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 screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Mathieu Roy
Official Selection, CINEMANIA 2026
GOAL follows former professional Ugo Kasuku, who has run a football academy for years in war-torn Goma and now launches the Future Pro League, bringing international scouts to offer youth opportunity, dignity, and hope for a wounded nation.
Mathieu Roy
Mathieu Roy is a father of four and filmmaker living between the Kenyan coast and his hometown Montreal after spending five years in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Over the past decades, he has traveled the world and collaborated with renowned artists, including Martin Scorsese. His most recent documentary, The Diggers, offers an immersive look into the harsh realities of artisanal mining in Eastern DRC. Roy’s earlier works, including Surviving Progress, The Dispossessed, and Dispossession, critically examine the ideology of progress and the global impoverishment of rural communities. In 2026 he will launch his new documentary GOAL on a youth football academy in Goma, and developing two new projects: Still Surviving Progress and White Love.
