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Browse 25 movies from L'École des médias de l'UQAM
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
Linda returns to Kapuskasing, her hometown, to understand why her Indigenous family gave her up for adoption.
May 2024
Blending memories, fiction, and confessions, Silk Spun tells the history of three generations of women from a Vietnamese family since their arrival in Quebec in 1975. In the intimacy and vulnerability of her intergenerational relationships, the director exposes the contextual disparities transforming the relationship to individual identity among the women of her family.
May 2025
Silence settles over Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré’s frozen landscape, where echoes of a once-thriving religious tourism linger. At the heart of a place in transition, this film takes viewers on a timeless journey through memory and disappearance, weaving together presence and absence.
Apr 2026
A tale where appearances deceive paints the portrait of a neighborhood filled with secrets.
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.
Three influencers seeking fame lose control of their vlog.
May 2022
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
A wave of memories about her grandmother's departure is finally explained for Florence.
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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
After experiencing her first heartbreak, Anais declares war on all the boys in 6th grade.
Feb 2019
In this cinematic essay, the filmmaker uses her own "images" to illustrate the memories of Lisa (Yelyzaveta), an 18-year-old Ukrainian woman who lived in Montreal for a few months. Two strangers, so far apart yet so close.
Mar 2025
When Emma, a young waitress in a small town restaurant, suspects a young girl is in danger, her buried demons resurface.
A team of firemen spend time together at the station while waiting for calls.
Jan 2021
Auguste, a passionate astronomer, sees his world turned upside down following the arrival of a meteorite on Earth.
Jun 2023