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APR 30th 2026, 6PM • Opening Film
Vingt Dieux
Feature length • Dramatic comedy
Louise Courvoisier | France | 2025 | 1h30 FR, ENG subtitles | Rated: 13+
Co-presented by Institut français du Canada
Totone's carefree teenage life of drinking and dancing with friends takes a turn when he must provide for his 7-year-old sister and find a way to earn a living. He then set his mind on making the best comté cheese in the region, one that would win him the gold medal at the agricultural competition and €30,000.
Followed by a presentation on domestic composting with the CÉCS
Content warning: adult themes, coarse language
APR 30th 2026, 8:15PM
Malgré Moi
Series Launch • Romantic Comedy
Maxime Beauchamp | Canada (MB) | 2025
43 min | FR, no subtitles | Rated: PG
Co-presented by Radio-Canada, RACCORD
On a flight from Winnipeg to Montreal, Daphne recounts how she left everything behind in Montreal to follow the love of her life, Ilunga, to Winnipeg, only to find monumental betrayal. Humiliated, she who had planned to seek revenge may have instead found a chosen family.
Introduced by Pascale Bouchard & virtual Q&A with actress Micheline Marchildon
MAY 1st 2026, 6:30PM
Résonance Acadie
Medium length • Documentary
Phil Comeau | Canada (N-É) | 2025
52 min | FR, ENG sub | Rated: G
Co-presented by RACCORD, La Troupe du Jour, FICFA
Résonance Acadie follows the journey of ten young artists from the Acadian diaspora
who were invited to create a work of art in just eight days during the World Acadian Congress in Nova Scotia. These artists immerse themselves in the worlds of music, theater, cinema, dance, and visual arts, pushing the boundaries of artistic expression and choosing to redefine heritage through their contemporary vision. The film captures the creative process of these young talents, driven by a sincere passion for their Francophone culture.
Followed by a virtual Q&A with the filmmaker Phil Comeau
Short Film before Vingt Dieux
Les Semelles du Quartier
Short • Comedy
Dominique Caron | Canada (QC) | 2025
13 min 44 | FR, Eng sub
In the courtyard of a working-class neighborhood in the 1950s, Charlotte discovers an incosolable barefoot child. She sets out to retrieve his shoes, hanging from an electrical wire. Soon, she is joined by neighbors who rally to the cause. However, the task proves to be much more difficult than it seems.
Short Films before Résonance Acadie
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La Petite Blouse Bleue
Short • Documentary, Experimental
Hélène Lebon | Canada (ÎPÉ) | 2023
8 min | FR, ENG sub
From a workshop in Kyoto to one in Montreal, three artisans weave together the threads of a shared vision: slow fashion that is sensitive and respectful of life. Together, they create a little blue blouse as a gesture of shared humanity.
Deux moments de vie
Short • Drama
Quitterie Hervouet | Canada (ON) | 2025 16 min | FR, ENG sub | 13+
Tristane and her daughter Victoire, an accomplished pianist, combine their talents to write a speech celebrating the award that the Conservatory of Music is about to present to Victoire. Unable to attend the ceremony, they decide to include recordings of Victoire playing in her youth in the speech. Throughout this process, they delve into their memories, recalling the two pivotal moments that shaped their lives.
Content warning: domestic violence, physical abuse
MAY 1st 2026, 8:15PM
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Peau à peau
Feature length • Psychological thriller
Chloé Cinq-Mars | Canada (QC), Switzerland | 2025 | 1h43 | FR, ENG sub
13+
Co-presented by Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival, Dark Bridges, Tournée Québec Cinéma
Not so long ago, Penelope was a dancer. Today, she no longer dances, sleeps, or makes love. Penelope spends all her time breastfeeding and caring for her newborn baby, Lou, who is not gaining enough weight. At night, Penelope takes Lou for long walks. During one of these nighttime strolls, Penelope witnesses a robbery. She recognizes the robber. From then on, the young mother, deeply disturbed, believes she is being followed by the girl in red.
Content warning: adult themes
MAY 2nd 2026, 1PM • FAMILY FILM
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Lydia et le vaisseau des tempêtes
Feature Length • Family, Animation, Adventure
Emilie Rosas, Philippe Arseneau Bussières, Nancy Florence Savard | Canada (QC) | 2026 1h24 | FR, ENG sub | Rated: G
Co-presented by Tournée Québec Cinéma, Association des Parents Fransaskois
When her older brother Thaddeus is mysteriously kidnapped by the Enchanter, 11-year-old Lydia sets out to find him in the Sea of Mist. Taken in by the crew of the Dauphin, a flying ship, she becomes the apprentice of the astromagician Ambrosia. Lydia must learn astromagic and confront the Enchanter.
