India-Switzerland-Canada, Documentary, HD, 80′

Documentary on famed Canadian architect Luc Durand, author of landmark buildings like the Quebec Pavillion at Expo 67, with Papineau-Gérin-Lajoie-Leblanc, and the Olympic Village for the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, with Roger D’Astous.

Canada, Documentary, HD, 103′
Roger D’Astous is one of the most important Canadian Architect of the twentieth century. A student of Frank Lloyd Wright, he worked all his life to create a nordic architecture. Once a starchitect of the sixties, this flamboyant artist then fell from grace before rising again at the dawn of the century. Along with his pavilions at Expo 67 and the Athletes Housing Complex for the 1976 Olympic Games, his residences are sensual vessels and his churches sumptuous spaceships. For the first time on-screen, this film embarks on a journey throughout the exceptional projects of Roger D’Astous. An epic journey with a modern architecture giant, and a frenetic praise for dreaming a better built environment in our post-global era.

Canada-Germany, Experimental Documentary, HD, 29′

In Dresden, Germany, a young woman receives mysterious letters written by her grandmother’s ghost. She goes to find her with a little help from a witchy artist woman. It triggers a journey throughout the city and Germany’s History, interlacing its resurrected mementos and future souvenirs until the two meet.

Canada, Fiction, 35mm, 11′

Montreal 1952, teenager Samuel brings his friend Julien to the neighbourhood steam bath for his weekly routine with Dad. Julien’s first time will be a day to remember.

Best film: Brescello Film Festival, Italy
Best actor: Jake McLeod, Novara Film Festival, Italy
Best film for youth: Reggio Film Festival, Italy
Best film for youth: Tucson Out in the Desert Film Festival, USA

Canada, Fiction, 35mm, 14′

Julien’s holiday at the family cottage gets a twist when a mysterious neighbor confuses him.
A summertime coming-of-age drama.

Best artistic direction: Brescia Film Brescia, Italy
Honorable Mention: Black Maria Film Festival, Jersey City, USA

Canada, Documentary, 35mm, 9′

Essay on acclaimed Canadian photographer George Steeves and his dramatic model Astrid Brunner. In the sumptuous Nova-Scotia landscapes a witty dialogue on passion and the turmoils of creation takes place. Between Brunner’s tragic past and Steeve’s pudic enthousiasm a long-standing passion subtly emerges.

Best film: Festival del Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy
Best film: Padova Rassegna Internazionale di Film Documentari sull’Arte, Italy
Best documentary: Sea to Sky Film Festival, Squamish, Canada
Jury Mention: Mediterranean New Filmmakers Festival, Larissa, Greece

Canada, Experimental, HD, 5′

A search for the erotic ghost in the porn universe. Six 8mm found footages from the sixties are striped naked to reveal intimacy. Floating figures escape their sexual content triggering a saturated canvas solved by spontaneous climaxes. Electro noise music is combined here with juxtapositions of erotic hot flashes to create a campy collage of thriller meets blue movie.

Critic’s prize: Manilla Experimental Film Festival, Philippines

Canada, Fiction, 16mm, 21′

A young man is confronted with daily routine at the job and his bored girlfriend. A critic of the libidinal economy at the age of late capitalism.

Canada, Documentary, 16mm, 21′

Canadian Artist of hungarian origins Istvan Kantor, alias Monty Cantsin, has been working since 30 years on the ege of body art, performance and actionnism. This film explores the world of this excentric artist, taken from his 1993 performance at the Montreal Cent Jours d’Art contemporain.

Canada, Documentary, HD, 13′

Portrait of non-conformist filmmaker Pierre Goupil, strugling with mental illness.

Canada, Documentary, 16mm, 26′

The puzzling universe of a Montreal underground painter now living in Paris.