My Prairie Home
In this feature documentary-musical by Chelsea McMullan, indie singer Rae Spoon takes us on a playful, meditative and at times melancholic journey. Set against majestic images of the infinite expanses of the Canadian Prairies, the film features Spoon crooning about their queer and musical coming of age. Interviews, performances and music sequences reveal Spoon’s inspiring […]
The Corporation
Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, The Corporation explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal « person » to the logical conclusion, the film puts the […]
Treat Me Like Your Mother
This photographic documentary uncovers the intimate experiences of four trans women from Lebanon, recounting tales spanning from pioneering Lebanese state-funded gender-affirming surgery in 1997 to vanished safe spaces today. Together, Em Abed, Jamal Abdo, Antonella, and Mama Jad present an untold history to the backdrop of what is arguably the first photographic archive of trans […]
Call for Programmers
Do you love political cinema, especially documentaries? Cinema Politica is looking for enthusiastic and informed film programmers to join our Programming Committee!
The Sense of Violence
The film traces the trajectory of cinema by uncovering the specific intersections shared within the historical context of “anti-communist art” during the Park Chung-hee regime (1970s~1970s). In particular, the censorship of anti-communist film imagery by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency symbolically reveals the presence of power and ideology in the space between image and reality […]
Sabren
“Sabren” is a Sudanese short film by Eythar Gubara, which focuses on the struggles of Sudanese revolutionaries after the October 2021 coup and was filmed before the devastating war began in 2023. It translates to “patience” in Sudanese Arabic and showcases the resilience and artistic spirit of a generation of youth fighting for a democratic […]
Khartoum
In 2022, four Sudanese filmmakers, along with a British director-writer, began filming the lives and dreams of five very different citizens in Khartoum: Street boy LOKAIN (12) and his best friend WILSON (11) embark on a mission in Khartoum’s rubbish dumps to buy two beautiful shirts. KHADMALLAH (28) a single mum and tea vendor engages […]
Urban Disobedience Toolkit
Urban Disobedience Toolkit explores the evolving dynamics of public space in big cities, showing how art can inspire people to reclaim and reshape their urban environments. Through artistic interventions and performative lectures, the film illustrates ways to “take back the city.” These elements are seamlessly interwoven under the direction of artist and filmmaker Vladimír Turner, […]
Fairy Creek Tours Across Nova Scotia This Fall
Cinema Politica is proud to announce that award-winning documentary feature FAIRY CREEK will open in theatres and venues across Nova Scotia. From October 23 to 29.
CP Concordia Launches its Fall Program
Our Fall 2025 lineup is a fertile program of documentary that refutes the premise of a predetermined future — tomorrow is ours to make!
Fairy Creek Premieres in Montreal
FAIRY CREEK documents the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, a blockade which made international headlines and broke records with nearly 1,200 people arrested for protesting to protect British Columbia’s last old-growth forests.
The Encampments
Few documentaries are more timely than this fast-tracked account of the Gaza protests at Columbia which inspired a wave of support across North American campuses. At the centre of this story is grad student activist Mahmoud Kahlil, who hit the headlines just last month after he was detained by ICE and who is (at time […]
CP Concordia is hiring: Volunteer Coordinator
Cinema Politica Concordia is seeking a dynamic and resourceful Volunteer Coordinator with a passion for community engagement. This role involves recruiting and coordinating new and returning volunteers, actively organizing postering and flyering campaigns, managing on-site event logistics, and conducting community outreach within the Concordia and Montreal communities.
CP Concordia is hiring: Communications Coordinator
Cinema Politica Concordia is seeking a creative Communications Coordinator with experience in social marketing and graphic design. The Communications Coordinator plays a key role in creating graphic materials consistent with our visual identity, promoting our screenings, managing online communications, and supporting outreach efforts within the Concordia and Montreal communities.
Call for Submissions
If you recently completed a politically engaged film and you want it seen far and wide submit your work to Cinema Politica today! We are interested in works of any length that contribute to justice and equality movements, activism, knowledge and discourse.
Trans Liberation
From Canada to the Philippines, Cinema Politica has selected two films that exemplify trans struggle for recognition in a world of neglect and venomous bigotry.