Drama



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 ...



Free Men   Les Hommes Libres

  • Wed Feb 15 - 11:00 AM

1942, in German-occupied Paris. Younes, a young unemployed Algerian, earns his living as a black marketer. Arrested by the French police, Younes agrees to spy on the Paris Mosque



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.



Short Films   Courts métrages

  • Sat Mar 24 - 11:00 AM

Guillaume Courty, Aurélien Bodinaux, Izabel Barsive and Daouda Coulibaly in attendance/ Followed by a round table: “The challenges of making a short film” at 12:15pm ( round table: Free Entrance) / Co-presented by the FRIC

From Mali to Morocco, with detours in Belgium and Canada, let yourself be swept away and discover the best short films of the year.



Headswinds   Des Vents Contraires

  • Sat Mar 24 - 9:00 PM

North American Premiere

Sarah vanishes without a trace, leaving Paul and their 2 children in great distress ... Away from Paris and back to his native Brittany, Paul wants to start from scratch ... But life with its ups and downs does not spare him.



Short Films  Courts métrages

  • Sun Mar 25 - 11:00 AM

Marc-André Girard in attendance / Co-presented by the FRIC

From Cameroun to Canada, let yourself be swept away and discover the best short films of the year.



Femmes en Miroirs  Femmes en Miroirs

  • Sun Mar 25 - 1:15 PM

Word Premiere / Co-presented by UN Women – National Committee Canada / Arabic w.english sub.

A young Moroccan female photographer of international notoriety established in Paris, has to go back to her country to attend her sick mother. Her return triggers memories of her past and of her parents secret, controversial story.



Free Men   Les Hommes Libres

  • Sun Mar 25 - 6:30 PM

Co-presented by the Moroccan Jewish Community of Toronto

1942, in German-occupied Paris; Younes, a young unemployed Algerian, earns his living as a black marketer. Arreted by the French police, Youned agreese to spy on the Paris Mosque.



The Straight Line   La ligne Droite

  • Sun Mar 25 - 9:00 PM

North American Premiere

Yannick, an ambitious young athlete, has recently become blind after a car accident. He needs a guide for his racing competitions. Leila, just out of prison and an athlete herself, accepts to accompany him on the racetracks. 



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?

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