8.11.2023, 18:30, Maxx 4
EN UT + Q&A
10.11.2023, 13:00, Maxx 4
EN UT + Q&A
12.11.2023, 15:30, Maxx 2
EN UT + KONTEXT TALK
9,984,670 km2 of land and a population of 39,858,490: That amounts to a population density of 4.2 people per km2 (for comparison: Switzerland has 207 people per km2). Travel through Canada’s majestic nature of sea shores, forests, lakes, and mountains. See its wildlife and First Nation traditions, which sometimes coexist, sometimes clash with industrialized, urbanized Canadian life. The films in this programme explore the tenderness but also the tension between these states of being.
Marées
Juliette Granger / Canada 2018 / 21'29" / colour / Mi'kmaq / Doc
«Marées» is a singular ode to the spirits of the Gaspesian Sea as experienced by the inhabitants of the peninsula.
Donc, Socrate est mortel
Alexandre Isabelle / Canada 2021 / 12'34" / DCP / black & white / French / Fic
Facing the climate crisis, philosophy teacher Louise turns words into action.
Kanockatonanok
Nicolas Jimy Awashish / Canada 2019 / 5'20" / DCP / colour / Inuktitut / Exp
Made entirely of photographs, «Kanockatonanok» is an impressionist night journey through the Atikamekw village of Opitciwan.
III
Salomé Villeneuve / Canada 2022 / 11'38" / DCP / colour / French / Fic
On a hot summer day on the lakeshore, three siblings face death for the first time through their contact with nature.
Nuisance Bear
Jack Weisman/Gabriela Osio Vanden / Canada 2021 / 15' / colour / no dialogue / Doc
Set in Churchill, Manitoba, a famous destination for photographing polar bears, «Nuisance Bear» shifts perspective to show an obstacle course of tourist paparazzi and wildlife officers the bears must navigate during their annual migration.
Milk
Heather Young / Canada 2017 / 14'12" / DCP / colour / English / Fic
A young employee of a rural dairy farm is experiencing anxiety about her unexpected pregnancy. She finds it difficult to ignore her feelings as she is surrounded by pregnant cows on the farm, whose milk she helps to collect after they give birth.
Mobilize
Caroline Monnet / Canada 2015 / 3'49" / DCP / colour / no dialogue / Exp
A journey by canoe into the city creates a dynamic interconnection between natural and urban spaces. This evocative short set to a hypnotizing soundtrack by Inuk artist Tanya Tagaq celebrates the fierce resourcefulness of indigenous people in adapting to the dizzying changes of the past century.