2010 Videotheque

SYNOPSIS : It is the story of a passionate collector, Mithat. When the neighbors decide to have the building rebuilt with the fear of earquake and the wish for a more valuable house, Mithat's most challenging struggle to save his collections begins.

SYNOPSIS : A group of adventurers set out to rob a gold mine deep in the interior of Guyana. But the operation doesn’t go off as planned.The inhospitable climate, insects, fatigue, the threat of pursuers, all compete to make their long trek a miserable experience. The jungle seems to want to swallow them up. And the unity of the group is corroded by gold feverUn groupe d’aventurier s’est donné comme plan de faire la casse dans une mine d’or en Guyane. Mais tout ne va pas comme prévu.Le climat, les insectes, la fatigue, la menace des poursuivants, tout concourt à rendre leur longue marche impossible. La forêt semble devoir se refermer sur eux. Et la cohésion du groupe est rongée par la fièvre de l'or.

SYNOPSIS : Is music accessible to all? On May 25th, 2009, Renaud Capuçon decided to take part in this film by interpreting Gluck’s masterpiece La mélodie d’Orphée on a 1737 Guarnerius nicknamed le Vicomte de Panette on line 6 of the Paris subway. At the end of the day, over 18 000 people had passed him by and his final haul was only a few euros. Two days later, he gave a sold-out concert at the pretigious Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.La musique est-t-elle universellement accessible? Le 25 mai 2009, Renaud Capuçon a tenu à participer à ce film en interprétant sur la ligne 6 du métro parisien La Mélodie de Gluck sur un Guarnerius de 1737 surnommé « le vicomte de Panette ». À la fin de la journée, 18 000 personnes étaient passés devant lui et il n’avait récolté qu’une poignée d’euros. Deux jours plus tard, sa prestation au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées affichait complet...

SYNOPSIS : The picture reveals the problem of drug addiction in contemporary life. Drug addiction can be resisted by strong character young people while others lose everything: friends, love and life?Metiss is a talented rapper, who managed to overcome drug addiction, but paid high price for it losing the girl he loved. One day, he comes across Linda, a young woman whom he tries to save.

SYNOPSIS : After 40 years in Africa, Norbert is forced to return to Canada despite himself. When a kid spoils his plan to get rid of his pet monkey, what first started as a confrontation evolves to a true friendship.

SYNOPSIS : La réalisatrice apprend qu’elle a un cancer du sein. C’est le choc. Sa vie s’arrêtera-t-elle demain ? Comment faire face ? La cinéaste en elle décide d’épauler la malade en quête de sens.The director learns that she has breast cancer. It’s a shock. Will her life end tomorrow? How to cope? The filmmaker in her decides to support the patient in search of meaning.

SYNOPSIS : A football star named Divine] is a feature documentary about Ademir da Guia, one of the most important names in Brazilian football and the greatest star in the history of Palmeiras, one of Brazil's five most popular teams.Considered an artist for his refined and elegant football, Ademir made history in the 1960's and 1970's. Despite his qualities, he was systematically ignored by the coaches of the Brazilian national team. This film looks at his history, based on extensive audiovisual material, with emphasis on the anthological highlights found in television and film archives

SYNOPSIS : Poetic text of a muted violence, illustrated by a collage of images whose grey areas are palpable.Texte poétique d’une violence sourde et illustré par un collage d’images dont les zones de gris sont bien palpables. Procès à main nue et/ou déversement contrôlé.

SYNOPSIS : One man deals with loneliness.Un homme tente d’affronter la solitude.

SYNOPSIS : A story about love, revenge, and moustaches, all set against the highly dangerous world of underground competitions. Hot sauce competitions. Danger has never been this delicious. Olé!Une histoire d’amour, de vengeance et ... de moustaches! dans l’univers périlleux des concours clandestins de sauces piquantes. Le danger n’a jamais eu autant de saveur. Olé!

SYNOPSIS : An examination of a woman’s life through the filter of cognitive decline. Meditating on life’s choices and consequences we come to know her heart. Une femme de 74 ans en perte d’autonomie médite sur ses choix de vie et leurs conséquences, dévoilant ainsi son cœur. 

SYNOPSIS : This documentary provides knowledge to layman's about the history, art, culture and passion in the world of Lowriding cars. Take a journey through the steps of building a lowrider, from custom rims, custom paint, even to custom suspension.Bienvenu dans l’univers et la culture des lowriders, conçues à partir de voitures anciennes qui sont personnalisés et dont le système de suspension est modifié.

SYNOPSIS : The stoy of a woman, her husband, their staff, her lover, a gun, a policeman and how they all clash. What ensues is an hilarious dance of murder, theft and well-choreographed combatL'histoire d'une femme, de son mari, leurs employés, l'amant de la femme, un policier un fusil et le choc de leurs rencontres. S'en suit une une hillarante suite de meurtres, de vol et de combats bien chorégraphiés.

SYNOPSIS : Au cours d’un week-end à la campagne, les conflits latents entre Bill, Elle et Lucy, sa fille de 16 ans Lucy, ressurgissent Le film évoque les difficultés que rencontrent les femmes dans un monde où elles sont constamment définies par leur sexualité.

SYNOPSIS : AGHET tells the story of the massacre of Armenians during World War I in which over a million people were killed in the Ottoman empire (today Turkey) and follows the ongoing debate and its political consequencesAGHET se penche sur le génocide arménien durant la Première Guerre mondiale au cours duquel 1,5 millions de personnes furent massacrées dans l'Empire ottoman (aujourd’hui, la Turquie) et dresse le bilan sur les débats toujours actuels qui entourent cette affaire et ses conséquences politiques

SYNOPSIS : Unable to meet in the city, Alice and Alex embark on an emotional journey of love and loss.

SYNOPSIS : It is a beautiful Spring of 1981 in Poland. In a seaside town, Janek, an 18 year old son of a navy captain, forms a punk-rock band to express the things that matter to him most. His life is all about music and his first great love – Basia, but things are about to change. Massive strikes organised by “Solidarity” sweep through Poland and the Communist party is secretly preparing to impose a martial law. Tension in the country grows. Teenage rebellion becomes dangerous during political turmoil. A clash with a martial law commissar and a death of a loved one will change Janek's world forever...

SYNOPSIS : On a trip to meet the Other, a young woman visiting India finds herself.Partie à la rencontre de l’Autre, une jeune femme en voyage en Inde y fait la rencontre d’elle-même.

SYNOPSIS : Johan is infatuated with Yati and Sharifa, two girls from the local madrasah. How can he impress them?Johan s’est entiché de Yati et Sharifa, deux filles de l’école islamique. Comment peut-il les impressionner?

SYNOPSIS : Martha and her two adolescent daughters and their successively arriving and departing “daddies” try to make the best of their dissident life in Czechoslovakia after the post-“Prague Spring” crackdown.Les mouvements contestataires de 1968 en République tchèque bouleversent la vie d’une femme et de ses deux filles adolescentes.

SYNOPSIS : Ninety-year-old Hali, a Kazakh shepherd, recounts his own life and that of his aunt Wukubula, whose beauty attracted all manner of suitors but who never seemed to be able to decide who among them she would marry.Un vieil homme de 90 ans du territoire kazakh raconte l’histoire de sa famille.

SYNOPSIS : In a crazy filming set, nothing is working well, camera operators are on drugs, actors live La Vida Loca, and the Assistant Director is a re-encarnation of Harpo Marx...There is Dreyer, and Gance, and a lot of De Niro,,,it is pure Dogma!!

SYNOPSIS : Angel chronicles an evening in the life of drag queen, Angel Divine, who finds herself unexpectedly thrust on a breakneck midnight odyssey through the downtown city streets. Une soirée dans la vie d’une drag queen, Angel Divine, qui se trouve subitement au cœur d’une folle odyssée nocturne à travers les rues du centre-ville.

SYNOPSIS : In 1979, at the peak of the Lebanese Civil War, a young Armenian girl’s life in a small village becomes forever linked to a group of 1915 genocide survivors.

SYNOPSIS : An experimental portrait of Anna Konjetzky, a German contemporary dance choreographer based in Munich.Portrait expérimental de Anna Konjetzy, chorégraphe allemande de danse contemporaine, basée à Munich.

SYNOPSIS : Inspired by Norman McLaren’s 1968 film, Pas de deux, comes a colourful twist on multiple exposure printing. The film infuses elements of contemporary and hip-hop dance with the unique aesthetic of optical visual effects.Inspirée du film Pas de deux (1968) de Norman McLaren, une expérimentation visuelle qui utilise les techniques de superposition d’images. Le film associe danse contemporaine et hip-hop à des effets visuels optiques.

SYNOPSIS : On the outskirts of São Paulo, four black girls who have been singing together since young fight to fulfill their dream of making a living of their music. With their rap group "Antonia", they find a manager and begin to put on shows in bars and parties. But, just as the dream seems to be coming true, their hopes are dashed by the daily events which accompany poverty, chauvinism and violence which threaten the group and place their friendship in jeopardy.

SYNOPSIS : Dimitris, a 23-year-old swimmer who has just been successful at the European Championships, dives into the water of a dark pool. He won the gold medal he coveted but the price he has paid in his personal relationships now seems excessively high...Dimitris, un nageur de 23 ans, plonge dans les eaux sombres d’une piscine juste après sa victoire aux championnats d’Europe. Même si avec cette victoire il réalise le rêve de toute une vie, il se sent plus vide que jamais...

SYNOPSIS : The patriarch Suryashekhar Chattopadhyay, steeped in traditional values, treats the predictions of his horoscope like axiomatic truth. Until he decides to go to the holy city of Benares...Nourri de valeurs traditionnelles, le patriarche Suryashekhar Chattopadhyay est un homme pieux et de fermes convictions, et qui croit aux vertus de l’horoscope.

SYNOPSIS : What are the universal characteristics that all humans share? Robbie Hart and Luc Côté explore this question as they meet again with five people they originally interviewed 16 years ago for the TV series Turning 16.Quels sont les traits universels que partagent les destinées humaines? Voilà la grande question posée par Robbie Hart et Luc Côté, qui ont retrouvé, seize ans plus tard, les personnages de leur série documentaire, Avoir 16 ans, tournée en 1992.

SYNOPSIS : A fantasy film penned by renowned Quebec storyteller Fred Pellerin that recounts the outlandish adventures of Babin and his villagers.Film fantastique de la plume du conteur Fred Pellerin qui raconte la folle hisoire de Babine et de ses villageois.

SYNOPSIS : A wildly gruesome and funny cartoon featuring two badly behaved Catholic schoolgirls who discover the mystery behind the meanest nuns around.Un dessin animé à la fois horrible et amusant mettant en vedette deux écolières catholiques dissipées qui percent à jour le secret de religieuses des plus mesquines.

SYNOPSIS : Noha is about to get married, but on this special Sunday of August 1976 in Lebanon, fifteen days prior to her wedding, Noha changes her mind.Noha est finalement sur le point de se marier, mais en ce dimanche du mois d’août de l’an 1976 au Liban, à quinze jours des noces, Noha change d’avis.

SYNOPSIS : In 1910, around 30 000 dogs were deported to the desert island of Oxia (Sivriada) and left to their own devices.Constantinople 1910. Les rues de la ville sont envahies de chiens errants. Le gouvernement en place depuis peu, influencé par un modèle de société occidentale, fait appel à des experts européens pour choisir une méthode d’éradication, avant de décider brutalement et seul, de déporter massivement les chiens sur une île déserte, au large de la ville.

SYNOPSIS : Batimam and Robim are two friends, actually Leo and Mario, two outlaws. The nickname caught on after they dressed up as super heroes in a street Carnival. To get some easy money, they plan a hold-up, but the owner of the grocery store shoots them, hurting Mario. The two run away and take refuge in an old, deserted factory. Time goes by and the waiting intensifies the anguish and brings more tension. Leo decides to leave and Mario feels betrayed. They quarrel and Mario takes a violent stand aiming the gun at his friend. The trigger is pulled. Leo falls dead. Mario embrace his friend's body. Now he can say everything he couldn't say before in complete loneliness.

SYNOPSIS : Junichi, an emergency medical technician, and his wife Takako, a nurse, who work with life and death daily, now want a new life of their own, a baby.Junichi Inoue, 44 ans, et sa femme Takako, 39 ans, travaillent tous deux en milieu hospitalier et affrontent la vie et la mort au quotidien. Ils souhaitent avoir une nouvelle vie, un enfant.

SYNOPSIS : Set during the last days of East Germany, BELOVED BERLIN WALL is a screwball comedy played out against the harsh background of history, the tale of a love affair that becomes an act of civil courage.Dans le Berlin de 1989, deux jeunes gens, lui de l’Est, elle de l’Ouest, doivent trouver le moyen de sauver leur amour naissant que la Stasi voit d’un mauvais œil.

SYNOPSIS : Niagara Falls has been called the honeymoon capital of the Canada but many people are unaware that Niagara Falls is also the suicide capital of the Canada - an average of 15 suicides each year. Wes Hill Jr. devoted his entire life to the Niagara River, he has been called the 'Niagara River Man' and said to have had an 'encyclopedic knowledge' of the river. During his lifetime, Wes recovered an estimated 500 bodies from the Niagara Gorge. The story follows Dave Hill, Wes's youngest son, as he tells the story of his father's legacy.Si les chutes du Niagara sont la première destination pour les lunes de miel au Canada, elles sont également la capitale du suicide. Racontée par son fils Dave, l’histoire de Wes Hill Jr., qui connaissait la rivière Niagara mieux que quiconque et y a repêché plus de 500 cadavres. 

SYNOPSIS : At eighteen years old, Bezerra de Menezes leaves the northeastern Brazil to Rio de Janeiro in order to study in Medical School. At this time, Rio was the capital of the Republic, and he was elected congressman in various legislatures, becoming one of the most prominent defenders of abolitionist ideas and, ahead of his time, started to raise environmental debates. But what brings him greatest recognition was his anonymous work on behalf of the needed. Being known lovingly as the ''Doctor of the Poor''. Whether as a politician devoted to humanitarian causes or a physician known for never denying relief to those who knocked on his door, Bezerra de Menezes becomes an important spiritual leader and remains alive in the hearts of millions of Brazilians. A life history marked by fraternal love and charity. Bezerra is also known as the Brazilian Allan Kardec.

SYNOPSIS : When Bibinur has a dream that she is going to die next Friday, she quickly prepares to settle her debts. Along the way, she helps out a young businessman, she tells him about life in the village and he discovers that he has roots here. He also discovers that Bibinur is a righteous woman. For her sake, Juhangir is even ready to confront his own partnerBibinur, une vieille femme, rêve qu’elle va mourir le vendredi suivant. Elle profite du temps qui lui reste à vivre pour régler ses dettes et se préparer à sa mort. Un jeune homme d'affaire s’installe dans la maison de Bibinur pour la nuit et elle lui raconte sa vie. Il réalise que Binibur est une femme intègre, et que ce village est celui de ses ancêtres. Pour défendre la vieille Bibinur, il est prêt à faire face à ses adversaires.

SYNOPSIS : In 1967, a young journalist arrive at aretirement home to interview Billy, a 94 year old Black man. Billy tells him the story of his eventful life, dating back to his early recollations of a time when he left the United Strates to move to northern Manitoba. He recalls his struggle as a homesteader, the racism he endured, his love of a woman, and hois gift of photography. Billy is the story of one's man constant search for acceptance.

SYNOPSIS : It's Saturday night at the bingo hall, and Lucille and her pregnant daughter, Denise arrive for some mother/daughter time. But it's definitely not an evening of family fun as the two of them pick at old wounds, push each other's buttons, and blame each other for the bad cards they've both been dealt. Denise thinks she’s wasted her life. Her mother, Lucille, wouldn’t disagree. Denise's fear of winding up in the same situation as her mother as a result of her own questionable upbringing leads her to make a drastic decision regarding her soon-to-be-born child. This is not a love story.C’est samedi soir, et Lucille et sa fille Denise, qui est enceinte, se retrouvent à la salle de bingo. Elles finissent par se chamailler et rouvrir de vieilles blessures. Denise estime qu’elle a râté sa vie et a peur de finir comme sa mère. Elle prendra bientôt une décision radicale...

SYNOPSIS : When Georg is released on parole after a long stay in jail , Daniel, reluctantly invites him to stay at his place until he can get back on his feet. As the layers of Georg’s past life begin to peel away, we begin to care for the man we’ve loved to hateAprès un long séjour en prison pour meurtre, Georg est placé en liberté conditionnelle. Le temps qu’il puisse se débrouiller, il s’installe chez Daniel. Olafur demeure aussi chez Daniel et lorsque ces trois soi-disant anciens amis se retrouvent, les choses commencent à se gâter.

SYNOPSIS : When a young shepherd decides to leave the plains for the big city, he comes up against the resistance of his father, who has always seen his son as an heir to the nomadic ways of his ancestors.Croyant fermement que le commerce du bétail n’est pas un travail honnête, Sadi Bisi n’approuve pas la relation que sa fille entretient avec Ni Gelai, un vendeur de moutons.

SYNOPSIS : WHEN THEIR TRAIN OUT OF TOWN IS DELAYED, TWO STRANGERS, MAY, AN ARTIST DEVOID OF INSPIRATION, AND mARK, A DETERMINED BUSINESS MAN, HAVE ONE NIGHT IN A BOUNDLESS CITY TO StEER THEIR ClASHING LIVES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.Retenus à l’extérieur par un retard de train, deux étrangers, May, une artiste en panne d’inspiration, et Mark, un homme d’affaires déterminé, ont devant eux toute une nuit dans une ville fourmillante pour remettre leurs vies troublées sur les rails.

SYNOPSIS : Fifteen-year-old Deborah is introduced to big city nightlife by her 18-year-old friend Jennifer. When Jennifer admits she's an escort girl, Deborah is intrigued by what appears to be an easy way of getting cash... Deborah, 15 ans, veut fuir la monotonie de la vie de banlieue et goûter aux attraits que peut offrir la ville d’Anvers. Jennifer, 18 ans, sa nouvelle copine, la conduit dans la vie nocturne scintillante et mouvementée de la grande ville.

SYNOPSIS : A legist faced the discovery of body that stay preserved for more than 30 years.

SYNOPSIS : Based on a case in Japan in mid 1960s, the story centres on two men who was born in the same year; one is sentenced to death for murder and the other is the judge who believes his innocence. They then struggle for 40 years to overturn the verdict.En 1966, Iwao Hakamada, un employé d’usine, est arrêté pour avoir assassiner son patron, ainsi que sa femme et ses deux enfants. Il nie l’avoir fait, mais finit par avouer suite aux mauvais traitements qu’on lui inflige.

SYNOPSIS : The encounter with a growing, and mostly undocumented, Brazilian community allows us to bear witness to its energy, its vivacity, and its diversity. This film attempts to work for a larger acceptance of foreigners in their land of exile.

SYNOPSIS : José Costa is a Brazilian ghost writer. Returning from a ghost writers convention his airplane is rerouted to Budapest. His life is also rerouted when he meets Krista, his Hungarian teacher, and with her help learns "the only language in the world which, according to the tongue-wagers, the devil respects".

SYNOPSIS : Centers on four young childhood friends who start a rock band in the mid-1980s. They enjoy dazzling early successes, but. the sudden arrival of a girl and the stresses of life in the rock world take their toll...Lucas, Manu, Philippe, Jacob et Mario s’aiment depuis l’enfance. Ils ont du talent et de l’espoir. Ils rêvent de musique et de gloire.

