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Les courts du PCCQ 2026
Location
Main screening room
Date
March 11th, 2026
Duration
78 min
Cycle
Prix collégial du cinéma québécois

We have the opportunity to showcase a few films that have shine in the past few months in Quebec. While we await the winner of the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois, let's discover - or rediscover the nominated films of Jean-François Leblanc, Anne Émond, Steve Patry, Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr and Matthew Rankin. A program of short films will also offer a glimpse at the best offerings of the year.

Pidikwe
Directed by
Caroline Monnet
Language
No dialogue
Actors
Joséphine Bacon, Aïcha Bastien N'Diaye, Catherine Boivin, Catherine Dagenais-Savard, Emilie Monnet, Caroline Monnet
Origins
Quebec
Year
2025
Duration
10 min
Genre
Music
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Featuring indigenous women of various generations, Pidikwe integrates traditional and contemporary dance in an audiovisual whirlwind that straddles the border between film and performance, somewhere between the past and the future.

Pidikwe
Platanero
Directed by
Juan Frank Hernandez
Language
Spanish, Haitian Creole with French subtitles
Actors
Stanley Exantus, Irdens Exantus, Jonathan Saint-Armand, Ramón Emilio Candelario, José María Cabral
Origins
Quebec
Year
2025
Duration
25 min
Genre
Fantasy, horror
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Ti-Frè and Gran-Frè, two brothers of Haitian origin living in a Dominican Republic shantytown, struggle daily to survive. On a full moon night, desperation pushes them to steal from a plantation, where a mysterious beast prowls in the shadows of the banana trees.

Platanero
Awards
What We Leave Behind
Directed by
Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel
Language
French with English subtitles
Actors
Voices: Jack Hackel, Jean-Sébastien Hamel
Origins
Quebec
Year
2025
Duration
11 min
Genre
Animation, drama
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Dan has a gaping hole in his neck that won't heal. Why? He can't remember, nor talk about it. Back in the sinister arena of his childhood, he must find the part of himself he once left behind that prevents him, now an adult, from being whole.

What We Leave Behind
Awards
The Punk of Natashquan
Directed by
Nicolas Lachapelle
Language
French
Origins
Quebec
Year
2025
Duration
20 min
Genre
Documentary
Format
Digital
Synopsis

40 years after the mysterious disappearance of an enigmatic figure known as “The Punk of Natashquan”, a remote Quebec community reflects on his fleeting yet unforgettable presence.

The Punk of Natashquan
Awards
My Memory-Walls
Directed by
Axel Robin
Language
French with English subtitles
Origins
Quebec
Year
2025
Duration
12 min
Genre
Documentary
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Rose G. Lévesque, an almost nonagenarian painter and poet, painted the story of her life on her house's walls to transform it into a museum.

My Memory-Walls

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