A Losing Game
The upcoming election season in Quebec gives us an opportunity to revisit films that explore the question of civic engagement in democracy, as well as to look back on some key milestones in political life over the past half-century.
This screening will be presented with French subtitles adapted for people who are deaf and hard of hearing
Opening Film, RVQC 2025
A Losing Game follows three people who ran for office in Quebec’s October 2022 provincial election. The one thing they had in common? They were all sure to lose. Through their individual campaigns, the film peels back the curtain on our electoral system and the many ways in which it is dysfunctional: the additional barriers faced by women and racialized people, deficiencies in the voting process, unfair campaign financing rules and the undue weight given to media and polls. In this documentary, Jenny Cartwright casts a critical eye on a political system that doesn’t offer everyone the same opportunities. For most, the race is over before it even begins. But, thanks to the way the electoral system is set up, the big losers are the rest of us.
Jenny Cartwright
Jenny Cartwright is an award-winning creator of film and audio documentaries. Her work marries poetry and manifesto, exploring themes like self-determination and inequality, with a bias towards those who have been marginalized. Two of her audio documentaries were honoured with NUMIX awards, in 2020 and 2022. Her film I Remember a Time When No One Jogged in This Neighbourhood won the 2022 RÉAL award from the Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec, in the “Art & essai” category.
