Original Language: French
Le dernier repas (The Last Meal)
Director
Maryse Legagneur
Cast
Marie-Evelyne Lessard, Gilbert Laumord
Producer
François Bonneau
Genre
Drama
Interest
Family Relationships
Original Language
French
Sur la terre comme au ciel (On Earth as in Heaven)
Director
Nathalie Saint-Pierre
Cast
Lou Thompson, Edith Cochrane
Producer
Nicolas Comeau
Genre
Drama
Interests
Family Relationships, Newcomer Stories
Original Language
French
À hauteur d’enfant
Directors
Olivier Higgins, Melanie Carrier
Cast
Beatrice Higgins, Emile Higgins
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Family Relationships, Global Experiences, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
French
Les Amours Imaginaires (Heartbeats)
With Heartbeats, Xavier Dolan captures the beautiful absurdity of unrequited love. Two friends fall for the same enigmatic stranger, and their friendship slowly unravels under the weight of fantasy and projection. Stylish, playful, and emotionally raw, the film examines how desire often says more about our own longing than about the person we chase. Dolan’s pop-infused aesthetic turns heartbreak into something both painfully relatable and strangely glamorous.
Director
Xavier Dolan
Dolan is an acclaimed filmmaker and actor, whose films have won over 90 awards internationally. J’ai tué ma mere and Heartbeats both won the Regards Jeunes Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Laurence Anyways won the Queer Palm at Cannes, and Best Canadian Feature at TIFF, and Mommy won the Jury Prize at Cannes, 10 Jutra awards and nine CSAs. He also directed Tom at the Farm, It’s Only the End of the World, Matthias & Maxine, and others.
Writer
Xavier Dolan
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Languages
English, French
Mais où va-t-on, coyote? (Spare My Bones, Coyote!)
Director
Jonah Malak
Producer
Dominique Dussault
Genre
Documentary
Original Languages
English, French, Other Language
Oublie pas le gruau (Don’t Forget the Oatmeal)
You've never seen anything like this before: There's a man named The Barbarian who's been cursed to work at a thrift shop for his crimes. Casual ghosts. An alcoholic special-ed teacher. Fatal erections. A Martial Arts Fight that may result in the end of the world… All these surreal threads come together beautifully in Writer/Director Olivier Godin’s newest feature, Oublie pas le gruau (Don't Forget the Oatmeal), a sweetly hallucinatory tale of a man looking for meaning in his life before it all ends. Beautifully shot, cleverly funny, and sneakily moving, it’s got the low-stakes charm of About Schmidt alongside the gentle fantasies of Bergman’s Wild Strawberries.
Director
Olivier Godin
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
French
Montréal, ma belle (Montreal, My Beautiful)
Director
Xiaodan He
Writer
Xiaodan He
Cast
Charlotte Aubin, Joan Chen
Producer
Christine Falco
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
French
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Directors
Maciek Szczerbowski, Chris Lavis
Writers
Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski, Isabelle Mandalian
Cast
Colm Feore
Genres
Animation, Drama
Original Languages
English, French
Barbaracadabra
Directors
Renaud Lessard, Barbara Ulrich
Writers
Barbara Ulrich, Renaud Lessard
Cast
Barbara Ulrich
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
French
Levers
Director
Rhayne Vermette (Métis)
Writer
Rhayne Vermette (Métis)
Cast
Will George, Andrina Turenne, Val Vint
Producer
Rhayne Vermette (Métis)
Genre
Drama
Interests
Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Languages
English, French