This House
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.
Presented as part of the soirées pixelleX
Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Miryam Charles, hosted by Helen Faradji
Winner of the Prix de l'innovation Daniel Langlois, 2022 FNC
Bridgeport, January 17, 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examine the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imagined biography, the film will explore the relationship between the security of the living space and the violence that can jeopardize it.
Miryam Charles
From Haitian descent, Miryam Charles is a director, producer and cinematographer living in Montreal. She has produced several short and feature films. She is also the director of several short films. Her films have been presented in various festivals in Quebec and internationally. Her first feature film This House was selected at the Berlin International Film Festival as well as the AFI Film Festival, and was part of the TIFF Top 10 in 2022. Her work explores themes related to exile and the legacies of colonization.
