Nadine Gomez's Urban Symphonies
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.
Presented as part of the soirées pixelleX
Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Nadine Gomez
By taking a fresh look at the spaces that make it up and the life that inhabits it, Metro observes the gestures, mechanics and underside of this monumental underground network that weaves the city together and irrigates it on a daily basis. From the roar of the ventilation system to the vast ceilings above, the film reveals a place of rare magnitude, with singular acoustics and a human presence in constant motion. Metro is an invitation to rediscover, in all its surprising dimensions, this intriguing universe and the breath that drives it.
Exarcheia: The Chanting of Birds takes you on a dreamy nocturnal stroll through one of Greece’s most politically active neighbourhoods, situated in the heart of Athens, just below the Acropolis. In this lively and mythical space, you meet a coterie of characters whose ideals and aspirations are in constant flux. Set against the backdrop of the economic crisis, Exarcheia is a poetical and polyphonic essay that dives into a place where living together is first and foremost a matter of shared speech and hopes held in suspense.
Nadine Gomez
A graduate of UQAM with a master’s degree in Communication, Nadine Gomez has been focusing on documentary filmmaking for nearly 15 years. She released her first film, Le Horse Palace at RIDM in 2012, then the short film Metro in 2015 made possible through the “Regards sur Montréal” grant, of which she was the very first recipient. Exarcheia: The Chanting of Birds, her second feature film shot in Athens, Greece, was released in 2018 (RIDM, Thessaloniki DFF), followed in 2019 by the podcast J’aime Hydro, a production by Porte Parole that she co-directed. In 2023, she was part of the TIFF Filmmaker Lab cohort with her first fiction project, Creatures of Chance, a loose adaptation of the eponymous book by Lula Carballo, which will be released in 2026. Alongside the launch of this third feature film, Chronicle of a City, Nadine is working on her next documentary entitled Cancún.
Bio: pixelleX
Photo: Justine Latour, Courtesy of pixelleX
