Le meilleur de la nouvelle vague québécoise (ou Renouveau du cinéma québécois)
J'ai tenté de réunir ce qui se fait de meilleur dans ce qu'on appelle la nouvelle vague québécoise. J'en oublie certainement.
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- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalXavier DolanFrançois ArnaudA semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsMelvil PoupaudEmmanuel SchwartzSuzanne ClémentA drama that charts ten years in a transgender woman's relationship with her lover.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalAntoine Olivier PilonSuzanne ClémentA widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
- DirectorAnne ÉmondStarsCatherine De LéanDimitri StorogeVéronique RebizovIt starts as a one night stand that evolves in a long discussion with infinite subjects between a québécoise and an immigrant.
- 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.
- DirectorPhilippe LesageStarsÉdouard Tremblay-GrenierPier-Luc FunkVassili SchneiderA young boy begins to experience the adult world as he enters adolescence.
- DirectorPhilippe LesageStarsNoée AbitaThéodore PellerinPier-Luc FunkThree teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.
- DirectorSophie DupuisStarsThéodore PellerinJean-Simon LeducPaul AhmaraniJP and Vincent, two brothers from a dysfunctional family, get involved in their uncle's drug cartel. Things quickly start spiraling out of control for Vincent, the younger and more unstable of the two.
- DirectorKarl LemieuxStarsJean-Simon LeducMartin DubreuilFrancis La HayeCaught stealing drugs, 27-year-old Vincent is in trouble and on the run from the local mob. Fleeing to the backwoods, Vincent unexpectedly reconnects with his brother Michel with whom he had cut ties many years ago. As he tries to maintain the semblance of a normal life, he witnesses Michel's own turbulent downward spiral.
- DirectorMartin LarocheStarsChristine BeaulieuMicheline LanctôtAlexandre LandryMixing realism and worrying strangeness, Le Rire presents a humane exploration of the survivor's syndrome, the grieving process, the distance of time, the power of love, and the joy of being alive.
- 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.
- DirectorsHenry BernadetMyriam VerreaultStarsMarie Frédérique AugerCaroline BeauséjourYann BernardA mosaic look at a day in the lives of twelve Quebec high schoolers strikingly captures the unique nature of the teenage years.
- DirectorChloé LericheStarsRykko BellemareKwena Bellemare-BoivinJacques NewashishBefore the Streets is a drama film directed by Chloé Leriche. Set among the Atikamekw people, the film stars Rykko Bellemare as Shawnouk, a man undertaking the process of restorative justice after accidentally killing someone.
- DirectorSonia Bonspille BoileauStarsLake DelisleCarmen MooreMcKenzie Deer RobinsonIn the late 90s, 8-year-old Ivy searches for her missing sister Heather in their Mohawk community. She and her mother Susan journey together, strengthening their bond amid hardship. A child's view of loss becomes a tale of hope and love.
- 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.
- DirectorDenis CôtéAlong the rhythm of the seasons, beasts and humans regard each other. 'Bestiary' unfolds like a picture book about mutual observation. A contemplation of a stable imbalance, and of loose, tranquil and indefinable elements.
- DirectorDenis CôtéStarsRobert NaylorJosée DeschênesJean-Michel AnctilIn a small and isolated town, Simon Dubé dies in a car accident. The stunned townspeople are reluctant to discuss the circumstances of the tragedy. From that point on time seems to lose all meaning, and the days stretch on without end.
- DirectorSophie Bédard MarcotteStarsSamuel BrassardSophie Bédard MarcotteAlexa-Jeanne DubéAs a malfunctioning cargo spaceship is threatening to crash to the Earth, Claire is going through a difficult winter.
- DirectorGeneviève Dulude-De CellesStarsRobin AubertJosée BeaulieuEmilie BierreBetween high school pressure and family disorganisation, Mylia is trying to find her bearings. Meeting Jacinthe and Jimmy will lead her to outline a new life.
- DirectorDavid ParadisStarsIsabelle BlaisPierre-Luc BrillantDanaé BéginIn order to save his love relationship, an actor gets involved in a strange experiment organized by his troubled girlfriend. Confined to a sinister location, he has to follow a weird routine and play a game of truth that will lead him to the deepest corners of his tormented soul.
- DirectorYan GirouxStarsMartin DubreuilChristian JadahHenri Richer-PicardAll his life, Yves dedicated himself to poetry, carrying his suitcase to any couch that would welcome him. When he storms into Dyane's life, a graphic designer who falls for his charms, her son Marc immediately disapproves of this eccentric stranger in his mother's bed. But the studious teenager soon finds Yves' rebel ways contagious and begins to explore his own artistic side. Meanwhile, the poet feels increasingly trapped in his new life and decides to sabotage everything in a great outburst. Now alone at the end of the world, he realizes his words no longer mean anything. Freely inspired by the life and work of Quebec poet Yves Boisvert (1950-2012), For Those Who Don't Read Me tells the story of a man's quest for the absolute, fighting not to end up forgotten between two cookbooks.
- DirectorSébastien PiloteStarsGilbert SicotteNathalie CavezzaliJeremy TessierMarcel Lévesque, a quick-witted car salesman nearing retirement, lives to sell. He has been salesman of the month for the last sixteen years at the dealership where he has spent his career, in a declining industrial town in Lac Saint-Jean, where it's cold enough to scare away the tourists and buying a car sometimes seems completely absurd. There's just one thing on his mind: getting his beloved Detroit rides off the lot. Marcel Lévesque is a salesman from a bygone era, a man who learned his trade by telling tales - "fibs dressed up with flowers" - and making his customers happy. But a tragedy will change everything for this peddler of dreams.
- DirectorSébastien PiloteStarsGabriel ArcandGilles RenaudLucie LaurierWhen his grown daughter returns to the family farm in desperate need of money, solitary and stoic Gaby will be asked to sacrifice everything for those closest to him. WINNER - Cannes Film Festival
- 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.
- DirectorMaxime GirouxStarsEugénie BeaudrySerge HoudeGuillaume BeauregardA young woman taking care of her diabetic father gets involved in a one way relationship. Portrait of a generation about to replace another, Demain is a film based on an inertia marked youth, and on it's precursors confronted to their own disappearance.