SYNOPSIS : In the latter days of the Edo era, Japan was facing a period of upheaval. The great Tenpo famine of the 1830s and other developments have left the finances of the Kaga Domain in a precarious financial position...Naoyuki est le 8e chef de la lignée Inoyama, une famille de commissaires aux comptes de génération en génération. Il s’occupe du domaine appartenant à la famille Kaga.

SYNOPSIS : One year after a terrible seperation, Jean and Gabrielle meet again. Jean explores the memory of their common history and is overwhelmed by the desire to understand the reason for their failure.Jean et Gabrielle se sont séparés il y a un ans après une passion dévastatrice. Ils se retrouvent et replongent dans le souvenir de leur histoire commune désirant comprendre la raison de cet échec.

SYNOPSIS : Jacotte, 13 ans, décide de fêter les 7 ans de son frère Bastien dans leur coin de forêt habituel, avec Mathieu, Alex et Chacha, leurs amis de toujours. Tout se déroule comme prévu jusqu’à ce qu’ils découvrent une carcasse de voiture abandonnée.

SYNOPSIS : Salma, a 15-year old Bangladeshi hijra (hermaphrodite) leaves her village and family to enter the effervescent city life in search of a clear identity, love and above all, a sense of acceptance.C’est le cri d’une femme. Un combat exemplaire, pour défendre son identité. Elle s’appelle Salma et n’a que 15 ans. Elle crie contre sa famille, contre son pays, contre son corps. Salma est transsexuelle.

SYNOPSIS : For a while we wanted to travel to Cameroon, but a pregnancy got in the way… An account of a hope, of fears and a disappointment.«Pendant un moment nous avions projeté nous rendre au Cameroun, mais une grossesse imprévue a changé nos plans.» Une chronique d’espoir, de crainte et de déception.

SYNOPSIS : CAMP UNITY takes the viewer on an entertaining journey through a unique landscape of cross-cultural experiences, where cultures, egos, and dreams collide in the process of reaching a mutual understanding between Americans and Iraqis.Ils sont Américains et Irakens, chrétiens et musulmans. Ils étudient tous dans l’une de ces académies américaines vouées à l’art installées au Kurdistan irakien.

SYNOPSIS : A summerful of a woman’s contemplations, memories and presence as she wonders looking for balance.Comédie musicale qui suit une femme en quête d’équilibre.

SYNOPSIS : Carmen Miranda was famous for her broken English and her provocative, wildly garish costumes and banana bedecked turbans. She became an international sensation on stage, television and radio, and one of Hollywood's biggest stars - at one time she was the highest paid entertainer in the United States. In Hollywood, Carmen was the ultimate cliche, and for moviegoers everywhere, she symbolized all of Latin America. Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business is the story of a show-business legend who began life in a rustic village in rural Portugal, was raised in Rio de Janeiro, and rose to fame first in Brazil and then in Hollywood. Her success came with a price-tag: she was caught between being a "real" Latin American or being Hollywood's version of one - with all the fame and money it would bring. Her star would shine brighter and brighter, but at the expense of her own identity and ultimately, her life.

SYNOPSIS : Caron, flic médiocre, mari raté, voit sa vie basculer quand un clochard lui demande de l’arrêter pour qu’il puisse passer l’hiver en prison et ainsi éviter de crever de froid. En mettant alors en place un système dont les rouages risquent de le broyer, il basculera bientôt de l’autre côté du miroir.

SYNOPSIS : Cathy, 30, is a dog-handler who works in a garage. She leads a simple life. But her daily routine is upset when a film shoot takes over her work space.Cathy, 30 ans, est maître-chien dans un parking. Elle mène une vie simple. Son paisible quotidien est bouleversé quand le tournage d’un film investit son lieu de travail.

SYNOPSIS : A young girl’s escapism through her art leads her to more trouble than she imagined.Une petite fille de sept ans atteinte de déficience auditive éteint son appareil afin de garder à distance les sons envahissants du monde des adultes.

SYNOPSIS : Clara spends her birthday working the night shift at a furniture store. When she learns that James, her secret crush is leaving, she seeks solace in a gift from her mother- a bottle of champagne. Emboldened, Clara tries to find a real connection in a world of artificial displays.

SYNOPSIS : While the upper-class family they work for plans to leave for a shopping weekend in Miami, Toña and Paquita have very different plans for them...Toña et Paquita travaillent comme aides domestiques chez les Gonzalez-Dubois, une grande famille d’aristocrates du Panama qui ne les traitent pas comme elle auraient voulu.

SYNOPSIS : Change Over follows Rita Greer and David Mitchum, who have been lovingly operating a repertoire movie theatre together for oever 20 years. Now due to financial problems, the theatre is closing. With only the final screening left, the two co-owners discover that they may have more to lose than just a buisiness.Il ne reste qu’une projection avant la fermeture du cinéma de répertoire opéré avec amour par Rita Greer et David Mitchum pendant plus de 20 ans. Tous deux réalisent alors qu’ils perdent bien plus qu’une affaire.

SYNOPSIS : Nicolas, a filmmaker, leaves his native country for France to be able to express himself freely, but finds his “state of grace” short lived…Nicolas est un artiste, un cinéaste qui ne demande rien tant que de pouvoir s’exprimer, et que tous voudraient réduire au silence.

SYNOPSIS : A man receives the sun’s call.Un homme reçoit l’appel du soleil.

SYNOPSIS : A young and dysfunctional couple visits New York City with a unique stowaway travelling in their suitcase.Un jeune couple dysfonctionnel visite la ville de New York avec un passager clandestin bien spécial dans leurs bagages.

SYNOPSIS : When up and coming filmmaker Chase Thompson is hired to direct a lackluster romance film, the foolhardy director takes it as an opportunity to fire the crew and turn the film into his own zombie slaying masterpiece, starring himself.Quand Chase Thompson, un cinéaste prometteur, est engagé pour réaliser un médiocre film à l’eau de rose, le téméraire réalisateur profite de l’occasion pour renvoyer l’équipe et transformer le film en un chef-d’œuvre d’épouvante, le mettant en vedette.

SYNOPSIS : A subjective portrait of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, who remains an icon of “revolution” four decades after his death.Portrait subjectif d’Ernesto Guevara, dit “le Che”, l’une des personnalités les plus influentes de notre époque.

SYNOPSIS : Phillip has started going bald, how long will it be before alopecia takes over? His dermatologist is categorical : only his father can answer that question. Philippe, la trentaine, découvre qu’il est en train de devenir chauve. Pour ce musicien adolescent attardé, la perte de ses cheveux est une véritable catastrophe. Combien de temps lui reste-t-il avant la calvitie? Son dermatologue est formel : seul son père a la réponse à cette question.

SYNOPSIS : At an age when they should be curious and carefree, the children of Canadian Forces Base Petawawa live in fear. Fear that a parent may never return from his or her deployment. Or come back forever changed...À l’âge où ils devraient découvrir le monde en toute insouciance, les enfants de la base des Forces canadiennes de Petawawa vivent dans l’angoisse. Incursion dans le quotidien d’une jeunesse assujettie aux priorités de l’état.

SYNOPSIS : The first woman in history to make a living with her pen, thanks to the poems she wrote and published, was Cristina da Pizzano, an Italian who lived in France during the period of transition between the darkness of the Middle Ages and the dawn of the Enlightenment.Née à Venise en 1364 et morte au monastère de Poissy vers 1430, la première femme de l’histoire à pouvoir vivre de sa plume grâce à ses traités de politique et de philosophie et à ses recueils de poésies était Christine de Pizan. Elle a vécu en France à une époque de transition entre le Moyen-Âge et l’aube du Siècle des Lumières.

SYNOPSIS : Un homme retourne dans la maison de son enfance et est replongé dans ses souvenirs.A man returns to his childhood home and discovers how much he truly loved his father. He encounters souvenirs filled with colors and nostalgia. / Un homme retourne dans la maison de son enfance et est replongé dans ses souvenirs.

SYNOPSIS : Sophie and Louis are in love. Anton is Louis’s best friend and Sophie’s next-door neighbour. Relationships of love and friendship are explored through the eyes of these young adults. Sophie et Louis sont amoureux. Anton est le meilleur ami de Louis et le voisin de Sophie. Nous les suivons chacun leur tour dnas leurs histoires d’amour et d’amitié.

SYNOPSIS : The paths of a privileged Arab male, a disillusioned Indian taxi driver and a European air hostess are about to collide in Dubai and irrevocably impact one another’s lives.L’expérience de quelques individus dans le Dubaï d’aujourd’hui.

SYNOPSIS : On set, when the star of a film and the first-time director face off over how to play the climax, the producer comes down on the actor’s side. But the film is about the young director’s grandfather and he won’t have anyone steal his real life.Tragi-comédie sur un plateau de tournage. Jonathan, le réalisateur, n'arrive pas à obtenir de Gérard, l'acteur, qu'il joue la scène-clé du film comme elle est écrite. Le scénario raconte la vie de son grand-père et Jonathan se bat pour ne pas se faire voler à la fois le film et «son» histoire.

SYNOPSIS : Madalena, sells clothing door, and her husband, Santinho, a former militant against the dictatorship, carves statutes of saints, they struggle bravely to survive without losing hope for better days. To overcome their difficult financial situation they play the lottery until Madalena dreams of a treasure buried in the small cemetery in the imaginary city of Fartura (Abundance). A fine line separates reality from dreams and nightmares, in this desperate and comic search for treasure.

SYNOPSIS : Performers of an itinerant vaudeville company struggle to get by on day at a time during a war that has taken everything from them and has ravaged their country.Les artistes d’une troupe de vaudeville sont aux prise d’une guerre qui leur a tout volé et les a laissé mourir de faim.

SYNOPSIS : A short film about the fragility of love and life.Un court métrage sur la fragilité de l’amour et de la vie.

SYNOPSIS : A forgotten father returns to his past home to pressure his only daughter into forgiving him.Un vieillard s’enfuit de la maison de retraite pour retrouver son ancienne maison... et indirectement, sa fille Natalie.

SYNOPSIS : The story of virtuoso pianist André Mathieu who moves to the countryside where he plans to give a concert while drifting on the lake. Nobody gets to attend, yet a man lives to tell the story.La genèse d'une légende. André Mathieu, pianiste virtuose passionné et fragile, se retire dans la campagne québécoise. La rumeur circule qu'il offre un récital de piano au rythme du lac majestueux et des brises d'octobre... Personne ne s’y rend. Pourtant des années après, le souvenir persiste.

SYNOPSIS : Lester is a young man disillusioned with the absurdities of life and work. He is tempted to exploit the corruptions of wealthy society when he discovers an affair between a client’s sultry wife and her husband’s accountant. Lester, un jeune homme désillusionné, découvre une liaison entre la sensuelle femme d’un client et le comptable de ce dernier. Un film noir sur les travers de la nature humaine, où il est question de cupidité, de déception et de trahison.

SYNOPSIS : The northern Chinese kingdom of Lu, circa 500 B.C. Feudal China is controlled by princes, and Confucius, a commoner already in his 50s, is made minister of law by the Lu king so the territory can be managed according to civilized principles. The struggle begins... Saga biographique sur une partie de la vie de Confucius, grand philosophe chinois, dont la préoccupation majeure était de faire régner l’ordre dans l’État en formant des hommes qui vivent en conformité avec la vertu.

SYNOPSIS : This true, shocking, astonishing story of what the Belgians did in the Congo was forgotten for over 50 years. Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death describes Leopold II, King of the Belgium's private colony of the Congo between 1885 and 1908 as a gulag labor camp of shocking brutality. Leopold posed as the protector of Africans fleeing Arab slave-traders but, in reality, he carved out an empire based on terror to harvest rubber. Families were held as hostages, starving to death if the men failed to produce enough wild rubber. Children's hands were chopped off as punishment for late deliveries. The Belgian government has denounced this documentary as a "tendentious diatribe" for depicting King Leopold II as the moral forebear of Adolf Hitler, responsible for the death of 10 million people in his rapacious exploitation of the Congo. Yet, it is agreed today that the first Human Rights movement was spurred by what happened in the Congo.

SYNOPSIS : A mother is informed that her only son, who is serving in a combat zone, has gone missing in action. Un jour, on apprend à une femme que son fils unique, servant dans une zone de combat, manque à l’appel.

SYNOPSIS : When Raphaëlle is attacked one night on her way hom from the gym, she decides she no longer wants to be a woman. But how far can one go in denying reality?Raphaëlle travaille dans un gymnase. Un soir en rentrant chez elle, elle se fait agresser. Confrontée à la violence des autres, elle décide de ne plus être une jeune fille... Mais jusqu’à quel point peut-on refuser ce que l’on est?

SYNOPSIS : With her bubbly personality and zest for life, Connie Diletti is the quintessential optimist. Happy, healthy, 32, Connie really only has one problem, but it’s a big one: she’s afraid to die. Connie was leading quite a deathless life until recently...En principe, Connie Diletti est une jeune femme optimiste, et c’est sans doute grâce à sa personnalité et à son amour de la vie. Elle est en bonne santé et se sent heureuse. Mais Connie a un problème de taille: elle a peur de mourir.

SYNOPSIS : Cósmico, Luna e Maninho live in a futurist world where their lives are totally programmed. One night the three of them get lost in the universe of a little circus. After playing and all the new experience their world send an special mission to rescue them.

SYNOPSIS : Une femme. Un drame. Une tentative désespérée de corriger le passé.

SYNOPSIS : Un joggeur s’arrête, essoufflé. Il s’est égaré. Il retrouve son chien. Des portes rouges attirent son attention. Il fait le tour de la cabane, rien. Il repart quand soudain, il entend un bruit. Le joggeur regarde par la fenêtre. Mal lui en prit...

SYNOPSIS : Benjamin is confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. It's all going to change once he becomes friends with Christian, his social worker, and Annika, a student in music. Ben est cloué dans un fauteuil roulant pour le restant de sa vie. Celle-ci va changer lorsqu’il se lie d’amitié avec Christian, qui fait son service civil en s’occupant de lui, et Annika, étudiante en musique.

SYNOPSIS : "Loucos de Futebol" (Crazy About Soccer) portraits the universe of the soccer fanatic. Their craziness, anguishes, frustrations, moments of joy and ecstasy are all told by short segments, proving that the most popular sport in the world is much more than 22 big buys running towards a ball. 

SYNOPSIS : Cristina still lives with her mother and wants to find her true love. She looks for help in a matrimonial agency, that arranges a meeting between her and Paulo. She likes the guy, but Paulo doesn't seem too enthusiastic. As time goes by, Chico, the owner of the agency, feels he is becoming too fond of Cristina.

SYNOPSIS : Les membres d’un club de curling de l’est de Montréal se rassemblent à l’occasion d’un tournoi très spécial. Portrait d’une communauté conviviale et fraternelle réunie autour d’une passion commune.

SYNOPSIS : Julie Bataille is finished with school and wants to start a real job. Full of enthusiasm, dreams and hopes, she is confronted with the harsh reality of the workplace. During a job interview she meets the carefree Ben who suggests that she come along with him to the south of France. She declines at first. but curiosity overcomes her and she joins him on a summer to remember.Julie Bataille cherche un vrai travail. Pleine de rêves et d'espoir elle et vite confrontée a la dure réalité. Elle fait la rencontre de Ben qui lui propose de le suivre dans le sud de la France. Bien qu'elle hésite d'abord, la curiosité l'emporte et elle accepte de le suivre pour un été mémorable.

SYNOPSIS : A filmed record of the Roland Petit’s well-known ballet but also a union of dance and film that reflects the serendipitous meeting of the great talents of Chaplin, Petit and Japanese director Masayuki Suo.Le grand chorégraphe français Roland Petit a toujours souhaité que son célèbre ballet Charlot danse avec nous face l’objet d’une adaptation cinématographique. Il a confié le projet au cinéaste japonais Masayuki Suo.

SYNOPSIS : Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film.New Iberia, en Louisiane. Le détective Dave Robicheaux est sur les traces d’un tueur en série qui a déjà fait plusieurs victimes, toutes des jeunes femmes. Dave fait la connaissance de la star hollywoodienne Elrod T. Sykes, qui est venu à New Iberia pour le tournage de son dernier film, produit avec le soutien de la fine fleur du crime local, «Baby Feet» Balboni.

SYNOPSIS : Rosas and Jesús, a young couple, are driving at night through a dense forest. When Rosa realizes she is not carrying her handbag, Jesús pulls over. While she looks for it all over the vehicle, he steps into the forest to urinate. Not finding her handbag, Rosa gives up and waits for Jesús. But he is not coming back.Rosas et Jesús, un jeune couple, traversent une forêt très dense la nuit. Quand Rosa se rend compte qu’elle n’a pas son sac avec elle, Jesús arrête la voiture et s’enfonce dans la forêt pour uriner pendant qu’elle cherche. Rosa ne trouve pas le sac dans la voiture et s’asseoit en attendant Jesús. Mais il ne revient pas.

SYNOPSIS : Ferdinand a hot-headed former dart champion was suspended for two years. One day, a spider went to his house and was fascinated with the design of the dartboard. The Spider got preoccupied with building webs of the same design and Ferdinand started tossing darts at the Spider.Ferdinand, ancien champion de fléchettes impétueux et compétitif, est suspendu pour deux ans. Un jour, une araignée lui rend visite et est vite fascinée par le motif de la cible. L’araignée aimerait bien tisser des toiles semblables et Ferdinand commene à lui lancer des fléchettes.

SYNOPSIS : DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY follows the story of a woman suffering from total memory loss. Found unconscious in the middle of the downtown Montreal strip, she was brought in by police who proceed to interview her. Does she remember who she is and where she came from? Can anyone else remember? We are carried through the story by the woman's haunting voice-over narration as she describes the utter loneliness she experiences, until a visit from someone who claims to know her sheds unexpected light on the woman – and her past.

SYNOPSIS : Set during the Christmas holiday’s season, DECEMBER is a sweet-natured andpresent-day coming-of-age tale dealing with rather harsh realities of a family breakdown inthe run up to Christmas. Including excellent performances from Tómas Lemarquis (Nói albínói)and newcomer Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir.

SYNOPSIS : Voyage dans le temps et dans l’espace alors que la vie d’un être cher s’enfuit.

SYNOPSIS : Forced isolation and assimilation of aboriginals stole their identity and independence, leaving them at the mercy of the ‘superior culture.” This system has failed, creating turmoil, suspicion, and disfunction. Outsiders have again injected themselves into La Loche in an attempt to solve the problem, one originally of their making.The European attitude of “we know best,” shrouded in best intentions, is not working. Non one is talking about it.Le choc des cultures entre l’idéologie occidentale et les valeurs traditionnelles autochtones menace les habitants de La Loche. Il y a deux siècles, l’isolement forcé puis l’assimilation des peuples autochtones les ont laissés à la merci de la culture dite supérieure. La situation semble sans issue...

SYNOPSIS : Karim, 7 ans, et Coralie, 11 ans, vivent avec leur mère dans une cité qui surplombe Marseille. Chaque matin, du grillage, ils observent au loin la prison où est incarcéré leur père. Après une ultime perquisition d'une violence feutrée, Karim et Coralie se jettent dans l'inconnu avec l'utopie de ramener le père protecteur.

