Étienne Hansez

Follows Simon, who must deal with the disappointment of two impossible loves: a passionate but destructive crush on Oliver and a distant and cold relationship with his mother Claire, who has just moved back in after a 15-year absence.

n the Jam Jar is an invitation to the intimacy of 81-year-old Joan’s final days, whose musings silently echo with Dan’s, her 50-year-old son. This fiction short-movie is a dive into death and grief, a tribute to maternal love comprised of nail clippings, aquarelle, strawberry jam and a ghost radar.

In a province not so distant from ours, now controlled by a far-right government, the borders are closed and immigrants, now under threat, are desperate to get out. A Haitian woman hands over her young son to a thirty-something Quebec man before fleeing. With help from a Vietnamese former refugee, they try to solve the mystery.

Maxime es un joven quebequense que trabaja en una mina de oro. Tras provocar un drama que casi acaba con la vida de su amigo de la infancia, vive con un sentimiento de culpa que le prohíbe alcanzar la felicidad. Por eso, el día en que se produce una explosión en la mina, Maxime no duda ni un segundo en bajar con la firme intención de rescatar a todos sus compañeros y buscar, así, redimirse.

Emma had a c-section. She didn’t see her son when he was born. When she finally meets him, she doesn't recognize her baby. How could she? Little by little, mother and child fall in love. The Cut delicately explores the complexity of the bond between mother and child.

JP lives with his brother Vincent, his mother Joe and his girlfriend Mel in a small appartement of Verdun. Constantly walking a tightrope, JP tries to maintain a proper balance between the numerous needs of his family of which he feels responsible for, the collecting job he is doing with his brother and his involvements in his uncle’s drug cartel who he sees as a father figure.

Andres and his friends get together for a soccer game. The afternoon, that was supposed to go as usual, is troubled by the return of Kevin, whom had disappeared for days. The game will be interrupted by the sudden arrival of young men with apparent malicious intentions.

During a party, Gaby begins to suspect that spreading rumours of a football team gang-bang may well involve her best friend, Carla.

During a heat wave in Montreal, Tom, 11, meets Édith, who’s the same age. He soon discovers that Édith has a terrible secret.