, Partly Private, Never Again, Forever) Written by Danae Elon and Sophie Farkas Bolla (P.S. Jerusalem, Istvan and the Fur Trout) Produced by Paul Cadieux (Alpine Adventurer, The Settlers, P.S. Jerusalem) and Danae Elon Language English, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic with English and Hebrew subtitleshttps://vimeo.com/250648598

“Eye opening” – Cinema Axis A love story that defies all conventions An intimate insider view of the battles being waged by and against transA people’s struggle to save the animal people over social spaces and at the heart of their culture government services.” – LA Weekly BEST TRANSFIXED 2016 DOCUMENTARY A FILM BY ALON KOL NOMINATIONS FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS A TRANSFIXEDFILMS PRODUCTION TRANSFIXED Best Feature Length Documentary AN ALON KOL FILM PRODUCED BY ALON KOL AND JULIA MORGAN CO-PRODUCED BY CHRISTOPHER BEHNISCH Best Editing DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY CHRISTOPHER BEHNISCH EDITOR ALON KOL ORIGINAL SCORE LUC SICARD SOUND EDITING AND MIX MICHEL LAMBERT Best Cinematography PRODUCED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS AN INFORMACTION FILMS AND LA COMPAGNIE DES TAXI-BROUSSE COPRODUCTION PRODUCED BY IAN OLIVERI, IAN QUENNEVILLE, LAURENT MINI, KARIM SAMAÏ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NATHALIE BARTON an Ontario government agency WRITTEN BY DANIEL FERGUSON CINEMATOGRAPHY ARNAUD BOUQUET 2ND UNIT DIRECTOR AND ADDITIONAL IMAGES GEORGE JEFFERIES EDITING ELRIC ROBICHON ORIGINAL MUSIC SYLVAIN MOREAU SOUND MARC PHILIPPE DESAULNIERS, SOK NY un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario SOUND DESIGN AND EDITING BENOÎT DAME, CATHERINE VAN DER DONCKT MIX PHILIPPE ATTIÉ COLOUR-CORRECTION AND ONLINE EDITING PHILIPPE CARBONNEAU DIRECTED BY DANIEL FERGUSON AND ARNAUD BOUQUET TRANSFIXEDLAST OF THE ELEPHANT MEN DOCUMENTARY, COMPLETED (LES DERNIERS HOMMES ÉLÉPHANTS) Transfixed is a deeply human story about freedon, self-actualizationDOCUMENTARY, COMPLETED and the quest for happiness – one that anyone who has ever longed for love and acceptance can empathize with and understand.When an elephant is sick, the whole village is sick. When an elephantis saved, everyone is saved. – Bunong legend Martine Stonehouse and John Gelmon are middle-aged underdogs, living with Asperger syndrome. Despite their social limitations, both dream of getting married,For centuries, the Bunong indigenous people of Eastern Cambodia lived with elephants, but straight-identifying John refuses to tie the knot until transgender woman Martinedepending on them for every aspect of life. Now with the forest around them being gets a vagina. Will Martine and John find the happiness together that they deserve?threatened by logging and mining companies, both the Bunong and the elephant facea desperate struggle to survive. Last of the Elephant men follows three generations of Directed by Alon Kol (Being Green, The Naked Archeologist)elephant owners as they attempt to save the animal at the heart of their identity. Written by Christopher Behnisch Directed by Daniel Ferguson (Roads to Mecca, Schmooze) and Arnaud Bouquet (Les vacances de Monsieur Bruno, Kurdistan, De gré ou de force) Produced by Christopher Behnisch, Felix Golubev (Tales of the Organ Trade, won Best Political Documentary Program at the Canadian Screen Written by Daniel Ferguson (Jerusalem, Wired to Win) Awards), Alon Kol (Living in the Time of Jesus, My Soul Reflection), Hilla Medalia (To Die in Jerusalem, nominated for Best Documentary at the Produced by Laurent Mini (Food 3.0, Freightened: The Real Price of Shipping), Emmys) and Julia Morgan (Driving with Selvi, Quiet City) Ian Oliveri (En cavale, Stone Story), Ian Quenneville (Adrien, Frameworks) and Karim Samai (Snowdens store flugt, Night Clubbing) Language English and French with French subtitles Language Bunong dialect with English and French subtitles

