QUEERMENT QUÉBEC
QUEERMENT QUÉBEC
Thu, Aug 26, PROG – 5
Continuing its collaboration with Canada’s first and oldest LGBTQ+ film festival, Image+Nation Film Festival in Montreal, KASHISH is proud to celebrate Montreal image-makers. This package of six short films features an eclectic and entertaining mix of emerging and established talents. Proving Montreal is a hotbed of queer creativity, these filmmakers offer up dazzling stories that speak of and to uniquely Québécois cultural perspectives.
Note: This short film package is available only for audiences in India.
Program Courtesy: Image+Nation Film Festival, Montreal
Screening supported by: Bureau du Québec à Mumbai
NOTHING TO SEE HERE (Rien de beau ici)
Dir: Gabrielle Vigneault-Gendron | 17 min | 2019 | Canada | French | Narrative Short
Someone has been killing cats in Emmanuelle’s neighborhood while her own pet has been missing for two months. Mixing dark humour and suspense to create a contemporary urban tale, Rien De Beau Ici is a look at social tensions.
MEMENTO MORI
Dir: Derek Elliott Bagley | 12 min | 2020 | Canada | French | Narrative Short
An elderly woman lies on her deathbed, ignored by her various family members as they wait around the house for her to die. After her death, the family is forced to reckon with the aftermath of her seemingly inconvenient demise and the impact of her questionable personal legacy.
THE PHD (Le doctorat)
Dir: Maxime S. Girard | 20 min | 2020 | Canada | French | Narrative Short
A romantic dinner turns into a ludicrous disaster when Bruno, an anxious psychology student, has to lie to his control-freak boyfriend about what really happened during his PhD’s entrance interview earlier that day.
I’LL END UP IN PRISON (Je finirai en prison)
Dir: Alexandre Dostie | 20 min | 2019 | Canada | French | Narrative Short
A stay-at-home mom gets into a murderous car crash where nobody wants to take the blame.
WHAT WE DON’T TELL (Ce qu’on ne raconte pas)
Dir: Zachary Ayotte | 15 min | 2019 | Canada | French | Narrative Short
Told through flashbacks, What We Don’t Tell takes a sobering yet nuanced look at survivors of sexual abuse and asks a difficult question: is it possible to truly recover from being abused?
QUEER NATION
Dir: Frigid | 8 min | 2020 | Canada | No Dialogue | Music Video
Vintage Queer Montreal: A glimpse into the 90s. Working though the 90s, House of Pride brought Montreal LGBTQ+ people together in the celebration of diversity.
