Denys Desjardins

On the Caribou Trail (2023)

Meditation on the passage of time, the territory we live in and the ties that bind us. This short film was shot in Quebec in December 2018 between the 48th and 50th parallels. ...

I Lost My Mom (2022)

With an empathetic and intimate lens, veteran filmmaker Denys Desjardins captures his elderly mother's experience of neglect in Quebec's healthcare system and his sister's fight to secure her an acceptable long-term care solution. ...

The Castle (2020)

In the not-so-distant future stands a castle where life can be eternally extended, provided that the residents take their pills. At age 88, Madeleine sees herself as the princess of the castle where she'll live "till her dying breath"... until the day tha ...

The Zone (2017)

Looking for a long lost friend, Madeleine talks to a Stalker so that he can take her to «the zone» and help her look into her memories to find him at last. Essay-film hommage to Chris Marker. ...

Making Movie History: Evelyn Lambart (2014)

Animation pioneer Evelyn Lambart recalls arriving at the NFB in the 1940s, her celebrated collaborations with Norman McLaren and her approach to her solo work. ...

Making Movie History: Monique Fortier (2014)

Monique Fortier was one of the few women to make her way in the male world of the NFB in the 1950s. But make her way she did. Beginning as a secretary, she graduated to editing and in 1963 she became the first francophone woman to direct her own film, À l ...

My Conversations on Film (2013)

This distinctly personal journey into the artistic possibilities of independent film is not to be missed. Jonas Mekas, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Robert Kramer and many other visionaries and mavericks of the silver screen – as well as a book seller, a critic and ...

Making Movie History: Jacques Drouin (2013)

Jacques Drouin's artistic trajectory is closely tied to the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen. No other filmmaker has employed the device with such dedication since Alexeïeff himself, who created the design in 1931. Consisting of a perforated board with 240,000 ...

The Private Life of Cinema (2011)

A two-part in-depth exploration of the evolution of the private film industry, seen through the eyes of more than 50 industry professionals. Part One (1939-1979) : Artists and professionals from the social and commercial film sectors recount the struggle ...

From Office to Box-Office (2009)

The Great Resistance (2007)

In the 1930s, in the throes of the Great Depression, the government relocated more than 80,000 citizens to found a new settlement in the virgin forests of Quebec's Abitibi region. After enduring backbreaking work to clear the land, however, many left, seek ...

Rebels with a Camera (2006)

Thanks to the development of techniques and the adventurous spirit of pioneering filmmakers, among whom Michel Brault occupies a central place, a new way of making cinema was born at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s. This film relevantly retraces the histor ...

Being Human (2005)

Zoom-out from a too-tight focus on problems like dropout rates, loss of motivation among students, and depression among teachers. Entering the daily lives of "problem cases" at a Montreal secondary school that sits at the bottom of the school performance r ...

My Eye for a Camera (2001)

A filmmaker, fascinated by the power of the camera and obsessed with the theories of Russian film pioneer Dziga Vertov, decides to get a camera eye to replace the real eye he lost as a child. The visionary quest begins on the operating table, where a surge ...

On the Caribou Trail (2023)

Meditation on the passage of time, the territory we live in and the ties that bind us. This short film was shot in Quebec in December 2018 between the 48th and 50th parallels. ...

I Lost My Mom (2022)

With an empathetic and intimate lens, veteran filmmaker Denys Desjardins captures his elderly mother's experience of neglect in Quebec's healthcare system and his sister's fight to secure her an acceptable long-term care solution. ...

The Castle (2020)

In the not-so-distant future stands a castle where life can be eternally extended, provided that the residents take their pills. At age 88, Madeleine sees herself as the princess of the castle where she'll live "till her dying breath"... until the day tha ...

Making Movie History: Jacques Drouin (2013)

Jacques Drouin's artistic trajectory is closely tied to the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen. No other filmmaker has employed the device with such dedication since Alexeïeff himself, who created the design in 1931. Consisting of a perforated board with 240,000 ...

My Eye for a Camera (2001)

A filmmaker, fascinated by the power of the camera and obsessed with the theories of Russian film pioneer Dziga Vertov, decides to get a camera eye to replace the real eye he lost as a child. The visionary quest begins on the operating table, where a surge ...

Du couteau au fusil (1990)

Between the city, the suburbs and the theft of an automobile. ...

La mer on s’en fout! (1989)

Monique and Lussier, two good friends from the street, let themselves go to the rhythm of their little, somewhat gray world. Like a dream that grows in the "slush", they manage to sail above our heads. ...