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Plainsong poster
Movie

A supernatural force takes over a trio's vacation.

Plainsong

Jul 2019

Prank poster
Movie

Stefie, an unremarkable teenage loner, is recruited by Martin, Jean-Sé and Lea to record their daily capers with his cellphone. The four pranksters decide to set up a stunt that go beyond anything they’ve done so far… But this time, who will be the victim? A funny and cruel coming-of-age story about love, friendship, peer pressure and loss of innocence.

Prank

Sep 2016

Sashinka poster
Movie

When Sasha's mother arrives on her doorstep without warning the young musician is unable to hide her trepidation. As she tries to prepare for the most important concert of her career, the reasons for her mother's visit come to light and Sasha must find a way to survive the remaining 24 hours, confronting both the volatile woman and the past that Sasha had worked so hard to leave behind her.

Sashinka

Oct 2017

Barbarians of the Bay poster
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Always passionate about hockey, young Jean-Philippe Tanguay dreams of only one thing: becoming a player agent. He idolizes his cousin Yves Tanguay, a former NHL player, now playing with the Barbares de La Malbaie amateur hockey team. When the team advances to the Canadian championship, Yves convinces his young cousin to accompany him to Thunder Bay to attend the championship. The two cousins ​​see this as a unique opportunity for their careers and will embark on a road trip that will lead them to discover the price to pay to make their dreams come true.

Barbarians of the Bay

Nov 2019

Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves poster
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Province of Quebec, Canada, the Maple Spring, 2012. Driven by frustration and the desire to find a new life, Klas Batalo, Ordine Nuovo, Tumulto and Giutizia form a counter-cultural group, a radical cell guided by a deep hostility to the established order that they manifest through terribly ambiguous political expressions, Molotov cocktails and guerrilla tactics, seeking to sow mayhem in Montreal as a prelude to the overthrow of the government.

Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves

Sep 2016

I'll End Up in Jail poster
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A bored stay-at-home mom gets into trouble after speeding away from her small-town life.

I'll End Up in Jail

Oct 2019

Mutants poster
Movie

In the summer of 1996, life throws a curveball in the face of Keven Guénette; and it strikes. Guided by his paraplegic baseball coach, Keven discovers the mutation, sex and love.

Mutants

Jan 2020

Isla Blanca poster
Movie

Mathilde returns home after eight years to say goodbye to her terminally ill mother.

Isla Blanca

Mar 2018

Vigilante poster
Movie

Vigilante

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Follow the Fox poster
Movie

Richard and Clément, two cousins who grew up together in Québec’s Côte Nord region, decide to team up to raise money for their ailing grandfather. Inspired by their childhood idol Terry Fox, the cousins leave Sept-Îles to reach the place where the famous one-legged runner prematurely ended his Marathon of Hope : Thunder Bay, Ontario. In a sincere attempt to pay tribute to Terry, Richard travels on his bike without ever touching his handlebars, while Clément follows him in his beat-up pick-up truck. The road is long, and sometimes, the best way forward might be backwards.

Follow the Fox

Mar 2014

Born in the Maelstrom poster
Movie

Rebecca is an eighteen-year-old biracial girl bound in an imaginary world shaped by her black mother’s painful past. She searches for liberation from a world where she does not belong.

Born in the Maelstrom

Oct 2017

Ailleurs exactement poster
Movie

Maxime forgets how to put on her pants and she decides to keep her problem to herself. Gradually, her memory loss forces her to confront more and more difficult situations.

Ailleurs exactement

Sep 2014