NEWS

LIKE A PEBBLE IN THE BOOT will be broadcast on August 25, 2018 at 7 pm on Radio-Canada, as part of the program “1001 vies“. The documentary also had a special presentation at the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily in July 2018. While in the film, some merchants admit to living in fear, Idy Diene, 54 year old Senegalese, was brutally shot and killed by an Italian on the Vespucus Bridge in Florence, on March 5, 2018.

Photo: Cohn Bendit and other protestors, Paris, May 1968 (c) AGIP / Bridgeman Images

EMAfilms is proud to present its latest documentary, 1968 – FIFTY YEARS LATER.

Robert Charlebois, Louise Forestier, Bernard Landry, Gilles Duceppe and dozens more share their memories of the events that marked this important year that changed the course of history.

Tune in to Radio-Canada on Saturday May 19th and 26th at 7pm for this exclusive french-language documentary.

We are proud to announce that “FISK – UNTITLED PORTRAIT“, directed by Alejandro Alvarez Cadilla, has been selected and will be presented at the 2018 The Newport Beach Film Festival in California, on April 27th at 8:15 PM, and on April 29th at 11:00 AM.

Like a Pebble in the Boot will be presented on Thursday April 19th, and Friday April 20th at the Cinémathèque québécoise as part of the Vues d’Afrique Festival.

After the screening, the director Hélène Choquette and producer Anne-Marie Gelinas will be at the café of the Cinémathèque for a friendly 5 à 7 chat.

Great news! Two of EMAfilms’ 2017 productions, RADIUS and LIKE A PEBBLE IN THE BOOT will be screened as part of the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. RADIUS will screen on Friday, March 2^nd at 8:45 p.m. at Quartier Latin while LIKE A PEBBLE IN THE BOOT will screen on Wednesday February 28^th at 9 p.m., also at Quartier Latin. Follow the link for more info and to purchase tickets. See you there!