P. S.JERUSALEM “Very powerful and shocking and “An incredibly important film a film by Danae Elon absolutely worth checking out” – Film Reel that everybody should watch” – The Toronto Film Scene STUDENT AWARDOpening Night SPECIAL MENTION STUDENT AWARD 2015 HAIFA International Film Festival Entre Deux Mondes presents a Danae Elon film Producer Paul Cadieux Director/Cinematographer Danae ElonEditor/Writer Sophie Farkas Bolla Music Olivier Alary Sound Design Benoît Dame Color Philippe Carbonneau Sound Mix Philippe Attié www.psjerusalem.comP.S. JERUSALEM THE PRICE WE PAY (LE PRIX À PAYER)DOCUMENTARY, COMPLETED DOCUMENTARY, COMPLETEDIn P.S. Jerusalem, filmmaker Danae Elon documents her family’s move to The Price We Pay exposes how “offshore” tax havens and Google,Israel in a question to find a place her children will be able to call ”home”. Amazon and other tech giants of the “cloud” economy are eroding the foundations of the democratic state.Filmmaker Danae Elon began to film her three young sons the moment she and herpartner Philip decided to leave New York and return to Jerusalem. The decision was Tax havens, originally created by London bankers in the 1950s, currently put over halfprompted by the death of her father, leading Israeli intellectual ad writer Amos Elon. It the world’s stock of money beyond reach of public treasuries. Nation states are beingwas his dying wish that Danae not return, but her attachment to the place she always reshaped by this offshoring of the world’s wealth. Tax avoidance by big corporationscalled home was stronger. On a journey back, Danae’s camera captures her three young and the wealthy citizens of nowhere for tax purposes is paving the way to historicboys growing up, asking endless questions and confronting the reality around them. The levels of inequality and placing the tax burden on the middle class and the poor.place she once saw as “home” challenges her relationship with her partner and the future Crusading journalists, tax justice campaigners and former finance and technologyof her kids. It is through the prism of parenthood, children and a family that the story of industry insiders speak frankly about the accelerating trends that are carrying thethis film exposes a deep, complex and painful portrait of Jerusalem today. Western world to an unsustainable future. The Price We Pay is inspired by Brigitte Alepin’s book La crise fiscal qui vient. Directed by Danae Elon (The Patriarch’s Room, won Best Documentary Film at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival) Directed by Harold Crooks (Surviving Progress, Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space, Black Coffee) Written by Sophie Farkas Bolla (The Patriarch’s Room, Istvan and the Fur Trout) Written by Brigitte Alepin and Harold Crooks (Anthrax War, Karsh is History, Produced by Paul Cadieux (Les triplettes de Belleville, won Best Motion Picture at Inside the Great Magazines) the Genie awards) and Danae Elon Produced by Nathalie Barton (En cavale, Histoire hippie, Last of the Elephant Men) Language English, Arabic, Hebrew and French with English, Hebrew, French, Russian and Italian subtitles Language English and French with English and French subtitles