SYNOPSIS : Noémie and Priscilla, two teenagers, cultivate the same contempt of the world and cause serious concern for relatives; they seem capable of going to extremes.Noémie et Priscilla, deux adolescentes de milieu modeste, nourrissent la même violence, la même révolte contre le monde. Elles inquiètent fortement leurs proches qui les sentent capables de tout...

SYNOPSIS : In the country that used to be called Yugoslavia, men didn't asked women whether war is the right thing to do. Now, those women are asking what kind of a life can they be expected to bring into a postwar world. Five countries, five women, five stories. Cinq pays, cinq femmes, cinq histoires. Cinq regards sur la maternité parmi des jeunes femmes de cette région du monde autrefois appelée Yougoslavie.

SYNOPSIS : A cowboy discovers that it’s no longer the “wild west” out thereMort le western? Non, il survit à travers Désarçonné, un cowboy sortant de sa cabane à la poursuite de sa propre destinée. De rencontre en rencontre, il devra apprendre à s’ajuster dans un monde qu’il ne reconnaît plus.

SYNOPSIS : Three couples in their forties, having lost track of each other since their days at university, find themselves re-united at the villa of one of them, after having received a strange invitation, ostensibly from an old friend who had gone missing since the last time they were together...Trois couples quadragénaires, s’étant perdus de vue depuis les folles années de l’université, se retrouvent réunis dans la villa de l’un d’eux. Un événement inattendu les oblige à se rappeler de leur passé commun.

SYNOPSIS : Patrick has recently suffered through the death of his girlfriend, the last joyful refuge of his life. Longing for the blissful days of his youth, Patrick reflects on his past trying to discover a new beginning now that all he once held dear is gone.Patrick vient de subir la perte de sa petite amie, dernier refuge paisible de sa vie. Rêvant des jours bienheureux de sa jeunesse, Patrick médite sur son passé afin d’amorcer une nouveau début maintenant que tout ce qui lui était cher est disparu.

SYNOPSIS : God No Say So finds the uplifting spirit in those who suffered horrible war in Sierra Leone. From the hard working Bonka people, through the prostitute Julietta, and the wild, hilarious, organized antics of the school children, we are treated to a spirit of togetherness, optimism, and sheer joy.Dieu Dirait Non révèle le courage, source d’inspiration, de ceux qui ont vécu les horreurs de la guerre au Sierra Leone. Du dur labeur des gens du Bonka, à Julietta la prostituée, en passant par les pitreries hilarantes et farfelues des enfants de l'école, nous découvrons ici un esprit de camaraderie, d'optimisme, et de pure joie. 

SYNOPSIS : Piero, an openly homosexual gay rights activist, runs as the more progressive candidate in the mayoral election of Udine, Italy. At the other end stands the bigoted right-wing candidate, who builds physical walls á la Padua around his community to keep foreigners and drug dealers confined to their various neighbourhoods, and his candidate for vice-mayor, pro-family values champion Adele. In an odd twist, Piero temporarily sets his political loyalties and gayness aside and sleeps with the gorgeous Adele, betraying his male partner, Remo in the process…

SYNOPSIS : The sweet and shocking life of enhabitants surviving in a 'Paris of South America', Buenos Aires

SYNOPSIS : Oton, 38, has a good job as a metalworker in São Paulo. He has a young son, Caio, and his wife Camila is expecting a baby girl. Then his world collapses. His company is becoming computerized and in an effort to cut costs has laid off workers, Oton among them...Oton, 38 ans, travaille dans une usine métallurgique São Paulo. Il est marié à Camila, qui attend un fille, et père d’un garçon, Caio. Mais bientôt il perd son emploi.

SYNOPSIS : The spirit of the Court Jester makes a come back in a movie about the revealing and unexpected way clowns look at the world. The movie portrays the award-winning group Doctors of Joy interacting with hospitalized children, and through their work the film invites us to think about the role of Art in our lives.

SYNOPSIS : The rediscovery and release of the cult film about 60's survivors in 1978, druggedoutmusicians who look and sound as if they're straight from the 80's, reflecting the punk rockscene in Australia of the late 70's, with Michael Hutchence (INXS) in the main role.

SYNOPSIS : Pierre, a teen of 17, spends all his time with Nadia, a flamboyant mathematician in her forties. Their rapport is friendly, ambiguous, bordering on amorous. The anarchy that reigns in Nadia's life fascinates this young man on the threshold of adulthood. But Nadia is a wounded soul, dependent on alcohol. Little by little, she slips away. Pierre thinks he can help her, bring her back from the brink...

SYNOPSIS : Fifteen year old Rory carries a backpack filled with homemade fireworks, a procket knife and a polaroid camera. He’s planned a surprise for Rebecca, but everything is destroyed when she finally reveals her motivse for hanging out with him.Rory, 15 ans, porte un sac à dos rempli de feux d’artifice maison, un couteau de poche et un Polaroid. Il prépare une surprise pour Rebecca, mais tout tombe à l’eau quand finalement celle-ci lui révèle les vrais raisons qui l’incitent à le fréquenter.

SYNOPSIS : After a small accident, Lara realizes that she has swallowed her own tooth. Afraid that it will grow out of her stomach, Ben, an older gentleman, reassures her with a story of his past.Après un accident mineur, Lara s’aperçoit qu’elle a avalé une de ses dents. Elle craint que la dent ne pousse dans son estomac, mais Ben, un monsieur plus âgé, la rassure en lui racontant une histoire de son passé.

SYNOPSIS : During World War II, Japan allegedly prearranged coded weather forecasts to alert its diplomats overseas of planned attacks. A Chinese agent in Shanghai decodes the "East Wind, Rain" message and tries to pass along the intelligence.Au cours de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, le Japon aurait organisé à l’avance des prévisions météorologiques codées afin d’alerter les diplomates d’outre-mer des attaques imminentes dans un pays étranger.

SYNOPSIS : Victime d’un coup de foudre, un jeune homme reçoit la visite d’un Cupidon peu conventionnel.

SYNOPSIS : A couple’s daily routine is threatened by an unexpected discovery.Un jeune couple vit très simplement. Chaque jour est rythmé de manière identique. Mais sa routine est menacée par une découverte inattendue.

SYNOPSIS : Nuno works in a humble sandwich stand but he has also invented a machine which promises to revolutionize the shoe industry.Nuno travaille dans un kiosque à sandwiches, mais il est également l’inventeur d’une machine qui va sans doute révolutionner l’industrie de la chaussure.

SYNOPSIS : Amelia, a Filipina nanny, decides to work abroad to help her family. She finds a job in the Middle East taking care of a Sheik's wife who is about to give birth, and later acts as the nanny to their first-born son, Ahmed, introducing the young boy to the culture, values, and language of the Philippines.Amelia, une gardienne d’enfants philippine, décide d’aller travailler à l’étranger pour aider financièrement sa famille. Elle aide la femme du Sheik à accoucher et plus tard devient la nourrice de son fils, Ahmed, lui montrant les valeurs, la culture et la langue des Philippines.

SYNOPSIS : There is an energy crisis in Empire City. When Mickey gets involved in the criminal underworld, he finds himself in the middle of a dilemma that could affect the entire city.Une crise de l’énergie menace Empire City. Quand Mickey s’acoquine avec la pègre, il se trouve pris dans un dilemme qui pourrait affecter la ville tout entière.

SYNOPSIS : William Burke feels empty inside. And no, it's not because of a broken heart, or a lost loved one; it's because William is empty inside. Mysteriously losing all of his organs, William quickly grows paranoid and begins to believe that his friends, his family, and even the general public are conspiring against him. Watch as William digs deep down inside of himself and finds the guts to take matters into his own hands.William Burke ressent un vide intérieur. Pas à cause d’une peine d’amour, ni rien de tout cela. Il est littéralement vide à l’intérieur. Perdant mystérieusement tous ses organes, il devient vite paranoïaque et commence à croire que ses amis, sa famille et même les autres conspirent contre lui. Il trouvera bientôt le cran de prendre les choses en main...

SYNOPSIS : Drawing upon the thinking and analyses of thirteen renowned intellectuals, the documentary sketches a portrait of neo-liberal ideology and examines the various mechanisms used to impose its dictates throughout the world.

SYNOPSIS : A telegram arrives in a small Romanian town telling Nae that his long lost uncle Luca has died. The wire, sent by the executor of Luca’s estate, asks Nae and his mother to go France to make proper arrangements for disposal of the body...Dans son petit village de l’est de la Roumanie, Nae apprend le décès de son oncle Luca, disparu depuis fort longtemps. Le télégramme du notaire convie Nae et sa mère à se rendre en France.

SYNOPSIS : This is the story of three orphans who after World War 2, returned home to discover everything was lost. With no family or home, they realized the only safe haven for them was Palestine. The survivors of the Exodus, with their spirit, determination, endless faith and bravery set the standard for establishing the state of Israel.

SYNOPSIS : Ana works in a doll factory. Her whole life revolves around performing the mechanical motion of inserting eyes in dolls. But a small change at her job changes her life forever.Ana travaille dans une fabrique de poupées. Toute sa vie tourne autour des mouvements mécaniques qu’elle effectue en mettant des yeux aux poupées. Mais un petit changement dans son travail modifiera sa vie à tout jamais.

SYNOPSIS : Khieu Samphan was head of state of one of the most brutal regimes ever, the 1970s’ Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. This film offers a portrait of the man made over a period of one-and-half years before his arrest in 2007.Portrait de Khieu Samphan, à la tête de l’État cambodgien entre 1976 et 1979, qui vient d’être inculpé pour génocide.

SYNOPSIS : The conditions of detention at the Ouagadougou jail are more than rude in the women's quarter as well as the rest of the jail. How do they react to such a situation?Les conditions de détention à la prison de Ouagadougou sont plus que rudimentaires dans le quartier des femmes comme dans le reste de la prison. Comment réagissent - elles face à cette situation ?

SYNOPSIS : Les conditions de détention à la prison de Ouagadougou sont plus que rudimentaires dans le quartier des femmes comme dans le reste de la prison. Comment réagissent - elles face à cette situation ?The conditions of detention at the Ouagadougou jail are more than rude in the women's quarter as well as the rest of the jail. How do they react to such a situation?Compagnie(s) de production : 

SYNOPSIS : My band is made up of two white guys, and two Asian guys. Whenever we go out to eat, which is quite often, it always end up being a Chinese restaurant and the Asian dudes always end up ordering all sorts ot weird food that isn’t even on the menu. This music video is about that situation... perhaps to the power of ten! Buckle up. IMR is behind the wheel, and the menu.Mon groupe de musique est formé de deux Blancs et de deux Asiatiques. Quand nous sortons manger, nous finissons toujours par nous retrouver au restaurant chinois, et les Asiatiques commandent toutes sortes de plats étranges qui ne figurent même pas au menu.» Une vidéo musicale sur la musique de IMR.

SYNOPSIS : Dark comedy in which we follow a patient’s journey through the hospital to find the cure to his aching leg.Une comédie noire où l’on suit un patient dans un hôpital en quête d’un remède pour guérir la jambe qui le fait souffrir.

SYNOPSIS : Fifteen years after he gave us FLAMENCO, which became a landmark in the history of Spanish music and dance, Spain’s premier director, Carlos Saura introduce us to a new generation of flamenco artists... singers, musicians and dancers.Quinze ans après FLAMENCO, Carlos Saura se penche sur une nouvelle génération œuvrant dans cette discipline qui combine à la fois musique, chant et danse.

SYNOPSIS : Une petite fille s’empare de toutes les carottes qu’elle peut trouver sur des bonhommes de neige.

SYNOPSIS : Axun and Maite met at secondary school during a repressive era that never allowed their relationship to go beyond friendship. Fifty years later...Axun et Maite se sont rencontrées au lycée, à une époque répressive qui ne permettait pas que leur relation dépasse la simple amitié. Cinquante ans plus tard...

SYNOPSIS : Diego is a doctor so used to dealing with crises that he has become inured to the suffering of others. Things are about to change after a confrontation with the lover of one of his patients.En tant que médecin, Diego doit si souvent venir à bout de situations extrêmes qu’il s’est endurci par rapport à la douleur des autres. Mais les choses vont changer lorsqu’il doit traiter Sara, une de ses patientes.

SYNOPSIS : The Garden of Eden is being created by God with the input of Mother Nature and Gabe (God’s designer). Mother Nature sees something is missing and asks God to add Adam to the Garden of Eden. Consequently, Adam is taken by boredom and from one of his ribs, God creates the beautiful Eve. The story takes a comical turn when Eve is persuaded by Lucifer to eat the forbidden fruit.Au commencement, Dieu crée le jardin d’Éden , avec les conseils de mère Nature et de Gabe, son concepteur. Mère Nature constate qu’il manque quelque chose et demande à Dieu d’ajouter Adam dans le jardin d’Éden. Mais Adam s’ennuie et Dieu crée la belle Ève de l’une de ses côtes. Puis, Lucifer persuade Ève de manger le fruit défendu...

SYNOPSIS : Les relations entre quatre sœurs qui font face au décès de leur mère. En attendant la venue du médecin qui doit constater le décès, elles se disputent au sujet des produits pharmaceutiques de leur mère, s’insultent et tentent désespérément de préserver les derniers vestiges de leur enfance.

SYNOPSIS : When career criminal John is granted parole, he hastens to Jutland to visit his son who is in difficulty. John might be a dedicated father, a perfect employee, and a great line-dancer, but life isn't exactly plain sailing. Lorsque John est mis en liberté conditionnelle, il se rend vite à Jutland pour voir son fils qui, apparemment, semble avoir de sérieux problèmes.

SYNOPSIS : Two brother from the slum: Daniel's an exceptional soccer player, a striker. Julio's the team's captain, a born leader. he opportunity of their lives knocks when a soccer scout invites them to a tryout with the city's best team. They must choose, on a dirty soccer field, what is more important: family, revenge or the dream of their lives. On this field, more than a game is on the line.Daniel est un joueur de soccer exceptionnel, un buteur. Julio, capitaine de l’équipe, est un leader sportif-né. La chance de leur vie arrive le jour où un dénicheur de talents se pointe dans leur quartier et les invite à montrer leur savoir-faire afin qu’ils joignent à la meilleure équipe de soccer de la ville. Ils devront choisir entre la famille, se venger ou réaliser le rêve de leur vie.

SYNOPSIS : In 1989 two young East Germans, Tom and Veit, head to America with nothing more than 100 Deutschmarks in their pocket and a dream in their head: to reach San Francisco and find Veit's Dad, who fled East Germany long ago.Après la chute du Mur de Berlin, deux copains de l’ex-République démocratique allemande réalisent leur rêve et s’embarquent vers l’Amérique.

SYNOPSIS : Niebla, a teen gang member, is killed in a shootout with the police, and his ghost returns to help ten-year-old Francisco, who is a victim of constant abuse and beatings by Basilio, his father.Un jour, Niebla, chef d’une bande d’adolescents, est tué lors d’une fusillade avec les forces de l’ordre. L’esprit de son fantôme retourne sur terre afin d’aider Francisco, victime constante de son père abusif. Niebla protège Francisco et l’accompagne durant sa première expérience amoureuse.

SYNOPSIS : Rosalba loves Danilo, a young man who is serving a long prison sentence. To ease his detention, she decides to write him a sweet letter every day. But, as she isn’t very good at writing, she recruits her friend Katia to do the job. But Katia does a better job than Rosalba expected...Rosalba aime Danilo, un jeune homme à qui le juge a infligé 30 ans de prison. Elle veut correspondre avec lui, mais n’est pas très douée en écriture. Elle demande à sa meilleure amie Katia de l’aider.

SYNOPSIS : Kimberly Clancy, owner of Frugalshopper.ca is just that - a frugal shopper. Everything she buys, she buys with a coupon... Tout ce qu’achète Kimberly Clancy, propriétaire de frugalshopper.ca, elle l’achète avec des bons. Regard sur un sous-groupe d’avides chasseurs d’aubaines rassemblés autour de ce site Internet qui compte 10 000 membres.

SYNOPSIS : In a whimsical ghost story travelogue, a foreigner finds himself in the midst of a culture where “the dead are not dead”.Dans ce qui ressemble à une histoire de fantômes, un étranger se trouve au milieu d’une culture où les morts ne sont pas vraiment morts.

SYNOPSIS : A full-length feature honouring the 25th anniversary of the Zingaro Theatre created by the equestrian artist Bartabas. Through the years Bartabas has created a new form of theatre; a subtle blend of equestrian choreography and world music. His riders explore world civilisations, skilfully marrying spectacular entertainment with poetryCe film revisite les 25 ans du Théâtre Zingaro. créé par l'artiste équestre Bartabas. À travers les années, Bartabas a créé une nouvelle forme de théâtre; mélange subtile de chorégraphie équestre et de musique.

SYNOPSIS : A private struggles to stand at attention during a long official ceremony despite the baking sun, sweat, fatigue and an insistent mosquito. As he listens to the speech, the soldier becomes aware of the difference between the many who follow and the few who lead.Un soldat tente de rester au garde-à-vous pendant une cérémonie officielle, en dépit du soleil, de la chaleur, de la sueur, de la fatigue et d’un moustique insistant. Tout en prêtant l’oreille au discours, le soldat se rend compte du fossé qui existe entre la multitude de ceux qui servent, et ceux qui commandent, en nombre beaucoup plus restreint.

SYNOPSIS : Rod decides to return to Guiana, his native country, accompanied by Gonz, his childhood friend. In Cayenne, they begin an investigation into Rod’s past. A quest that will lead them right into the heart of the virgin forest, into the camps of the illegal gold prospectors…

SYNOPSIS : In 1980, at the samba school of Mangueira - one of the biggest in Rio de Janeiro - homage was paid to one of the icons of Brazilian soccer: Garrincha! Through the music, the eroticism and the carnival lights we see how this forty-six year old soccer player is carried in an allegorical chariot, especially designed for him, although he is not as glorious as this magical atmosphere might suggest. He has just been released from an alcohol rehabilitation center, and the "medication" that enables him to stand makes him appear lost and dejected. In this brilliant frame the character who is being profiled will become the legend of the town, the man that from nothing reaches the world with his "feet". The real carnival blends with the one of his life in which he triumphs, and past glories are placed opposite his most intimate problems and defeats. Through the steps of the parade his own history is a journey with his friends and lovers. The memories are blended with the dance, and the image of a delirious hero that at the World Cup in Chile in 1962, gave Brazil the joy of winning its second World Cup - catapulting him as a champion of world soccer.

SYNOPSIS : Gateway is a Sci-Fi Short film about a Kansas farmer, a mysterious glowing green orb, and the old man that changes his life forever.Après la mort tragique de sa jeune femme et de sa fille, un fermier du Kansas est témoin de phénomènes lumineux mystérieux chez lui. Un suspense de science-fiction.

SYNOPSIS : Two decoders working in a basement in the communist State of Chirokystan live in constant conflict with each other. When one day one of them starts criticizing the government, the second one gets a code message, telling her that her fellow decoder is a traitor.Deux décodeurs qui travaillent dans un sous-sol dans l’État communiste du Chirokystan sont continuellement en conflit l’un avec l’autre. Quand l’un, un jour, critique le gouvernement, l’autre reçoit un message codé la prévenant que son collègue est un traitre.

