Je suis ici
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.
In presence of the director
An exile seeks refuge, the spectator confront himself to the different spaces of memorie's refugee : Camps and barbed, the journey in a sea, a ceaseless walk.
Who says every trip has a destination? Intercut stories of five people from different countries who have taken the difficult path and made the decision to leave their homeland.
Allen Forouhar
Born in Iran, Allen Forouhar grew up, like most of his contemporaries, in the political and ideological suffocation of the Iranian regime. Cinema and music were his only escapes. In 2017, he was able to leave Iran and began his film career in Montreal.
