Pascale Bussières

Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist (Gabrielle Rose) who is treating a woman (Molly Parker), while her daughter (Nadia Litz) accidentally loses the woman's pre-school daughter in the park. The older daughter meets a voyeur (Brendan Fletcher) (vision), a professional house-cleaner (Daniel MacIvor) has an acute sense of smell, a cake maker has lost her sense of taste, and an older man (Phillippe Volter) is losing his hearing. (imdb)

An intimate, unflinching look at the intricacies of the relationship between two teenaged girls. (Winstar Cinema)

Emporte-Moi ("Set Me Free") tells the story of Hanna, a girl struggling with her sexuality and the depression of both her parents as she goes through puberty in Quebec in 1963. The film heavily references the French new-wave film "Vivre sa vie" ("It's my life") by Jean-Luc Godard.

A political prisoner is returning to his Mandragoran home when he embarks on a passionate affair with a young woman.

Based on a true story, The Blue Butterfly tells the story of a terminally ill 10-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on Earth, the mythic and elusive Blue Morpho. His mother persuades a renowned entomologist to take them on a trip to the jungle to search for the butterfly, leading to an adventure that will transform their lives. (imdb)

An uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman whom works at a local carnival which comes to town. (imdb)

Newly divorced lawyer Nathan Del Amico is shaken up after he meets a doctor who claims that he can sense when select people are about to die. Though he doesn't believe the doctor, events in Nathan's life slowly make him think he's not long for this world. (Anonymous)

In the future, where it's faster to travel by exchanging bodies with someone at the destination, a man's body is hijacked by a ruthless terrorist. (imdb)

Nathalie and Louise are friends from childhood. While studying drama at University Louise becomes hopelessly obsessed with her friend... (imdb)

Semi-arty little semi-revenge flick from France. Catherine de Léan as Rose, a young woman who wants more than payback for the abuse she witnessed and suffered as a child at the hands of her father. She wants her father to understand that his legacy, and the continued abuse of her mother and younger brother, is wrong. So with the help of a couple friends she captures him, gives him a great big grown-up time out and ties him to a radiator in an empty rehearsal studio and attempts to enlighten him. (imdb)

A seismologist investigates the mysterious cessation of the tides near her Quebec home town

This film shows many clips from most of Maddin's films up to Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, including Careful and Archangel. (imdb)

On a dairy farm in the Eastern Townships, in the middle of a drought and while the land is parching, a drama will disrupt the life of the Santerre family. Confronted to each other they will have to learn to forgive. (imdb)

Young Simone gets hit by a near fatal car crash, and as she questions her mortality, she also decides to have a baby. Her candidate for a father is her best friend Phillipe who happens to be seeing someone. He agrees, as long as they conceive in Salt Lake City, in the desert. The trip teaches many lessons about love, solitude, and self-discovery. (imdb)

THE SAVER tells the story of Fern, a teenaged girl who finds herself orphaned in the middle of a harsh Montreal winter. Determined to avoid her mother's tragic fate, Fern sets out to build a new life for herself. When Youth Protection comes looking, she bolts. At one of her mother's cleaning jobs, she finds the book 50 Ways to become a Millionaire. 'All you need to do is save,' it promises. Fern decides to do just that, replacing her grief with the quest to become a millionaire. (imdb)

Anna, a photojournalist, travels to Bangkok to pursue her investigations for a news story on the traffic in human beings being carried on by the triads. There she herself is kidnapped by Asian gangsters and subjected to the same abuse endured by the women she has interviewed and photographed. At length, in a Montreal hospital, she awakens to these brutal recollections. Scarred for life, obsessed by her desire for revenge, Anna embarks on a dark journey, where violence beckons at every turn. (imdb)

An actress mother and her estranged gay son's lives intersect with those of two medical professionals after an unexpected tragedy, forcing secrets to be revealed and personal demons to be dealt with. (imdb)

A young boy begins to experience the adult world as he enters adolescence. (imdb)

Eric is marrying Louise. His brother Anthony has been married to Helen for eight years and wants to warn Eric marriage won't be that great. Helen's not too happy either. (imdb)

Marc has a harmonious family life with his wife and Marion their eight years old daughter. But his world collapses when a car in front of his house kills Aurélie, his daughter's best friend. Marc feels guilt after telling her to go home. If she had stayed longer she would still be alive. Marc is haunted by the gaze that Aurélie gave him before dying. This vivid image turns his life upside down. He develops post-traumatic stress disorder. (imdb)

Who would you be today if, a few years ago, you had not chosen the path you took? Another person, in another life. Completely, definitely, irrevocably. (imdb)

New Zealand film, adapted by Richard Lymposs from his novel, about a 15 year old boy diagnosed with cancer.

In early 2030, the international crew of six astronauts from the United States, Russia, France, Canada and Japan board Terra Nova to begin their 582 day-month journey to Mars and back. They suffer numerous equipment failures along the way, eventually traced back to fraud on the part of a subcontractor. The international team is racing against China, who have already landed a robot on Mars. (wikipedia.org)

Two teenaged friends have separate difficult experiences that make the girls seriously consider suicide. (imdb)

50 Years after World War II Hitler's deadly 'The Windsor Protocol' turns up. This document shouldn't be in wrong hands, so the British call upon a smart criminal to retain it.

Diane Messier, living on a farm with family, experiences trauma after an accident, believing her house is haunted. Her daughter Angèle returns from Florida to support Diane and reunite the family amidst Diane's concerning behavior. (imdb)