LIBRARY RECENT FILMS SCRATCH - 2015 a film by Sébastien Godron (all available in HD) Angelot is a young Haitian man who arrived in Quebec in theDEATH DIVE - 2015 nineties at the age of ten. Twenty years later, Angelot, whoa film by Alain Vézina now calls himself Leslie, has become the leader of a hip-hopFeratum - 2015 group. Leslie falls into a life of petty crime by taking over hisA ghost ship with its crew massacred is discovered along the brother’s business after his incarceration. The money it bringsGaspé coast… Quebec’s first zombie-slasher film. helps bankroll the production of his first album, which he hopes will be his ticket out of the ghetto.GUROV & ANNA – 2014 EXILE - 2014a film by Rafaël Ouellet a film by Charles-Olivier MichaudWritten by Celeste Parr (Snow & Ashes, Dance on the Beat)With his marriage to Audrey almost at an end, Ben beginsa torrid affair with Mercedes, a young French student in In a Haitian town, Samuel’s peaceful life is brutally shatteredhis writing class. The affair soon spins out of control, their when the army kidnaps his journalist father. Forced to fleeemotions and Ben and Audrey’s family hanging in the to the countryside he flees to the United States in hopes ofbalance. finding his mother, whom he’s been told is dead.BUDDHA’S LITTLE FINGER - 2014 These boys MOROCCAN GIGOLOS - 2013a film by Tony Pemberton will go to a film by Ismaël Saidiinspired by Pelevin’s novel any lengthsIn Moscow 1991, communist hardliners try to oust Gorbachov from power. Pyotr’s life Starring Reda Chebchoubi (Protéger et servir),is thrown into a whirlwind of odd and unconnected situations or so it appears at first. JEAN-YVES ROUBIN François Arnaud (The Borgias, I Killed my Mother),Eddy KingHe is first recruited by a gangster crew, led by VOLODIN, looking for the elusive DANIEL MORIN (Comedian) and Guylaine Tremblay (Mourning Anna).“Mongolian” and his secret weapon, and then experiences strange blackouts, wakingup tied to a hospital bed being interrogated and drugged by government psychiatrists BART LANGENDONCK Three friends gets together to raise enough money to open aand finally transported to 1919 post-revolution Russia where he befriends the PRESENT snack bar.legendary commander Chapayev and his crack machine gunner, Anna. Soon Pyotr ison the run simultaneously in the Moscow of gangster capitalism of 1991 and in Ural EDDY A FILM BY ISMAËL SAIDI REDAMountains of the precarious post-revolutionary 1919. Two revolutions can’t exist in one KING FRANÇOIS CHEBCHOUBIman’s head at the same time for very long! ARNAUD

LIBRARY RECENT FILMS ANOTHER HOUSE - 2013 Directed by Mathieu Roy (all available in HD) Starring Marcel Sabourin (Lillies, Jesus of Montréal, J.A. Martin, photographe), Roy DupuisROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS - 2013 (The Barbarian Invasions, Nikita, Shake Hands with the Devil,a film by Yan Lanouette Turgeon The Rocket), Émile Proulx-Cloutier (For the Love of God,Starring Roy Dupuis (The Barbarian Invasions, Nikita, Le déserteur).Shake Hands with the Devil The Rocket), Remo Girone(The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story), THE TORRENT - 2012Fanny Mallette (Continental, a Film Without Guns, 7 Days), a film by Simon LavoieQuebec rap star Samian and Victoria Zinny Starring Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon(Viridiana – Palme d’or, Cannes). (For the Love of God), Laurence Leboeuf (Human Traffic, Durham County), Dominique Quesnel, Anthony Therrien.THE GOOD LIE - 2012a film by Shawn LindenStarring Matt Craven (Public Enemies, A Few Good Men) andThomas Dekker (My Sister’s Keeper, A Nightmare onElm Street).THE HAT GOES WILD – 2012 Mars & Avril MARS & AVRIL - 2012a film by Guy Sprung a film by Martin VilleneuveSUSPENSE. A group of friends… a camping trip… the trip ofa lifetime… a menacing presence… a stash of coke… a web Starring Robert Lepage (Jesus of Montreal),of secrets and lies… the only witness – a video shot by one Caroline Dhavernas (Passchendaele, The Pacific),of them… some trips you never forget. Paul Ahmarani and Jacques Languirand. “A trippy sci-fi fable about the musicality of the universe that’s set in Montreal and on the Red Planet, the sumptuously designed Mars & Avril is certainly one of a kind.” - Boyd van Hoeij, VARIETY

