The Teachers' Lounge
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.
Special price for teachers - $8
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. Carla tries to mediate between outraged parents, opinionated colleagues and aggressive students, but is relentlessly confronted with the structures of the school system. The more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young teacher threatens to break.
İlker Çatak
İlker Çatak is a German film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2017, his first feature film, Once Upon a Time... Indianerland, was released in German cinemas. In 2019, he directed the feature film I Was, I Am, I Will Be, which earned him nominations for the Deutscher Filmpreis 2020 in the Best Director and Best Screenplay categories. In 2023, he directed the award-winning drama The Teachers' Lounge, which received five Deutscher Filmpreis, including one for Çatak in the Directing and Screenplay categories.
