The mission of the Centre d'art et d'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.
English adaptation of Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa
Bill Nighy nominated for Best actor in a leading role at the 2023 Oscars
LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. An English-language adaptation of the script of Ikiru (1952), set in London in the 1950s.
Oliver Hermanus
Oliver Hermanus is a director and writer, known for Moffie (2019), Beauty (2011) and Shirley Adams (2009).
