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10% off food and drinks for ticket holders (anytime from May 1st-4th 2025) at Cohen's Beer Republic
THURSDAY, MAY 1st 2025
5:00pm | Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon
OPENING CEREMONY & APERO FRANCO
presented by Unis TV & Fédération des Francophones de Saskatoon
Open to all | Paid Entry (includes Opening Film Screening)
Join us in celebrating the 20th Edition of the Festival CINERGIE with its Opening Ceremony presented by Unis TV, featuring an APERO FRANCO presented by the Fédération des Francophones de Saskatoon with anniversary cake by SNACK-A-LOT-FOODS and appetizers by The Prairie Grazer, the presence of local filmmakers and film industry professionals, accompanied by music and local vendor, Ms Grimace's Witchy Wares (@msgrimace).
(Ticket includes APERO FRANCO
& Hafu opening film)
Followed by:
6:00pm
Hafu, presented by
Festival CINERGIE 2025 Opening Film
Vincent Blais-Shiokawa | Mb, Canada | 2025 | 50 min | FR, JAP | FR sub ONLY
Documentary, Medium Length Feature
Synopsis:
Filmmaker Vincent Blais-Shiokawa has always been torn by his heritage. Raised on Canadian soil by a Japanese father and a Québécois mother, he marked his independence by distancing himself from his father's culture. But now, a trip to Japan to visit a dying great-aunt — his last family link in the country — will force him to confront his identity malaise. And to answer, once and for all, the question: "Can you live in peace when you're Hafu?"
GUY BOUTIN - Head of original production for TV5 Unis TV
Guy Boutin has more than 25 years of experience in the Canadian television industry. A playwright in his early days, he has since worked as a screenwriter, director, scriptwriter-editor and producer, collaborating mainly with Francophone minority producers, thus contributing to the enrichment and cultural diversity of the audiovisual industry in Canada. He has worked on landmark projects such as Destination Nor'Ouest I and II, Viens-tu faire un tour? and La ruée vers l'or. Since 2018, he has been head of original production for TV5 Unis TV, where he oversees innovative content. He also shares his knowledge by teaching screenwriting at various universities.
Serge
Short Film
Florian Bosc | YK, Canada | 2024 | 4 min 52 | FR | ENG sub
Short, Fiction
Synopsis:
Gaspard leads a happy life with his dog Serge. But one morning, he doesn't answer his master's calls.
FLORIAN BOSC - Director-Actor
Florian Bosc is a French-Canadian filmmaker based in Whitehorse, Yukon. He studied cinema in Paris and Montpellier for three years. He directs short films, music videos and event videos. He has won awards at various festivals in Canada and Spain, and one of his shorts was selected in a film festival in India. His short film Serge is presented at CINERGIE 2025. His next goal is to make a short film about his father's cancer, and then a feature film.
Toutou va bien
Medium Length
Kevin Delobelle | France | 2022 | 29 min | FR | ENG sub
Short, Fiction
Synopsis:
Paul finds in an abandoned dog leash the means to regain the taste for life.
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.
8:30pm
The Last Meal
Feature Film, presented by Vues d'Afrique
Maryse Legagneur | QC, Canada | 2024 | 1h51 | FR, Haitian Creole | ENG sub | 16+
Drama, inspired by a true story
(Ticket includes feature film & short film)
Synopsis:
Reynold Célestin is hospitalized in palliative care in a Montreal facility. The Haitian man who is battling stomach cancer hopes to reconnect with his daughter Vanessa, who has become a young adult, before taking his last breath. While cooking recipes of cultural importance to Reynold, with the help of her aunt, Vanessa becomes aware of the important weight of a dark legacy inherited from the last century.
Trigger warning: themes related to violence, abuse, dictatorship, jail system, cancer, end of life
Tan Lontan
Short Film
Guillaume Noura | Reunion Island, France | 2023 | 22 min | Reunionese Creole | ENG sub
Short, Fiction
Synopsis:
While swimming in the river, 14 year-old Lise-May discovers that a young boy with supernatural abilities lives at the bottom of the water. The predators he says he is running away from do not seem so different from those who are about to attack her.
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.