LIBRARY RECENT FILMS GUILT/LA VÉRITÉ - 2011 a film by Marc Bisaillon (all available in HD) Starring Geneviève Rioux (The Decline of the American Empire), Pierre-Luc Lafontaine and Émile Mailhiot.FOR THE LOVE OF GOD – 2011 Inspired by a true story. In a small town, two childhooda film by Micheline Lanctôt friends’ actions during a night of partying result in aBetween human love and love of God, which will win out? In 1959 neighbour’s death. They decide to say nothing.in Sister Cécile’s class, 12-year-old Léonie meets Father Malachy, a Each will have to battle with his own conscience inrecently ordained priest visiting her school. It’s love at first sight for the dealing with the truth.dreamy and solitary child who retreats into religious piety to escapeher oppressive home life. But there’s also a spark between Sister THE HIGH COST OF LIVING - 2010Cécile and Father Malachy who are forced to hide their strong attrac- a film by Deborah Chotion for one another, an attraction forbidden by their vows. The High Cost of Living is the story of Nathalie, a young preg-Both are young and passionate, making it difficult to hide their nant woman whose world falls apart when she loses her babyemotions... Fifty years later, Léonie must come to terms with her in a hit and run accident. As her life unravels, she stumblesbetrayal so many years before... across Henry – who has been searching for his victim. Un- aware of what he has done, Nathalie sees him as an unlikelyMOURNING FOR ANNA – 2010 guardian angel.a film by Catherine MartinDevastated by the violent death of her daughter, a woman The Bend - 2009seeks refuge in the ancestral home of her family. Her grief a film by Jennifer Kieransis profound and she loses her will to live. Near death, she is Starring Adam Butcher (Saint Ralph), Peter Keleghanfound by a man who will rekindle her desire for life. (The Red Green Show), Leah Pinsent (April Fool’s Day). “… well-made… both the script by director Jennifer KieransA FLESH OFFERING - 2009 and the acting have a good ear for the know-it-all but alsoa film by Jeremy Torrie uncertain dialogue of teenagers.”Starring Kaniehtiio Horn (The Wild Hunt),Meredith Henderson (The Adventures of Shirley Holmes), - Vancouver ObserverCorey Sevier (Age of the Dragons).A group of young friends heads north for a weekend ofsnowboards and partying, but falls prey to the incarnation ofa Native legend that pits the forces of good against evil.

LIBRARY RECENT FILMS(all available in HD)LOOKING FOR ANNE – 2009 WHERE ARE YOU GOING MOSHÉ? – 2007a film by Takako Miyahira a film by Hassan BenjellounA seventeen year old, Anri, comes to Prince Edward Island Shortly after Morocco obtained its independence from France in 1963, hundredsfor three weeks. Your typical shy Japanese girl, Anri gave of thousands of Moroccan Jews, fearing the political uncertainty of the country,herself a secret mission: she wants to find an old Canadian fled their birthplace in search of a better life in Israel and other countries. Whenwar veteran, with only a single clue, or just about: he Mustapha, manager of the only bar in the small Moroccan town of Bejjad, learnssupposedly lives near a lighthouse. Riding her bicycle every that the Jews are all leaving, he panics. If all the non-Moslems leave town, he’ll beday, she gradually uncovers some small clues concerning forced to shut down his business. How will he keep the bar from closing? Stop athe mysterious soldier: he was the first love of her recently Jew from leaving! Easier said than done though… when all his machinations faildeceased grandmother, and the man who and his hopes begin to fade, he readies himself for the worst. That’s when thegave her the book “Anne of Green Gables”. perfect solution appears—a solution so simple that no one would have dreamed it possible… if only all problems were so easy to solve…FAMILY MOTEL – 2007a film by Helene KlodawskyWhat would happen if hundreds of Canadian families were evicted from their homesdue to soaring rents, lack of low cost housing, relatively low wages and cuts towelfare payments? What if emergency shelters were filled beyond capacity andmunicipalities had to rent cheap motel rooms at the edge of town to accommodatechildren and parents without homes? If we could see “inside” such a motel, whomight we find? Perhaps an odd assortment of people with little in common besidestheir tumultuous pasts and precarious circumstances. Fhaemr hiloymMeocteolurnetcroy,uonntslythtoejourney of Ayan, a Somali refugee who fled civil war inencounter homelessness in Ottawa – her second eviction. As this middle classeducated mother of five struggles to make a home out of homelessness for herfamily, the complexity of her situation is beautifully and humanely revealed.

