Three Comrades of Montréal

Fredy

Invalid date •French

S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks In Traffic

January 2001 •English

We follow Roach, a 17-year-old ex-junkie and squeegee punk living on the streets of Toronto and Montreal. As part of the filmmaking process, he's been given a camera to document his world. The footage he gets is urgent, because there's a war against squeegee kids. This documentary is from the point of view of the kids themselves, in order to provide alternative voices. Roach's camera is positioned behind "enemy" lines: living in derelict buildings, squeegeeing for money, being hunted by police.

The 80 Goes to Sparta

August 1969 •English

This feature documentary studies the different faces of Montreal’s Greek community in 1969. Instead of giving voice to the businessmen and well-integrated few, the film highlights the cultural and economic problems encountered by new immigrants and their families.

September Five at Saint-Henri

September 1962 •French

This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, on the first day of school. From dawn to midnight, we take in the neighbourhood’s pulse: a mother fussing over children, a father's enforced idleness, teenage boys clowning, young lovers dallying - the unposed quality of daily life.

La Coupe Stanley à Montréal en 1993

January 2008 •French

La langue est donc une histoire d'amour

October 2019 •French

Le dernier souffle, au cœur de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal

April 2017 •French

Punk the Vote!

October 2006 •French

Roach and Starbuck, two hardcore punks from Montreal, try to form their own political party, but run out of time due to Canada's electoral process. Instead, they decide to campaign for political office as independent candidates in a rich Montreal district called Outremont.

Breaking Point: Canada/Quebec - The 1995 Referendum

October 2005 •French

BREAKING POINT brings viewers back to those tense, critical moments when Canada's future as a country was at stake.

Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok

January 2008 •French

La Théorie verte

June 2025 •French

Nos Amours: The Saga of the Expos of Montreal

May 2024 •French

The film explores key moments in the history of the Expos as well as the relentless efforts to bring major league baseball to Montreal. Continuation of the work released in 2003.

The Perfect Storm: Story of the 1994 Montreal Expos

March 2015 •English

In 1994, the Montreal Expos held the best record in baseball until the mid-August strike and the entire post-season was cancelled.  The team never found success again, and in 2004, the franchise was forced to leave Montreal and move to Washington. This film provides access to powerful behind-the-scenes footage – ranging from the players’ bus ride to the stadium, to their emotional reactions stepping onto the field, to the Montreal fans who have never forgotten baseball’s best team in 1994. Interviews with media who followed the team’s season and discussions with former coaches and players will paint both a thrilling and heartbreaking picture of the influential ‘94 Montreal Expos – a groundbreaking squad whose legacy lives on in Montreal 

What Can I Tell You

January 1978 •English

A portrait of three generations of wonderfully eccentric Italian American women living in a small town near Boulder.

Strangers for the Day

January 1962 •English

This short documentary shows the reactions of European immigrants as they land in Halifax at the beginning of the 1960s. From the port, we follow them on a snowy journey by train to Montreal.

I Remember a Time When No One Jogged in This Neighbourhood

October 2021 •

With its fluid arrangement of black and white scenes paired with an immersive soundscape, Je me souviens d’un temps où personne ne joggait dans ce quartier is a celebration of the many faces of Park Extension. The film provides a glimpse inside a festive cultural gathering; the workshop of a meticulous artisan; and an alley where a young cyclist is learning to ride. With her restrained approach, the filmmaker hints little by little at a seemingly inevitable transformation, while the relentless onset of gentrification threatens the social fabric of a neighbourhood. After a critically acclaimed detour into audio documentary, Jenny Cartwright returns to the evocative force of images to evoke a rich and diverse community.

My Name Is Susan Yee

January 1975 •English

Young Chinese-Canadian Susan Yee gives a tour of Montreal.

Our Street Was Paved with Gold

January 1973 •English

Filmmaker Albert Kish revisits Montreal's St Lawrence Boulevard in the '70s. The street, also known as "The Main," is a little Europe with many languages, foods and small courtesies that make a stranger feel at home.

Cricket & Park-Ex: a love story

February 2016 •English

This film takes us inside the world of cricket and the daily life of Montreal's Parc Extension - one of Canada's poorest yet most vibrant immigrant neighbourhoods.

Monsieur

September 2003 •French