SYNOPSIS : In Cannes, from the top of the stairs of the Palais du Festival, Gilles Jacob has seen the film world come to him for more than 30 years.Portrait de Gilles Jacob, figure mythique du Festival de Cannes, le plus important événement cinématographique du monde.

SYNOPSIS : Obdulio is an 11-year-old Afro-Uruguayan boy who lives with his grandmother and sells newspapers for a living while he cannot read or write. Obdulio is not interested in going to school until he finds out that the night watchman of the newspaper's office is a charismatic magical "Maestro" who not only introduces him to the world of literacy but also teaches him the real meaning of life through the lyrics of the "Murgas" (Carnival Pierrots) during the mythical nights of the irreverent and provocative Uruguayan carnival.

SYNOPSIS : U.S. Army Sergeant Frank O'Farrell served three years in Iraq. Convinced of his mission of liberation, he becomes aware, in Iraq, of the more complex reasons for the U.S. invasion. He befriends Dyar, an Iraqi interpreter who helps him discover another face of the country.Le Sergent Franck O’Farrell a été envoyé par l’armée américaine pendant trois ans en Irak. Convaincu de sa mission de libérateur, il prend cependant conscience, en étant sur place, des raisons plus complexes de l’invasion américaine.

SYNOPSIS : Jonas, 19, loves his older brother Sebastien, 21, but has trouble accepting that Sebastien is mentally handicapped. Maybe an “escort” girl would help him.Les rapports compliqués entre Basti, un jeune homme timide atteint du syndrome de Down, son jeune frère Jonas, un nationaliste de droite, et Alexia, une prostituée, dans l’Allemagne rurale.

SYNOPSIS : Roots Time is the story of Baboo and Jah Bull, two Rastafarians that sell LP records in an old colorful car in the countryside of Jamaica. By chance they pick up their favorite and well known radio broadcaster Farmer Roots hitch-hiking en route to the hospital with his sick girlfriend. Jah Bull and Baboo do not believe in traditional medicine for their Rastafarian principles and convince Farmer Roots to take her to a well known herbal doctor 'Bongo-Hu'. Getting to the doctor turns out to be much more difficult than expected and all kinds of adventures happen before reaching their destination.

SYNOPSIS : This powerful documentary investigates today's globalized, profit-centered food system -- while agribusiness reaps record wealth, starving protesters cry for affordable food and peasants choose between land and death. But this feature documentary goes further, providing proof that farmers and workers are organized and fighting back, while implementing their own sustainable alternatives. Filmmaker Katie Curran traveled through Mexico, Cuba, India, Kenya, Zambia, Brazil, Haiti and the United States to capture intimate footage of food crisis and justice, with interviews from farmers, workers and activists, government and corporate officials, and intellectuals such as Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Noam Chomsky.

SYNOPSIS : Cette nuit-là, quand Bruno regarda Carine, il eut l’impression de regarder le visage d’une étrangère. C’est cette nuit-là qu’il eut cette impression pour la première fois. Il regarda autour de lui et se demanda ce qu’il faisait là.

SYNOPSIS : Once the town hockey hero, Ray has returned home to Newfoundland from the US following a drug conviction, only to have his wife Lillian leave him for aspirations of stardom. Ray flails from woman to woman trying to replace her, while struggling against a growing awareness of his homosexuality. At loose ends for lack of guidance, Ruby attempts to follow her mother's starlet dreams with make up and sexual behavior. She ends up putting herself in increasingly risky situations, spending more and more time with Ray's best friend Stuart, a photographer who confined to a wheelchair following a hunting accident involving Ray. When Stuart finds himself attracted to Ruby, dangerously motivated by fear and anger, he leads the three of them towards a heartbreaking conclusion.

SYNOPSIS : A golf course becomes the battle ground where Mexican and Chinese gardeners fight for the job.Un terrain de golf sert de champ de bataille où des jardiniers mexicains et chinois s’affrontent pour leur emploi. Un regard humoristique sur notre société.

SYNOPSIS : Makers of HAITI, THE WOUNDED NATION, followed haitan and french care-givers and the wounded from all social classes. A documentary on an incredible trauma, that of an entire nation.Les auteurs de HAÏTI, LA BLESSURE DE L'ÂME on suivi des haïtiens, soignants ou souffrants, issus de toutes les couches sociales, et des français, secouristes, eux aussi touchés. Un documentaire sur une blessure inouïe, celle d’une nation toute entière.

SYNOPSIS : In 1975, when Spain left its last North African colony, Western Sahara, Morocco and Mauritania quickly occupied the territory and thousands of Moroccan colonists pushed out the native Saharawi people, who fled deep into the desert.Dadah, enfant sahraoui qui vit dans le camp de refugiés de Djala, en Algérie, ne connaît rien d’autre que la vie dans le désert:. Les réfugiés sont là depuis plus de 30 ans.

SYNOPSIS : Dorian Winters, a musician by profession, is miserable: A failing musical career, a comatose ex-professional wrestler father who is driving him nuts, and a personal life going nowhere…. Despite everything, Darian does not give up. What transpires is sometimes bizarre, but always funny.

SYNOPSIS : A portrait of music emanating from the respective barrios of New York and Havana. The rebellious discourse of the musicians invites us to reflect on the counterculture and the parallel realities that arise under different governments.Le discours à la fois rebelle et contestataire des musiciens cubains et nord-américains nous incite à réfléchir sur la subculture et les réalités parallèles qui en émergent.

SYNOPSIS : After being smuggled into Israel for a suicide bombing, a Palestinian girl must convince her handler that she is prepared to go through with it. But is she really?Après être entrée clandestinement en Israël pour un attentat suicide, une Palestinienne doit convaincre le responsable de la mission que, bien qu’elle soit une femme, elle est prête à mourir. Mais une fois intégrée à l’équipe, la bombe sanglée sur elle...

SYNOPSIS : Newlyweds Alex and Alice Javal host a New Year’s Eve party at a cabin in the mountains for their closest friends and an unexpected guest in this nuanced and often funny portrait of marriage and anxiety in the late blooming professional class.Récemment mariés, Alex et Alice ont l’intention d’organiser un week-end de réjouissances pour fêter le nouvel an, quelque part dans une cabine éloignée en pleine montagne. Les convives arrivent avec leur lot de surprises.

SYNOPSIS : In 16th century France, racked by religious wars, Catherine de Medici proposes that young Henry of Navarre marry her daughter, Marguerite, so that the the Catholics and Huguenots may coexist in peace. But the momentum of political, military and amorous intrigue is not so easily stopped.Les événements dramatiques entourant l’accession au pouvoir d’Henri IV, après l’assassinat d’Henri III, fils de Catherine de Médicis.

SYNOPSIS : Actress Maria de Medeiros directs a documentary to pay homage to another actress that she admires, Micheline Presle, whose career started in the early thirties. Evoking the renowned filmmakers with whom she worked, Micheline Presle mentions Luis Aramcheck, a director she worked with in 1939. Maria tries to track the mysterious director without ever imagining that this could in any way endanger her life. The scraps of one of the films of Aramcheck, who has disappeared since the Second World War, launches the Pulp Fiction actress on the trail a forbidden work that could have changed the history of international filmmaking forever, Hitler in Hollywood.Hitler à Hollywood is a thriller that, using the form of a treasure hunt, blends archives and recomposed images, true or false interviews and action scenes.

SYNOPSIS : Oto, Nato & Germain are going on a unique and emotional journey in a quest for identity. They were born in Israel to foreign workers, and are going back to their supposed "Homeland", where their parents are from.

SYNOPSIS : Based on the bestselling novel by Clarice Lispector, the movie tells the story of Macabéa, a young orphan, who moves to the big city. She then suffers because of the solitude of her life and the lack of adaptation to her new reality. At last, feeling miserable, she goes to a fortune-teller that promises the imminent arrival of a young foreigner, in a great car. Macabéa leaves in a radiant mood, buys a bride's dress but she will be surprised by reality as will the viewers.

SYNOPSIS : The film traces the rise of one of the world’s foremost architects, Norman Foster, and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design.Le film raconte le parcours de Norman Foster, pilier de l’architecture contemporaine.

SYNOPSIS : Love can make us do weird things.  Sadie does a weird thing.  She does it to her boyfriend Dennis.  Keep in mind she only wants the best for both of them, a perfect relationship.  It could be the perfect relationship, too, as long as nobody bleeds to death.

SYNOPSIS : Julien est poète. Il affronte aujourd'hui sa première journée de travail dans un centre de sondages téléphoniques.

SYNOPSIS : A new film adaptation of Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz, which premiered in 1821 and is considered the first important German romantic opera. Its plot is based on German folk legend and many of its tunes were inspired by German folk music.Adaptation à l’écran de l’opéra Der Freischütz de Carl Maria von Weber.

SYNOPSIS : Lorsque Marie, jeune fille de 25 ans sans passé ni avenir, rencontre Jaume, un vieux monsieur, ancien champion cycliste devenu artiste peintre, une grande amitié se lie. Grâce à Jaume, Marie va se découvrir une identité que lui même est en train de perdre.

SYNOPSIS : I HEART REGINA's 13 wildly different, genre-spanning short films, assert that lives lived in this small city in the middle of North America are as important as lives lived anywhere. Dans l’esprit de films comme PARIS, JE T’AIME et NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU, 13 récits se déroulant à Regina, petite ville en plein centre de l’Amérique du Nord, là où tout est possible.

SYNOPSIS : Elisa is a young roman girl who lives her apparently calm and easy life, dividing her time between her loving and caring boyfriend Fabio, her two friends Matteo and Cristina, university problems and a troubled relationship with her mother. Soon her daily path seems to be shaken by sudden and unexpected news that will take her and her friends to go on a trip by the sea. At her parents villa while she’s looking for comfort from the others she will only discover the true nature of the relationships she has created all her life, bringing her to a terrible decision.

SYNOPSIS : Failed romance and family scandal disrupt Michael's enjoyment of an otherwise pleasant country wedding. Powerless to right his circumstances, he retreats into his own version of reality, one where he can build happiness for those he loves.

SYNOPSIS : Grungy true crime novelist Stanley Merse has become obsessed with the subject ofhis latest book - Harry Jenson, a prolific serial killer. Convinced he's losing his mind, Stan goeson a remote journey deep in the New Zealand forest to recover. But, when on the firstmorning one of his tramping group is found dead, Stanley wakes with blood on his hands andfinds himself caught up in a real life scenario that is far too reminiscent of one of his own plotlines.

SYNOPSIS : Fifteen-year-old Javier watches his middle-class existence come apart as his leftist brother Adrian, whom he idolizes, risks all to stand up against the right-wing military takeover in Argentina.Ils l’ont tué lorsqu’il avait 20 ans. J’en avais 15. Il a disparu à Buenos Aires en 1976, et cette disparition a façonné ma vie. Adrian était mon frère... et il me manque énormément.

SYNOPSIS : Laila, an Arab immigrant in Canada lives a three-sided love story involving Sami, a fellow immigrant who writes Laila’s story and Jad, left behind in the old country, but for whom Laila’s flame still flickers. Le monde spirituel de Leila, immigrante d’origine arabe qui vit en ce moment une histoire d’amour à trois dimensions.

SYNOPSIS : A love story that overcomes everything, all that it builds, even until bridges that no longer exist.

SYNOPSIS : Once upon a many time is a memory film told through the brutally simple point of view of a child. It deals with the relationship to things, places and people left behind when one is forced, by whatever circumstances, to leave what they considered home.Il était plusieurs fois... un film d’animation sur le souvenir, selon la perspective d’un enfant, qui évoque la relation aux choses, aux lieux et aux gens que l’on quitte quand on est forcé, dépendant des circonstances de la vie, de laisser ce qu’on considère son chez-soi.

SYNOPSIS : When psychiatrist Robert Block discovers that his young wife, Carole, is cheating on him the knowledge so disturbs him that he becomes obssessed and cannot focus on his patients. He doesn’t know how to cope... until Leo, a despressive bachelor shows up.Psychiatre et analyste, Robert Block découvre que sa jeune femme, Carole, le trompe. Cette situation le désarme totalement.

SYNOPSIS : Deux adolescents s’interrogent sur les raisons qui ont mis fin à leur relation.

SYNOPSIS : A young man sees a vision of the future as we discover his thoughts in his mind.

SYNOPSIS : This experimental road-movie transports us in the heart of the Indian continent. Led by a kathakali actor’s mysterious and graceful art, India 66 reveals part of true India. All to Auroville, land of universal community-life and spiritual utopia.Un road movie expérimental , véritable parcours initatique au cœur du continent indien. Un acteur de kathakali nous guide dans ce voyage sur la rmythique route 66 en direction d’Auroville, la cité de l’utopie spirituelle.

SYNOPSIS : Woven around a road journey across the country, INDIA BY SONG brings together history, colourful Bollywood song clips, live testimonies and a variety of contemporary images to form a portrait of the place of song in India since 1947. Orchestré autour d’un voyage à travers le pays, INDIA BY SONG réunit Histoire, extraits spectaculaires de chansons bollywoodiennes, témoignages vivants et belles images de l’Inde d’aujourd’hui.

SYNOPSIS : Geneva today. Sam and Lise, in their early 30s, are childhood sweethearts, but they were raised on the wrong side of the tracks and Lise works as a hostess in an upscale bar to make ends meet.Genève, de nos jours. Lise et Sam, la jeune trentaine, forment un couple qui joint difficilement les deux bouts, vivant principalement des revenus de la jeune femme, hôtesse dans un club privé. Leur vie bascule le jour où Henri, veuf et notable local, tombe amoureux de Lise et la demande en mariage.

SYNOPSIS : 12th May 2006. The "September 11 Brazilian." Entire cities are attacked by a criminal organization, terrorizing the population and mobilizing the police force. All the media turn their lenses to the case. However, several other forms of violence continued to occur, away from the focus of the press, and receiving much less attention from the police. One type of violence committed by criminals above suspicion: the middle class. In this context, a newly formed delegate tries to solve the disappearance of a powerful businessman. Immersed in a world led by men, pressed for everything and everyone, the girl will be forced to abandon everything we believed in life to learn to live with the criminal world and the stunning reversal of societal values.

SYNOPSIS : Amidst the isolation of windswept fields, Loretta confronts the oscillating nature of grief and loss. Dans des champs isolés, balayés par le vent, Loretta affronte les fluctuations du chagrin et de la perte.

SYNOPSIS : A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. Ends? No. Island of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.

SYNOPSIS : When two friends who are gifted classical pianists prepare for their next competition in Hungary, it isn’t professional rivalry that gets in the way but their increasingly complicated romantic relationships.Andreas Goodman et Jake Solochek, deux jeunes pianistes de formation classique, font connaissance lors d’un concours à Kansas City. Leur amitié sera affectée par la rivalité qui les divise sur le plan professionnel.

SYNOPSIS : Jean Messier is teetering on the brink. During a torrential downpour, his car plunges deep into the forest. Things are tense between Thomas and Marianne. To give their relationship one last chance, Thomas borrows his uncle's cabin for a weekend in the country. There, they meet Ben, a neighbour, and hang out with him. Unfortunately, the weekend doesn't have the desired effect. Absorbed in their own squabbles, the couple fails to notice that Ben is not who he says he is. His real name: Jean Messier, and he isn't Uncle Michel's neighbour… Who is he? What does he want? When the weekend is over, Thomas and Marianne head home sharing a dark secret.

SYNOPSIS : L’univers d’un écrivain en quête d’inspiration bascule quand il accepte une proposition malhonnête, point de départ d’un étrange enchaînement d’événements.

SYNOPSIS : Young Joel doesn’t quite fit in anywhere so he desperatly tries to make friends with a local motocross gang.Se sentant rejeté de toutes parts, le jeune Joel tente désespérément de se faire accepter par une bande d'adeptes du motocross. Un jour d’été, l’occasion s’offre enfin à lui...

SYNOPSIS : This is the start of a frantic journey, a cineastic essay, which hijacks the onlookers, leading them through Austria, Mexico and India into the world of Josef Winkler´s "images of remembering". The camera's eye accompanies the successful Austrian author and the audience in a poetic road movie, jumps in clips and reverse angles from the "hallowed stable" in a Carinthian mountain village to the banks of the Ganges, and immediately afterwards to the foot of the Popocatépetl, experiencing a volcanic eruption.

SYNOPSIS : Joseph has just come out of prison after serving 20 years, his debt for a career of hold-ups. He is determined to do one last job before retiring, and he knows who he’ll do it with...Joseph vient de passer vingt ans en prison. À peine libéré, il n’a qu’une obsession: préparer un ultime braquage.

SYNOPSIS : Joy has never known her biological mother. She was abandoned as a baby and grew up in several orphanages. This experience weighs heavily on her and she suffers greatly because she has no family roots. What she needs in her life is an anchor.Joy, enfant abandonnée, devenue adulte, n’est convaincue que d’une seule chose: elle ne pourra être vraiment heureuse que lorsqu’elle et sa mère naturelle seront à nouveau réunies.

SYNOPSIS : Joyce is a 12 year old girl that dreams about love, about hapiness and about being a dancer on tv. One night, she and her sister Larissa go out for a walk. Joyce meets by accident the guy she's in love with, and decides to give him her love letter.

SYNOPSIS : After discovering her blind grandfather murdered, a young Japanese peasant and her mystical friend exact gruesome poetic justice on the malevolent samurai lord responsible.Après l’assassinat de son grand-père aveugle, une jeune paysanne japonaise et son renard mystique se vengent sur le samouraï responsable en un acte horrible de justice poétique. Le film mêle l’esthétique du kabuki, du manga contemporain et des techniques d’animation par ordinateur.

SYNOPSIS : "Just Between Us" is a wicked, indiscreet contemporary story set in Zagreb about the whirling erotic passions that percolate beneath the dull, composed surface of everyday bourgeois life and manners. It is about things that happen in well-established families that are mainly kept secret, but that nevertheless remain painful. We meet two brothers, their wives and lovers - and their children who do not know who their real fathers are. Double lives and parallel relationships are blended into a bittersweet story about the relentless quest for love and happiness, about passion that never ceases, and the terrible consequences that arise, even by chance, when one ends up in a bed that is not one’s own.

SYNOPSIS : Éric, un étudiant français en échange pour un an à l’École Polytechnique de Montréal, découvre un monde surprenant. Son séjour à Montréal finira par changer sa vie et celle de son colocataire québécois, Thomas.

SYNOPSIS : Kazu is in love of Azul, the mermaid. He tries to seduce her in all the wrong ways. Is not until he shows his true self that he is able to get close to her and undergo transformation.

SYNOPSIS : Dawn. Winter. Crosshairs. Two expert snipers face off in a moment of truth. Koestler is a hungry sharpshooter with his sights on the master, Spinoza, the kill distance record holder. But after they meet face to face, who pulls the trigger?

SYNOPSIS : En plus d'être un artiste graffiteur bien connu sur la scène montréalaise, Killa-EF est un personnage haut en couleur. À travers un voyage au coeur de son univers, découvrez la sous-culture du graffiti et la dépendance qu'elle peut engendrer. 

SYNOPSIS : The Fourth World War ended with the civilized world, cities that survived became states. At the end of the war, there were only corpses. The city of Avileim managed to survive, but the gangs and violence took over the streets. La Quatrième Guerre mondiale a sonné le glas du monde civilisé, les villes qui ont résisté sont devenues des États. À la fin de la guerre, il ne reste que des cadavres. La ville de Avileim a survécu mais la mafia applique sa loi et la violence règne dans les rues.

SYNOPSIS : Budapest, 1959. Béla Kreuzer is handcuffed and arrested. An inveterate gambler who, through a bit of cunning, has hit a jackpot, Béla has foolishly bragged about his exploit, unaware that the secret police have been on his tail...Béla Kreuzer est très loin d’être un saint. Ayant participé activement à l’insurrection de 1956 en Hongrie, il a la passion des jeux du hasard. Un concours de circonstances l’oblige à revenir sur son passé.

SYNOPSIS : Through relationships involving control, money, rivalry and love, each seeks his place among the others in a Kurdistan where paganism is still very much alive and where magic mixes with the most trivial events of everyday life.À travers des relations d’emprise, d’argent, de rivalité et d’amour, chacun cherche sa place au milieu des autres dans ce Kurdistan où le paganisme est encore vivant, où le monde magique se mêle au quotidien le plus trivial.

SYNOPSIS : Dans un monde où le travail est associé à l’identité et à la productivité, rencontre avec un homme dans la cinquantaine qui ne travaille pas depuis des années. Que s’est-il passé à l’époque pour qu’il laisse son travail?

SYNOPSIS : When Gabriele Rossetti returns to his small town in southern Italy to say goodbye to his dying father, the old man's last words reawaken memories from the forgotten past.Gabriele Rossetti retourne dans le sud de l’Italie pour revoir une dernière fois son père, ancien chef de gare d’une petite ville proche de Bari. Le vieil homme réveille de nouveau en lui des souvenirs de son enfance

SYNOPSIS : Re-reading, one by one, the letters she sent herself when she was 7, Margaret plunges back into memories that upset all her certainties and cast doubt on her life choices. For she has become the opposite of what she hoped as a child. Can she change course at forty? Does the “age of reason” have an expiry date?Relisant , les lettre qu'elle s'est écrite lorsqu'elle avait 7 ans, Marguerite retombe dans des souvenirs qui viennent gêner ses certitudes et mettent le doutent sur ses choix de vie. Peut-elle changer de route à quarante ans? Est-ce que l'âge de raison à une date de péremption?

SYNOPSIS : His hand on my big belly, I say: “Don’t you want to come down from this hill?” Il a sa main posée sur mon gros ventre, je dis: «Tu ne voudrais pas descendre un peu de cette colline? Venir voir s’il y a toujours quelque chose entre mes cuisses?» Il me dit: «Bientôt tu sera mère.» Et la femme, où sera-t-elle?

SYNOPSIS : Dans le cadre de l’année de l’Algérie”, on cherche des acteurs d’origine maghrébine pour un film historique. Le casting rassemble un certain nombre d’acteurs, fraîchement sortis des cours parisiens. Leur profession les a déjà amenés à miser sur leur physique typé et leur culture familiale. Pour autant, individuellement, chacun a son histoire. très française.

SYNOPSIS : The morning of September 16, 1897, Arnulfo Arroyo, a young law intern, drunk, dirty and unkempt, is getting ready to make good on the bet he made at dawn with the person he spent all night drinking with in a downtown bar in Mexico City.Le matin du 16 septembre 1897, Arnulfo Arroyo, un jeune étudiant en droit, ivre, malpropre et d’apparence négligée, est prêt à concrétiser un pari fait avec la personne avec qui il a bu toute la soirée dans un bar du centre-ville de Mexico.

SYNOPSIS : A young couple are discussing their future. The girl is pregnant, which makes the loving couple at once happy and surprised. From time to time, their dialogue is interrupted by a homeless child attracting attention by his behaviour.Un jeune couple discute de son avenir. La femme est enceinte, et ce couple amoureux est partagé entre la joie et la surprise. De temps en temps, la conversation est interrompue par un jeune sans-abri dont le comportement attire l’attention.

SYNOPSIS : Le jeune soldat nordiste William Grayrock se perd en forêt pendant son tour de garde. Il commence à être tourmenté par des hallucinations et des souvenirs éphémères, prélude à une découverte macabre.

SYNOPSIS : The Lévesques are gathered at the family home on Christmas Eve. But there is a pall over the event: the father, once accustomed to controlling everyone's life, now suffers from a debilitating case of Parkinson's. A prisoner in his own body, his children shudder whenever he takes a bite of food. What do you do when you're with someone for whom all pleasures are denied? In the months that follow, the family remains divided. But the mother's profound love for her husband, his eldest son André's friendship and his grandson Sam bring the father the happiness that had always eluded him.

SYNOPSIS : In The Hidden Face of Suicide, filmmaker and creative arts therapist Yehudit Silverman enters the world of the survivors, those who have lost loved ones to suicide, and reveals their remarkable stories.Yehudit Silverman jette un regard neuf, singulier et intelligent sur la question du suicide.

SYNOPSIS : Comme un carnet de croquis animé, regard sur les participants des célébrations de la Saint-jean-Baptiste, fête nationale des QUébécois, à Montréal.

SYNOPSIS : Marion est morte, elle avait 20 ans. Son frère, sa sœur et son amant se sont donné rendez vous un an après sa disparition devant sa tombe. Chacun son chemin, ses lignes et sa façon de vivre le deuil, de l’accepter ou non. A travers leurs parcours, il y a des rencontres et puis les vibrations autour. Seront-ils au cimetière à 16h? Julio, son amant, entraîne le film dans une course qui ira au-delà de la pierre froide, peut être même jusqu'à l’ange.

SYNOPSIS : At fifty something, Betina finds love over the Internet. She leaves her monotonous life behind to go meet her virtual fiancé on the other side of the country.À cinquante ans et des poussières, Betina connaît l’amour grâce à l’Internet. Elle laisse derrière elle sa vie monotone en ville pour aller rejoindre son fiancé virtuel à l’autre bout du pays.

SYNOPSIS : A well-off family, unmistakenly urban, is trapped in the small world they have built at their measure. Each member of the family is fighting alone to rescue whatever can justify them. Luis goes through his teenage years discovering around him men and women who are both guilty and innocent.Les membres d’une famille aisée, indéniablement de la grande ville, sont prisonniers du monde qu’ils se sont créé à leur juste mesure. Chacun d’eux lutte individuellement pour protéger ce qu’il peut. Luis, le fils, traverse ses années d’adolescence en découvrant autour de lui des hommes et des femmes à la fois coupables et innocents

SYNOPSIS : Edmond, getting on in years, dismisses any suggestion of going to a nursing home or even accepting help from Rose, the nurse sent out to look in on him. He puts up a brave front -- which cracks a bit in a bad fall... C’est une histoire de cœur. Celui d’Edmond n’est plus très solide. Mais il bat au rythme d’une indépendance farouche, celle qui lui fait refuser l’idée même d’entrer en maison de retraite et refuser l’aide de Rose, infirmière à domicile.

SYNOPSIS : France, 1562. The wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants rage against a backdrop of intrigue and shifting alliances. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, and Henri de Guise, one of the kingdom's most intrepid heroes, are in love, but Marie's father promises her hand in marriage to the Prince of Montpensier...1562, la France est sous le règne de Charles IX, les guerres de religion font rage. Marie de Mézières, une des plus riches héritières du royaume, aime le jeune Duc de Guise, celui que l’histoire prénommera plus tard “le Balafré”. Mais son père a d’autres projets pour elle.

SYNOPSIS : The Dooman River marks part of the boundary between North Korea and China. Crossing it is dangerous, not merely because of the brittle ice on its surface, but also because of the heavily armed soldiers that patrol the North Korean border. But poverty and need know no borders...LA RIVIÈRE TUMEN suit quelques moments dans la vie de quelques personnages pris dans l’engrenage de la pauvreté et des frontières qui divisent. C’est aussi l’histoire de Chang-ho, jeune garçon de 12 ans.

SYNOPSIS : In this whimsical ghost story, a foreigner finds himself in the midst of a culture where “the dead are not dead.” Village by village, locals take him on a road trip through Cameroon’s most joyous funeral celebrations. Along the way, he befriends his guides and becomes increasingly haunted by memories of his own ancestors.

SYNOPSIS : Film en trois tableaux présentant un critique environnementale apocalyptique sous forme d’allégorie du passage de la vie à la mort.

SYNOPSIS : Fiftysomething Germain lives a quiet life. One day, in the park, he meets Margueritte, an old lady whose work as a scientist took her all over the world. She has has a passion for literature, which she soon shares with Germain. Soon, a true bond of affection unites them, and Germain realizes that he has the right to take control of his destiny...Germain, la cinquantaine, presque analphabète, mène une vie tranquille. Un jour, il va rencontrer Margueritte, une vieille dame très érudite qui va lui lire à haute voix des extraits de romans. Germain va découvrir la magie des livres, dont il se croyait exclu à jamais. C’est l’histoire d’une de ces rencontres improbables qui peuvent changer le cours d’une vie

SYNOPSIS : Two soldiers awake in a trench. The soldiers get acquainted with each other. One of them is old enough to be another’s father. They start arguing on the reasons of the war. Then they come to terms and begion recolelcting personal stories. Finally they dance Georgian dance together, although it turns out that neither of them is alive.Deux soldats se réveillent dans une tranchée. L’un est assez vieux pour être le père de l’autre. Ils commencent à se disputer au sujet de la guerre. Ils finissent par s’accepter et se raconter des histoires personnelles. Enfin, ils dansent ensemble des danses géorgiennes, bien qu’ils semblent que ni l’un ni l’autre ne soient en vie.

SYNOPSIS : Three days before his death in 1553, François Rabelais, the great French renaissance writer, poet, doctor and humanist whose reputation has sometimes reduced him to a composer of bawdy satire, seeks to revisit some of the major events of his life before it comes to an end...Sensuel, facétieux, satirique et railleur, François Rabelais né à la fin du XVe siècle, incarne à lui seul le Moyen-Âge, cette ère féconde d’où le monde moderne est sorti. Ceci est son histoire.

SYNOPSIS : When Bram Stoker wrote his novel Dracula in 1897, the Romanians didn’t pay much attention to their despotic medieval leader Vlad Tepes. Then they realized that he wasn’t so bad after all, especially for tourism.De manière divertissante, ce documentaire parcours la Transylvanie et tente de percer le mystère du mythe Dracula.

SYNOPSIS : Marie tries to survive in a world which gives few chancse to a woman like her. She could be a victim as so many others, but she decides to change everything on one night.Marie se débat pour survivre dans un monde qui donne peu de chances à une femme comme elle. Elle pourrait être une victime comme tant d’autres, mais elle décide de tout changer en une nuit.

SYNOPSIS : Shirin lives in Vancouver, a city in a “foreign” land. Estranged from her mother, and involved in a long-distance relationship that keeps hitting a dead end, Shirin tries to keep afloat. Then she meets her new next door neighbour...La rencontre avec une voisine bouleverse la vie d’une jeune femme, mais lui permet, par un concours de circonstances, d’exorciser ses démons intérieurs.

SYNOPSIS : Yuma, a strong-willed girl from the gang-infested barrios of Managua, dreams of becoming a boxer. In the street, gangs battle for control of the neighbourhood. At home, lovelessness prevails. But Yuma has a dream...Celle qu’on appelle “La Yuma” ne caresse qu’un rêve: devenir boxeuse. Dans un des quartiers pauvres où elle habite, des bandes rivales se battent pour avoir le contrôle.

SYNOPSIS : When his mother commits suicide, Mazhar returns to Istanbul from France for the funeral. His reunion with his sister is painful and their joint encounter with their reclusive father is an occasion for a lot of dirty laundry to be aired.Les 24 heures dans la vie d’une famille turque.

SYNOPSIS : The Scottish filmmaker Bill Douglas collected an array of early moving image devices which he, as a 'magical lanternist', wove into his final masterpiece "Comrades". Magical Lanterns, Zoetropes, etc. were little mechanical wonders, pre-cinema optical experiences, dating back to the 19th century. They attracted audiences, evoking a sense of magic and wonderment, stimulating the public's imagination with the original peep shows and shadow-plays. They heralded the eventual development of the slide and film projectors; along with early contributions of filmmakers like the Lumiere Brothers. Taken together, the story of these remarkable but under-appreciated visual contraptions, proto-cinema, form a SECRET HISTORY OF FILM.

SYNOPSIS : La torture blanche est un type de torture psychologique qui implique un isolement complet et qui est pratiquée sur les victimes des régimes totalitaires. Gioza, gardienne de prison, tombe obsessivement amoureuse de Nick, le prisonnier placé sous sa supervision, sans qu’il ne connaisse son existence. Quand Nick sera confronté aux procédures finales de la prison, Gioza devra choisir entre son amour pour lui ou violer les règles de la prison.

SYNOPSIS : At the hospital, a little boy wants to live a moment of intimacy with his sick mother, but a group of visitors, strangers to the child, make that difficult.Un jeune garçon cherche à s’approcher de sa mère mourante tandis que les proches de la malade prennent d’assaut son chevet. Ce court métrage d’animation utilise la rotoscopie de façon à évoquer le dessin au fusain ainsi que les techniques d’animation 3D et d’objets.

SYNOPSIS : Capi is the oldest gravedigger in the cemetery. Used to working amidst the suffering of others and the jokes of his colleagues, there is only one person capable of taking him out of his daily routine. Every month for the last couple of years, he has waited for Marta to take flowers to the grave of her husband. She is his last hope.Capi est le plus vieux fossoyeur du cimetière. Il est habitué à travailler au milieu de la souffrance des autres et des plaisanteries de ses collègues. Une seule personne arrive à le sortir de sa routine. Chaque mois, depuis quelques années, il attend Marta, qui vient porter fleurir la tombe de son mari. Elle est son dernier espoir.

SYNOPSIS : Guven works as an accountant. He has a happy marriage and a daughter. But when he comes home after a day at the office, he is really alone. His “family” is a facade...Güven est chef comptable. Depuis son mariage, il a toujours vécu heureux en compagnie de sa femme et de sa fille. Aujourdhui, quand il arrive chez lui après une journée de travail, il se sent seul.

SYNOPSIS : Society in India is still defined by its caste system, even despite constitutional outlawing of caste-based discrimination. Investigation.La société indienne se caractérise toujours à l’heure actuelle par sa division en castes, et ce malgré les avancées constitutionnelles. Enquête.

SYNOPSIS : A projectionist in a moviehouse in Algiers, Amou Salah is pushed into retirement and irrelevence. But he refuses to do nothing. Despite his age and declining health, he decides he is going to travel.Projectionniste dans un salle de cinéma d’Alger, monsieur Amou Salah est poussé à la retraite et mis à l’écart. Mais il refuse de céder et de demeurer inactif. Malgré l’âge avancé et la maladie, il décide de prendre la route.

SYNOPSIS : Tizangara, a small town in Mozambique, a short time after the end of the civil war. Explosions have killed five U.N. peacekeeper. The U.N. sends Massimo Risi, an Italian officer stationed in Maputo, to investigate. It seems that everyone has a different explanation for the murders.À Tizangara, un petit village de la Mozambique, quelques mois après la guerre civile, au début des années 1990, cinq soldats des forces des Nations unies meurent à la suite d’une série d’explosions. En poste à Maputo, le lieutenant italien Massimo Risi est chargé par l’organisation internationale de mener une enquête pour préserver la mission de paix au pays. La tâche devient de plus en plus difficile.

SYNOPSIS : Isolé au milieu d’un désert de neige et de glace, Charles a perdu la mémoire. Il est obsédé à l’idée de creuser un trou dans la terre gelée. Il se remémore peu à peu la raison pour laquelle il s’impose ce fardeau.

SYNOPSIS : In this creative and experimental documentary Lazlo Pearlman continues his mission to explode prejudices and dogmas about sex and identityDocumentaire créatif et expérimental montrant les essais scéniques de l’artiste conceptuel Lazlo Pearlman, dont le but est de renverser une fois pour toutes les systèmes acquis de l’indentité sexuelle.

SYNOPSIS : At the end of the Second World War, a 16-year German sniper is left behind in a ruined house by the retreating Nazis. One day, a Jewish family return to their home opposite that of the young sniper. He watches them through his gunsight...Après la guerre, dans une maison abandonnée est resté un jeune sniper allemand. Il va tomber amoureux d’une jeune fille juive.

SYNOPSIS : the life of the film’s heroine is but a never-ending chain of (mis)adventures. And a reflection of life in modern Russia where the senior generation, out of ideas, is mired in stagnation and younger generation in frustration.Un film sur une vie dans la Russie d’aujourd’hui où la génération des aînés est en plein marasme tandis que celle des jeunes est frustrée.

SYNOPSIS : Author Auguste is struggling to get over the departure of his wife Harriet while working on his new play. Toward that end he has invited for lunch to his country house, the play’s director and its two principal actors, who just happen to be Harriet and her new young lover Théo...Le temps d’un déjeuner à la campagne, un écrivain reçoit les acteurs de sa nouvelle pièce.

SYNOPSIS : Behind the most ruthless of multinationals there is only one thing. Man.Derrière la plus impitoyable des multinationales, il n’y a qu’une seule chose, l’homme.

SYNOPSIS : A portrait of four children's lives submerged in poverty in Nicaragua. In spite of their struggle for survival under difficult social conditions, the film is an optimistic one, full of humour, surprise and hope. Au Nicaragua, quatre enfants vivent dans la pauvreté la plus extrême. Le film nous conduit dans leur quotidien, laissant l’écho de leurs voix envoyer des messages à la frois drôles et pleins d’espoir et d’optimisme.

SYNOPSIS : En brossant le portrait de sa famille, le réalisateur pose un regard personnel sur la ferme à échelle familiale.

SYNOPSIS : Between fear, guilt and forgiveness, this short film looks at intergenerational relations marked by mental illness.Entre la peur, la culpabilité et le pardon, ce court métrage pose un regard sur les relations intergénérationnelles marquées par la maladie mentale.

SYNOPSIS : Quand un enlèvement du résau Al-Quaeda croise le test de dégustation à l’aveugle de Pepsi. Voilà ce qui arrive qand les terroristes veulent améliorer leur image de marque.

SYNOPSIS : Marc, a young tweleve-year old boy, regains consciousness in a field. His body is wounded by multiple injuries. Back to his home, remained in a deep silence and a stage of stupor, he provokes strange reactions from his relatives. What happened to him?Marc, jeune homme de quatorze ans, reprend conscience dans un champ. Il a le corps meurtri par de multiples blessures. De retour à son domicile, plongé dans un profond silence et dans un état d'hébétude, il provoque d'étranges réactions de la part de ses proches. Que lui est-il arrivé ?

SYNOPSIS : Luisa’s 7th birthday celebration promises to last into the next day because her grandparents are coming from far to visit her. But the course of their lives will be changed by the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City.La fête du septième anniversaire de Luisa promet de se prolonger au jour suivant, car ses grands-parents sont venus de loin lui rendre visite. Cependant leurs vies vont basculer à cause du tremblement de terre de 1985 à Mexico.

SYNOPSIS : During a medical exam, Héléna, a student in anatomical drawing, meets Benoît, a young radiologist. Their mutual fascination with the human body prompts them to begin a passionate romance that seemingly has no boundaries.A l'occasion d'un examen médical, une étudiante en dessin anatomique fait la connaissance de Benoît, un jeune radiologue. Partageant une même fascination pour le corps humain, ils vont céder à un amour passionnel mais à leur façon...

