Sara-Sue Vallée
2021
Beans
Tracey Deer
Kiawentiio, Violah Beauvais
Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
Beans
Boost
Darren Curtis
Nabil Rajo, Jahmil French
Hakeem and A-Mac are like brothers. Together facing immigrant life in Montreal, while 'spotting' cars after school. Boost gives us a glimpse into the awkward adventures of teenage boyhood, then the jolt, when that innocence ends abruptly.
Boost
Montréal Dead End
Catherine Villeminot, Audric Cussigh
Guy Jodoin, Mirianne Brûlé
A fantasy anthology of 15 segments each dealing with a specific neighbourhood of Montreal and its signature idiosyncrasies. This terrifying tour-of-the-town captures neighbourhoods, buildings and iconic locations from North America's Amsterdam, shedding the straightforward storyline for a narrative melting-pot filled with demons, shadowy humanoids and disgusting otherworldly beings.
Montréal Dead End
Contretemps
Claire Bottalico
Guy Blanchard, Claire Bottalico
Laura is in mourning for 1 year. She dropped all her ambitions to become a musician. No one supports her except her best friend, Mathilde, who supports her anyway. One day, by chance, she meets Amelie. Their deep friendship will help Laura find hope.
Contretemps
