To life and death
Le FIFA on European tour

The Canadian Cultural Centre invites you on Thursday, October 10 at 8 p.m. to the special programme “To life and death”. Discover a selection of works presented at “La Nuit de la danse” during the latest edition of the International Festival of Films on Art (LE FIFA).

Through dance, the works invite us to explore a true mosaic of the human experience, transcending darkness, time, language barriers, imperfections and individualities. They invite us to lose ourselves in dance in order to better find ourselves, together.

The International Festival of Films on Art continues to showcase its expertise in the distribution of films dedicated to art, by launching its new European tour in 2024. This fall tour will stop at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains and the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris.

Programme – 82 minutes 

YOU ARE ENOUGH by Lisa Magnan

France | 2022 | 10 min | Without dialogue
42nd FIFA, 2024 | La Nuit de la danse

YOU ARE ENOUGH celebrates self-acceptance, urging us to cherish our imperfections. This dance film, exploring identity, diversity, and individuality, follows four people sharing unique life experiences and navigating through the beauty and complexity of human existence. The film is a heartfelt message about accepting ourselves for who we are, challenging the fear of not being enough in various aspects of life. An invitation to embrace every part of ourselves, both the shadows and the light.

FORWARD BACK by Mistaya Hemingway and Kaveh Nabatian

Canada | 2024 | 14 min | Without dialogue
42ᵉ FIFA, 2024 | La Nuit de la danse

Directed by choreographer and dancer Mistaya Hemingway and Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Kaveh Nabatian, Forward Back is an open-air adaptation of the iconic piece by American dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919−2019) 50 Looks, supported by timeless photography and soundtrack. A group of dancers moves within a vast, futuristic-looking landscape… Film manipulations appear on screen as a changing light diffuses through the choreography, inviting the dancers to confront elusive forces…

MARÉE NOIRE by Chantal Caron

Canada | 2024 | 12 min | Without dialogue
42ᵉ FIFA, 2024 | La Nuit de la danse

Marée Noire is a cry of the species, a survival instinct against the elements. A final breath of life before being swept away by the Earth, or perhaps conversely, a battle to be fought against all odds to hold on before extinction. A poignant film directed by Quebec choreographer Chantal Caron, with the Saint Lawrence River as its backdrop.

RETURN by Hofesh Shechter and Eric Gauthier

Allemagne | 2023 | 15 min | Without dialogue
42ᵉ FIFA, 2024 | La Nuit de la danse

Best Dance Film at the Cannes World Film Festival, Audience Award at the Zed Festival in Bologna, this is the latest project from one of today’s most inspiring performing artists, choreographer Hofesh Shechter. In his new video dance, he reflects on how death might be the best way to celebrate life, offering both meaning and perspective to existence.

ENTRE NOUS by Roxane Duchesne-Roy and Tiphaine Roustang

Canada | 2023 | 29 min | French – Subtitles: English
42ᵉ FIFA, 2024 | La Nuit de la danse

Invited by choreographer and dancer Roxane Duchesne-Roy, 12 performers, 7 videographers, 4 composers, and 10 collaborators occupy natural spaces and infuse them with movement to create ten living tableaux that narrate complicity, the joy of creation, and the delight of being present in the world. A sensitive capture and original music composed for each of the different tableaux contribute to an undeniable enchantment.