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SATURDAY, MAY 3rd 2025
10:45am
Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful
Feature Film, presented by Tournée Québec Cinéma
Lyne Charlebois | QC, Canada | 2024 | 1h39 | FR | ENG sub | 16+
Biographical drama
(Ticket includes feature film & short film)
Synopsis:
Actors Antoine and Roxanne are to star in a film devoted to Brother Marie-Victorin's legacy, and to the relationship and correspondence he maintained with his student, and later esteemed colleague Marcelle Gauvreau. Through the work and research carried out by their characters on the Laurentian flora, and then on human desire and the many taboos surrounding sexuality in Quebec in the first half of the twentieth century, Antoine and Roxanne question their own relationship, and their vision of the world. Another time, other customs, another impossible love?
Based on a true story.
Silhouette
Short Film
Alexis Lafuente, Marc Forest, Antoni Nicolai, Elliot Dreuille, Baptiste Gueusquin, Chloé Stricher | France | 2023 | 5 min | ENG
Short, Animation
Synopsis:
Silhouette tells the story of Claire, a young woman who has just moved to a big city. She soon finds her body gradually disappearing.
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.
1:00pm • CINE-FAMILY
Hola Frida
Feature Film, co-presented by Association des Parents Fransaskois & Tournée Québec Cinéma
Karine Vézina & André Kadi | QC, Canada, France | 2025 | 1h22 | FR ONLY | No subtitles | 8+
Family, Animation
Followed by:
2:30pm-2:50pm - Kids' colouring activities presented by Association des Parents Fransaskois
Synopsis:
It's the story of a little girl who is different. Her world is Coyoacan in Mexico. Sparkling, vibrant, everything interests her. And when the trials arise, she faces them thanks to an overflowing imagination. This little girl's name is Frida Kahlo!
Aquagénique
Short Film
Romane Bonnard, Léa Blanchon, Estelle Conil, Lucile Hecky, Kha Anh Le, Axelle Le Vaicher, Chelsea Loo Fat | France | 2022 | 4 min 20 | Silent film
Short, Animation
Synopsis:
In a village surrounded by the sea, whose inhabitants are terrified of the water, it is strictly forbidden to approach the shore. However, a curious boy breaks all the rules to collect seashells and meet with the mysterious sea.
Noodles Delivery
Short Film
Laura Boj, Olga Konycheva, Cassandre Lauret | France | 2023 | 2 min 08 | FR | ENG sub
Short, Animation
Synopsis:
In a commercial for Noodles Delivery, a hungry yeti orders noodles from the top of his mountain in the Himalayas. Noodles Delivery assures you that its fast and charismatic delivery people will deliver the noodles in no time! But that's without counting on Ram, the clumsy and simpleton delivery man (he's not the most cooked noodle in the box) who struggles to accomplish his mission.
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.
2:50pm
1995
Feature Film, presented by Tournée Québec Cinéma
Ricardo Trogi | QC, Canada | 2024 | 2h00 | FR, ENG, ARA | ENG sub
Semi-autobiographical Comedy
Synopsis:
1994. On the verge of abandoning his dream of becoming a filmmaker, Ricardo is chosen to take part in the show "The Race", a competition that sends eight budding globetrotters to discover the world. When he arrives in Cairo, Egypt, all the conditions and bad luck are unfortunately there to give Ricardo a hard time. In search of a subject for a video that he must deliver in record time, the young man decides to get out of his comfort zone...
Farewell Friends
Short Film
Lawrence Valin | Reunion Island, France | 2022 | 12 min 53 | FR, Reunionese Creole | ENG sub
Short, Drama
Synopsis:
Didier, Inès, Fx and Lilian are getting ready to fly to Metropolitain France. As the big departure approaches, the group of friends steals moments from time and wanders in the neighborhood where they grew up...
(Ticket includes feature film & short film)
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.
5:30pm
Atikamekw Suns
Feature Film, co-presented by Ācimowin Film Festival
& Tournée Québec Cinéma
Chloé Leriche | QC, Canada | 2023 | 1h43 | Atikamew | FR sub ONLY | 16+
Docudrama
Synopsis:
1977. A vehicle falls into a river near Manawan. Two Quebecers escape, but five Atikamekw lose their lives. While the police conclude that it was an accident, for the families of the victims, questions remain unanswered. Historical, poetic, choral narrative - Soleils Atikamekw is inspired by the dreams, impressions and memories of the five victims' loved ones. Documentary and fiction come together in a moving film about mourning, injustice and memory.
Content advisory: triggering themes related to racism, hate crimes, and mental health
Kiackrananik (Oskélanéo)
Short Film
Jacqueline Mequish | QC, Canada | 2024 | 10 min 25 | FR, Atikamew | ENG sub
Short, Documentary
Synopsis:
Jacqueline Mequish takes us into a moment of reflection on the place of her childhood, Oskélanéo. Built at the beginning of the 20th century, this village was home to more than a hundred people. Today, all its inhabitants have left, except for Jacqueline's Atikamekw family from Opitciwan.
(Ticket includes feature film & short film)
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.
8:00pm
Beating Hearts
Feature Film, presented by Institut Français Canada
Gilles Lellouche | France | 2024 | 2h40 | FR | ENG sub | 16+
Romantic Drama, Action
(Ticket includes feature film & short film)
Synopsis:
The 80s, in the north of France. Jackie and Clotaire grow up between the benches of high school and the docks of the port. She studies, he skips school. And then their destinies cross and it's an incredible love. Life will try to separate them but always fails; these two are like the two ventricles of the same heart...
Phaéton's Race
Short Film
Aurélie Filain | Reunion Island, France | 2022 | 11 min 41 | Reunionese Creole, FR | ENG sub
Short, Drama
Synopsis:
Wilson, a teenager, lives in a working-class neighborhood of Saint-Denis. One morning, his mother's dog, Payanké, escapes. Wilson, perched on his father's bike, goes in search of the dog and discovers a reality he was not looking for.
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.