Avenue Montaigne centers around Jessica (Cecile de France) a beautiful young woman from the provinces who comes to Paris and lands a job waiting tables at a chic bistro on fabled Avenue Montaigne, the city's nexus for art, music, theater and fashion. Jessica's customers include a popular TV actress (Valerie Lemercier) who is courting a major Hollywood director (Sydney Pollack) for her first serious film role; a wealthy art collector (Claude Brasseur) who is about to liquidate a lifetime's worth of treasures at auction; and an illustrious classical pianist (Albert Dupontel) who is at odds with his manager/wife (Laura Morante) as to where is career is headed. Precisely because Jessica doesn't know how celebrated people are, her guileless and completely unintimidated engagement in their lives has a transforming effect on them - and ultimately her.

Sexual revelations emerge when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.

Journaliste sans famille, Flavien Juste gagne sa vie avec des reportages bidons pour un journal à sensation. Son patron et père putatif l'envoie avec le photographe Armand Despas couvrir des phénomènes étranges qui se produisent dans un village de l'arrière-pays. Chemin faisant, Flavien est le seul à voir le fantôme d'une jeune mariée exsangue se dresser sur la route. Puis les deux hommes descendent à l'auberge, où vivent deux vieilles jumelles au passé obscur. Le soir même, Armand disparaît mystérieusement. Pour enquêter parmi des villageois souvent hostiles, Flavien obtient l'aide du fils trisomique de la tenancière du bar local et d'une jeune mère célibataire dont il s'éprend. Mais de troublantes découvertes attendent le journaliste.

Anais Barbeau-Lavalette Déjà en équilibre précaire, le monde du petit Jessy bascule lorsque sa mère héroïnomane quitte la maison. Son père ouvrier tente maladroitement de souder sa famille, mais ses aînés Sam et Kelly, tentés par la drogue et la prostitution, ont déjà commencé à dévier du droit chemin. Jessy pense avoir trouvé le sien: il sera lutteur. L'enfant, qui a pris l'habitude d'assister aux spectacles de lutteurs costumés, rêve désormais d'échapper à son monde en pénétrant celui de ses héros. Mais ceux-ci ne sont pas aussi grands qu'il le croit, comme le lui apprendra sans le vouloir un vagabond qui, avec son chien que Jessy a pris en affection, traîne dans le parc où le gamin fait régulièrement l'école buissonnière.

Sébastien Betbeder Arman is 33 and ready to make a change, starting with a run in the park. When he literally bumps into Amélie - slightly cynical but nevertheless lovely - on the jogging path, he's dead-set on making a connection with her. As a bit of contrived fate brings them together, Arman's best friend Benjamin suffers an unexpected stroke, relegating him to the hospital for weeks where he falls for his doting young physical therapist. Over the course of two autumns and three winters, Arman, Amélie and Benjamin share the incidental moments, unexpected accidents, unconventional love stories and unforgettable memories that will define who they are.

Laurent Cantet Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood,

Fernand Dansereau Se sachant atteinte de la maladie d'Alzheimer, la fière Madeleine, 72 ans, se rend au bord du fleuve Saint-Laurent dans l'intention de s'y jeter. Au même moment, Zoé, chanteuse paumée de 35 ans, tente d'échapper à des types qui la poursuivent pour une dette de drogue. Madeleine intervient de façon inespérée et la tire de ce mauvais pas. Peu après, Zoé se laisse convaincre d'accompagner la septuagénaire dans sa dernière visite des lieux et des gens qui l'ont marquée. Au gré des escales et des rencontres, entre Montréal et Percé, les deux femmes développent une intimité de plus en plus forte. Mais alors que Zoé semble avoir enfin tiré un trait sur son passé, celui de Madeleine commence à s'éroder dans sa mémoire.

Francois Delisle The story of Catherine, who, after her violent husband puts her life in serious danger one night, decides to run away with her son and start a new life under a fresh identity.

Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie’s The Hole Story continues in the same provocative vein as their earlier Forest Alert.
The history of mining in Canada is the story of astronomical profits made with disregard for the environment and human health. The story of nickel in Sudbury, silver in Cobalt, gold in Timmins, copper in Rouyn . . .
Using striking images, rare archival footage, interviews and their trademark humorous social commentary, the directors make a clear case against the way mining has been done in Canada. The Hole Story is a film that sounds the alarm about mining. In a country rich in mineral resources, mining companies have historically paid little tax, while local municipalities bear the financial burden of building and maintaining the roads they use to truck their wealth out to other countries. Some films are essential viewing—The Hole Story is one of them!

In Arnaud Desplechin The Vuillard family gathers: Junon and Abel, a daughter Elizabeth and her son Paul, Henri and a girlfriend, Ivan, his wife Sylvia and their young sons, and cousin Simon. Six years before, Elizabeth paid Henri's debts and demanded he never see her again or visit their parents' home. Paul, at 16, has mental problems and faces a clinical exam. Junon learns she needs a bone marrow transplant if she's to live beyond a few months: thus the détente bringing all together. Two family members have compatible marrow, but the spats, fights, cruel words, drunken toasts, and somewhat civilized bad behavior threaten all; plus Junon may simply refuse treatment. Do we know ourselves?

Guylaine Dionne This is a film about two women who struggle to endure lousy working conditions they face as strippers.

