Starting April 2nd, 2026, the film series First Works, New Perspectives takes you on a journey through today’s Europe, as seen through the eyes of an emerging generation of filmmakers.
This series highlights films that explore intimacy, relationships with others, the impulses of the heart, the unsaid, and contemporary upheavals, both personal and collective. These works are examples of a free and inventive cinema, sensitive and unusual, offering refreshing visions of the cinema of tomorrow. Discovering these films today is an invitation to curiosity and discovery, in the warm spirit of Cinéma Public.
Six feature-length fiction films are on offer:
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Thursday, April 2nd, 6pm
”Impatience du cœur” by Lauro Cress Germany / 2025 / 104 min. / German / Subtitles : French |
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Thursday, April 9th, 6pm
”Laurent dans le vent” by Mattéo Eustachon, Léo Couture, Anton Balekdjian France / 2025 / 110 min. / French / Subtitles : English |
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Thursday, April 16th, 6pm
”Vivitral” by Noëlle Bastin, Baptiste Bogaer Belgium / 2025 / 111 min. / French / Subtitles : English |
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Thursday, April 23rd, 18 h
Austria-Germany / 2024 / 112 min. / German-English / Subtitles : English |
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Thursday, April 30th, 6pm ”The Sparrow in the Chimney ” by Damon Zürcher Switzerland / 2024 / 117 min. / German / Subtitles : French |
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Thursday, May 14th, 6pm
”Gloria” by Margherita Vicario Italt / 2024 / 100 min. / Italian / Subtitles : French |
These screenings are part of a series of contemporary European films organized by EUNIC Montreal, in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum in Ottawa, the Consulat général de France à Québec, the Consulate General of Switzerland in Montreal, the Wallonia-Brussels General Delegation in Quebec/Canada, the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal, the Goethe-Institut Montreal, and the Alliance Française de Montréal.