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SUNDAY, MAY 12th 2024
1:00pm
Toopy and Binoo: The Movie
Feature Film
Dominique Jolin, Raymond Lebrun | QC, Canada | 2023 | 1h24 | French | No subtitles | 4 years old +
Animation, Family
(Ticket includes feature film & short film)
Synopsis:
After an escalation of blunders, Toopy and Dorothy, a comical genie, accidentally make Binoo’s beloved stuffed animal, Patchy-Patch, disappear. The trio immediately sets out to find the fabulous land of “The Lost and Found” where Patchy-Patch is surely to be found. Along the way, the little group meets twin seagulls looking for their father, and a Magnificent Princess who has lost her dance partner. Together, and despite Toopy’s bumbling ways, they will try to find Patchy-Patch and their lost loves.
Audience review: "Magnificent film full of beautiful colors and filled with kindness and friendship! A must-see for young and old alike!! It's worth a 4 star for sure!."
Press review: "While toddlers will be charmed by the very jovial genius or by the cowardly gull and his protective brother, parents will probably have a crush on the grumpy and pretentious princess who says out loud what some people think quietly." - La Presse
Starcatcher
Short Film
Lara Patiño, Christian Ishimwe, Daniel Rodriguez Aguileta, Petr-Daniel Rechtacek, Yeon Sang Yun, Yuan Zhen Tsai | QC, Canada | 2023 | 3 min 51
Short, Animation, Fiction
Synopsis:
Legna and her cat Mira land on a planet in a small rocket with only have one goal in mind: to catch a star! However, gravity makes their mission almost impossible...
Indigenous & Community Access
CINERGIE offers a limited number of complimentary tickets per screening to anyone who is Indigenous, a Newcomer to Canada and/or who faces financial barriers. Reserve your Free Admission tickets by contacting info@cinergiesk.ca.
Each year, CINERGIE also provides complimentary tickets to a variety of organizations that work with such individuals, such as Saskatoon Open Door Society.
3:00pm
Our Lady of Moncton
Feature Film
Denise Bouchard | NB, Canada | 2023 | 1h32 | French | ENG sub
Drama
(Ticket includes feature film & short film)
Synopsis:
Anna finds herself on the street after being evicted from her apartment. At the same time, she learns that her son, Jason, whom she had to abandon 20 years ago, wants to reconnect with her. He arranged to meet her in a small café in Moncton, but she didn't have the strength to hold his gaze and answer all his questions. She then takes refuge, clandestinely, in the basement of the opulent house of an elderly couple. A dramatic event will turn everything upside down and force Anna to forge a bond with Victorine, the owner of the place. The strange friendship of the two women will help them face their own demons.
Audience review: "Laurie Gagné is extraordinary in the role of a young woman in difficulty. You feel her distress so much. And Louise Turcot plays with great aplomb. I went to the premiere doubtful and came out absolutely delighted. Well done! A must see."
Opinion of a member of the CINERGIE selection committee: "I really liked this film. Very touching. This is the story of a former drug addict who finds herself homeless because she can't pay for her room, who reconnects with her biological son through his initiative. She finds refuge in the basement of a couple's house... A great story with a happy ending for her. There's a lot of humanity in this film."
DENISE BOUCHARD - Director
Denise Bouchard has been part of the Acadian cultural landscape since the 1980s, whether in theatrical creation, directing, dramaturgy, vocal or camera performance. Her first fiction feature film, Pour mieux t'aimer, won several awards including La Vague Léonard-Forest in 2019 at the FICFA, and two awards at Cinéma on the bayou in Louisiana, among others. In 2022, she directed Notre Dame de Moncton, her second feature film.
Mosaïque
Short Film
Myriam Vaudry | NB, Canada | 2022 | 8 min | French | ENG sub
Biographical short, experimental
Synopsis:
A short documentary film bold and touching where the director, dealing with physical malformations, asks an artist to illustrate her syndrome in a drawing of herself. This process will help her see it from a different perceptive and grow toward self-acceptance.
Indigenous & Community Access
CINERGIE offers a limited number of complimentary tickets per screening to anyone who is Indigenous, a Newcomer to Canada and/or who faces financial barriers. Reserve your Free Admission tickets by contacting info@cinergiesk.ca.