SYNOPSIS : Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home decorated and honoured from the second Sino-Japanese War in 1940, but without arms and legs. Everyone in the village look to his wife for vindication: she must honour the Emperor and the country in setting an example for all by fulfilling her duty and taking care of the “war god”. Le lieutenant Kurokawa rentre de la deuxième guerre sino-japonaise bardé de décorations... mais sans bras ni jambes ! Bientôt, tous les gens du village (voisins, amis et parents) tournent leurs regards vers sa femme Shigeko. Elle doit honorer l’Empereur, accomplir son devoir envers son pays et donner à tous un magnifique exemple en se sacrifiant pour soigner le héros de guerre.

SYNOPSIS : The boys are drinking beer in the forest and shooting bullets at empty bottles. A man approaches them, who is a former soldier and explains that shooting and war is bad. The boys offer beer to the man. He is an authoritative person for them because he has been in the war. At the end of the film, we can see that the war is really bad -- it kills everybody.Des gars boivent de la bière et tire des balles sur des bouteilles vides. Un homme s’appproche d’eux, un ancien soldat, à qui ils offrent une bière. Il incarne une figure d’autorité pour eux, parce qu’il a fait la guerre. À la fin du film, on constate que la guerre est vraiment quelque chose d’affreux-- elle tue tout le monde.

SYNOPSIS : Riding on the Twilight Express to El Dorado, Newman Brown begins to disappear when he discovers he is ineligible because his wife is expecting. Will he find a cure or fade away completely? Quand Newman Brown découvre qu’il ne peut monter à bord du train en direction de El Dorado parce que sa femme est enceinte, il commence à disparaître... littéralement.

SYNOPSIS : On September 12, 1980, the Turkish military deposed the government, suspended the constitution and imposed martial law. Gece was four when she was witness to her parents’ killing by the police and she grew up embittered and into a would-be suicide bomber for a terrorist groupLe 12 septembre 1980, l’armée turque s’en prend au peuple alors qu’un coup d’État militaire sévit dans le pays. Gece, une fillette de quatre ans, est le témoin du meurtre de ses parents. Après plusieurs années, prise d’un sentiment de vengeance, elle planifie son coup

SYNOPSIS : Cinq amies dans la cinquantaine se retrouvent pour décider du voyage qu’elles vont faire ensemble : Kenya ou thalasso... Mais l’une d’elles a du retard. L’attente devient longue. La tension s’amplifie et les conversations se transforment en règlement de compte. Les masques vont tomber...

SYNOPSIS : Franco’s dictatorship, one of the longest and bloodiest in 20th century Europe, has been shrouded in silence by Spain since his death, more than 30 years ago. This film lifts the veil on this period.La dictature de Franco, régime parmi les plus violents et longs de l’Europe du XXe siècle, a été gardée sous silence par l’Espagne depuis sa fin, il y a plus trente ans. Ce film lève le voile sur cette époque.

SYNOPSIS : Colonel Moresco, with the help of former comrades, takes over a hospital ward and holds patients and staff hostage. The Army has 56 hours to acknowledge the issue or the hostages will die. Police officer Paolo Manfredi and his family will soon be on a secret mission.La famille dont il est question est composée de trois personnes: le père, la mère et une fille adolescente qui n’arrive pas à accepter la séparation soudaine de ses parents. Ils seront bientôt impliqués dans une mission secrète.

SYNOPSIS : Carmen and Jorge are a married couple with two children. A visit to the pool, a ride in the car, a heated argument show us the need for silence to keep them together.Carmen et Jorge forment une petite famille avec leurs deux enfants. Une visite à la piscine, un trajet en voiture et une discussion un peu chaude nous démontrent que le silence est nécessaire pour les maintenir unis.

SYNOPSIS : In 1734, Marie-Josèphe Angélique, a black slave in New France, was accused of setting a fire that caused the destruction of a large part of the young city of Montreal. In the streets of Old Montreal, a guide walks us through the key landmarks of Angélique’s history, which is parallelly played out by actors in an historical reconstruction.Marie-Josèphe Angélique, esclave noire de la Nouvelle-France, fut accusée en 1734 de la destruction d’une grande partie de Montréal par un incendie criminel. Dans les rues du Vieux-Montréal, un guide nous relate les moments-clés de l’histoire d’Angélique, également illustrés par une reconstitution historique, interprétée par des acteurs.

SYNOPSIS : An intimate portrait of octogenarian Vera Bondy, an elegant and vivacious guide at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.Vera Bondy est une femme impressionnante. Vu son élégance et sa vitalité, on ne devinerait jamais qu’elle a plus de 80 ans. Mais son âge ne l’empêche pas de capter l’attention des gens, surtout dans son travail de guide au Musée des beaux-arts.

SYNOPSIS : A documentary about soccer, RED EYES follows the Chilean national team over eight years, recording the passions the sport unleashes and observing the qualities and faults it highlights in the team’s host society.Documentaire sur l’engouement que le soccer exerce sur les gens, et particulièrement la passion qu’il déchaîne sur la société chilienne en comparaison avec d’autres cultures latino-américaines

SYNOPSIS : Hari is a postman. Every day for 20 years, he has been walking through the Thar desert in India to deliver letters to remote villages, holding in his hands the records of secluded lives, of loves, weddings, successes and deaths...Tandis que le monde accélère de plus en plus son pas, Hari ne fait que marcher pour livrer les lettres aux villageois.

SYNOPSIS : It’s a hot summer day at the beach and two 9-year-old girls strike a deal with a stranger for ice cream money. The deal turns sour when he refuses to pay and tries to trap one of them in a creepy game.Une chaude journée d’été à la plage. Deux petites filles de neuf ans passent un marché avec un étranger en échange d’argent pour s’acheter des glaces. Mais les choses tournent au vinaigre quand celui-ci refuse de payer et tente d’entraîner l’une d’entre elles dans un jeu qui donne la chair de poule.

SYNOPSIS : Direct from a 1970s Norwegian environment, Sonia with her two children arrive in Trinidad to join her husband Jo who is working as an engineer in the petroleum industry. She is introduced to a homeless class of men who have the whole world as their workplace; and their wives, who follow them wherever their contracts take them.Dans l’île de la Trinité, l’industrie du pétrole attire des étrangers d’un peu partout à travers le monde. Avec le temps, des cercles d’expatriés se sont formés dans cet endroit un peu particulier. LIMBO se penche sur ces exilés volontaires en abordant les thèmes de l’amour, des tentations et des apparences.

SYNOPSIS : Ed the Clown is stuck in a fun house and in the process of trying to escape gets seduced, tries to kill someone, and can't get it up.Ed le clown est coincé dans une attraction foraine. En voulant fuir, il se laisse séduire, tente de tuer quelqu’un et en perd sa virilité.

SYNOPSIS : When he’s not sweeping streets in Bologna, forty-year-old Mario is looking after his elderly mother or browsing pornography. He’s a lonely man. But that all changes when he runs into single-mother Agatha...Mario, 40 ans, travaille comme balayeur dans les rues de Bologne. En privé, il s’adonne à la pornographie par Internet. Jusqu’au jour où il rencontre Agatha.

SYNOPSIS : Cuba, 1962. La ville imaginaire de Veredas del Guayabal est assiégée de roquettes nuclécaires. Les habitants, quant à eux, sont en train de vivre les premières étapes de grands bouleversements sociaux. Linsaka, elle, pense à l’amour.

SYNOPSIS : As the youngest in the family and the only male, Dylan has drawn the short straw.Étant le dernier de la famille et le seul garçon, Dylan a tiré le mauvais numéro. Il ronge son frein en silence. Par une chaude journée d’été à la plage, il décide de prendre sa vie en main, une fois pour toutes.

SYNOPSIS : Tired from his daily walk, Matthew Little stops to rest at an abandoned lemonade stand. Reminiscing his own childhood from sixty-years ago, he takes a seat. When eight-year-old Johnny returns to his stand, he invites Matthew into his world of make-believe, helping him remember what it was like to be a kid again.Matthew Little, un octogénaire, replonge brièvement dans le paradis de l’enfance, le temps d’une rencontre avec le petit Johnny, huit ans, à un comptoir de limonade.

SYNOPSIS : Who is the man behind the famous whistles heard in Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns?Qui est l’homme qui se cache derrière les fameux coups de sifflets que l’on entend dans les spaghetti westerns de Sergio Leone?

SYNOPSIS : To collect a large inheritance from his uncle in America, Peter Mombin, a Guadeloupe farmer with a passion for bullock cart races, must marry before the end of the month. But not with any woman... Pour toucher un gros héritage de son oncle d'Amérique, Pierre Mombin, Guadeloupéen passionné de courses de chars à boeufs, doit se marier avant la fin du mois.

SYNOPSIS : A girl arrives at a small, English town, and gets lost in a fairytale.Une jeune fille arrive dans une petite ville anglaise et se perd dans un conte de fées.

SYNOPSIS : Australian director Gillian Armstrong has been following three lively, working class Adelaide girls since 1976 when they were just fourteen. For more than thirty years, Kerry, Josie and Diana’s struggles have captured all our hearts. Now 47, the women’s stories resonate with universal themes about families, love, loss, hopes and dreams.LOVE, LUST & LIES est le cinquième film que la documentariste Gilliam Armstrong consacre à trois sympathiques femmes d’Adelaide issues de la classe ouvrière, depuis 1976, alors qu’elles étaient toutes trois âgées de 14 ans. Sur plus d’une trentaine d’années, ces films font la chronique de leurs vies, de leurs espoirs et de leurs rêves.

SYNOPSIS : Un jeune homme rend visite à son père malade qu’il connaît à peine. Amer, il entreprend un acte de vengeance sournois.

SYNOPSIS : In the middle of a slum in Luanda, the capital of Angola, DJ Buda owns a recording studio where every boysà from the neighbourhood tells his story in his own way. The result of these Buda sessions is a polyphonic cacophony that mirrors life in Angola.En plein coeur d'un bidonville de Luanda, la capitale de l'Angola, DJ Buda possède un studio d'enregistrement. Chaque jeune du quartier raconte son histoire à sa manière. Le résultat est aussi poliphonique et cacophonique que la vie en Angola.

SYNOPSIS : Based on the hugely popular original comic books created by Willy Vanderesteen, this CG-animated feature film produced at a budget close to U$14 million will take you to the Wild Wild West… Co-director Wim Bien worked in Hollywood as an animator for Ice Age 2. English version produced in the USA.

SYNOPSIS : Biopic sur l’ascension de Luis Inácio da Silva, dit «Lula», dans la politique du Brésil.

SYNOPSIS : My Father used to sit down and tell me the horror story, Tale of the Peony Lantern...+ACI- After Koto lost her parents in a traffic accident, she unwillingly received the mysterious ability to see the crack of hell and the ghosts of the dead. A year later, Koto escapes from a hospital to visit the intersection where her parents had died. There she sees a man on a pedestrian bridge, attempting suicide. The man, Shinji, had lost his lover in the same traffic accident that put an end to Koto's parents. +ACI-Die, and you'll only go to hell+ACEAIg- +ACI-You're better off here+ACEAIQAi- Oddly convinced by Koto's words, Shinji decided not to kill himself, and the two -who share the experience of losing their loved ones in the same accident- start living together. That's when the real fear closes in...

SYNOPSIS : In the confined spaces of a car and an office in Morocco, Mahjouba, the head of a charity, talks with single mothers -- a series of dialogues which sheds light on the clashes between life and social mores.Au Maroc, dans le huis clos d’un bureau et d’une voiture, Mahjouba, une directrice d’association, s’entretient avec des mères célibataires. Ces dialogues révèlent les conflits entre la vie et les normes sociales.

SYNOPSIS : Une jeune femme rentre à la maison. Devant elle, des gestes et des bruits quotidiens, des gens qui chaque jour s’engagent à édifier leur propre monde. Regard sur une ruelle montréalaise.Une jeune femme rentre à la maison. Devant elle, des gestes et des bruits quotidiens, des gens qui chaque jour s’engagent à édifier leur petit monde. Regard sur une ruelle montréalaise.

SYNOPSIS : All of us are mothers and fathers, even if only potential ones. Even if this never happens in the traditional sense of the word, the possibility exists...Four stories touch on this same subject but from different angles, yet together they create a picture of how complicated and strangely unnatural the most natural process in the world has become in our society.

SYNOPSIS : SU-357 has everything a serving android could want out of life. But how will he cope when a startling discovery threatens all he holds dear?SU-357 a tout ce qu’un androïde peut souhaiter dans la vie jusqu’à ce qu’une découverte spectaculaire menace ce qu’il a de plus cher.

SYNOPSIS : After moving to the city to find a good paying job, A volatile, impulsive young man, Raul falls in with a gang of thieves plotting to get even with their corrupt employer. Hounded by guilt about his hopelessly sick father, Raul decides that desperate times can only be remedied by desperate measures.Un pirate de l’air solitaire et mentalement instable est poussé à bout alors qu’il se bat pour survivre dans la société philippine d’aujourd’hui. En fin de compte, hanté par le sens de la culpabilité dû à la maladie de son père, il décide en toute conscience de commettre un acte irréversible qui pourrait avoir de fâcheuses conséquences.

SYNOPSIS : Set in France and Louisiana in the early 18th century, the story follows the hero le Chevalier Des Grieux and his lover Manon Lescaut. They run away to Paris where they enjoy a blissful cohabitation. But it's only the start of a long series of obstacles for the two lovers.L'histoire d'amour et de passion du Chevalier Des Grieux et de son amante, Manon Lescaut. Ils fuient ensemble à Paris. C’est le début d’une longue série d’obstacles pour ces jeunes amoureux. Des Grieux va aimer, sans jamais juger, il va apprendre à tricher, à voler, à tuer au besoin, entraîné avec Manon dans une cavale, une fuite sans fin.

SYNOPSIS : Marieke, 20, lives with her mother Jeanne, a woman left cold and distant ever since her husband died. During the day, Marieke works in a Brussels chocolate factory. At night, she escapes into the arms of much older men. With them she feels strong, cherished and free.Marieke veut vivre sa vie. Mais comment s’y prendre quand autour d’elle, tous les liens d’amour sont brisés? Elle cherche refuge dans les bras d’hommes plus âgés pour avoir la force d’affronter le passé et enfin être elle-même. Marieke a 20 ans.

SYNOPSIS : After thirty years as an office worker at a Mexico City insurance company, life is suddenly turned upside-down for 75 year-old Martha when a computer is brought in to replace her...Licenciée de son travail, une femme de 75 ans décide de s’enlever la vie. Sauf que...

SYNOPSIS : Martha, a young single mother with an adolescent son, Thomas, finds out she’s pregnant and yet she is convinced she has not had relations with anyone recently. Confused, ridden by guilt and anxiety, she tries to understand.Martha, jeune mère célibataire d’un Thomas déjà adolescent, découvre qu’elle est enceinte alors qu’elle n’a pas eu de rapports. Désorientée, elle cherche à comprendre, entre angoisse et culpabilité.

SYNOPSIS : Jose Martí (1853-1895), writer and poltical activist, is known as the Apostle of Cuban Independence and is revered as a hero by Cubans of all political stripes.José Martí (1853-1895), homme politique et poète cubain était de tendance libérale, nationaliste et révolutionnaire. Il est certainement l'homme le plus glorifié par le peuple cubain, qui le considère comme un héros national, le plus grand martyr et l'apôtre de la lutte pour l'indépendance.

SYNOPSIS : Martin's car breaks down, which forces him to walk through the desert looking for help. Upon entering a brothel on the side of the road as a last resort, a fateful game begins, one which will change him forever.La voiture que conduit Martin tombe soudainement en panne. L’homme est obligé de marcher en plein désert pour chercher de l’aide.

SYNOPSIS : Allen Hall is asked to check on his best friend’s wife. She was supposed to pick him up at the airport but never showed up. For some reason, he fears the worst.Allen Hall attend la femme de son meilleur ami qui doit venir le chercher à l’aéroport, mais la jeune femme ne se présente jamais. Que s’est-il passé?

SYNOPSIS : Une nuit d'hiver, en 1997, autour de Dinan. Laure, à peine quinze ans, s'échappe du centre psychiatrique où son père l'a placée. Mais cette nuit, tout va rentrer dans l'ordre, c'est sûr..

SYNOPSIS : ANIMATION. Conflict is being.ANIMATION. Le conflit est déclenché.

SYNOPSIS : The largest DJ tournament in Latin America, since 1997 Hip Hop DJ has mobilized the dreams of young people from all over São Paulo, eager to build a successful new life and career through music. Many of these people are from the outskirts of the city and they practice their art (which is fundamental for diferentiating themselves and winning over an audience) in clubs and parties. They work in the most diverse jobs during the day to survive, and at night and on weekends they lead parties that mix genres without prejudice, from sertanejo (country) to pop, from Brazilian funk to music for yoga. All of their energy is focused on this tournament, which will take the winner to compete with the world's best in London.

SYNOPSIS : An examination of self-image and indeciveness. A young woman approaching her thirties turns to online blogging as a means of expressing her doubts and fears. Étude sur l’image de soi et l’indécision. À l’approche de la trentaine, une jeune femme se tourne vers le blogging en ligne pour exprimer ses doutes et ses craintes.

SYNOPSIS : The legacy of the world class Russian film director is documented, focusing on one of his most enigmatic declarations: "Death doesn't exist!" Is it possible to prove Tarkovsky's assertion through a cinematic treatment of the diroctor's own posthumus life...?

SYNOPSIS : Smith comes to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to tie up some loose ends. He meets Link, a tourist guide, who agrees to help him. An homage to the road movie genre, where ultimately the road ends when you want it to end. Smith arrive à Dar es Salaam pour régler quelques détails laissés en suspens. Quelques personnes vont l’aider dans sa quête.

SYNOPSIS : After the death of his mother, Yehia returns to Alexandria. Encounters with old and new friends introduce him to the new face of the city and bring him to realise just how much his beloved city has changed.Après le décès de sa mère, Yehia retourne à Alexandrie. Des rencontres avec de vieux et de nouveaux amis lui font découvrir le nouveau visage de la ville.

SYNOPSIS : Every day Micky swims with her friends at her beloved bathing club. Micky teaches us that our existence is but the fruit of coincidence.Micky fait partie du club de baignades en mer de sa ville depuis près d’un demi-siècle. Son histoire met en perspective nos propres vies et comment notre existence est le fruit du hasard.

SYNOPSIS : A portrait of Mine Barral Vergez who, for over four decades, has been making costumes for the most famous Parisian cabarets and theatres such as the Moulin Rouge, the Lido, the Crazy Horse Saloon, the Olympia, even the Comédie Française.Portrait de Mine Barral Vergez, costumière des grands théâtres et des music-halls parisiens.

SYNOPSIS : After a car accident, which leaves his wife Sophie tetraplegic, Cedric hopes to trigger an emotional reaction from her by showing her the video images their daughter shot before the accident.Portrait mosaïque d’une famille dont Sophie, la mère, devient tétraplégique suite à un accident de circulation. Cédric, son mari, espère déclencher chez elle une réaction émotionnelle. Cette initiative sera l’élément déclencheur d’une série d’événements dramatiques.

SYNOPSIS : Men and women in the 30s and 40s. They confide to Father Viollet, a modern priest. They ask him thousands of questions, trying to conciliate catholic morals and marital relations. No small affair...Des hommes et des femmes dans les années 1930 et 1940. Ils auraient pu être nos grands-parents. Comment s’aimer sans faire huit enfants? Comment concilier morale catholique et vie conjugale ? Pourquoi le plaisir est-il coupable? L'abbé Viollet saura peut-être répondre à toutes ces questions. La mince affaire...

