Fouad, a 15-year-old Moroccan immigrant, and Max, a 27-year-old "old stock" Quebecer, both live frustrating lives. Their respective destinies lead them face to face, in a situation from which neither will emerge unscathed.
L'Indien
Éloi, whose father was killed in a hunting accident a year ago, is called to take part in a strange tribute ceremony in the country. There, immersed in a disturbing world of strange mystical codes, he learns that his father was tracking a huge buck with awe-inspiring antlers alongside the “Indian”. After several outstanding short films, Aurtenèche delivers a first feature that obliquely references the legend of Saint Hubert, who encountered the Almighty while hunting a stag. A cryptic thriller, hidden manuscripts, the quest for self-knowledge, psychotropic drugs: La Contemplation du mystère boldly shifts between moods and genres.
Directeur de la polyvalente
Adaptado do romance best-seller de Geneviève Pettersen, La déesse des mouches à feu, A Deusa dos Vagalumes se passa na década de 1990 e conta história de Catherine, uma adolescente que mora em Chicoutimi e está passando por um período difícil, em que descobrirá o sexo, drogas, amor e a morte.
Mr. Ayouch
Babz Dubreuil, a lonely ex-convict, works as a cook in a brunch restaurant. At the encouragement of a colleague, she finds the courage to ask an attractive customer on a date. It might be the beginning of redemption.
Communications Operator #1
Quando seres interplanetários deixam marcas na Terra, a Dra. Louise Banks, uma linguista especialista no assunto, é procurada por militares para traduzir os sinais e desvendar se os alienígenas representam uma ameaça. No entanto, a resposta para todas as perguntas e mistérios coloca em risco a vida de Louise e a de toda a humanidade.
Djamel
It’s Christmas Eve, but the Algerian taxi driver living in Canada is more caught up in Ramadan. By chance he picks up a compatriot, a former pop star thought dead, and the evening gets more interesting.
Security Guard
Uma mãe solteira e viúva se vê sobrecarregada com a custódia em tempo integral de seu imprevisível filho de 15 anos com TDAH. À medida que lutam para conseguir dinheiro, Kyla, a nova vizinha do outro lado da rua, oferece sua ajuda. Juntos, eles encontram um novo equilíbrio e um pouco de esperança.
Majid
A dramatization inspired by the real-life events surrounding the recruitment and capture of Ahmed Ressam - aka the "Millennium Bomber". Ressam was convicted of smuggling a bomb into the United States as part of an Al Qaeda plot to blow up Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve, 1999.
