A Losing Game
The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.
The February 28 & March 4 screenings will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker
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.