SYNOPSIS : The true story of serial-killing con-man Roy Fontaine, who cut a bloody swath through England and Scotland, hiring himself out as a butler, robbing his employers and in some cases murdering them. His killing spree included his hated illegitimate brother and five other people before he was finally arrested and sentenced to prison for life.L’histoire vraie du tueur en série britannique Roy Fontaine qui a fait des ravages en Angleterre et en Écosse en s’engageant comme majordome, puis en volant ses employeurs et même en les assassinant. Dans sa folie meurtrière, il a même fauché la vie de son frère illégitime qu’il détestait et de cinq autres personnes avant d’être fianlement arrêté et condamné à la prison à vie.

SYNOPSIS : 31 FRAGMENTS D'URBANITÉ gathers a variety of life fragments to paint a remarkable and vivid portrait of the city of Montreal. A socio-poetic documentary in keeping with the early urban symphonies and creative documentaries about cities. Tourné sur quatre saisons, MONTRÉAL, 31 FRAGMENTS D'URBANITÉ brosse, à travers une variété de fragments de vie, un tableau vivant et singulier de la ville de Montréal. Documentaire socio-poétique, dans la continuité des premières symphonies urbaines, le film permet de découvrir d'un point de vue original la texture humaine et l'espace urbain montréalais.

SYNOPSIS : A man from Turkey heading for his family in Germany meets a man from Romania who’s trying to repair the roof of his old farm. Can they help each other? Nelu est vigile dans un supermarché à la frontière romano-hongroise, où nombre de sans-papiers tentent de passer en Hongrie puis en Europe occidentale. Un matin, Nelu fait une prise peu commune dans la rivière: un Turc qui essaie de passer la frontière. Bien qu'ils ne parlent pas la même langue, les deux hommes arrivent à se comprendre. Nelu lui promet de l’aider à passer la frontière demain…MORGEN

SYNOPSIS : Ivan, a high school teacher, must leave Belgrade for a job in a remote village in Bosnia. Along the way he meets a young Bosniak woman who has returned to her homeland from Germany. The two refugees from reality find temporary solace in each other.La rencontre entre un homme et une femme dans la Bosnie d’après-guerre.

SYNOPSIS : Generations of Spanish women were not allowed to dream. All they could do was to resign themselves and accept the fact they were born and brought up in a place and time when their voices, their desires and even their thoughts were silenced.SEÑORA DE nous présente le témoignage de plusieurs générations de femmes espagnoles à qui l’histoire n’a pas permis de rêver.

SYNOPSIS : On the most important day of his career, Geoffrey Hutton wakes to discover that his past has come to pay him a visit. Covered in mud from head to toe, Geoff's dearly departed are making themselves at home in his pristine apartment. Late for work and longing to embrace his muddy family, Geoff is torn between mourning and morning.Le jour le plus important de sa carrière, Geogg s’aperçoit en se réveillant que son passé lui rend visite. Couverts de boue de la tête, les chers disparus de Geoff font comme chez eux dans son appartement immaculé. Geoff est déchiré entre l’envie de les serrer dans ses bras et l’urgence de partir au travail.

SYNOPSIS : The term “going postal” has become the way we commonly refer to the mental state of anybody who goes on a shooting spree, typically in a workplace or a school, but also in any other public place...MURDER BY PROXY: HOW AMERICA WENT POSTAL examine le phénomène croissant des assassinats en série qui sévit aux États-Unis.

SYNOPSIS : In a housing building, monotonous lives follow their paths without even crossing one another. A man confronted by his everyday life makes a discovery that disrupts his daily routine and his neighbors.Dans une tour d’appartements, des vies isolées et monotones suivent leur cours sans même se croiser. Un homme est projeté hors de son quotidien quand il fait une rencontre fortuite, mais révélatrice, qui vient briser sa routine et celle de ses voisins.

SYNOPSIS : This film portrays the lifestyle and philosophy of artist Stanislav Stanek, acadeny-trained painter from the Czech Republic. Stanek's personal artistic style is laden with drive, creativity, emotional resonance and artistic skill. Stanek, in both his art and his everyday world, demonstrates the high standards of a true artist, yet remains accessible to every living soul.

SYNOPSIS : Today Antonio hasn’t touched a single line in the house’s plan he’s been working for over a week. It is not precisely the best day in his life. Actually, it is not his best year either. He needs, just as his plan, a detail that gives sense to all that lines.Aujourd’hui, Antonio n’a pas touché à une seule ligne du plan de maison auquel il travaille depuis plus d’une semaine. Ce n’est vraiment pas le plus beau jour de sa vie. En fait , ce n’est pas sa meilleure année non plus Il a besoin d’un détail de plus pour donner un sens à toutes ces lignes.

SYNOPSIS : Duca, 15, discovers that the crimes he sees on his computer games can also take place in real life, when his uncle Eder is arrested for an ill explained murder. Duca decides to investigate the case himself, and is joined by his friends Kid and Isa. But Isa seems to be more interested in Kid. And Kid seems more interested in the first female who comes along. And Duca, of course, is actually only interested in Isa.

SYNOPSIS : Mozart had an older sister called Nannerl. Child prodigy, she was introduced with her brother to all European courts. In the end of a three year family travel, she met in Versailles Louis XV's son who encouraged her to write music. But Nannerl is a girl and a girl does not have the right to compose...Mozart avait une sœur surnommée Nannerl. Enfant prodige, elle est présentée avec son frère à toutes les cours européennes. Mais elle doit renoncer à la musique.

SYNOPSIS : In May 2008 a cyclone called Nargis raged for hours in Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta, killing over 140,000 people. Seven days later, this film crew arrives on the scene of the disaster where nothing was ever going to be the same.Birmanie, mai 2008: le cyclone Nargis fait rage dans le delta de l’Irrawaddy. Plus de 140 000 personnes meurent. Sept jours après le cyclone, l’équipe du film est arrivée dans des lieux où rien n’était plus comme avant.

SYNOPSIS : Arrivé en Afrique depuis quelques semaines, un jeune Belge voit voler en éclat tous ses préjugés... Film réalisé entièrement à partir d’images d’archives de l’Office national du film du Canada.

SYNOPSIS : Roger is a former concert pianist, debilitated by later stage Huntington's disease. His wife, Fay, has become his caregiver. Since the onset of his illness ten years ago, Roger has lost control of his movements, and the ability to think and communicate. Now, no longer able to cope with her husband's incapacitated state and the deterioration of their marriage, Fay struggles to find meaning in their existence.L’histoire d’amour entre Roger, ancien pianiste de concert au dernier stade de la maladie de Huntington, et sa femme Fay. Dix ans après le début de la maladie, Roger a perdu le contrôle de ses mouvements et la capacité de penser et de communiquer. Fay se débat pour trouver un sens à leur existence.

SYNOPSIS : At the peak of an overpopulation crisis in the near future, a random lottery grants a couple the right to produce one child. But they become pregnant with twins.Dans un avenir rapproché, au plus fort de la crise de surpopulation qui affecte le monde, un couple remporte à la loterie le droit de concevoir un enfant. Mais la femme est bientôt enceinte de jumeaux...

SYNOPSIS : Flora, a 72-year-old spinster who has spent her whole life looking after others, is now worried that, with her last nieces gone from the village, she will be carted off the the old people’s home. Her salvation is Purita...Flora, 72 ans, est une vieille fille. Elle vit dans un petit village et elle a passé toute sa vie à s’occuper des membres de sa famille. Maintenant, il est grand temps qu’on s’occupe d’elle.

SYNOPSIS : A group of friends reunite at a New Year’s party a year out of university. They are all being thrust into the world of adult responsibility and accountability...Un an après leurs études à l’université, quelques amis se retrouvent pour fêter le nouvel an. Cette rencontre les oblige à revoir leurs priorités.

SYNOPSIS : Jerome Robbins’ 1958 classic “ballet in sneakers” is given a new screen adaptation featuring dancers of the New York City Ballet, and the histofry and significance of Robbins’ classic is resumed in a documentary epilogue.À partir de témoignages et de commentaires, ce documentaire en deux sections recrée de façon encore plus vibrante l’œuvre sensuelle et sexy de Jerome Robbins, NY Export: Opus Jazz.

SYNOPSIS : The documentary follows Nigatu, an Ethiopian marathon runner on his way from Addis Ababa to one of the world’s largest marathon races in Frankfurt, Germany. A chance to earn money.La caméra suit les préparatifs du coureur éthiopien Nigatu, d’Addis Abeba jusqu’au marathon de Francfort, l’un des plus grands du monde. Cette course, à laquelle est rattachée une somme d’argent importante, pourrait bien être le début d’une prestigieuse carrière.

SYNOPSIS : 24 heures dans l'intimité de cinq êtres tous cabossés par la vie. Le film explore l'expérience de l'immigration illégale, l'exclusion sociale et comment les rêves sont brisés par des lois absurdes. Cette nuit, leurs destins vont se croiser, se frôler, se percuter et se bouleverser. Une nuit qui révélera ce que chacun voulait cacher ou ne pas voir. Le film ne juge personne, mais ne fait aucune concession quant au réalisme cru qu'il décrit. / During 24 hours and through the experience of 5 destenies the film explores the fate of African illegal immigrants and how their dreams are shattered in Europe today. The film is topical and incisive in its presentation of the immigrant experience in Europe, and while it presents hopeful moments of intimacy, it refuses any easy optimism in its conclusions.

SYNOPSIS : A disillusioned older woman is trying to hide her true nature from the young girl she is dating. Things heat up considerably when her maker shows up, displeased with her life in denial and her outright refusal to see him. A story about passionate affaires, vicious circles and fresh blood. Une femme mûre désabusée cherche à cacher qui elle est vraiment à la jeune fille qu’elle fréquente. La situation se corse quand son créateur se ramène, mécontent qu’elle renie sa vraie nature et qu’elle refuse catégoriquement de le voir. Une histoire de liaisons passionnées, de cercles vicieux et de chair fraîche...

SYNOPSIS : Vlad, 25, an orchestra conductor, and Vica, 23, a pianist, have just gotten married. With a baby on the way, they need to make a home together. Strapped for cash they decide to get married again in in Vica’s native Bessarabia, where the tradition of wedding gifts is more generous and includes cash.Vlad, 25 ans, chef d’orchestre, et Vica, 23 ans, pianiste, viennent de convoler en justes noces. Comme ils sont sur le point d’avoir un enfant, ils ont besoin d'argent. Ils décident alors de se marier de nouveau chez les parents de Vica, en Bessarabie, où ils pourront recevoir de nombreux cadeaux en argent.

SYNOPSIS : A troubled high-school kid pretending to be dying of cancer confronts problems with his new girlfriend and terminally ill father as he struggles with his daily existence.Norman Long est un lycéen solitaire, conscient de soi, un adolescent sinistrement drôle. Peu de temps après la mort soudaine de sa mère, il réalise qu’il doit surmonter la dure réalité de voir son père atteint du cancer.

SYNOPSIS : A film about the universe of discovery and expectations of adolescents when they come across the emotions of love.

SYNOPSIS : Confronted with the monotony of the 9 to 5 workday, Zach takes refuge in his imagination, bringing Isabelle along with him. Running from reality is never a permanent solution, though.Face à la monotonie de son travail quotidien, Zach trouve refuge dans son imagination et entraîne Isabelle avec lui. Cependant, fuir la réalité n’est jamais qu’une solution temporaire.

SYNOPSIS : When a rabid dog bites young Sierva María, the bishop declares she is possessed and entrusts Cayetano his pupil, with her exorcism. The priest and the girl find themselves seduced by a demon more powerful than faith and reason.Au temps de l’Inquisition et de l’esclavage, Sierva María, fille d’aristrocrates, veut connaître la sensation que peuvent procurer les baisers. Elle a 13 ans.

SYNOPSIS : Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.

SYNOPSIS : Two days before Christmas in Rio de Janeiro and the lives of several people will be affected by random encounters. Can love change things?23 décembre. Une série de rencontres aléatoires va changer la vie de diverses personnes.

SYNOPSIS : Following the journey of a dolalr bill from factory conception to a dramatic end, One explores the different facets of society affected by the power of currency.À travers la vie d’un billet d’un dollar, depuis sa fabrication en usine jusqu’à sa fin abrupte, exploration de différentes facettes de la société affectées par le pouvoir de la monnaie.

SYNOPSIS : In the wake of the violent post-election protests in Iran, a family tries to hide the news of the death of their youngest member from their grandmother.Pendant le mouvement de protestation qui suit les élections iraniennes, une famille tente de cacher à la grand-mère la nouvelle du décès de son plus jeune membre.

SYNOPSIS : Eléonore, a beautiful, homeless young girl with a missing arm is invited to stay in the largely empty mansion of Georges London, a respectable 50-year-old judge. But is he as respectable as people think?Eléonore est une charmante jeune fille d'une vingtaine d'années, dont la particularité est de n'avoir, depuis sa naissance, qu'un seul bras. Abandonnée par ses parents, elle a grandi dans un orphelinat en Bourgogne.

SYNOPSIS : A young woman struggles with the pressure to reproduce in a post-apocalyptic setting.Après une catastrophe, une femme est déchirée entre la pression d’avoir un enfant et l’envie de demeurer sans attaches.

SYNOPSIS : Écrit et réalisé par le cinéaste à succès Jefferson Lewis, et produit en partenariat avec l’ONF, Discovery Canada et Radio-Canada, le long métrage documentaire L’Année de la variole est inspiré du best-seller de Michael Bliss, Plague : How Smallpox Devastated Montreal.Le film mêle séquences historiques et contemporaines, décrivant la tragique et poignante histoire de l’épidémie de variole qui s’est produite à Montréal en 1885 (dernier cas contemporain recensé en milieu urbain) d’une part, et la comparant, de l’autre, aux réalités actuelles de la ville pour poser la question : comment réagirait Montréal aujourd’hui face à l’apparition d’une épidémie de variole ou d’une autre maladie mortelle ? Un regard lucide et surprenant sur le récit du déclenchement d’une future pandémie, ses probabilités ainsi que ses effets.

SYNOPSIS : Tom is a victim of cystic fibrosis, a disease that slowly destroys his lungs. Xavier also suffers from the same disease but he behaves like an athlete and his joie de vivre rubs off onto Tom. But what good is that against a deadly disease?Tom et son frère Lucas, deux jeunes hommes, souffrent de fibrose kystique, une maladie génétique qui détruit lentement les poumons. Chacun, à sa façon, se bat pour survivre.

SYNOPSIS : A 96 years old holocaust survivor tries to 'pay back' the Christian lady who saved her, by giving back some of the good she got to a 5 years old Peruvian girl who lives with her and is facing deportation from the only home she ever had. A different holocaust story about remembrance and future.

SYNOPSIS : Based in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the story of child-brides, of two women who are wedlocked under a Talibani controlled tearoom where they both try to find a way of escaping a life of slavery and servitude.À Kandahar, en Afghanistan, deux jeunes filles sont victimes de mariages forcés dans un salon de thé contrôlé par les talibans et tentent de trouver une manière d’échapper à l’esclavage et à la servitude.

SYNOPSIS : Following the feet that come and go and accompanied by colors and notes of a violin, the village shoemaker seeks the perfect pair, in a fable of love and shoes.

SYNOPSIS : When an 8-year old Catholic girl catches her dad red-handed in a lie, she finds a creative way to get back at him, with violent and humorous consequences.Quand une jeune catholique de huit ans surprend son père en plein mensonge, elle trouve une manière créative de lui manifester sa réprobation, avec des conséquences violentes et drôles.

SYNOPSIS : This work focuses on homosexuality, yet not only as a social issue, but rather as the impact it may have on an individual’s life, aside from the stresses of coming out and being honest about it. Regard sur l’homosexualité à travers les émois d’une jeune femme qui vit clandestinement l’intensité d’un nouvel amour et tente de braver les préjugés du monde extérieur.

SYNOPSIS : When uptight health nut Bob pops some pills from his roomate’s zinc bottle, he goes on a wild adventure that leads to unwanted self-discovery.Quand Bob, un obsédé de la forme plutôt coincé, emprunte les suppléments de zinc de son camarade de chambre, il est plongé dans une aventure dont il ne sort pas indemme.

SYNOPSIS : Steps lead us to a small dance studio in the heart of Brussels where dancers participate in a session of improvisation.Des pas nous mènent dans un petit studio de danse au cœur de Bruxelles. Les danseurs de passage participent à une séance d’improvisation.

SYNOPSIS : A perfect day.Une journée parfaite.

SYNOPSIS : Warsaw 1967. Against the background of political dissent and an antisemitic campaign by the Communist government, a secret police informer conscripts his own fiancée in a plot to snare a prominent Polish dissident writer. Dans la Pologne de 1967, une jeune femme est mêlée malgré elle aux enjeux politiques qui secouent le pays.

SYNOPSIS : According to a local legend, many years ago horses in the village of Vasilievka appeared as if by some miracle. Since that time the famous herd of horses has been lovingly protected by the villagers. But now they seem to have no other choice than to send the poor animals to the slaughterhouse. Only little Mitya Vorobiev comes to the defence of the horsesSelon une légende locale, il y a de cela plusieurs années, des chevaux sont apparus comme par miracle dans le village de Vasilievka. Depuis ce temps, les villageois ont pris soin d’eux. Mais maintenant ils n'ont d’autre choix que d’envoyer les chevaux à l’abattoir. Seul le petit Mitya Vorobiev peut encore défendre et protéger le troupeau de chevaux.

SYNOPSIS : In far away icy lands, the Pinguinics (rare specie of penguins) get into the most different situations with their friends and enemies, the viptins and the vaptuns, rare species of alien bugs who have landed in the North Pole.

SYNOPSIS : Today is the day we join Ines, Antonia, Marian and Monica. It's the most important day of their lives; it's the day they must choose between returning to their old lives or starting afresh.Quatre femmes dont le destin va changer du jour au lendemain, sans qu’elles s’y attendent le moins du monde.

SYNOPSIS : Play.Stop.Rewind. is a tender tale of two brothers coming to terms with the tragic death of theirmother. On the day of the funeral, Joel, a special need child goes missing and sets off the familyin a search frenzy.Le jour des funérailles de leur mère, Joel, un garçon avec des difficultés d’apprentissage, manque à l’appel. Dani, l’aîné, refuse de partir sans lui. Finalement, tous deux passent la journée à écouter la voix de leur mère sur l’enregistreuse de Joel.

SYNOPSIS : It is summer and 27 year-old Sam is at the wheel of his Ford, heading due south. Sitting in the back seat are Mathieu and Léa, a brother and sister he met by chance on the road. On their long journey, far from highways and major roads, making their way to Spain, they will get to know, fight, and love one another.C’est l’été. Sam, 27 ans, est au volant de sa vieille Ford sur la route du Midi. Léa et Mathieu sont frère et sœur. Ils font du stop et Sam les embarque pour tromper son ennui sur la route qui est longue. Au cours de leur voyage, le conducteur et ses passagers vont faire connaissance, se disputer, s’aimer.

