Gala du cinéma québécois 2016
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- DirectorMathieu DenisStarsAnthony TherrienAntoine L'ÉcuyerKarelle TremblayA teenage Québecer in the 1960s evolves from pro-independence activist to radical terrorist, in this gripping chronicle of the origins of the FLQ in the decade preceding the 1970 October Crisis.
- DirectorAnne ÉmondStarsMaxim GaudetteKarelle TremblayValerie CadieuxAfter the death of his father, an artisan does his best to raise and nurture his dynamic daughter.
- DirectorMaxime GirouxStarsMartin DubreuilHadas YaronLuzer TwerskyIn Félix and Meira, an unusual romance blossoms between two lost souls who inhabit the same neighborhood but vastly different worlds.
- DirectorLéa PoolStarsCéline BonnierLysandre MénardDiane LavalléeIn a small convent school in rural Quebec, Mother Augustine provides a musical education to young women no matter their socio-economic background. However, with the looming changes brought by Vatican II and Quebec's Quiet Revolution, the school's future is at peril.
- DirectorPhilippe LesageStarsÉdouard Tremblay-GrenierPier-Luc FunkVassili SchneiderA young boy begins to experience the adult world as he enters adolescence.
- DirectorSophie DeraspeWhen well-known Syrian blogger Amina Arraf - purportedly kidnapped by local authorities during the Arab Spring - was revealed to be an elaborate hoax persona, an entire international community realized it had been catfished.
- DirectorHarold CrooksStarsAngus CameronSaskia SassenBrigitte AlepinA documentary on the history and present-day reality of big-business tax avoidance, which has seen multinationals depriving governments of trillions of dollars in tax revenues by harboring profits in offshore havens.
- DirectorPatricio HenríquezThe incredible odyssey of a group of men from China's persecuted Uyghur minority, detained in Guantánamo as terrorists. Exposing the cold logic of post-September 11 geopolitical gamemasters who flout international law as they shift their pawns, this documentary is part human drama, part political thriller, and both thoughtprovoking and moving.
- DirectorIan JaquierStarsLyne MorissetteKevin ParentDocumentary concerning oil development projects in the Gulf of St Lawernce and in eastern regions of Quebec; and potential short-term and long-term environmental and socio-economic impact to the region.
- DirectorYvan DubucCarole PoliquinStarsJoséphine BaconSerge BouchardDenys DelâgeRoy Dupuis leads us on a quest that finds Québec's culture is the product of significant cross-pollination with aboriginal cultures.
- DirectorPatrice LalibertéStarsLuc BourgeoisFrédéric LapierreGuillaume LaurinSwinging at the park. Talking about old memories. The first guy's dad liked baseball. The other guy's cousin once spent a summer home. He even had hamsters in his room.
- DirectorEmilie ManneringStarsKevin Geronimo TejedaJustin Joselin Geronimo MorrisJean Josué Junior Petit FrèreStar follows the path of Tito and Jay, two brothers living in the Montreal neighborhood of Park Extension (in Canada). Accompanying these young people in their daily life marked by complicity and intimidation, Star tackles themes dear to teenagers: identity and friendship.
- DirectorAra BallStarsKennedy BrodeurMonia ChokriValérie FortinTells the hard hitting story of a woman coping with a history of being sexually abused, and the violence and tenderness which helps her leave it behind.
- DirectorPhilippe David GagnéJean Marc E. RoyStarsDany PlacardSandrine BissonIsabelle BlaisBruno, in his thirties and in desperate need of a purpose, ends up homeless after a breakup. Without despairing and under the watchful eye of his motherly big sister, this sawmill worker will find the drive to put his beloved blue suit back on and to rekindle an old flame.
- DirectorFrançois JarosStarsAndrée CousineauRichard FréchetteYves JacquesEverything would be fine. Maurice had made up his mind. He had made a list: pick a date, announce his retirement, sell the car, see old friends, and empty the garage. Then, die with dignity.
- DirectorAlexandra LemayA mink walks into a fur store.
- DirectorTheodore UshevA surrealist journey through colors and shapes inspired by Federico García Lorca's poem "Romance". Visual poetry in the rhythm of fantastic dreams and passionate nights.