Discover Exceptional Films for Black History Month
Celebrate Black History Month by screening exceptional films that center Black lives and stories.
CFS – Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada
The representation of Blackness and the lives of Black people on screen has a long, dynamic and troubled history in Canada.
DEAR JACKIE receives Magnus Isacsson Award at RIDM 2021
Cinema Politica is thrilled to announce that Henri Pardo’s feature-length documentary DEAR JACKIE was awarded the Magnus Isacsson Award at Recontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) 2021! The Magnus Isacsson Award is presented in collaboration with ARRQ, DOC Québec, Funambules Médias, Cinema Politica and Main Film.
Ariel Nasr’s THE MOSQUE: A COMMUNITY’S STRUGGLE
As we commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting, we can turn to documentary film as a powerful medium of remembrance and dialogue. THE MOSQUE: A COMMUNITY’S STRUGGLE by filmmaker Ariel Nasr offers a vital glimpse at the resilience of a Muslim community in Ste-Foy, Québec in the aftermath of January 29th, 2017 when […]
Job Opening: Distribution Coordinator
Cinema Politica is seeking to hire a full-time Distribution Coordinator who will handle the theatrical, non-theatrical and digital distribution of acquired titles, and provide support in the execution of impact and dedicated distribution campaigns and activities.
ADOPT-A-DOC
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.
DOPE IS DEATH Now Available in Canada from CP Distribution
Cinema Politica Distribution is thrilled to announce its latest acquisition of DOPE IS DEATH by Montreal-based filmmaker Mia Donovan.
Cinema Politica co-presents screening as part of Queer Cinema for Palestine
Cinema Politica is proud to co-present the QUEER FOR PALESTINE program as part of the inaugural Queer Cinema for Palestine (QCP) festival. QCP runs from 11-20 November and is hosting more than a dozen events across five continents, both online and in person.
DEAR JACKIE Premieres in Montreal on June 17
Cinema Politica Distribution and Catbird Productions are thrilled to announce the theatrical premiere of DEAR JACKIE, Henri Pardo’s debut feature documentary to open in Montreal theatres on Friday, June 17.
Mi’kmaq Fishing Rights and Food Security on World Food Day
On this World Food Day, we thought it worth highlighting the ongoing violation of sovereign Mi’kmaq fishing rights in Nova Scotia.
FINDING SALLY ’21 SCREEN AWARD NOMINATION
Cinema Politica is proud to announce that our Distribution title FINDING SALLY has been nominated for “Best Documentary Program” for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards.
Crimes Without Honour
Every winter in a Stockholm cemetery activists gather to honour Fadime, a Turkish immigrant to Sweden murdered by her father in 2002. Internationalizing the debate over cultural traditions that accept the use of violence to control women’s behaviour in Western immigrant communities, four extraordinary activists tell their personal stories of physical and emotional violence, and […]
We Might Have Been Heroes
In the year 2020, all untapped minerals in the bowels of the earth were diluted and transformed into poisonous gases by the Aqua Regia Storm. Expelled through every open pit mine on the planet, the gas leak killed around 80 percent of the total world population in less than a month. Fifty years after, located […]
New in Cinema Politica Catalogue: Fall 2020 Titles
We have many fantastic new titles to discover, and while it is not the same as hosting in-person screenings, there is solace in the sense of community we can still cultivate online …
Ethiopia Then and Now – Tamara Dawit and Special Guests
Join us for a live-stream conversation with director Tamara Dawit (FINDING SALLY), Elleni Centime Zeleke (Columbia University) and Rebecca Fisseha (Daughters of Silence), and Hannah Giorgis (The Atlantic).
The Coca-Cola Case
Colombia is the trade union murder capital of the world. Since 2002, more than 470 workers’ leaders have been brutally killed, usually by paramilitaries hired by private companies intent on crushing the unions. Among these unscrupulous corporate brands is the poster boy for American business: Coca-Cola. Talk to Martin Gil: His brother Isidro was killed […]
