a’s’katikl awti’l
150 years into the future the province of Nova Scotia has mostly been abandoned by settler descendants, leaving behind a legacy of abandoned buildings and homes. As the Mi’kmaw People reclaim their territory and work to remove the toxic technology left behind, a documentary film crew is invited into the community to witness the process […]
Viva la Causa
Ce film n’est pas seulement un compte rendu coloré de la réalisation d’une peinture murale dans le quartier de Pilsen à Chicago, sous la direction de Ray Patlán. Il retrace le mouvement des peintures murales du milieu des années 1970, en remontant jusqu’aux peintures murales mexicaines. Différentes personnes observent la fresque et réfléchissent à sa […]
Out Run
As leader of the world’s only LGBTQ+ political party, Bemz Benedito dreams of being the first transgender woman in the Philippine Congress. But in a predominantly Catholic nation, rallying for LGBTQ+ representation in the halls of Congress is not an easy feat. Bemz and her eclectic team of queer political warriors must rethink traditional campaign […]
Special Flight
In 1994, the Swiss government approved a law authorizing the detention of all foreigners in an irregular situation until they are expelled. Every year, a purely administrative decision has thousands of men and women imprisoned without trial or sentence. Their only crime is to be paperless. Those who refuse to leave voluntarily are bound hand […]
Ovarian Psycos
Bicycles? Check. Bandanas? Check. The ovarian psycos gear up and ride out into the night, fanning out in pairs of two, four, and six. In constant motion, cruising up and down the storied streets of Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, and Lincoln Heights, they call out to new riders to join them in a journey through […]
Lost Alien
Blending documentary techniques with surrealist and silent filmmaking, LOST ALIEN captures the Afrofuturist cosplay of ZiggZaggerZ the Bastard as a photosensitive black alien stranded on a sunlit planet. Having lost her way from the continuum of cosmic blackness, we watch as she wanders through the planet’s forest, struggling against the debilitating effects of the sun […]
The Ceremony
Two young warrior siblings, Vim and Hax, are living in a post-apocalyptic world caused by climate change. For 150 years, the air has not been breathable for humans. As such, their whole community lives in high tech homes to keep them alive, and must wear helmets to venture outdoors. But it hasn’t stopped them from […]
The Valley
High in the French Alps, on the border between Italy and France, African migrants fleeing war, poverty and political persecution risk their lives crossing dangerous mountain routes. Witnessing the increasing influx of refugees, local communities in the Roya and Durance Valleys start providing them with shelter, food and legal counselling. But providing assistance to undocumented […]
Mauri
Avec son premier long-métrage de fiction, la co-fondatrice du cinéma Autochtone (avec la réalisatrice Abénaquise Alanis Obomsawin, qui était une amie proche de Mita) et défenseuse de l’art, la culture et la politique Māori, Merata Mita s’annonçait comme une force du cinéma. Le décor riche et resplendissant de verts et d’oranges, capturés par la cinématographie […]
O Tamaiti
Seen through the eyes of 11 year old Tino, the eldest of five children in a Samoan family, the film opens with the birth of yet another baby, and Tino must cope with the added pressures and responsibilities expected of him as the eldest. With mother and father figures who are heard but not seen, […]
Midnight Traveler
When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee the country with his wife and two young daughters. Capturing the family’s uncertain journey firsthand, Fazili documents their harrowing trek across numerous borders revealing the danger and uncertainty facing refugees seeking asylum juxtaposed with the unbreakable love shared […]
KONELĪNE: Our Land Beautiful
More than 1,000 miles by road from Vancouver, British Columbia, or 130 miles east of Juneau, Alaska by air, the traditional lands of the Tahltan First Nation encompass the majestic Stikine River, ancient glaciers, tiny communities and magnificent vistas. Not a Western, but a Northern, Nettie Wild’s astonishing non-fiction film KONELĪNE: OUR LAND BEAUTIFUL transports […]
A Red Girl’s Reasoning
After the Canadian legal system fails to serve justice for the survivor of a brutal, racially-driven sexual assault, an Indigenous woman becomes a motorcycle-riding, ass-kicking vigilante who takes on the attackers of other women who’ve suffered the same fate. A RED GIRL’S REASONING is a no-holds-barred, neo-noir thriller featuring a formidable female vigilante who seeks […]
Trick Bag
Des membres de gangs, des vétérans du Vietnam et de jeunes ouvriers des quartiers de Chicago racontent leur expérience personnelle du racisme : qui en pâtit et qui en profite. Le film a été présenté à Kartemquin par Peter Kuttner, et les crédits sont partagés entre Kartemquin, Rising Up Angry et Columbia College Chicago. Copie […]
Couleur du Moment
Couleur du Moment follows five employees during their last day on the job at a colour forecasting agency. The workers still go about business despite having been replaced by algorithms that design new digital colours to be experienced in the widely popular virtual landscape. A humanoid robot documents their mundane tasks and office drama. Some employees […]
Continuous Journey
In 1914, Gurdit Singh, a Sikh entrepreneur based in Singapore, chartered a Japanese ship, the Komagata Maru, to carry Indian immigrants to Canada. On May 23, 1914, the ship arrived in Vancouver Harbour with 376 passengers aboard: 340 Sikhs; 24 Muslims and 12 Hindus. Many of the men on-board were veterans of the British Indian […]
