From March 11 to 15, 2020, the Festival Regard will be in its 24th edition. On the program, 197 films, from more than 40 countries around the world, will be offered to the public. Film buffs will have the chance to watch 70 films presented in North American premieres, including…
The plot of the film Ordinary Love by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn can be summed up easily: an old couple, Joan (Lesley Manville) and Tom (Liam Neeson), married for many years, enjoy their retirement by indulging to calm happiness within their four walls. It’s an “ordinary love” that doesn’t require an escape from the routine that some would be afraid of.
Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from Nonviolent demonstrators to armed militants. As a Jewish-Israeli lawyer who has represented political prisoners for five decades, Tsemel, in her tireless quest for justice, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits.
An African American, an Arab-American and a white guy who try to rob a subway train. Because none of them wants to rob people of their own race, it sets them off to a series of arguments over self-identity. Directed by Nino Aldi and co-produced by Quebec filmmaker Patricia Chica,…
The four short films presented here are all documentaries that deal with social issues. You will definitely be brought to think about those issues. I Signed the Petition (Fleifel Mahdi) – Canada Immediately after a Palestinian man signs an online petition, he is thrown into a panic-inducing spiral of self-doubt.…
During our 5th anniversary, we produced a small web series of 4 episodes in which we explain some techniques used in cinema. 2 years later, we decided to share them here. This small series called Behind the Picture, is produced without pretension, with the sole purpose of informing in a…
The Maids Will Come on Monday traces the satirical dysfunction of a haughty family during an uncomfortable Christmas dinner. At times crude, humorous, and chilling, the family engages in a series of heartfelt gestures and dissonant exchanges while seated at a roundtable eating assorted takeout foods…
2019 is coming to an end; the time has come for cinematographic assessments. Long métrages 5 – Sole (Carlo Sironi) – Italy Ermanno and Lena are two strangers. Lena has come from Poland to sell her baby. Ermanno has to pretend to be the father so that he can entrust…
