Letters to a Young Traveller
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 competition, Les nouveaux alchimistes, 2021 Festival du nouveau cinéma 2021
A father and son travel by train to the Balmoral Institute, where the father will ask for work as a teacher. When they arrive, the father petitions the director of the institute to also accept his son, an aspiring composer, as a resident there. But the son is repulsed by the institute. He flees, embarking on a long voyage. The father remains at the institute and discovers he has a rival for the permanent position. The two men carry out a set of trials, hoping to be retained. We meet Ava, an exile who works as administrator at the institute.
Federico Hidalgo
Before directing films, Federico Hidalgo participated as an artist, author, and director in improvisational theater shows, political cabarets, and drama plays. He studied film at Concordia University, where he currently teaches. His first feature film, A Silent Love (2004), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and received two Genie Award nominations. It won the Best Screenplay Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival. His filmography includes works such as Le concierge (2014), The Great Traveller (2019), and Letters to a Young Traveller (2021). Journal de la sentinelle (2023) is his most recent film.