Followed by family activities with APF
MAY 2nd 2026, 3PM
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Et maintenant?
Feature Length • Dramedy
Jocelyn Forgues | Canada (ON) | 2025 1h40 | FR, ENG sub | Rated: PG
Co-presented by Réseau santé en français de la Saskatchewan, RACCORD, Tournée Québec Cinéma
Vincent is overjoyed when he learns that he will finally go on tour with his band. Then the diagnosis comes: stage 4 tongue cancer! Trying treatments begin and he is forced to accept the services of Renée, a talkative volunteer driver, and Mike, an overworked home nurse. Vincent’s good-naturedness gives way to despair despite the support of Renée and Mike.
Followed by a virtual Q&A with the filmmaker Jocelyn Forgues
Short Films before Peau à peau
Pretty Bad
Short • Fantastical Drama
Alexandra Mignien | France | 2025 | 3 min FR, ENG subtitles | 13+
Carrie is getting ready before going on stage for a beauty contest. She knows she doesn't fit the beauty standards expected in this type of contest... And some of the other contestants have noticed this too, and they know how to rub it in.
Content warning: blood
Short Film before Lydia et le vaisseau des tempêtes
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Le temps des orages
Short • Family
Gabrielle Gingras | Canada (QC) | 2023
12 min | FR, ENG sub | Rated: G
Gabrielle, an imaginative but fearful child, spends the summer at the cottage with her family. Under the watchful eye of her family, the young child gradually finds the courage to face her fears
Short Film before Et maintenant?
Tel père tel fils
Short • Drama
Florian Bosc | Canada (YK) 2026 | 21 min FR, ENG sub | Rated: G
Joseph leaves his family farm to build a new life in Yukon. But his father's serious illness, back in France, threatens to shatter his newly acquired freedom. Joseph is forced to confront a family bond he has long kept at arm's length.
Opening Reception
30 AVR 2026, 5PM
Included in ticket to opening film.
Join us in celebrating the 21st Edition of the Festival CINERGIE with its opening reception, featuring an APERO FRANCO presented by the Fédération des Francophones de Saskatoon, with the presence of local filmmakers. Cheese tasting offered by BulkCheese, music and opening film included.
Face to Face
Short • Stop Motion
Romane Reitzman, Carrick O'Reilly, Mia Poulsen, Sharon Vreeburg | Catalonia, Spain | 2026 | 4 min 21 | Silent film
A workaholic woman gets trapped in her bathroom with no way of calling for help. She first keeps a productive attitude then slowly becomes more playful. Forced to face her reflection in the mirror, she ends up making peace with herself.
Short film focus: Heritage & Territory
MAY 2nd 2026, 5:30PM
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Indomptables
Feature length • Crime, Drama
Thomas Ngijol | France, Cameroon | 2026 1h21 | FR, ENG sub | PG
Co-presented by Institut français du Canada, CAFS, Camsask, African Movie Festival in Manitoba
In Yaoundé, Cameroon, Commissioner Billong investigates the murder of a police officer. Both on the streets and within his own family, he struggles to maintain order. A man of principle and tradition, he is reaching the breaking point.
Content warning: crime
MAY 2nd 2026, 7:15PM
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Montréal, ma belle
Feature Length • Romantic drama
Xiaodan He | Canada (QC) | 2026 | 1h58
FR, ZH, ENG sub | 2SLGBTQIA+ | 13+
Co-presented by En toute fierté - Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise, Tournée Québec Cinéma
Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montreal, has spent her life in silent obedience—to her family, her culture, and a marriage based on unspoken rules. But when she meets Camille, a free-spirited young Quebec woman, a long-suppressed desire resurfaces. For the first time, Feng Xia dares to choose for herself. Her awakening triggers a shocking confrontation with her choices, her past, and the price of freedom.
Content warning: adult themes
MAY 3rd 2026, 1PM
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La Petite Ancêtre
Short • Animation
Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur | Canada (QC) 2024 | 11 min 12 | Silent Film
An ancestral home builds itself, comes alive, and illustrates its 150-year history. Over the course of time, it allows us to perceive the passage of time.
Short Film before Indomptables
Sortie de secours
Short • Experimental
Cynthia-Laure Etom | Canada (ON) | 2023
1 min 18 | FR, ENG sub
After months of winter, a woman sees summer return as if rediscovering a lost love. The light is harsh, the heat almost unreal. She goes out to meet it, but the glare disorients her. Between mirage and rebirth, she searches for a way out, an “emergency exit,” faced with the fragile intensity of the present. How can one inhabit the heat of the moment when one knows it will fade away?
