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 the mid-1970s, Rico, a 9-year-old Haitian boy, was brutally torn from his native land along with Erzulie, his mother, to a strange planet called Canada. Since their arrival, a distance seems to have grown between mother and son. To regain the love of his mother, Rico will have to understand this New World populated by individuals with strange habits and customs. Fortunately for him, he can count on Kana, his imaginary friend who comes straight out of Haitian mythology.
Henri Pardo
Henri Pardo is an afro-centric Canadian moviemaker from Haitian parents. Henri wrote and directed the documentary Afro-Prospérité and the series Black Wealth Matters with the production company Black Wealth Media. He directed the short Sous bois, in official competition at the Warsaw Film Festival. He recently wrote and directed Dear Jackie, a feature-length documentary produced by Catbird Productions in partnership with CBC and Afro Canada, a 4 episodes documentary series produced by Yzanakio, about the presence of people of African descent in Canada throughout 400 years of history. Pardo is a founding member of the Black on Black films collective, which endeavors to promote and develop an afro-centric cinema in Quebec by representing creators and craftspeople of African descent in film institutions. Kanaval is his first feature film.
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