Bertrand Chénier

Isabelle Brodeur embarca em uma viagem ao Vietnã, o local de nascimento de sua filha adotiva. Ao longo desta linda jornada, Isabelle descobre o país de sua filha através dos olhos da mulher que a trouxe para esta palavra.

In this very personal and poetic film, veteran documentarian Serge Giguère pores through 100 letters written by his late mother to him and his 15 siblings. In them, she details the trials and tribulations of raising 16 children in rural Quebec, while helping to run a family carpentry business. Through inventive and playful techniques, Giguère brings the stories alive, applying creative approaches to family photographs, archival footage and staged reenactments. He mixes his mother's stories with his own memories and those of his siblings, some of whom hear for the first time what their mother had to say about them. Through these intertwining stories, the film presents not only a testament of a mother's complicated love for her many children, but also offers an intimate look at 1950s working class Quebec. - Aisha Jamal (Hot Docs Film Festival)

The Pond Inlet Inuit in Nunavut live with the memory of a tragedy: in 1943, 25 people –over half the population of the community – died within the span of a few days. This personal and intimate documentary brings us into homes and lives of Ruth and Elisapie, two survivors of this tragedy.

Jean-Marc Phaneuf, an unmarried electrical engineer, travels to Burundi as a volunteer for the NGO Radio du Monde. He finds a country ruined by grinding poverty, famine, war, disease and appalling social inequality. At the same time, he meets a joyful, brave people hungry for happiness, knowledge and human dignity. The camera that becomes his personal diary also helps Jean-Marc expose the shaky, ineffective workings of NGOs. His investigations turn up a few praiseworthy examples of international cooperation, but on the whole he finds himself drawn to a terrible, inescapable conclusion: humanitarian aid is a utopian mirage. After falling victim to an attack and losing whatever ideals he still had, Jean-Marc becomes entangled in an impossible relationship. He is ultimately forced to leave Africa in disgrace.

In 1969, a visiting geologist from Newfoundland arouses scandal in a small Irish village when he romances a local girl who’s destined for the convent.

história passa-se em Montreal e gira em torno de Philippe e Jean-Marc, um casal gay em torno dos 30 anos, e o seu grupo de amigos. As esperanças, medos, obsessões e pesadelos do grupo estão no centro da narrativa. Philippe e Jean Marc são donos de um restaurante à beira da falência. Assim, convidam os amigos para uma festa, esperando que algum deles invista no negócio. Por lá, estão Natalie, praticante de meditação zen e que tem uma queda especial por Phillipe Christian, um garoto inquieto, e Joe, um gerente de banco meio perverso.Acontece uma série de confusões, a festa acaba e Jean-Marc, sozinho em casa, recebe um último convidado, Steve. Ele pensa que Steve é o prostituto que Christian havia chamado por telefone. O rapaz acaba tumultuando a vida quase pacata dos dois namorados. O final é recheado de grandes revelações..