LIBRARY DOCUMENTARIES JEWS & MONEY – 2013 a film by Lewis Cohen (all available in HD) In 2006, a young Jewish salesman is lured to the outskirts of ParisA DOG’S LIFE – 2015 where he is kidnapped and later murdered by a criminal gang whoa film by Hélène Choquette had demanded a half-million euro ransom on the assumption that “allA haggard looking man kneels outside the metro station. At his side lies a Jews are rich”. Jews & Money is a probe into the myth about Jews,huge dog, asleep and undisturbed by the busy stream of commuters. The man and where and when it took root. Why is the Jew so often cast as theholds a sign reading “Money or dog food please.” A Dog’s Life delves into the banker or trader, pawnbroker or movie mogul? Of all the medievaldaily reality of living on the streets with a pet by examining the characteristics moneylenders, why is only Shylock remembered? How did thethat we share with our four-legged counterparts: domestication, affection, Rothschilds become the symbols of international capitalism? And whyloyalty, submission, dependence and freedom. These shared qualities clearly does a simple cell phone salesman get pegged as rich, and die for it?benefit the homeless and even allows them to improve their circumstancesthanks to their canine companion. This unique, symbiotic relationship has FRAMEWORKS – 2012been the subject of sociological studies in the U.S. and England for 20 years a film by Helen Doyleand has now been explored for the first time in a feature-length documentary. An Ocean of Images is a quest for the meaning and scopeANNE OF TWENTY DAYS – 2012 of images today. Bombarded by thousands of images everya film by Michel Langlois day, are able to truly see them? In a constantly changingSummer, 1975. A family-run inn in scenic Charlevoix, where field, socially and politically engaged creators of imagesMichel Langlois is working as a waiter. The famous poetess are looking for new strategies to capture our attention withAnne Hébert has come here to vacation for three weeks. significant images of conflict and war. Helen Doyle hasIn the course of those twenty-odd days, an unexpected chosen the work of several artists and photographers whofriendship develops between the young waiter and the force us to look deeper at the outside world and at ourselves.famous writer. In the wake of their time together, letters areexchanged, with the pair keeping in touch over the years SAVAGE - 2011that followed. a film by Guillaume SylvestrePLANET YOGA – 2011 Sidaevnatgitey, is a hard-hitting documentary that explores both a quest fora film by Helen Doyle and the wills of three generations of Québec aboriginals seekingHow did words like nirvana, karma, guru, reincarnation, to forge a place for themselves in today’s world. Through a cross-sectionmeditation, and “Om” come to be part of everyday language of characters who share only a refusal to dwell on the negative – fromin the West? The answer lies in yoga, the fastest-growing members of the Huron tribe in Wendake to the Cree in Oujé-Bougoumou,spiritual practice around the world. Planet Yoga takes us on by way of the Malecites from Lower Saint-Laurent and the Attikameka fascinating journey through the universe of Yoga. We meet from Wemontaci – Savage draws us into the intimate world of a handfulpassionate people who shed light on this Eastern discipline, of Québec Amerindians eager to find a voice that will show the worldnow adapted and integrated into our western culture, revealing they exist and, more than anything, deserve to be treated as equals, asthe desire for meaning that characterizes the new millennium. brothers, not as victims condemned to extinction.

