Nightmare's Advice
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 September 5 screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers
Opening Film, Semaine de la Critique de Montréal 2026
Official Selection, RVQC & International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026
Lucie, a PhD student without a work visa and plagued by insomnia, is trapped in a destructive affair with her thesis advisor while being pursued by a jealous ex. Seeking help from a reclusive shaman on the city’s edge, she meets Béatrice, a young woman as carefree as she is determined to help her.
Renaud Després-Larose & Ana Tapia Rousiouk
Renaud Després-Larose is a Québécois filmmaker, actor and cinematographer, best known for the feature film The Dream and the Radio (2022). Co-directed with Ana Tapia Rousiouk, the film is a hybrid work blending experimental and political elements, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). He studied philosophy in Montreal and has contributed to Hors Champ, the first French-language online film journal. Ana Tapia Rousiouk is an Ecuadorian-Ukrainian acousmatic composer, sound designer and filmmaker based in Montreal. In 2014, she directed the medium-length documentary film, Les pratiquants, a study of ritual aspects of practicing a musical instrument, seen through the eyes of music school students. In 2022, she co-directed the feature film The Dream and the Radio with Renaud Després-Larose.
