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.
Closing Film, Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2026
After a year of filming abroad, Manu, a once prominent actor, returns to his hometown. But getting back into the business isn't as easy as he thought. After several unsuccessful auditions, he's no longer sure of anything. Against all odds, he lands a job hosting a nighttime call-in radio show. His listeners are mainly newcomers, refugees and exiles with varied life experiences, working graveyard shifts. Manu gradually appropriates this space, this gathering of mixed voices, to launch philosophical questions into the night. His words are engaging. He becomes an anchor for many listeners. His life takes on new meaning.
Jennifer Alleyn
Born in Switzerland, Jennifer Alleyn is a Canadian filmmaker and artist. At 22, she traveled the globe solo, camera in hand, to participate in The Race Around the World TV show. Followed the collective feature film Cosmos, winner of the CICEA award in Cannes in 1997 at the Directors' Fortnight. Her trilogy of films on art, awarded at the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), further established her cinematic vision. She returned to fiction with the short film, Snavok, inspired by a dream, which won the Critics' Award at the RVCQ in 2006. In 2018, she directed and produce Impetus, an acclaimed hybrid drama that blurs the frontier between fiction and cinema vérité. With her latest film, Kairos, Jennifer continues her formal exploration. This film, with its strong artistic signature, unites her human concerns with her commitment to the invisible minority.
Photo: Justine Latour