LIBRARY DOCUMENTARIES IN THE LAND OF THE MOOSE - 2010 a film by Harold Arsenault (all available in HD) At the end of the summer, a moose finds herself alone in the forest. She has just lost her calf, probably to a bear. NowTHE HEART OF AUSCHWITZ - 2010 she must find a mate. Once pregnant again, she will endurea feature documentary by Carl Leblanc months of bone-chilling winter until she delivers in the spring.A filmmaker sets out to discover how a beautiful, little This is the story of a mother’s journey: an inspirational tale ofhand-made birthday booklet came to be within the grim walls the struggle to survive and the wonder of life, set against aof a concentration camp. Who made it? How did it survive backdrop of stunning Canadian natural wilderness beauty.the horrors of war, and then, decades later, end its longvoyage in Montreal’s Holocaust Memorial? I WEAR THE VEIL - 2009 a film by Natasha Ivisic and Yanick LétourneauMALLS ARE US - 2009 Natasha converted to Islam sixteen years ago and decideda film by Helene Klodawsky to wear the Hijab a few years later. With her daughter nowWhat do Al Gore, science fiction, gothic cathedrals and roller of age to do the same, they set out on a quest to find outcoasters have in common? All come together in MALLS-R-US, more about the tradition and its meaning. I Wear The Veil is aa feature documentary with a multiplex of reflections and moving introspective documentary, a mother’s quest for herrevelations on one of North America’s most popular own identity and religion as an occidental Muslim woman,institutions: the enclosed shopping center. finding herself shaken in ways she had never anticipated.PARTLY PRIVATE – 2009 TUSARNITUUQ - 2009a film by Danae Elon a film by Félix LajeunesseTo circumcise or not to circumcise, that is the question pondered by In September 2008 Canada’s most prestigious orchestra, the acclaimedfilmmaker and future mother Danae Elon and her husband Philippe. The Orchestre symphonique de Montreal (OSM), embarked on its first ever tourcouple, who hope to discover the sex of their baby at birth, are on two sides of the Canadian Arctic. Lead by internationally celebrated maestro Kentof the issue. Philippe, who is himself circumcised and a Jew of Algerian Nagano, the OSM’s program featured a concert of music from the classicaldecent, explains that it is a cultural tradition for him. For Danae, submitting repertoire, including Stravinksy’s Histoire du soldat narrated in Inuktitut, thea newborn to this ritual would be absurd and irrational. This documentary language of the Inuit people, and a new work inspired by Inuit throatsingingfollows her humorous and instructive exploration of this practice. In her from Canadian composer Alexina Louie. Offering viewers intimate accessquest she will meet rabbis, imams, doctors, theologians and parents. She to Maestro Nagano, the artists, and the remote Inuit communities they visit,will discover that myths and rituals in many great cultures and religions this beautiful and poetic documentary captures an extraordinary meeting ofsurround these few centimeters of skin. two worlds through music.

LIBRARY DOCUMENTARIES CITIZEN LAMBERT: JOAN OF ARCHITECTURE – 2007 (all available in HD) a film by Teri When-DamischS&M : SHORT & MALE - 2008 Citizen Lambert: The Joan of Architecture is a unique glimpse intoa film by Howard Goldberg the world of Phyllis Lambert one of the world’s leading architecturalS&M: Short and Male is a 2008 Canadian documentary activists, it is an uncensored composite portrait of a visionary thinkerdirected by Howard Goldberg which examines the obstacles with boundless energy, a feisty woman driven by joyful ambition,that short statured men face every day in life, love and work. a free spirit. Over the past 50 years, Phyllis Lambert—architect, educator, activist, and philanthropist—has championed excellence in the design of the built environment and worked to improve public understanding of modern design. LIBRARY CLASSICS THE DELICATE ART OF PARKING – 2003 a film by André Melançon (all available in HD) Starring Eric Beauséjour, Philippe Bouchard,KAMATAKI - 2005 Caroline Larouche, Daniel Muray and Nancy Normandin.a film by Claude GagnonStarring Tatsuya Fuji (In the Realm of the Senses) Best Quebec Filmand Matthew Smiley. - l’Association québécoise des critiques de cinémaSpecial Mention of the Youth Jury- Berlin Restored 2011“… a finely crafted, sublimely played film.” French speaking territories only- Eddie Cockrell, Variety

LIBRARY CLASSICS BECAUSE WHY - 1993 a film by Arto Paragamian (all available in HD) Starring Michael Riley, Martine Rochon. Audience Award - Mannheim-HeidelbergHEAVEN/LE PETIT CIEL - 1999 “... should appeal to young hip viewers...”a film by Jean-Sébastien LordStarring Jocelyn Blanchard, Julien Poulin, Frederic Desager. - VarietyProduced by the award winning producer Claude Gagnon. “...hilarious and absolutely deadpan performance byLE PIANISTE – 1991 [Michael] Riley is just right...”a film by Claude GagnonStarring Macha Grenon. - The Hollywood Reporter“...beautifully told in a manner reminiscent of Truffault andMerchant Ivory...this sublime film has numerous layers LA POSTIÈRE – 1991including first love, betrayal and ancient versus modern a film by Gilles Carleromanticism.” Starring Chloé Sainte-Marie, Steve Gendron, Michèle Richard.- John Fransis Lane, Screen International “...Carle is often hailed as a father of modern Quebec cinema... His new film shows that the truculent, irreverentNELLIGAN - 1991 storyteller and biting satirist are still very much alive in him...”a film by Robert FavreauStarring David Lahaye, Marc St Pierre, Michel Comeau, - Benoit Aubin, The GazetteGabriel Arcand, Lorraine Pintal.Tells the life story of the critically acclaimed Quebec poet Restored 2011Émile Nelligan. LOVE-MOI - 1991 a film by Marcel Simard Starring Germain Houde, Paule Baillargeon, Mario St-Amant, Lucie Laurier. Best Actor - Namur International Festival of French Film Best Overall Song - Canadian Genie Awards

