- FEATURE FILMS & SHORTS -


The Color of the Sun (2026)

Director
Xavier Tera

Cast
West Mulholland, Naoto Shimajiri, Shogen, Erika Oda, Sachiko Fukumoto, Yuma Taira, Daido.

Production companies
Twin Brains Films, MIA Film, BB2, Wise Pictures.

Synopsis
During summer break on Okinawa's main island, Kamei and his friends face uncertain futures, until they meet Colin, a teenager from the American base in Naha, and everything changes.

Festivals & Awards
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Venice International Film Festival - World Premiere
*
FIPRESCI International Critics’ Prize - Winner


Balestra (2024)

Director
Nicole Dorsey

Cast
Cush Jumbo (The Good Fight), Manny Jacinto (The Good Place), and James Badge Dale (Iron Man 3).

Production companies
Item 7, Odd fellow entertainment.

Synopsis
A competitive fencer agrees to test an experimental device that lets her train within lucid dreams in which she meets a mysterious stranger who will upend her marriage, her psyche, and her path to Olympic gold.


Stampede (original title: Rodéo) - 2022

Director
Joëlle Desjardins Paquette

Cast
Lilou Roy-Lanouette, Maxime Le Flaguais

Cinematography
Juliette Lossky

Editing
Véronique Barbe, Elric Robichon

Production House
Colonelle Films

Synopsis
A road movie and a truck ride, harsh and poetic, that delves into the mystery of a damaged relationship between a father and his 9-year-old daughter.

Awards
* Whistler Film Festival - Best Director of a Borsos Competition Film
* Whistler Film Festival - Jury's Honourable Mention for Best Acting (Lilou Roy-Lanouette)
* Gala Québec Cinéma - Nominated for Best first feature film
* CSA - Nominated for Best first feature film
* CSA - Nominated for Best lead performance

The Rest of Us (2018)

Director
Aisling Chin-Yee

Cast
Heather Graham, Sophie Nélisse, Jodi Balfour, Abigail Pniowsky

Cinematography
Daniel Grant

Editing
Véronique Barbe, Aisling Chin-Yee

Executive Producers
Damon D'Oliveira, Patrice Theroux

Producers
Katie Bird Nolan, Lindsay Tapscott, Will Woods, Emma Fleury

Production Company
Babe Nation Films

Canadian Distributor
levelFILM

Synopsis
Two mother-daughter duos must contend with their grief and complicated relationships with one another when the person who connects them dies.

Awards
* CCE award : nominated for Best Editing in Feature Film
* TIFF World premiere
* Released in US cinemas

Links - where to watch

- SHORT FILMS -


Un jour de fête (A Birthday)

Fiction | 2020 | Québec, Canada | 21 min | 2.39 | 2K | Couleur | Digital 5.1 | Français + English Subs.

CAST

Mère: Christine Beaulieu
Éli: Maïka Lafrenière
Fred: Arnaud Lemaire
Serveuse: Jade-Mariuka Robitaille

CREW

Production : Suzanna Wojciechowska (Champ Libre Films)
Director : Philippe Arsenault
Scenario : Jocelyn Martel-Thibault
DP : Simon-Pierre Gingras
Editor : Véronique Barbe
Artistic Direction: Marie-Pier Fortier
Sound: Olivier Léger
Mix : Patrice Leblanc
Musique : Gabriel Gagnon, Clément Leduc, Steven Dorman

SYNOPSIS
Le jour de sa fête, une mère monoparentale tente d’amener de la lumière dans la vie de ses deux jeunes enfants, inventant un jeu qui consiste à partir à la conquête des recoins cachés de leur village en voiture.

On her birthday, a single mom tries to bring light in the lives of her two young children by inventing a car game where they conquer hidden corners of their village.

 

Nous Avions | Time flies

Canada | 18 min 16 sec

A young aviation enthusiast’s obsession with the majestic Concorde is the basis for this poetic exploration of family, culture, and love, propelled by entrancing readings from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet.

Produced by : Voyelles Films

Directed by : Stéphane Moukarzel

Ailleurs Exactement

Canada & Switzwerland | 22 min 50 sec

Maxime forgets how to put on her pants and she decides to keep her problem to herself. Gradually, her memory loss forces her to confront more and more difficult situations.

Produced by : Art et Essai

Directed by : Kristina Wagenbauer

How Tommy Lemenchick Became a Grade 7 Legend

Canada | 11min 27 sec | 16 :9 | HD

Ophelia is a whip-smart 12-year-old girl who must solve a vexing problem: she’s never been kissed. There are several candidates in her class, but none have Tommy Lemenchick’s smile.

Production : Midi La Nuit / Second Tomorrow Studios
Directed by : Bastien Alexandre

PAS

Danse short film | *sample : 2 min 35 sec

Through her entire life, Rose has followed her passion for dance by using it as a singular method of communication essential to connect with her surroundings.

Produced by : Aléas Films
Directed by : Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard