CHER JACKIE a l’affiche le 17 juin

Cinema Politica Distribution et Catbird Productions sont ravis d’annoncer la première en salle de CHER JACKIE, le premier long métrage documentaire d’Henri Pardo qui sortira dans les salles de cinéma de Montréal le vendredi 17 juin.

La Soledad

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La Soledad is a dilapidated, seemingly abandoned villa in what used to be one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Caracas, Venezuela. It used to be the home of director Jorge Thielen Armand s great-grandparents, but when the owners passed away fifteen years ago, the property was unofficially inherited by their lifelong maid, Rosina, now 72, […]

Burma VJ

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In BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY, acclaimed filmmaker Anders Østergaard combines original footage recorded by undercover video journalists from the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) with controversial dramatic reconstruction of demonstrations, from the emergence of the protests in 2007 through the 2008 Saffron Revolution. In this riveting film, material shot in the streets […]

White Van Stories

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WHITE VAN STORIES covers a gamut of provinces and ethnicities (Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities) in its coverage of the tragic unexplained disappearances of civilians in post-war Sri Lanka. It shines a light on the resilience and courage that many have adopted to find the disappeared as part of their continued fight for justice. The […]

Cinema Politica Versions

Still from Portrait of Resistance

Launched in 2012, Cinema Politica has teamed up with professional translators and language students to offer French and English versions of single-language films and videos, facilitating greater exposure of and access to art works made in one of Canada’s two official languages.

CP Publishing

Screening Truth to Power: A Reader on Documentary Activism

From time to time Cinema Politica publishes pamphlets, booklets, and more recently, a real, physical, bonafide BOOK.

ADOPT-A-DOC

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In 2010 Cinema Politica initiated a program to support independent Canadian documentaries during the production stage, and before broadcasters and/or financiers have “come on board.” In other words, we started Adopt-a-doc to offer our support to independent films struggling to get made in the very tough climate of documentary in Canada. Click on the film pages below to learn about each project.