LIBRARY CLASSICS LES MATINS INFIDÈLES - 1988 a film by Jean Beaudry & François Bouvier (all available in HD) Starring Denis Bouchard, Louis Richer, Nathalie Coupal.RAFALES - 1991 Golden Bayard and Special Prize ofa film by André Mélançon the Jury - Namur Festival of French FilmStarring Guy Thauvette, Rémy Girard, Monique Spaziani,Claude Blanchard. LAROSE, PIERROT ET LA LUCE - 1982“... a very well staged thriller... director André Melançon... a film by Claude Gagnonskillfully stages the street scenes with a fierce blizzard raging. Starring Luc Matte,He is also adept at building up tension and irony...” - Variety Richard Niquette, Louise Portal.Best Actor - Montreal World Film Festival Best Canadian Film - Montreal World Film FestivalKENNY/KID BROTHER - 1987a film by Claude Gagnon GOOD RIDDANCE/LES BONS DÉBARRAS - 1980Starring Kenny Easterday, Caitlin Clarke. a film by Francis MankiewiczHonorable Mention Before his death in 1993, director Francis Mankiewicz was Canadian- Berlin television’s premiere filmmaker. One of his rare theatrical films, Les bons“A film that is likely to become a talking point wherever it’s débarras was also among his best. Set amongst a middle-class Quebecshown…hearwarming and disturbing…” family, the film focuses on the love triangle between a daughter, her mother and the men in her mother’s life. Whether a boyfriend or the uncle her- Variety mother cares for, the child is obsessively attached to her mother and refuses to share her with the men in her mother’s life. Les bons débarras won theFANTASTICA - 1980 following prizes at the Genies (Canadian Film Awards) in 1981: Best Film,a film by Gilles Carle Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor.Starring Carole Laure, Lewis Furey.Opening Night Film - CannesRestored 2010In this oddball mix of music and drama, an actress(Carole Laure) in a traveling musical revue is involved with theshow’s director until she meets and falls for an aging ecologicalactivist. He too is drawn to her, and together they try to stop afactory from being built over an old-growth forest.

LIBRARY CLASSICS COMME LES 6 DOIGTS DE LA MAIN - 1978 a film by André Melançon (all available in HD) Starring Eric Beauséjour, Philippe Bouchard, Caroline Larouche, Daniel Muray and Nancy Normandin.KEIKO - 1979 Best Quebec Filma film by Claude Gagnon - l’Association québécoise des critiques de cinémaStarring Junko Wakashiba, Akiko Kitamura, Takuma Ikéuchi. Restored 2011Hochi Film Award, Japan - the first and only time in thehistory of Japanese Cinema that a foreign director won ON N’ENGRAISSE PAS LESthis award. COCHONS À L’EAU CLAIRE - 1973 a film by Jean-Pierre LefebvreLES ORDRES – 1974 Starring Denys Arcand, Louise Cuerrier, J.-Léo Gagnon,a film by Michel Brault Marthe Nadeau.Starring Jean Lapointe, Claude Gauthier, Hélène Noiselle. The film reflects an interest in subcultures, in the marginalizedGrand Prize of l’Office Catholique international du Cinema members of Quebec society that came to inform manyBest Director - Cannes Quebec features of the seventies.Best Feature Film and Film of the Year- Canadian Film AwardsRestored 2010LES DERNIÈRES FIANÇAILLES - 1973a film by Jean-Pierre LefebvreStarring J.-Léo Gagnon, Marthe Nadeau, Marcel Sabourin.Best Film and Special Mention- Montréal World Film FestivalMost Popular Canadian Film- Vancouver International Film FestivalBest First Feature- Cinequest San Jose Film Festival

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