Each year, CINERGIE also provides complimentary tickets to a variety of organizations that work with such individuals, such as Saskatoon Open Door Society.
5:30pm
Ru
Feature Film
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5 nominations
Canadian Screen Awards
World premiere, TIFF 2023
Closing Film, FICFA 2023
Charles-Olivier Michaud | QC, Canada | 2023 | 1h57 | French, Vietnamese | ENG sub
Biographical, Historical Drama
(Ticket includes feature film & short film)
Synopsis:
Based on the Governor General's Award-winning novel by Kim Thúy, Ru is the story of the arduous journey of a wealthy family fleeing from Vietnam in 1975, landing in Quebec. After a dangerous sea crossing and a stay in a refugee camp in Malaysia, young Vietnamese girl Tinh and her family are accepted as refugees in Canada and arrive in Granby where they begin their new lives. But for Tinh, adapting comes with its own set of challenges. Already shy and reserved by nature, she has to learn a new language and integrate into her new environment. Haunted by the hardships of the journey, Tinh will have to dig deep within herself for the resilience necessary for her survival and happiness.
Audience review: "Unbelievable and moving. Get out your tissues! The film was touching and beautiful. I recommend it to everyone."
Press review: "By focusing his camera on the gaze and discreet gestures of his main actors, the director offers a framework, an echo chamber where the many emotions — often contradictory and complex — that inhabit his characters resonate. And that's what makes this work so powerful. Through the silences and the unspoken, Ru sheds light on the relief and gratitude that Tinh feels, but also the anger and grief she feels after being brutally uprooted from her country and culture. [...] Ru, which means "to rock" in Vietnamese, arrives in the cultural landscape like a long embrace that comforts us. And this, despite difficult scenes marked by war." - Léa Harvey, Le Soleil (4 stars)
Content advisory: sensitive topics related to war, exile and immigration
Even Angels have Burnt Hearts
Short Film
Fabio Merli | France | 2023 | 2 min 15 | French, Japanese | No subtitles
Short, Romantic Drama
Synopsis:
In the course of a monologue, an old man thinks of a young Japanese couple he met in the middle of the summer of 1966 in Vietnam. A multitude of memories overlap and invade him with melancholy.
Indigenous & Community Access
CINERGIE offers a limited number of complimentary tickets per screening to anyone who is Indigenous, a Newcomer to Canada and/or who faces financial barriers. Reserve your Free Admission tickets by contacting info@cinergiesk.ca.
Each year, CINERGIE also provides complimentary tickets to a variety of organizations that work with such individuals, such as Saskatoon Open Door Society.
8:00pm
Special: Throwback Mystery Screening
Closing Feature Film
France | 2017 | 1h56 | French | ENG sub | 16+
Comedy
Our closing film is a French cult film overflowing with tenderness and humanity. It is a Mystery Screening; guess the film at the screening for the chance to win goodies!
Movie hints: a comedic & festive atmosphere…event organizers…a marriage in a castle… See our specifically designed poster for more hints!
Audience review: "This film is a great moment of humour, tenderness and human comedy, concentrated for the most part in a unique time and space. A feel-good film, an emotional rollercoaster. A lot of colorful, funny, offbeat, messy or even completely crazy characters, with dialogues that fly and hit the mark, with real moments of poetry and beauty..."
(Ticket includes feature film & short film)
L'état des vagues
Closing Short Film
Tiphaine Reusa | France | 2023 | 6 min 42 | French
Short, Animation, Fantastical
Synopsis:
This film is a metaphor for the COVID-19 pandemic. By highlighting the various controversies that have emerged, and the carefree manner in which it began. This upheaval will change the habits of all the inhabitants, whom Emma observes with profound amazement. She finds herself overwhelmed by her emotions.
Indigenous & Community Access
CINERGIE offers a limited number of complimentary tickets per screening to anyone who is Indigenous, a Newcomer to Canada and/or who faces financial barriers. Reserve your Free Admission tickets by contacting info@cinergiesk.ca.
Each year, CINERGIE also provides complimentary tickets to a variety of organizations that work with such individuals, such as Saskatoon Open Door Society.