Vieille Corneille
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.
Official Selection, CINEMANIA 2026
After years of silence, two sisters in their 90s who are polar opposites reunite: one lives in the past, while the other is all about the future. Through buried trauma and scathing remarks, a long-hidden truth comes to light — and perhaps, a path to forgiveness.
At 83, Louise Forestier is a freer artist, more outspoken and more vibrant than ever. Structured in nine chapters, like the nine songs of her latest album, this "docu-sical" unfolds as an ode to nature and the passage of time. Through interviews and visual landscapes, Louise revisits her journey while offering a clear-eyed perspective on old age, transmission, and mortality. Far from being a farewell, Vieille Corneille celebrates creativity as an act of resistance and brings the artist's legacy to life with a luminous, vibrant voice.
Martin Villeneuve
Martin Villeneuve is a Quebecois filmmaker. He is particularly known for his animated series adaptation of Red Ketchup (2023) and for his feature films The 12 Tasks of Imelda (2022) and Mars & Avril (2012). During his university studies, he created movie posters, including the one for Québec-Montréal, which won an award. He also directed several television commercials for Cirque du Soleil, as well as short films and music videos. In 2002, he published the revisited photo-novel Mars & Avril, where text, photographs, and illustrations combine to tell a story. In 2012, he completed his first feature film as a screenwriter, director, and producer, adapted from his graphic novels of the same name. The science fiction film stars Caroline Dhavernas, Paul Ahmarani, and Robert Lepage. In 2014, he directed the short film Imelda, in which he portrayed his grandmother. He eventually made seven more episodes in this series, which were compiled into a feature film, The 12 Tasks of Imelda, in 2022.
