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Browse 27 movies from Cégep de l'Outaouais
Life feels more like a complicated game of snakes and ladders than a straight line.
Dec 2022
In Parc de la Gatineau, Vincent, the director, discovers Michel Leclair's passion, his life's work: beaver conservation.
Jan 2025
This documentary addresses the importance of music in education.
« Shunned by her peers, a ballerina struggles to find her place in her dance group. In echo, three women reveal the invisible scars left by beauty standards. »
Dec 2024
A young man finishes his hard day's work in a library. He smuggles contraband from this building, despite the fact that the deep censorship in place severely punishes this type of activity. He will face numerous consequences for his illicit practices.
May 2022
Intimate window on how united or divided Canada is between it's two languages: french and english.
In the bustling world of cooking, we follow Patrick Turcot, a passionate chef seeking a balance between the intensity of his profession and his family life. This immersive documentary delves into his daily life, where creativity, team spirit, and constant pressure simmer in a hectic routine.
May 2025
Intimate window on eating disorders with members of "Outremangeurs Anonymes".
A time capsule with the Parasidi Brothers exploring their massive collection of goodies from the universe of "Un homme et son péché", novel written by Claude-Henri Grignon in 1934.
Charles has just moved into a new house with his mother. Cut off from the rest of the world, the young adult is having difficulty adapting to the change. While walking outside, he hears music that leads him to meet a man passionate about jazz who shares his musical knowledge to him.
May 2023
Misogyny and gender norms are deeply rooted concepts in our society. In this experimental documentary, various speakers, accompanied by specialists, discuss their experiences with this subject. Taking this issue very seriously, the film crew takes center stage, exposing these taboos in a humorous tone, mixed with several colorful metaphors to support the expressed points. All of this ensures that Différenci[elles] is not a traditional documentary.
A young woman and a young boy will guide us through their eyes, offering a different and more poetic view of Montcalm Street in Gatineau. They will take the time to appreciate it and ask questions about it before time completely erases it.
Indulging in excess and debauchery, Francis is fascinated by his image to the point of becoming autosexual. Without his partners' knowledge, he takes a perverse pleasure in filming their pieces of carnal art. When his doctor prescribes a battery of tests for STIs, he is convinced he has contracted a disease.
A kleptomaniac's life is turned upside down by a sudden and unexplained breakup. Trying to understand what happened while experiencing the symptoms of a broken heart, he must confront the desire of a lost love that even the most skilled thief cannot acquire.
A young photographer loves to capture the gaze of strangers on film. In his darkroom, he discovers on a celluloid the gaze of a woman he didn't photograph. Obsessed, he tries to find its origin, that of this mystical woman.
On the menu, a society coming out of the closet.
Louca, Vince, JF, and Isaac have been friends forever and spend their nights hanging out in the sus' spots of their city. A break-in gone wrong raises tensions between the members of the group, who clearly no longer see things the same way. During an argument, they don't hesitate to tell each other their home truths.
The Deluxe car wash is much more than just a workplace for Sylvain, Buck, Denis, Pierre, and Jeanne, who have been meeting there to socialize since 1992.
Following his father's death, Benoit must return to the house where he grew up. Blinded by anger and sadness, he goes there with the firm intention of cleaning up and throwing away all the things that remind him of his father. Touching the deceased's piano, the man is transported back to his childhood.
When she learns that her ex's mother died, Céleste decides to crash the funeral to prove to her ex that she's totally fine.