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Browse 25 movies from L'École des médias de l'UQAM
Trying to impress, Jules invites some partygoers back to his family’s bowling alley. The anticipated party quickly becomes anything but a party.
Oct 2020
December 31, 1999. Quebec is a few hours from year 2000 and its potential bug. Trapped in a Montreal appartement, Momo needs only one thing to survive this nightmare: couscous.
May 2026
After experiencing her first heartbreak, Anais declares war on all the boys in 6th grade.
Feb 2019
May 2025
A woman’s sexual disappointment is set to a background of jazz.
Jan 2017
This experimental documentary explores Montreal’s urbanity through a montage-collage of its architecture. Balancing heritage and modernity, it questions gentrification dynamics, inequalities, and the evolution of the urban landscape.
Apr 2026
A wave of memories about her grandmother's departure is finally explained for Florence.
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A tale where appearances deceive paints the portrait of a neighborhood filled with secrets.
A team of firemen spend time together at the station while waiting for calls.
Jan 2021
Three influencers seeking fame lose control of their vlog.
May 2022
To heal their wounds, women from the same family reveal their connection with the sea.
May 2024
When Emma, a young waitress in a small town restaurant, suspects a young girl is in danger, her buried demons resurface.
Auguste, a passionate astronomer, sees his world turned upside down following the arrival of a meteorite on Earth.
Back in the family home a year after her mother's death, a daughter begins a painful sorting process with her father, navigating between silence and memories, in an attempt to rebuild a fragile bond marked by absence and grief.
In a Gaspésie long-term care facility, women gather at the hair salon, exchanging memories while embodying resilience and beauty in the face of isolation and scarce resources.
Mar 2024
Linda returns to Kapuskasing, her hometown, to understand why her Indigenous family gave her up for adoption.
The night is coming to an end : the air is saturated and heavy, their minds are feeling both dazed and unsteady. The party seems like it’ll never end. But during one bike ride, longtime friends Camille and Felix get closer and closer to each other – although this nocturnal desire should best be ignored.
Dec 2016