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- DirectorMyriam VerreaultStarsAriel Fontaine St-OngeKatinen Grégoire-FontaineJoe FontaineTwo girls grow up as best friends in an Innu community who promised each other to stick together no matter what. But their friendship is shaken when Mikuan falls for a white boy.
- DirectorRobert MorinStarsIannicko N'Doua-LégaréRobin AubertEmmanuel BilodeauIn the middle of the night, in the Quebec countryside, all hell breaks loose as a black teenager is caught smashing a racially denigrating lawn ornament. Together the neighbours attend to justice against the vandal. Thorough the night there is mounting racism, fueled by alcohol, and violence. Le Nèg' opens the morning after when the police investigators arrive at the scene to take depositions.
- DirectorStefan MiljevicStarsGabriel SabourinLouis ChampagneRobin AubertThree friends going on a fishing trip but instead of fishing they end up in Amsterdam ...
- DirectorDenis CôtéStarsPierrette RobitailleRomane BohringerMarc-André GrondinTwo lesbian ex-cons, Victoria and Florence, are trying to make a new life in the backwoods of Quebec. Seeking peace and quiet, the couple slowly begin to feel under siege as Vic's probation office keeps unexpectedly popping up and a strange woman in the neighborhood soon turns out to be an increasingly menacing shadow from Flo's past.
- DirectorJacob TierneyStarsLiane BalabanJay BaruchelTaylor BaruchelA Montreal high school student who believes he is the reincarnation of Lev Trotskiy starts a revolution against apathy among his fellow students.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsÉric BruneauMélanie ThierryMelanie MerkoskyLuc, an architect and married man from Quebec, begins an extramarital affair with Lindsay while on a business trip to Toronto.
- DirectorPascal LaugierStarsMorjana AlaouiMylène JampanoïCatherine BéginA young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
- DirectorRobin AubertStarsTrystan BouthillierRichard RobitaillePatrick HivonA disturbed young man pairs up with his grumpy grandfather for a road trip in search of his father who left town after digging up the corpse of his wife.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsLubna AzabalMélissa Désormeaux-PoulinMaxim GaudetteTwins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsXavier DolanMonia ChokriNiels SchneiderThe story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.
- DirectorKen ScottStarsPatrick HuardJulie LeBretonAntoine BertrandAs his lover announces her pregnancy, a fortysomething slacker receives other life-changing news: 142 people, all of them the result of artificial insemination, have filed a class action lawsuit against him, their biological father.
- DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsVanessa ParadisKevin ParentHélène FlorentA love story between a man and woman. And between a mother and her son. A mystical and fantastical odyssey on love.
- DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsMichel CôtéMarc-André GrondinDanielle ProulxA young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.
- DirectorYves PelletierStarsEmmanuel BilodeauIsabelle BlaisIsabelle CyrBack in town after years abroad, an idealistic woman takes upon herself to spruce up her blasé sister's sentimental life by fooling around with the messages she leaves her fiancé on the fridge.
- DirectorClaude DesrosiersStarsGuy JodoinStéphane CrêteClaude LegaultIn 2039, the Romano-Fafard spaceship crew, led by Captain Patenaude, are still looking for a viable planet to resume mankind and accommodate Earth's six billion idiots. They may have finally found one but it won't be trouble free.
- StarsFrançois LétourneauVincent-Guillaume OtisÉdith CochraneTwo TV writers whose critically savaged police show is a surprise hit decide that they need real criminal experiences to spice up their second season.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsXavier DolanPierre-Yves CardinalLise RoyA grieving man meets his lover's family, who were not aware of their son's sexual orientation.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsPauline AcquartLouise BlachèreAdèle HaenelAfter meeting at a local pool over their summer break, a love triangle forms between three adolescent girls, which proves difficult to sustain as they each desire the love of another.
- DirectorStéphane LafleurStarsJulianne CôtéPierre-Luc LafontaineLuc SenayWhile her parents are away, a young woman and her friend are hanging out for the summer, and are joined by her brother and his bandmates.
- DirectorRoger CantinStarsMarc LabrècheJessica BarkerMaxime CollinFleeing from some other children who want to beat him, Olivier meets the ghost of a Pirate who every hundred years tries to find a parchment. Olivier agrees to help him. But in doing so he is captured by a bunch of pirates. The other children of the village discover a door thru time and space in an old haunted house and decide to rescue Olivier from Captain Monbars' pirates.