In the presence of the filmmaker Cynthia-Laure Etom
Je reviens à ce lieu que je n'ai pas connu
Short • Experimental
Jannie Duval Canada (QC) | 2025
4 min 16 | FR, ENG sub
Correspondence between a poet and a writer weaves a fragile refuge against the hostility of the autumnal landscape of the Magdalen Islands, exploring the tension and duality of the island territory.
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Jamais nulle part
Short • Documentary
Sophie Valcourt | Canada (QC) | 2025
20 min 18 | FR, ENG sub
Three friends from the small town of Sept-Îles discuss their desire to reconnect with Quebec’s Côte-Nord, the region where they grew up.
Tulomatka: Le chemin du retour
Short • Documentary • PG
Älva Jouband-Uusitalo | Canada (SK),
Sweden | 2025 | 14 min | FR, SV, FI | ENG sub
This short explores how Swedish internal colonization disrupted cultural and linguistic transmission among the Tornedalian/Kven/Lantalainen people and tells a personal journey of reconnecting with one’s roots.
Followed by a live Q&A with the filmmaker Älva Jouband-Uusitalo
Short Film before Montréal, ma belle
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Anyway, j’pisse assis
Short • Fiction
Zak Slattery | Canada (QC) | 2024
12 min 54 | FR, ENG sub | 2SLGBTQIA+
Three friends embark on a journey back to their hometown while Sasha, recovering from his gender-affirming surgery, dreams of swimming shirtless at his childhood beach.
MAY 3rd 2026, 2:30PM
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Florent Vollant : Innu
Feature length • Biographical Documentary
Isabelle Longnus | Canada (QC) | 2025 1h36 | FR, Innu-Aimun, ENG sub | PG
Co-presented by Ācimowin Film Festival,
Tournée Québec Cinéma
The story on screen of Florent Vollant, iconic musician of the Innu Nation. Co-founder of the famous duo Kashtin, also known for the success of his eponymous albums and as a political activist defending his culture.
Content warning: residential schools
MAY 3rd 2026, 5:00PM
Le ventre de Bassima
Feature Length • Drama
Babek Aliassa | Canada (QC) | 2025 | 1h36
FR, ARA SYR | ENG sub | Rated: PG
Co-presented by Paivand Society - Diaspora Film Festival Saskatoon, Tournée Québec Cinéma
Since arriving in Montreal, Fouad and Bassima, who fled war-torn Syria, have struggled to make ends meet; without papers, finding a job is next to impossible. The couple is reported to border services by their landlord, and Fouad is deported. Bassima finds herself homeless. Completely destitute but determined to bring her husband back, she agrees, without his knowledge, to become a surrogate mother for a wealthy couple in exchange for a large financial compensation to obtain a fake passport for his return.
MAY 3rd 2026, 7:30PM • Closing Film
Amour Apocalypse
Feature Length • Dramatic Comedy
Anne Émond | Canada (QC) | 2025 | 1h40 FR, ENG | ENG sub | 13+
Co-presented by RACCORD, Tournée Québec Cinéma
Adam is forty five years old and owns a kennel. He is a deeply kind and generous man. Through the technical support line for a light therapy lamp he has just purchased to improve his mental health and manage his anxiety, he meets Tina, a radiant woman with a soft voice. From that moment on, everything is turned upside down: comets fall from the sky, dogs are set free, tires are punctured. The earth trembles and hearts explode. They are in love.
Content warning: suicidal thoughts, climate anxiety, adult themes
Short Film before Florent Vollant : Innu
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Mémoires Métissées
Short • Documentary
Katherine Adams | Canada (QC) | 2023
15 min 10 | FR, ENG | ENG subtitles
Mixed Memories tells the story of three luminous women of mixed heritage, from Black and Indigenous communities, who are trying to come to terms with their complex identities. Their touching and intimate stories highlight the trials and tribulations of being mixed and hold up a mirror to us to contemplate our common humanity.
Short Film before Le ventre de Bassima
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Pippa et Léo
Short • Experimental
Abeille Tard | Canada (QC) | 2024
18 min 56 | FR, ENG sub
Pippa is a teen mother with adaptation difficulties. One night, despite the curfew imposed on her, she leaves the shelter with her baby.
Short Film before Amour Apocalypse
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Notes d'un poète
Short • Fiction
Simon Garez | Canada (SK) | 2025 | 7 min FR, ENG sub
After discovering an enigmatic inscription in a library book, a restless dreamer embarks on a quest to unlock its meaning.
Followed by a live Q&A with the filmmaker Simon Garez