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WHERE IS MY FRIEND’S HOUSE? Cinémathèque québécoise 5:00 PM: Une langue universelle (6:30 PM): A Shrine We borrow the title of Kiarostami’s film quite literally; here are two films that reach towards each other with open hands. Where is my friend’s house, indeed? Is it in the Venn diagram of personal quests that Rankin sets…

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES Cinéma Moderne 4:30 PM: Fujiyama Cotton 6:30 PM: Mémoire fertile 8:30 PM: Spiders Web Taking care of flowers, raising children, writing, furiously stomping the sidewalk. This program, articulated in three distinct but complementary movements, addresses the question of territory and those who exist and resist its occupation on a daily basis. Faced with…

AT DUSK Cinéma Moderne 7:00 PM: Taman-Taman (Park) (8:40 PM): Let the Red Moon Burn (9:00 PM): Eephus Passions reach a fever pitch at dusk; as light wanes, our sense of urgency heightens, and rituals take on a more imperative meaning. This program focuses on people devoted to vanishing traditions, who practice their art by…

STILL LIFE Cinéma Moderne 7:00 PM: Base Station (8:20 PM): Sept promenades avec Mark Brown It’s hard to tackle environmental issues without claiming a symbiotic relationship between human beings and their ecosystem, not only as dwellers of the land, but as thinkers and artists within it. That is the objective of this program, which invites…

FAMILY ALBUMS Cinéma Moderne 7:00 PM: Lost Chapters (8:20 PM): Merman (9:45 PM): UNDR Cinema, more than just a landscape of dreams, stands tall as a landmark to memory. In this program, three films imagine the archive in different ways. What constitutes a history? Is it merely visible through first person documents, or can it…

CHRONICLES OF A DEATH FORETOLD Cinémathèque québécoise 7:00 PM: Super Happy Forever (8:45 PM): Louis Riel, ou Le ciel touche la terre (10:15 PM): Now He Is in the Truth The temporalities of death interweave elegantly in this candid program dedicated to the grieving process. Mourning a lost love, mourning oneself, mourning one’s ecosystem are…