La ville d'un rêve
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.
Director in attendance : June 20
Few people know that before its founding and the arrival of its first inhabitants in 1642, Montreal was a social project dreamed up, imagined and designed by a handful of people who were part of a secret society. Who was behind this audacious, perilous and mysterious project? What were their motivations? Their dream? The keys to understanding this story are found in a 17th century manuscript that is obviously the hidden autobiography of Jeanne Mance. With an original and personal look, the filmmaker revisits this story where the past resonates with an ever-present desire to create a world closer to humanist values.
Annabel Loyola
Annabel Loyola is a multi-talented filmmaker. After working in film production, acquisition and distribution in Paris and Montreal, she began directing her own projects. In 2010, she directed her first documentary, A Mad Venture, in the Footsteps of Jeanne Mance, for which she received the Medal of the Société historique de Montréal. The film was the starting point for the process that led to official recognition of Jeanne Mance as the founder of Montreal in 2012. Her documentary film, The Last Breath, at the Heart of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (2017), released to mark the 375th anniversary of Hôtel-Dieu and Montréal, was selected as an international premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival. In 2022, her film City of a Dream was released in Quebec, completing her trilogy on the founding of Montreal.
