Peak Everything
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.
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with actress Élizabeth Mageren
Winner of two awards at the 2025 Gala Québec Cinéma, including Best Actor for Patrick Hivon
Adam (45) is a kind-hearted kennel-owner. Hypersensitive and borderline depressed, Adam orders a therapeutic solar lamp. Through the lamp’s supplier’s technical support line, he meets Tina, a radiant woman with a voice that soothes all of his worries. This unexpected encounter changes everything: Earth trembles, and hearts explode... It’s love!
Anne Émond
Anne Émond lives and works in Montreal. Between 2000 and 2011, she wrote and directed nine short films, Naissances and Sophie Lavoie among them, which screened at several international festivals and won many prizes. In 2011, she directed her first feature film, Nuit #1, which screened at more than 25 international film festivals, including Busan, Rotterdam, Taipei and the TIFF. The film won several prizes and citations, including Best First Feature at the 2012 Genie Awards. Les êtres chers (2015), her second feature, was also well-received (Locarno, TIFF, Gala Québec Cinéma, Canadian Screen Awards). Nelly, for which she also wrote the screenplay, liberally adapted from the life and work of Quebec writer Nelly Arcan. She then directed Jeune Juliette (2019) and Lucy Grizzli Sophie (2024), adapted from Catherine-Anne Toupin's play La meute. Her latest film, Amour apocalypse (2025), was selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, and as the closing film at TIFF. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cabourg Film Festival.
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