Les Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC) features 350 films, 130 premieres and 30 free events. Here are some suggestions from the extensive program of the festival, which takes place from February 22 to March 4, with Christine Beaulieu and Emmanuel Schwartz as spokespersons.
Fill up on documentaries
32 feature documentaries will be presented during the RVQC. The public will be able to see scoops, including The cedars of Lebanon by Frederic Nassif, Émilienne or the passage of time by Coralie Lemieux-Sabourin, second chances by Farzin Farzaneh, Undertaker: life is beautiful! by Georges Hannan and The secret order by Phil Comeau (which focuses on a secret society that served French Canadians and Acadians as a networking and infiltration tool from 1926 to 1965). It is with a large blue carpet at the Imperial that will be presented James by Lysandre Leduc-Boudreau, a tribute to a great Nordic explorer, Jacques Duhoux, who persists at the age of 85 in living on the fringes of the world. Otherwise, the RVQC are an opportunity to see some recent noteworthy documentaries in theaters. quote Geographies of Solitude by Jacquelyn Mills, Noémie says yes by Genevieve Albert and Essentials, shock survey on immigrant workers in Quebec. Documentary is doing very well in Quebec, and it’s up to as many people as possible to see it.
The cinema lesson of Éric K. Boulianne
Éric K. Boulianne is unquestionably the star behind the scenes at Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. That’s not entirely true, since he’s also featured in the closing film. faradorfor which he co-signed the screenplay, in the shoes of a role-playing game master Dungeons & Dragons. Éric K. Boulianne is also co-signing with Francis Leclerc the film adaptation of the book The plunger (the opening film), as well as that of viking, released last fall, also presented during Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. Hosted by Clauda Hébert, Éric K. Boulianne’s film lesson will take place on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Cinémathèque. The other classes will be with Robert Morin and Miryam Charles, who both present documentaries during the festival, either 7 landscapes (shot over two years without words) and This house.
Round table of the Prix collégial du cinema québécois
If one point is unanimous in the film industry, it is the importance of the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois to interest young people in our cinematography. This year, the five finalist fiction feature films are Arsenault and son by Rafael Ouellet viking by Stephane Lafleur, Baby sitter by Monia Chokri Falcon Lake by Charlotte Le Bon and A summer like this by Denis Côté (all films that can also be seen in theaters during the RVQC, not to mention special screenings in Sherbrooke and Quebec). Friday evening at the Cinémathèque, students from 54 CEGEPs will be able to ask questions to the artisans of the finalist films. The round table will be moderated by Guy A St-Cyr. The announcement of the big winner will be made on 1er april. Last year, Underground by Sophie Dupuis won top honors.
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Baby sitter, with Patrick Hivon, Monia Chokri and Steve Laplante. He is also featured in viking.
Party “1970s” for Twilight for a killer
The RVQC will hold five “blue carpets” for feature films premiering during the festival. It starts Wednesday at the Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts for the expected premiere of the film adaptation of the book The plunger. It continues in the following days at the Imperial Cinema with Borders by Guy Édoin (about a family convinced that their farm is haunted), shitty day by Kevin T. Landry (dark comedy that recounts 24 harrowing hours in the life of a single mother) and Twilight for a killer by Raymond St-Jean. After the presentation of the film (Tuesday, February 28) which stars Éric Bruneau in the skin of hitman Donald Lavoie, we will hold a party musical “1970s” at the Cinémathèque. Get out your best clothes and your dancing shoes!
Glamor (and even Denis Villeneuve!) for short films
This year, the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma also wanted to organize an evening of premieres with blue carpets for short films at the Imperial Cinema. On the program on March 3: To Harton by John Blouin Chasing Birds by Una Lorenzen, Pacific Bell by Sandrine Bechade, A dog’s night by Max Woodward Everything Will Be All Right by Farhad Pakdel and Violet Grave Willingly by Claire Sanford. With 156 short films presented in different sections of the festival, the RVQC are without a doubt the biggest showcase for this film format in Quebec. Guillaume Cyr, whose 24e and 25e Quebec films he shot will be released in 2023 (Bungalow And The pack), will host the gala Prends ça court on March 2! and he confirmed the presence of none other than Denis Villeneuve for the presentation of the second Coup de Coeur prize which bears his name.