J'me marie, j'me marie pas
Built around International Women's Day (March 8), this program invites us to immerse ourself in the creative effervescence of women's and feminist cinema in Quebec during the 1970s. It features a tribute to director and Vidéo Femmes co-founder Hélène Roy, followed by a discussion; two screenings of independent works by pioneering women filmmakers, recently restored by the Cinémathèque québécoise; and a screening of the six films from the NFB series En tant que femmes, presented in dialogue with the launch of Olivier Ducharme’s book, Nous ferons les films que nous voulons.
This feature documentary directed by Mireille Danserau presents in-depth interviews with four young women who explain their complex relationship with men, motherhood and their own femininity, sometimes radically detaching themselves from the standardized and traditional conception of the couple.
Mireille Dansereau
Mireille Dansereau was born in Montreal in 1943 and grew up in a bourgeois family—a background that would later inspire her work. She studied dance and literature while developing a passion for film. She began her career with small contracts at the NFB, where she made her first short film, Moi, un jour..., in 1967. As part of her Master's degree in film at the Royal College of Art in London, she directed two feature films, Compromise and Forum. Upon returning to Montreal, the young filmmaker made the film that truly launched her career: La vie rêvée (1972). In this film, she addressed what would become the central theme of her filmography: the condition of women. She further explored this theme in subsequent documentaries made at the NFB under the direction of Anne Claire Poirier, as well as in two of her acclaimed fiction films, L'arrache-cœur and Le sourd dans la ville. From the 1990s onward, the essay form allowed her to delve into family relationships while continuing to assert her feminist vision within the Quebec film landscape.
