1. Roger D'Astous (Roger D'Astous)
A documentary about montreal architect Roger D'astous, who battled all his life to create a nordic architecture. Starchitect in the 60s, this Frank L. Wright student then fell from grace before rising again at the dawn of the century.
2. Pouvoir Oublier (Pouvoir Oublier)
Pouvoir Oublier is a political documentary first constructed from the words of the speakers whose lives changed on the tragic day of May 10, 1972 in Sept-Îles. Their word will be juxtaposed with archival material from the events, some of which are unpublished, which will reflect the collective euphoria in which Sept-Îles and all of Quebec were then bathed.
3. Québec: Duplessis and After ... (Québec : Duplessis et après...)
This film establishes a parallel between the 1970 electoral campaign in Québec and the 1936 campaign dominated by Maurice Duplessis. It shows the hope but also the uncertainty that existed in 1970. Had the Quiet Revolution really changed things in Québec? Was it possible that a new leader would emerge on the political scene?
4. The Disunited States of Canada (Les États-Désunis du Canada)
Secessionnist movements in Canada outside Quebec.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
5. Verglas 98 (Verglas 98)
(Verglas 98)
6. Fleurdelisé (Fleurdelisé)
(Fleurdelisé)
7. Au cœur de Mégantic (Au cœur de Mégantic)
(Au cœur de Mégantic)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
8. Corno (Corno)
A feature-length documentary portrait of Québécoise painter Johanne Corno, who has lived and worked in New York City for more than 20 years. Ignored by the art intelligentsia in Québec, she settled abroad to escape that creative constraint, and built an enviable international career. Today, she casts a lucid eye on her work and describes the resources she draws on to survive in the jungle of the contemporary art world.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
9. Le déluge du Saguenay : une tragédie humaine (Le déluge du Saguenay : une tragédie humaine)
(Le déluge du Saguenay : une tragédie humaine)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
10. Never Anywhere (Jamais nulle part)
Behind closed doors in a car, three friends from the small town of Sept-Îles discuss their desire to reconnect with the North Shore, the region where they grew up.
It has an average vote of 3.667 on TMDB.
11. Nika tsheka uiten mishkut (Nika tsheka uiten mishkut)
(Nika tsheka uiten mishkut)
12. Gros chat (Gros chat)
Siméon Malec, host on Pakueshikan FM radio, receives Marie-Soleil Bellefleur on the air to discuss new regulations concerning salmon nets. To their great dismay, the duo is constantly interrupted by increasingly worrying calls... It seems that a lion has been seen in the community!
13. Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political (Pauline Julien, intime et politique)
With a meticulous selection of interviews, performances and photos drawn from a vast and rich archival collection, Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political follows the iconic Quebec singer and eternally free spirit on a journey through key moments in the province’s history.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
14. À côté de la track (À côté de la track)
A short film documentary about the reconstruction of Lac-Mégantic following the 2013 railway tragedy.
15. Un pays sans bon sens! (Un pays sans bon sens!)
Essay-film on a crucial issue: the notion of belonging to a country. Lingered sentimentalism or deep psychological reality if one believes it is rooted in the heart of man? The action here takes place in the context of a nation that seeks: the French Canadians, and other people without a country: the Indians of Quebec, the Bretons of France. And here is the fundamental question posed: what are the "viable" peoples whose "maturity" allows them to "give" the autonomy and territory? And what is the environment that people can call "their country"?
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
16. A Day in June
This short documentary profiles Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day parade in Montreal in 1959. The annual parade takes place every June 24th in memory of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the patron saint of Québec. Candid shots of youngsters preparing their costumes for the festivities are partnered with a lively jazz soundtrack. All the Montrealers and out-of-town tourists featured in this film avidly participate in a public festivity that is dear to their hearts.
17. Tales of Sand and Snow (Histoire de sable)
In a quest to rediscover the spiritual values of his own people, an African filmmaker from the Gourmantche tribe of Burkina Faso visits an Aboriginal band, the Atikamekw of northern Quebec. The resulting documentary is a dialogue between those who divine the future in the sand with those who use snow-encased sweat lodges to reconnect with the spiritual world.
18. Oka, 30 ans après (Oka, 30 ans après)
Thirty years after the Oka Crisis, a fragile peace remains in place between the Mohawks of Kanesatake and the other residents of the region. Rappers Biz and Samian do a double take on the history of this longstanding territorial conflict.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
19. Harmonium in California (Harmonium en Californie)
Through concerts and interviews, folk-progressive group Harmonium takes Quebec culture to California. This documentary full of colour and sound, filmed in California in 1978, recounts the ups and downs of the journey of the Quebec musical group Harmonium, who came to feel the pulse of Americans and see if culture, their culture, can succeed in crossing borders.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
20. The Monastery (Amoureuses)
For the first time, cloistered sisters agree to be filmed for one year in all aspects of their lives. The nuns of Berthierville, the only Francophone community of Dominican nuns in North America for nearly a century, engage in a rare and unique documentary in which exceptional testimonies and archives intermingle.
