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Browse 23 movies from Université du Québec à Montréal
Linda returns to Kapuskasing, her hometown, to understand why her Indigenous family gave her up for adoption.
May 2024
Two young brothers are taken care of by their grandmother. At bath time, innocent play will change the family forever.
Aug 2022
A restaurant becomes a nightmarish stage where male bodies morph into pigs—a transformation that embodies the dehumanization experienced by the victim. The familiar veers into the abject, the visual and auditory saturation replicating the traumatic invasion.
Jul 2025
At 61, Steve leads a seemingly ordinary routine life. But behind this facade hides a much more complex universe: that of BDSM, where the body becomes a field of pleasure and exploration of submission. This anthropologically inspired documentary paints an intimate portrait of this man who, through his fantasies, seeks to redefine his relationship with the body, desire and his deep identity. By diving into his most abstract motivations, the film questions what this quest for control… and abandonment reveals.
Aug 2026
Jirka rents a room in his Prague apartment to a bodybuilding tourist who constantly trains all over the city. Jirka can’t help but spy on this mysterious visitor, but quickly realizes he might be the one getting spied on.
Apr 2021
Nearly seventeen years old, Laetitia navigates between her attachment disorder and her blatant need for love. In a world where image control is absolute, LOVE ME tells the story of the quest for the love with a capital L, through the various forms of self-representation.
May 2021
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
Two dogs. One has rabies.
Sep 2024
Short animation by Nicolas Brault
Jan 2001
After experiencing her first heartbreak, Anais declares war on all the boys in 6th grade.
Feb 2019
Auguste, a passionate astronomer, sees his world turned upside down following the arrival of a meteorite on Earth.
After the hospitalization of a colleague, Louise, a fellow miner, causes havoc by vandalizing an office at work.
Oct 2023
In the middle of a subathon, a streamer must decide: keep the show going, or reconnect with the people who truly matter.
Apr 2026
To heal their wounds, women from the same family reveal their connection with the sea.
Hélène, a woman living alone in a suburban house in 1976, is confronted by her past when her husband suddenly reappears after going away for a year and a half to write a novel.
May 2014
May 2023
The graceful cadence of a waltz with the frenetic rhythms of contemporary life.