QUEERMENT QUÉBEC 1

Synopsis

LE FLOU DES ARBRES (THE BLURRING OF TREES) FANNY PERREAULT | CANADA | 2024 | 11 MIN | FRENCH EST Two incarcerated women in a secure Northern Quebec forest are subjected to the hard labour of reforestation. They enjoy a little area of freedom they’ve managed to create thanks to an empathetic prison guard. SAINT-RÉMI SIMON VERMEULEN | CANADA | 2024 | 4 MIN | NO DIALOGUE Abandoned in the debris of a mine, a dancer is revived by the celestial energy pulsating within him. EXTRAS MARC-ANTOINE LEMIRE | CANADA | 2024 | 15 MIN | FRENCH EST EXT. DAY - A sunny Sunday morning on a café terrace: Isabelle, an actor whose career is in a rut, meets Johanne, her agent, who might have a new part for her. Tension mounts both at the table and in the surroundings. Will expectations be met? DOUX TEMPS CAIO AMON | CANADA + BRAZIL | 2023 | 5 MIN | FRENCH Set to classical Québecois music and filmed in a colourful, cinematic style, Doux temps explores the sharp contrast between, on one hand, the somewhat routine daily lives of four characters and, on the other, the lyrical sweep of words and music that evoke the amorous passions of the ‘sweet days’ of youth. THE SECOND COMING ANTONIA NEATBY | CANADA | 2024 | 2 MIN | ENGLISH A woman confesses her sins to her priest. LANDFILL JESS LEE | CANADA | 2023 | 18 MIN | ENGLISH Five thousand twenty five walks. Fifty-two miles of floors mopped. Seventy hours watching movie stars kiss. Alice, a headstrong elder dyke, navigates environmentally induced illness while she contends with her unique notion of legacy. BEAUTY IS REVENGE ATIF SIDDIQI | CANADA | 2024 | 14 MIN | ENGLISH The filmmaker aka Tranie Tronic tells the tale of the incident that inspired their latest album Transgression and brings awareness to the potential dangers of dating men online.