SYNOPSIS : After the death of their grandfather in a mudslide, Jairo, an itinerant photographer, and Marina, his young amnesic and mute cousin, decide to go back and try to recover the land from which she was displaced years ago...Après le décès de leur grand-père dans une coulée de boue, Jairo, photographe itinérant, et Marina, sa jeune cousine amnésique décident de reprendre la terre qu’elle a dû abandonner il y a quelques années.

SYNOPSIS : A day before his wedding, Shai visits Tamar, his ex-girlfriend, for a tempestuous encounter prior to becoming established. Tamar leaves him a hickey, entangling the situation.À la veille de son mariage, Shay rend visite à Tamar, son ex, pour une dernière rencontre houleuse avant de commencer sa vie maritale. La situation se complique à cause du suçon que Tamar lui laisse dans le cou.

SYNOPSIS : Her job as a journalist has taken Ana all over the world. Since her teenage years, thanks to her father’s influence, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its contents, has been the foundation of her perspective on human behaviour, both individually and collectively,Depuis son adolescence et sous l’influence de son père, Ana, journaliste, a toujours considéré la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme comme un prisme par lequel observer les comportements individuels et collectifs du développement humain. Son désir d’améliorer les relations humaines l’a conduite à un document permettant de constater les terribles manquements aux droits de l’homme.

SYNOPSIS : Based on a true story, this is a film about a woman, judged to be sick by society, who heals and brings joy to others around her through her presence and personality.PRINCESSE est un film sur une femme considérée malade par la société. Mais elle finit par guérir, et grâce à sa présence et à sa personnalité, sème la joie autour d’elle.

SYNOPSIS : "Pros 2" is about Brazilian soccer: rich players, poor players, businessmen, managers, lawyers, journalists, and young women. It is a film of vignettes broken into episodes. It's composed of many stories full of comedy, drama and creativity, just like Brazilian soccer.

SYNOPSIS : In a typical São Paulo bar where soccer players' pictures cover the walls, a group of men have something in common: they are all "boleiros" (pros), professionals and former professionals of football. They usually meet to recall events and comment on games, players, teams, and referees. Former players Naldinho and Otávio meet every afternoon with other former football players. Sitting at the table, they remember some curious and unforgettable incidents they have heard of, such as the transformation of a corrupt referee; and the player Paulinho Majestade, who is forced to put his trophies and medals up for sale when he is broke. Irreverently nostalgic, Giorgetti crowds his film with ordinary characters and episodes we have once heard about. He does this so skillfully that we end up convinced that everyone really has a story worth knowing about, people just need to learn how to tell it. 

SYNOPSIS : Un homme fait écho aux témoignages de victimes de différents génocides. Les voix s'unissent et se répondent pour révéler des fragments de souvenirs longtemps oubliés.

SYNOPSIS : A man and a woman. A blind date. An urban legend. Eszti is in a park waiting for her blind date, when Zoli turns up to snatch a few quiet minutes for himself. It’s all a misunderstanding...Un homme et une femme. Un rendez-vous arrangé. Zoli a quelques kilos en trop, mais son sourire réconfortant et ses yeux observateurs donnent confiance.

SYNOPSIS : The prisoner R arrives at Denmark’s toughest prison to serve a sentence for violent assault. R is reduced to a number, a letter, just another inmate. Prison is a parallel world filled with rules, honour and debts.R arrive dans l’une des prisons les plus récalcitrantes du Danemark où il doit purger une peine pour actes d’agression violents.

SYNOPSIS : When Yumiko Yano travels with her sons from her home in Tokyo to the Taiwanese village of her late husband, the boys discover a culture and a society that is alien to their Japanese existence. Some painful re-assessments ensue.Accompagnée de ses enfants Atsushi et Toki, Yumiko Yano se rend chez les parents de son mari, récemment décédé, afin de leur remettre les cendres de leur fils.

SYNOPSIS : When his parents are about to divorce, a middle-class teenager in Tehran will need to make some bold choices.Lorsque ses parents divorcent, un adolescent de la classe moyenne de Téhéran doit faire des choix.

SYNOPSIS : Out in the countryside and in a camp near the border, a couple works at defusing the mines which remained after the war. One day before New Year’s they find an antique buried underground in the minefield and their lives are forever changed. Un couple désamorce les mines, vestiges de la guerre, à l’extérieur du pays et dans un camp proche de la frontière. Un jour avant les festivités du Nouvel An, ils trouvent une antiquité enfouie dans le champ de mines qui change douloureusement leur vie.

SYNOPSIS : A story of a modern man, successful and ambitious who defines his life through the scope of his job. At the end of a not so common day, he receives an anonymous letter that triggers a feeling that he might have missed something...L’histoire d’un homme d’aujourd’hui, prospère et ambitieux, dont la vie est définie par le travail. À la fin d’une journée pas si ordinaire, il reçoit une lettre anonyme qui déclenche chez lui le sentiment qu’il a manqué quelque chose...

SYNOPSIS : REGARDING VANCOUVER looks at the city's mythologies and processes of image-making. Mixing archival and contemporary elements to defamiliarize expected visions of Vancouver and rediscover the visible evidence of urban decay and development, the film experiments with documentary form itself to create deliberate anachronisms and unsettle the official account of the city's history.Vancouver est une de ces villes qui se réinventent continuellement. Le film mêle images d’archives et prises de vue d’aujourd’hui pour présenter une vision inattendue et déstabilisante de la ville.

SYNOPSIS : Rodrigo is going to die at age 20. Before that, he becomes isolated in his subconscious mind and builds a reliquary of his life.

SYNOPSIS : Roland is the master of his relationship with Judith. Over time, bit by bit, Judith’s voice has grown dim; she rarely gets a word in edgewise. She lost her job at the hospital and has been trying to tell Roland but he always has something “more important”... C'est l'histoire d'un couple. Judith, jeune infirmière, modeste et effacée, travaille dans un service de cancérologie. Roland, idéaliste et tourmenté, est vendeur dans un magasin d'Hi-Fi, mais surtout passionné, hors de raison, par l'opéra.

SYNOPSIS : Rene Dadiani, 37, teaches video arts and also works as a driver for a propane gas company. Rene likes to say that a man should try everything in life; a person can enrich himself with via fantasy and imagination. Rene Dadiani, 37 ans, enseigne l’art vidéo dans une école de cinéma tout en travaillant pour une société de livraison de gaz propane. Selon lui, un homme doit tout essayer dans sa vie. Il est convaincu qu’une personne doit nourrir ses fantasmes et son imaginaire, et se construire un soi-disant monde de fantaisie.

SYNOPSIS : EXPÉRIMENTAL. A collage of cropped video images that unify to create three alternating cubist video canvases. A satirical portrait of the relationship between ruler and subject in a day of political turmoil set in a fictitious nation.EXPÉRIMENTAL. Un collage d’images vidéo recadrées qui crééent trois toiles vidéos cubistes en alternance. Portrait satirique de la relation entre gouvernants et gouvernés au sein d’une nation fictive, un jour d’agitation politique.

SYNOPSIS : Álvaro returns to his home village after an absence of ten years to attend his father’s funeral. He tries to reconcile with his brother and to rebuild his relationship with his daughter, but things get complicated when he finds a woman’s body on the road. Après dix ans d’absence, Álvaro retourne dans son village pour assister aux funérailles de son père.

SYNOPSIS : In response to forestry work that his father imposed on him in his youth, what a man once scorned has become, over time, the foundation of his person.En réaction face aux travaux forestiers que son père lui imposait dans son jeune âge, un homme nous révèle que les actions qu’il méprisait autrefois sont devenues, au fil du temps, le fondement de sa personne.

SYNOPSIS : Rhonda, a reclusive nursing home resident with a tough exterior, has spent months planning her best friend’s 100th birthday party. The band is booked, the cake is ordered, and everyone is invited. But when her friend dies on the eve of the celebration, a young nurse must deliver the crushing news, and Rhonda is forced to overcome her loneliness and decide whether or not the party will go on. Dans une maison de retraite, Rhonda, une vieille dame solitaire, s’affaire aux préparatifs d’une fête à l’occasion du 100e anniversaire de sa meilleure amie, à l’aide d’une jeune infirmière, Amy (Karine Vanasse). Mais la veille de la célébration, un événement imprévu met la fête en péril...

SYNOPSIS : Pendant trois ans, les realisateurs ont documente le mode de vie et les tribulations d'un groupe de jeunes qui vivent a la maniere des années 1950 sous l'influence de la musique rockabilly. Avec des performances et entrevues exclusives de la part des legendes du rockabilly tels que Wanda Jackson, The Comets et Joe Clay. / For over three years, the filmmakers documented the lives and tribulations of a handful of characters within the rockabilly subculture in Montreal. The film is about a community of people who are dedicated to the 1950s rockabilly music and lifestyle.

SYNOPSIS : Gilles and Bob. two old friends and small-time crooks, decide to hit the road for a little crime spree. Their journey is sprinkled with unforeseeable encounters and the voyage takes an unexpected turn, leading Gilles and Bob on the path of hope and renewal.Deux vieux amis Bob et Gilles, décident de prendre le large sur la route 132, en direction du Bas-du-Fleuve, pour commettre de menus larcins. Leur périple sera parsemé de rencontres imprévisibles et le voyage prendra une tournure inattendue, amenant Gilles et Bob sur le chemin du renouveau.

SYNOPSIS : The mind of a very young girl who's going to be kissed for the first time. Doubts and fears drowned in saliva.

SYNOPSIS : A celebration of the human body in motion. The exhilarating feeling of flight is captured as the performers run, jump, leap, soar, flip, and spin through the movements of dance, Parkour, free-running, tricking, and martial arts acrobatics. Célébration du corps en mouvement. Défiant la gravité, les danseurs et acrobates courent, tournent, bondissent, s’élancent et prennent leur envol, mêlant mouvements de danse et acrobaties, Parkour et arts martiaux. Une symphonie de figures animées.

SYNOPSIS : A look into Scientology, which was founded in 1950 by Ron Hubbard and re-baptized a "church" in 1954. Whether it is considered a "mental technology", a church or a sect -- it has succeeded within 50 years in establishing itself as a formidable organization across the western world.Fondée en 1950 aux États-Unis par Ron Hubbard et rebaptisée “église” en 1954, la Scientologie, qu’elle soit considérée comme une technologie du mental, une église ou une secte, a réussi en 50 ans à s’imposer dans le monde occidental.

SYNOPSIS : Loin de leur Algérie natale, Rajaa et Mehadji se démènent sans compter pour démarrer leur petite entreprise de recyclage dans un quartier industriel de Montréal.

SYNOPSIS : Mathilde is in love. She’s dying to tell her brother Louis. Only, Louis is dead! Fortunately, his grave is endowed with the Second Life option, one that gives the living the illusion of communicating with the dead. Mathilde est amoureuse. Elle aimerait bien en parler à son grand frère Louis, mais Louis est mort ! Heureusement, sa sépulture est équipée de l'option Seconde vie qui donne aux vivants l'illusion de communiquer avec les défunts.

SYNOPSIS : Seeing Maggie Pootoogook is a gently comedic short exploring tensions between the north and south among youth in contemporary Iqaluit.Dix-sept ans après avoir adopté Julien, ses deux mamans, des artistes de Montréal, décident de déménager dans son Iqaluit natal. Bien qu’il soit Inuk, l’adolescent se sent peu à sa place dans son nouvel environnement, jusqu’à que Maggie Pootoogook décide de le prendre sous son aile.

SYNOPSIS : September 2008. Soldiers in a village notice a child abandoned after the occupation. They take a medallion from the child and drive off. But the child runs after them. They try to scare him off with gunfire but he is not easily frightened...Septembre 2008. Les soldats remarquent un enfant abandonné dans un village désert après l’Occupation. Le conflit qui surgit entre eux illustre bien l’impuissance d’une arme contre un être humain qui défend sans fléchir sa propre dignité jusqu’au bout.

SYNOPSIS : 300 kilometers west of Toronto lies the forgotten town of North Buxton. Established by abolitionnists and runaway slaves, it was founded as a place where communities could live free. While away at the University, Chris Prince felt this obligation to his family and tradition, returning home to farm the land of his ancestors.Chris Prince retourne cultiver la terre de ses ancêtres, dans la petite ville oubliée de North Buxton, à 300 km à l’ouest de Toronto, fondée à l’origine par des abolitionnistes et des esclaves affranchis comme une terre de liberté.

SYNOPSIS : 1992 - A 12 years old child calls out to the whole planet. 18 years later, The Earth is still in the same state and Severn speaks again, showing that despite the emergency, it is still possible to change the course of things in order to respect biodiversity. Who will answer Severn’s call?

SYNOPSIS : People are not who they seem when a misdirected text message leads a yong woman to meet with the wife of her boyfriend and ask what is really going on in their relationship.Les gens ne sont pas qui ils semblent être. Quand une jeune femme reçoit un message qui ne lui est pas destiné, elle décide de rencontrer la femme de son copain pour comprendre ce qui se passe vraiment dans leur relation.

SYNOPSIS : Alfredo, 51, is an established painter who finds himself stuck in an artistic rut. His young wife, Luciana, 24, has been his muse in recent years, but something between them has been lost. Alfredo, 51 ans, peintre établi, traverse une crise de créativité. Luciana, 24 ans, sa femme, a déjà été sa muse. Mais aujourd’hui, quelque chose s’est brisé entre eux.

SYNOPSIS : The man in the sentry box at a bank is at once a guard and a prisoner.Le poste du garde de sécurité d’une banque est un micro-univers sombre et oppressant qui retient entre ses murs un homme et son histoire. Mais nous ne sommes pas près de découvrir toutes les contradictions de cet homme, confiné à un abri devenu prison

SYNOPSIS : Suichi is madly in love with his wife, but he suspects that she is unfaithful, and this gnawing jealousy leaxds to a bizarre murder.Un homme vit confortablement grâce à l’héritage de son père, mais il est incapable d’arrêter de penser que sa femme ne l’aime plus.

SYNOPSIS : Kitz, hoping to become a secret service agent, acquires an eye chip, an implanted permanent video camera. Images appear on it that he can't remember taking: trouble, disturbing news and paranoia ensue. The movie is about the price of looking (away), the ambiguity of waking, dream states, and the delicate balance among what we witness, what we want, and what we remember.

SYNOPSIS : While in the Philippines searching for her long-lost daughter, Dolly, a Filipino-American is reunited with her former revolutionary comrades, forty years since they last saw each other. Times have changed and so have the former revolutionaries.Dolly retourne aux Philippines pour retrouver sa fille, perdue de vue depuis plusieurs années et elle y retrouve aussi ses anciens camarades révolutionnaires. Leur rencontre est l’occasion de dresser le bilan d’une époque charnière aux Philippines.

SYNOPSIS : A magical summer interlude awaits a young woman in a dark moment in history when she reluctantly accepts an invitation to a couple’s farmhouse in the south of France. As teasing, complicity, and jealousies give way to love and laughter, the power of sheer joy makes time stop for a moment in occupied France.Ce film s’inspire d’un épisode de la vie de la philosophe française mystique Simone Weil (1909-1943): sa rencontre avec le philosophe-paysan Gustave Thibon (1903-2001), qui l’accueillit un été dans sa ferme de l’Ardèche, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

SYNOPSIS : Ce film met en scène cinq chapitre de la vie sentimentale de cinq femmes, kilongo, Rita, julie, Bijou, Micheline… Amour, jalousie, infidélité…This film puts in scene five chapters of love life of five young women Kilongo, Rita, Julie, Bijou, Micheline… Love, Jealousy, inaccuracy…

SYNOPSIS : Do you want some?

SYNOPSIS : Mustaches. Vaseline. Sleepwalking.Moustaches. Vaseline. Crises de somnanbulisme.

SYNOPSIS : When Walter is hired to keep watch on his boss’ villa in the mountains, it seems like a holiday for the luckless gangster. But the snowy idyll comes to an abrupt end when the boss’ young wife accidentally shoots herself at a party. Walter must get rid of the body or suffer mob retribution...Tueur à la solde sans emploi, Walter se voit confier une nouvelle mission qui va le conduire malgré lui dans des terrains glissants. Film noir a mi-chemin entre Tarantino et les frères Coen.

SYNOPSIS : Une cordonnerie est au cœur de Soled Out, une exploration métaphorique qui confronte le paradoxe et la vie. Tout le monde cherche à vivre éternellement, tandis que personne ne veut mourir. Mais comment savoir qu’il est temps de quitter la partie? Comment même engrener le processus?

SYNOPSIS : Someone Else's Abortion is a film about borderline maternity and the wrenching decisions made by Brazilian women faced with unwanted or difficult pregnancies in a society where most abortions are illegal. In Brazil abortion is a crime except in the case of rape, danger to the life of the mother, and certain instances of severe, fatal birth defects. The film focuses on women who obtain these legal abortions, which are performed in the public hospital system and also reveals the drama of illegal, clandestine abortions. It shows the perverse effects criminalization has on women and demonstrates the need for the reform of Brazil's abortion laws.

SYNOPSIS : Two teenagers, Caio and Mari, go out for a great night of fun in the streets of Sao Paulo. They dance, they laugh, they play, they learn more about themselves. 

SYNOPSIS : Full breath and into the final sleep. A lullaby, eyes closed, into silence.Plein cap à pleins poumons et à toute vapeur sur l’ultime repos. Une berceuse les yeux fermés pour sombrer en toute quiétude.

SYNOPSIS : Quartier Saint-Michel, Montréal. Jecko, métis haïtien québécois, voit son enfance basculer lorsque, à l'âge de huit ans, il voit son père assassiner sa mère, un crime qu'il se jure de venger. Recruté par un gang de rue après avoir été balloté d'une famille d'accueil à l'autre, il chemine dans la violence jusqu'à ce qu'il décide de prendre son destin en mains en refusant le chemin qu'il croyait inéluctablement tracé pour lui. Son éveil à des valeurs plus humaines l'amène à changer de trajectoire, même au risque d'être rejeté par ses pairs.Saint Michel district, Montreal, Ronald, an eight year-old bi-racial boy, sees his life turning upside down after witnessing the brutal murder of his mother by his father. Often, moved from one foster home to the next, Ronald is recruited by another family… a street gang, led by the notorious Brooklyn, where he dwells in a life of crime and violence. As he waits patiently for his father's released from jail to avenge his mother, Ronald realizes that he has choices. He doesn't have to follow his father's footsteps nor the path chosen for him. Against all odds, he decides to take control of his destiny. His awakening to new humane values pushes him to change course despite the unequivocal risk of losing the only family he's ever known.

SYNOPSIS : The adventures of Abila, a 14-year-old Kenyan boy who is tasked with saving his father’s “stolen” soul.Les aventures d’Abila, un jeune adolscent de 14 ans, qui cherche à retrouver l’âme perdue de son père.

SYNOPSIS : A fantasy about gardeners in Los Angeles who use their leaf blowers in surprising and magical ways.Deux jardiniers de Los Angeles utilisent leurs souffleurs de feuilles de manière surprenante et magique.

SYNOPSIS : Daniel and Lyne have lived together for some time, but their relationship is deteriorating. They look outside of their relationship for a solution, but that might not be wise. The decline continues...La relation de Daniel et Lyne, qui vivent ensemble depuis quelque temps, dérape. Ils cherchent des recours extérieurs, mais est-ce bien ce qu’il faut faire? Chaque jour les sépare un peu plus l’un de l’autre.

SYNOPSIS : Though Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane live in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and sometimes work as prostitutes in order to survive,