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The First Man  Le Premier Homme

  • Mon Feb 6 - 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

2011: Winner of the Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) at the TIFF.

Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories ...



Trash  Décharge

  • Fri Mar 23 - 9:15 PM

Ontario Theatrical Premiere / Sophie Desmarais in attendance.

Pierre, a reformed drug addict, is now living happily. A familly man, a still loving husband and the head of a small garbage collection business, he wants to get his neighbourhood rid of its drug dealers and prostitures.



Holidays by the sea  Ni à vendre ni à louer

  • Sat Mar 24 - 1:45 PM

Canadian Premiere

 Pascal Rabaté’s film is a burlesque comedy in the pure tradition of Jacques Tati where whimsical skits overlap to result in a near-silent film with crazy charm.



On the beat  Sur le rythme

  • Sat Mar 24 - 4:00 PM

English Canada Premiere

Unbeknownst to her parents, Delphine gives university up to dedicate herself to dancing. A famous New York choreographer will be dropping in her dance class, which could be the chance of a lifetime. 



My worst nightmare  Mon pire cauchemar

  • Sat Mar 24 - 6:30 PM

 Agathe, an educated but haughty woman, manages a contemporary art gallery while living with her son and her husband, a brilliant book publisher, in an opulent-looking Parisian apartment.



The long falling  Où va la nuit

  • Mon Mar 26 - 8:30 PM

English Canada Premiere / Adapted from an Irish Novel

Rose Mayer, a wife trapped in her silent and lonely suffering, decides to kill her abusive husband. Is it a murder or an act of justice?



The Giants  Les Géants

  • Tue Mar 27 - 6:30 PM

English Canada Premiere

 Zak and Seth, two brothers hardly passed their childhood, are spending the summer in their house in the country. Forsaken by their mother, they quickly run out of money. They meet another teenager Dany ...



Early One Morning   De Bon Matin

  • Tue Mar 27 - 9:00 PM

English Canada Premiere

One morning like any other morning, Paul Wertrer, a bank employee, arrives at his office at precisely 8am, takes his gun out, shoots two managers and locks himself in his office, waiting for the police.



The First Man  Le premier Homme

  • Wed Mar 28 - 6:30 PM

Drama adapted from the unfinished autobiographical novel The First Man by Albert Camus / Pr. Daniele Issa-Sayegh in attendance

Jacque Cormery (Albert Camus’ alter ego) comes back to his beloved native country Algeria caught in bloody clashes between the freedom fighters and the French colonialists. 



The Disintegration   La Désintégration

  • Wed Mar 28 - 9:00 PM

North American Premiere / Pr. Daniele Issa-Sayegh in attendance

Ali, Nasser and Hamza, young people facing social rejection in a suburb of Lille, meet Djamel who knows how to listen to them. His maturity and charisma attract these disillusioned youths who will progressively and inescapably drift towards radical Islamism.

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