Launched on February 28, 2020 during Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma and… two weeks before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the documentary platform Tënk will celebrate its second anniversary this weekend with a great three-day unraveling.
Posted at 2:00 p.m.
On February 25, 26 and 27, the films of the platform’s regular programming to which subscribers have access will be accessible to the public free of charge. For example, we can see or review the works carcasses by Denis Cote, Jacquot of Nantes by Agnes Varda, bread day by Sergey Dvortsevoy or even Inside Lara Roxx by Mia Donovan.
Also available will be works recently posted online by Avi Mograbi and Danae Elon, two documentary filmmakers to whom Tënk is devoting retrospectives.
Of Israeli origin and Montrealer by adoption, Danae Elon (The Patriarch’s Room, A sister’s song) has, according to Tënk’s team, a “sensitive and insightful documentary approach” in its treatment of social subjects. In particular, she tackled the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of people who have experienced it on a daily basis.
As for the Israeli documentary filmmaker Avi Mograbi, he “plays with the codes of documentary and dissects with cynical humor the state of his nation”, it is said of him among the leaders of the platform. One of his films available this weekend, titled Z32tells the story of an ex-Israeli soldier seeking forgiveness following the deaths of two Palestinian policemen.
This great unraveling comes at the same time as Tënk renews and improves its interface. This includes new tools such as the possibility of creating a list of works to see and a service for offering one documentary per week to a friend.
The mode of operation of Tënk is simple. At all times, some forty documentaries are available in programming. Films remain online for two months. Each week, five and as many new films are released. But some 150 films are also available in the archives section; subscribers can rent them for 48 hours for $3 each. Please note that these films are not included in the weekend free access offer.
Among the films currently in the archives are Finding Vivian Maier by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, La Soufriere by Wener Herzog Asiamut and Quebecoisie by Olivier Higins and Mélanie Carrier, Manor (Martin Fournier and Pier-Luc Latulippe and many others.
CREDIT: PHOTO PROVIDED BY TËNK
A scene from the movie Jacquot of Nantes by Agnes Varda.