- DirectorÉric TessierStarsMarc-André GrondinNormand D'AmourSonia Vachon5150 ELM'S WAY is located at end of a quiet street in a small town. When Yannick fell off his bike.
- DirectorMariloup WolfeStarsGuillaume Lemay-ThiviergeÉric BruneauLaurence LeboeufA look in the lives of three friends, Charles, Manu and Raphaël, living and working in a skydiving center. In their own way, they will struggle to deal with issues that life puts in their paths.
- DirectorAlexis Durand-BraultStarsLaurence LeboeufPatrice RobitailleDenis BouchardJulie, star of cycling, is two races to win the World Cup. It is the culmination of years of effort. Julie loves the spotlight. His entourage too. Encouraged by her coach and doctor, she dope since the age of 14. When her doctor denounces, she managed to hush up the case, but the magnitude of the measurement mess ... Abuse. Lie. Treason. Caught in a gear that goes beyond, will she succeed in finding a way out?
- DirectorRicardo TrogiStarsPatrice RobitailleJean-Phillipe PearsonStéphane BretonQuébec-Montréal: 250 km of asphalt, nine thirty-something travelers, four cars, one destination. The journey becomes an opportunity to share points of view about life and discuss troubling questions about existence. Highway 20 forms the backdrops for the sometimes hilarious, sometimes complicated situations between three south-bound friends who discuss ideal love, the quest of romance between two ambiguous office colleagues, the appearance of passion from a pictures perfect couple versus the daily-grind suffered by another young couple and their pending break up. The two hours in transit along the winding thoroughfare of love set a collision course of grating simultaneous reality-checks and deep reflections about where life has taken you and the roads that it will take you on in the future.
- DirectorJean-François PouliotStarsDavid BoutinLucie LaurierRaymond BouchardA much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme to make Dr. Christopher Lewis a local.
- DirectorRobert MénardStarsMichel CôtéLouise MarleauGeneviève RiouxThe same actor plays four kinds of male animals prowling four kinds of Montreal nightclubs.
- DirectorPatrick HuardStarsClaude LegaultGuillaume Lemay-ThiviergePaul DoucetTwo brothers (Legault, Lemay-Thivierge) discuss the positive and negative aspects of adultery as their mother lies beside them in a coma, while their brother Rémi (Doucet) attempts to discourage them. Their conversations become more explicit as time passes.
- DirectorYves DesgagnésStarsClaudine MercierDenys ArcandDan BigrasDans la ville de Montréal, un célèbre concours de chant (Idole instantanée), dont le gagnant enregistre son premier album, présente quatre finalistes. Quand le gagnant de l'an passé, Simon Sirois (Claudine Mercier) doit s'occuper de sa mère malade alors qu'il aurait préféré aller à Las Vegas pour rencontrer Céline Dion, les quatre finalistes (toutes interprétées par Claudine Mercier), les femmes sont Catherine « Cat » Painchaud, mère au foyer de trois enfants ; Manon Lemieux, fille unique d'un couple qui sacrifie leur travail pour l'aider a réaliser son rêve ; Daphnée Bérubé, rouquine travaillant dans un centre d'exercices pour personnes âgées ainsi que Mimi Dubé, fille qui vit avec ses parents dans un petit village paisible. Alors que les quatre femmes, encouragées par leur entourage, sont toutes déterminées à remporter Idole Instantanée 2, les Femmes devront toutefois surmonter certains obstacles afin d'arriver à leur but. Ces quatre jeunes femmes rêvent de devenir une vedette immédiate en remportant le concours Idole instantanée 2. On suit donc, en parallèle, les quatre protagonistes pendant les 24 h précèdant la grande finale télévisée de la compétition. Le film 'Idole instantanée' aborde deux facettes de la télé-réalité. Tout d'abord l'aspect tentatuculaire et monstrueux du phénomène; son omniprésence médiatique et notre impossibilité d'y échapper. Ensuite, le mariage parfait, la fusion totale entre le voyeurisme des télespectateurs et l'exhibitionnisme des participants de ces émissions.
- DirectorCharles BinaméStarsBruce GreenwoodXavier DolanCarrie-Anne MossA psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.
- StarsVéronique TremblayMarc FournierStéphanie LabbéMichelle Beaulieu, a young woman of seventeen with a troubled past, attempts to operate in a society whose codes escape her. She discovers that murder turns out to be an easy solution. She realizes that morality has no more authority over her. What will happen when the Red Queen arrives?
