The act of beauty
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 March 16's screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director.
Nestled at the heart of the Bic mountains, in this territory called Lower St. Lawrence, hides a community of wise people, audacious people taking root. The collective farm Sageterre is the work of Jean Bédard, writer, philosopher but most importantly, a peasant. His writing calls for action. His work on the land cultivates ideas. Jean Bédard fights to see a new, more humane world, rise.
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.
