Concordia Film Festival Program
Our Ciné sur cour(t) event is back for the Fall! The program includes outdoor screenings, discussions and meetings with the artists, special events and a festive atmosphere!
For the occasion, the screenings at our Centre d’art et d’essai will all be at the special student rate of $11. Don't miss it!
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.
Presented as part of Ciné sur cour event.
The Concordia Film Festival (CFF) is proud to present the winners and honorable mentions of its 48th edition. The CFF is an annual celebration of student filmmakers.
A life insurance company uses an AI algorithm to determine the risk of a newapplicant. The subsequent denial sparks a period of introspection for the individual in question.
In March of 2019 my grandfather was 20 years old. The following month he was 12. Last week he was 30. Today he is 86, and tomorrow he might be 20 again. I have only known him since he was 66, but lately I have been getting to know him in a different way.
After a series of letdowns, Edith, a budding young actress starts to doubt her abilities and becomes more than a little unhinged
A young mouse in his late childhood lives the perfect life. He plays with his dolls, eats cookies and listens to fairytales – until a sleepless night changes everything.
In a small Korean town, Kayla, a young Black woman, meets her boyfriend’s parents for the first time. When she is left alone with her boyfriend’s mother, the language barrier and cultural differences make it hard for the two women to become close. However, food and coffee prove to be effective in releasing tension.
Roots Home is an interview-based documentary exploring indigenous identity and relationship to the land. In the lines of the interviewee is intertwined a poetic and touching visual story intricately weaved in one another.
France, 2012. A teenage boy confides a secret to a friend but quickly regrets it when he watches the news.
Tale of a cold and starry wake night for the members of a divided family
When Felix returns home, he realizes that his mother has put their house up for sale. In the evening, the memories of a bygone era come alive in the darkness of the corridors, crawling down the stairs like threatening ghosts.
The story of a mother who died four years after giving birth to her only son, a father who raised him through grief and trauma, and a boy lost in the forest.
Anatole sets out on a journey to bring life back to his planet with the help of his dear companion, a rabbit.
Beyond the cultivated lands and fallow fields of the Quebec countryside, the barns stand in the acres of the routesthe guardians of the secrets and stories that haunt them. Both an aesthetic essay and a documentary, this film catalogs the spooky landscapes of the Eastern Townships, a crossroads where legends, paranormal experiences and miscellaneous events intersect.