- DirectorÉric TessierStarsMichel CôtéPatrick HuardCatherine FlorentIn Montreal, on the same day that a policeman shot eleven children, killing ten, without any reason, the successful writer Thomas Roy amputates his fingers and tries to commit suicide. Completely catatonic, he is treated by Dr. Paul Lacasse and his big fan, the pregnant Dr. Jeanne Marcoux, in a psychiatric hospital. When the journalist Charles Monette, who is writing a book about Thomas, schedules a meeting with Dr. Paul, he shows pieces of newspaper showing that Thomas was present to the last thirty-seven tragedies in Canada. Dr. Paul reads the notes and decides to investigate further the life of Thomas Roy, disclosing dark secrets about his past.
- DirectorDaniel GrouStarsRobin AubertMarilyn CastonguayViolette ChauveauSometimes, we're just waiting for a miracle. A nurse who is a Jehovah's Witness, grows fond of the miracle survivor of a plane crash. Two sexagenarians, a bartender and a parking lot attendant want to explore their forbidden passions. A conservative, well-off couple drown their disappointments in booze and gambling. And a man does his utmost to make amends for an irredeemable action, bringing us to a plane bound for Cuba. An ensemble film where every character affects the lives of others.
- DirectorClaude JutraStarsJacques GagnonLyne ChampagneJean DuceppeSet in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsLothaire BluteauCatherine WilkeningJohanne-Marie TremblayA group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsDominique MichelDorothée BerrymanLouise PortalSexual revelations emerge when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsMarc LabrècheDiane KrugerSylvie LéonardJean-Marc Leblanc (Labrèche), a desperate civil servant, escapes reality as we know it by imagining himself as the hero in imaginary adventures.
- DirectorJean-Claude LauzonStarsGilles MaheuRoger LebelCorrado MastropasquaMarcel, recently released from prison, attempt to rebuild his relationship with his girlfriend Julie (now a prostitute) and especially his father Albert (who thinks he's been away on a long trip abroad), while being pursued by two corrupt cops (one of whom bears a longstanding grudge against him) for drug money he's alleged to possess...
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalXavier DolanFrançois ArnaudA semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.
- DirectorSylvain ArchambaultStarsMichel CôtéMaxime Le FlaguaisLéo ArguelloToronto, August 2001. Commander Robert Piche left Pearson Airport heading for Lisbon on an Airbus 330. Due to a significant fuel loss, he was headed for an almost certain crash. However, he courageously kept his cool and skillfully glided the plane to a safe landing, saving the 306 passengers on board. Back in Canada, Piche's criminal past and extraordinary life came to light, explaining somewhat how he was able to commit this heroic act.
- DirectorPascal PlanteStarsKaterine SavardAriane MainvilleHilary CaldwellNadia, an Olympic swimmer in her twenties, faces the challenges of her imminent retirement.
- DirectorRobin AubertStarsRobin AubertRobert MorinBrigitte Poupart
- DirectorLouise ArchambaultStarsJulie PerreaultMagalie Lépine BlondeauRobin AubertSisters Marianne and Christin travel to the Magdalen Islands, where they will spread their father's ashes and flee their personal problems, without realizing that they carry them with them, literally and figuratively.
- DirectorAnaïs Barbeau-LavaletteStarsKelly DepeaultCaroline NéronNormand D'AmourA coming of age story set against the backdrop of a rural Québec town and grunge music's rise.
- DirectorFélix RoseStarsPaul RoseJacques RoseRose Rose Doré-In October 1970, members of the Front de libération du Québec kidnapped Minister Pierre Laporte, triggering an unprecedented crisis in Quebec (Canada). Fifty years later, Félix Rose is trying to understand what could have led his father and uncle to commit such acts.
- DirectorAnne ÉmondStarsMylène MackayMilya Corbeil GauvreauMickaël GouinInspired by the life and works of Nelly Arcan, a sex worker turned international literary star, lost between irreconcilable identities, whose life ended tragically.
- DirectorSophie DeraspeStarsNahéma RicciRachida OussaadaNour BelkhiriaA modern adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy which falls within a social realism. To the law of men, the young Antigone apposes her own sets of values.
- DirectorSébastien PiloteStarsKarelle TremblayPierre-Luc BrillantFrançois PapineauA frustrated teenager frees herself from her mother's influence and her narrow life in a small industrial town to find out who she really is.