Vf DVD In April 1994, the middle-aged Canadian journalist Bernard Valcourt is making a documentary in Kigali about AIDS. He secretly falls in love for the Tutsi waitress of his hotel Gentille, who is younger than him, in a period of violent racial conflicts. When the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda begins, Bernard does not succeed in escaping with Gentille to Canada. When the genocide finishes in July 1994, Bernard returns to the chaotic Kigali seeking out Gentille in the middle of destruction and dead bodies

Agnès Guillemot, Lila Lakshmanan, Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard's subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star-studded Cinemascope epic. Contempt (Le M pris) stars Michel Piccoli as a screenwriter torn between the demands of a proud European director (played by legendary director Fritz Lang), a crude and arrogant American producer (Jack Palance), and his disillusioned wife, Camille (Brigitte Bardot) as he attempts to doctor the script for a new film version of The Odyssey.

Michael Haneke A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.

Claude Jutra Mon Oncle Antoine is Claude Jutra's masterpiece: A poignant, starkly honest, but humane film, shot through with authenticity from beginning to end. Realized with an unflagging artistic vision, Mon Oncle Antoine poetically portrays a young boy's coming of age, vividly capturing the 1940s Quebec mining town in which he lives. Along with winning many awards in the 33 years since its release, this film has also left a visible influence on succeeding generations of Canadian filmmakers like Atom Egoyan.

Abdellatif Kechiche The colorful, electrifying romance that took the Cannes Film Festival by storm courageously dives into a young woman's experiences of first love and sexual awakening. Blue Is the Warmest Color stars the remarkable newcomer AdŠle Excharpoulos as a high schooler who, much to her own surprise, plunges into a thrilling relationship with a female twentysomething art student, played by L‚a Seydoux (Midnight in Paris). Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche (The Secret of the Grain), this finely detailed, intimate epic sensitively renders the erotic abandon of youth. It has captivated international audiences and been widely embraced as a defining love story for the new century. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Abdellatif Kechiche, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Trailer and TV spot New English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic B. Ruby Rich

Carole Laure Seventeen-year-old Rachel is a rebellious teen — full of defiance and despair. From a broken home, her life is devoid of love and she has no outlet for expressing herself. When Jeanne, a modern dance teacher, enters her life, Rachel changes. She finally finds a concrete way to express her uncertainty and rage towards a world which never provided her with positive attention. Recently released from prison, Jeanne, who was involved in a minor case of theft, was able to get a glimpse into the world of women behind bars, who drown in hopelessness and often resort to violence or self destructive behavior. Jeanne share her experiences not only with Rachel, but also with Odile, an unemployed single mother. Jeanne's professional eye and Odile's sensitive intellect cannot fail to see that Rachel has a real talent for dance. Will it turn out that thanks to this new interest and the people around her, she finds a path to a new life?

Jean-Claude Lauzon Second et dernier long métrage, après Un zoo la nuit, de la comète Jean-Claude Lauzon, Léolo est un vigoureux poème visuel, jamais sentimental, toujours dense et touchant. Entre une mère monumentale de tendresse (Ginette Reno), un père toujours là et toujours absent, un grand-père libidineux (Julien Guiomar) et des frères et soeurs marqués par la peur et la folie, le petit Léo (Maxime Collin) rêve. Il rêve d’Italie, d’une famille inventée et d’improbables trésors au fond de l’eau. Il rêve sa vie parce que, répète-t-il constamment : “Je rêve, donc je ne suis pas”.

Présenté en compétition officielle au Festival de Cannes en 1992, Léolo a causé un émoi dans le cinéma québécois. Entre la poésie de Forcier et la virulence de Kusturica, Lauzon a su créer de toutes pièces un univers unique dans notre paysage cinématographique. Sa grande force réside dans les images : images-chocs (le garçon se masturbant dans du foie de veau !), images simples (la mère et son fils dans la salle d’attente d’un cabinet de médecin) et images fortes (la “naissance” de Léo), qui composent le véritable vocabulaire de ce cinéaste surdoué. Si l’enchaînement de ces vignettes apparaît parfois décousu, et si la narration, superbement dite par Gilbert Sicotte, est souvent redondante, Léolo reste une oeuvre vibrante, un formidable hommage à l’enfance.

À l’instar des 400 Coups ou de Ma vie de chien, Léolo montre, sous le couvert d’une autobiographie fantasmée, la naissance d’un grand réalisateur, dont la mort prématurée a laissé un grand vide dans une cinématographie souvent trop sage… —Éric Fourlanty

Michel Ocelot In a little village somewhere in Africa, a boy named Kirikou is born. But he's not a normal boy, because he knows what he wants very well. Also he already can speak and walk. His mother tells him how an evil sorceress has dried up their spring and devoured all males of the village except one. Hence little Kirikou decides, he will accompany the last warrior to the sorceress. Due to his intrepidity he may be the last hope of the village.

Benoît Pilon NTSC/Region 1. It's the beginning of the 1950s and Tivii, an Inuit hunter, is flown to a Quebec sanatorium to be treated for tuberculosis. Weak, unable to communicate or to understand others, and far from his loved ones, Tivii decides to give up and to give in to death. His nurse, Carole, however, understanding Tivii's desolation, refuses to let him slip away and arranges for a young Inuit named Kaki, to be transferred to his sanatorium. Kaki knows white society well and helps Tivii decode his situation. Tivii's pride and will to live are further helped by his teaching Kaki about the ways of their land and of the Inuit people.

Renoir Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir — son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste — returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andr‚e, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son. RENOIR locates a fascinating moment of change, with one century's way of thinking giving way to the next.

Jean-Paul Salomé

Jean-Marc Vallée A love story between a man and woman. And between a mother and her son. A mystical and fantastical odyssey on love.

Denis Villeneuve A dramatization of the 1989 Montréal Massacre, during which several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.