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January – April 2017 JAN – APR 2017 01 Focus on Québec Film UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries January – April 2017 JAN – APR 2017 01 Focus on Québec Film Bonjour and welcome to the first Québec Culture edition “It’s been an incredibly strong year for Québécois cinema and we were of 2017. really excited and proud to be presenting the works of some of their most exciting and fresh talents in the 2016 BFI London Film Festival: Arrival by Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all Denis Villeneuve, It’s Only the End of the World by Xavier Dolan, Boundaries our readers and cultural partners across the UK, Ireland by Chloé Robichaud, Two Lovers and a Bear by Kim Nguyen and the shorts and the Nordic countries an abundantly happy and Oh What a Wonderful Feeling by François Jaros and Mutants by Alexandre successful new year. 2016 brought to fruition some Dostie. Many of these filmmakers are LFF alumni and we’re always looking exciting collaborations and I have no doubt that these forward to their new films.” partnerships will be strengthened and expanded in 2017. Laure Bonville, Programmer, BFI London Film Festival I look forward also to new synergies and relationships being developed, especially given the phenomenal number of delegates (over 120 in all) from all across our territory who travelled to Québec to attend CINARS, le Salon du Livre de Montréal, les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, M for Montreal and Mundial “Curzon Artificial Eye are delighted to be finally working withXavier Dolan Montréal last November. Watch this space for what comes next. and releasing his new filmIt’s Only The End of the World. Over the years his films have captivated Curzon cinema audiences, as have fellow Québec For the Québécois at home and abroad, 2017 will also mark a particularly directors such as Denis Villeneuve and Jean-Marc Vallée.” special year. Not only will Canada be celebrating 150 years since Confederation, but Montreal will also be commemorating its 375th anniversary. One exciting Jake Garriock, Head of Group Publicity, Curzon Artificial Eye commemorative event to look out for will be the Tall Ships Regatta taking place over the Easter weekend (14 – 17 April) in Greenwich/Woolwich here in London. As part of Canada’s 150-year celebrations, a tall ship fleet will leave Greenwich and embark on a voyage across the Atlantic, taking in Portugal, Bermuda and Boston, before finally completing the crossing to much fanfare in Québec City. There will be “Growing up, the Canadian films that really stayed with me wereDenys fun and entertainment throughout the weekend for all the family so please do stop Arcand’s Jesus of Montreal, Jean-Claude Lauzon’s Leolo and Robert by if you are in London. Lepage’s The Confessional. Looking back, the one thing connecting them was that they were all by Québec filmmakers. Now, I’m enjoying discovering a director like Philippe LeSage and it still feels as if there is a We are also very excited to announce that, in partnership with the Institut français distinctive energy and emotional intensity in films from Québec.” here in London, the Québec Government Office will be presenting a mini festival of Québec films at Ciné Lumière this February. Please do keep an eye on Allan Hunter, Co-Director, Glasgow Film Festival www.institut-francais.org.uk or www.quebec.org.uk for more details. Photo © Eoin Carey As always, to discuss any cultural project involving Québec, please do not hesitate to get in touch with our cultural team. “Every year at TIFF we see great new Canadian and Québécois films, but it’s often quite difficult to get new French-Canadian films to London Bonne lecture! audiences. That’s why at Picturehouse Central we have built an entire strand dedicated to Francophone cinema, ‘Club Cine’. Along with showing the very best in new and classic films from France, the strand has a special focus Christos Sirros – Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London Boundaries on Canadian features. An entire retrospective of Xavier Dolan’s films ran through November and December and we look forward to bringing more retrospectives, premieres and runs to the cinema in the new year” by Chloé Robichaud. Photo © Productions Pays inc. Paul Ridd, London Cinemas and Acquisitions Coordinator, Picturehouse Cinemas Olivia Lathuillière. 31 January & 2 February, Manipulate Festival (see page 9). Olivia Lathuillière. 