Malartic
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.
The April 19 screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, film critic Daniel Racine and social worker Geneviève Gariépy.
Ten years after an enormous open-pit gold mine began operations in Malartic, the hoped-for economic miracle is nothing more than a mirage. Filmmaker Nicolas Paquet explores the glaring contrast between the town’s decline and the wealth of the mining company, along with the mechanisms of an opaque decision-making system in which ordinary people have little say. Part anthropological study, part investigation into the corridors of power, Malartic addresses the fundamental issue of sustainable and fair land management.
Nicolas Paquet
Independent filmmaker Nicolas Paquet directed his first feature-length documentary, The Golden Rule, in 2011. It was followed by the feature Living Like the Land and the short Sugar Shack Tales, which screened at numerous festivals in Canada and abroad. In 2017, he made Snack Bar Rhapsody, selected for the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), and in 2020 completed Chef.fe.s de brousse, which explores the gastronomical and human journeys of three chefs who, despite many challenges, have chosen to live and work in small-town Quebec. In his films, Paquet depicts rural realities and gives voice to people who resist the status quo in their day-to-day.
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