31 January & 2 February, Cultural Contacts Assis Carreiro Marie Morin Muireann Leonard Jesse Peterkin Assistant Sens Equivoc © Acting Director for Culture Cultural Attaché Project Manager , [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Whilst every effort has been made to verify the accuracy This brochure should not be reproduced in full or of the information in this brochure you are advised to in part without the consent of the Québec +44(0)20 7766 5930 www.quebec.org.uk www.facebook.com/QuebecUK www.twitter.com/Quebec_UK contact the host organisations for confirmation. Government Office. | | | La Causeuse Cover: CINEMA & TELEVISION CINEMA & TELEVISION JAN – APR 2017 02 03 Glasgow Film Festival Québec on TV5Monde Philippe Lesage & TV5Monde is available in the UK via Sky 796, Virgin 825 and Téléfrance Chloé Robichaud Visit europe.tv5monde.com/en for their English language website Mémoires Vives (Season 4) 15 – 26 February Tuesdays @ 8pm from beginning of January Venues TBC Episode 1 - The beginning of Christian’s trial. His loved ones are Glasgow, UK wholeheartedly with him, but are very nervous in particular his brother, Jean-François, who must testify on the first day. Will he crack under pressure? Each year, the Glasgow Film Festival puts the spotlight on one country and in 2017 it is celebrating Canada. True North: New Canadian Cinema will showcase a wide-ranging selection Justice – 19 & 26 January & 2 February @ 11.30am of features from established filmmakers to promising newcomers. Among the confirmed Justice is a three-part documentary series that portrays a perception Québec titles are Philippe Lesage’s acclaimed The Demons (Les démons) and Chloé Robichaud’s of justice as experienced by three archetypes of the justice system: Boundaries (Pays). the young offender, the victim of crime, and the ex-inmate. An unprecedented access to real human histories, which confronts and The Demons (Les démons) undermines prejudices. Philippe Lesage’s strikingly composed coming-of-age tale The Demons is one of the most impressive Canadian films of the last few years. All the horrors of childhood, both chillingly Au Québec avec Tintin – 26 January @ 5.40pm real and vividly imagined, stalk the mind of sensitive ten year-old Felix (newcomer Édouard From the time of the Quiet Revolution to the present, the adventures Tremblay-Grenier). In the suburban Montreal of the late 1980s, his insecurity is not surprising, of the Belgian reporter Tintin have awakened the taste for discovery especially as he plays innocent bystander to the bitter tensions in his parents’ marriage. The in several generations of Québec readers. Taking a dynamic look nightmares then assume an all-too-human shape in a psychologically acute, delicately handled at the cultural and social influence of Hergé’s work in Québec, this film that marks Lesage as a name to watch. programme retraces the journey of the timeless hero with the quiff. Images supplied by TV5Monde With contributions from some famous faces. Boundaries (Pays) Screened at the London Film Festival last October, Chloé It’s Only The End of The World (Juste la fin du monde) Robichaud’s wry second feature follows three women involved in complex negotiations between local politicians and companies seeking to exploit the natural resources Xavier Dolan on the fictional island of Besco. President Danielle Richard (Macha Grenon), American facilitator Emily (Emily From 24 February VanCamp) and idealistic federal deputy Felixe (Nathalie In cinemas nationwide and on Curzon Home Cinema . Photo © Productions Pays inc. Doummar) fight vested interests, fraying tempers, bruising UK and Ireland male chauvinism and a powerful sense of guilt over their Boundaries neglected private lives in this insightful ensemble drama. Visionary Québec director Xavier Dolan (Mommy, Heartbeats) returns glasgowfilm.org/festival with another bold and stylish melodrama bringing together the pinnacle in French acting talent in the shape of Marion Cotillard, Lea Seydoux, Vincent Cassel, Gaspard Ulliel and Nathalie Baye. Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes 2016, It’s Only The End of The World has been hailed as a ‘brilliant, stylised and hallucinatory evocation of family dysfunction’ (The Guardian). After 12 years of absence, a writer goes back to his hometown, planning on announcing his terminal illness to his family. Old resentments amongst his family soon rewrite the course of the afternoon, fits and feuds unfold, fuelled by bitterness and fear, while all attempts at reconciliation are sabotaged by people’s incapacity to listen, and love. Photo © FunFilm Distribution Image courtesy of Curzon Artificial Eye curzonartificialeye.com The Demons. LITERATURE & PUBLISHING VISUAL ARTS JAN – APR 2017 04 05 Soirée littéraire Artêria Gallery Éric Dupont 9 – 12 March Affordable Art Fair Battersea 23 March London, UK Amélie Desjardins Annabelle Marquis Québec Government Office Artêria Gallery returns to the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea this London, UK March. Since its establishment in 2007, the gallery has exhibited work by Québec artists at over 70 international art fairs in 17 As part of this year’s events to mark La Journée countries. Representing emerging and mid-career artists, Artêria internationale de la Francophonie (20 March), specialises in painting, photography, sculpture and glass. the Québec Government Office in London in collaboration with La Librairie du Québec à Paris, Exhibiting artists will include Amélie Desjardins, Annabelle Christian Dorey Claire Poiré will once again present a soirée littéraire in French Marquis, Christian Dorey, Claire Poiré, Jessica Potenza and celebrating Québec’s most exciting contemporary Sylvie Adams.
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