Portraits

Les Films du 3 Mars (F3M) invites you to discover thematic cinema about Portraits. From fiction to documentaries, long and short, enjoy the best of Québécois and Canadian filmmaking !

JOY! PORTRAIT OF A NUN

71 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2012

Spiritual sanctuary, sex, sisterhood and a gathering of faeries.

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GORDON SHEPPARD OU L’ART DE BIEN MOURIR

86 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2011

This documentary depicts the last year of Montreal artist Gordon Sheppard, before his death.

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OVER MY DEAD BODY

80 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2011

Dancer and choreographer Dave St-Pierre is adored by critics and audiences alike. His subversive, innovative works are taking Europe by storm. But his own body is failing him. Dave is 34 and has cystic fibrosis.

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BULL’S EYE: A PAINTER ON THE WATCH

76 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2010

A boreal forest, in the fall. A man wearing a face mask is on the watch. Camouflaged in the bush, he holds his gun at the ready. Is he a serial killer or just a trophy hunter!? He’s neither. He’s an artist waiting for an animal and that elusive moment when the image for a work will come to him.

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JOHN MAX, A PORTRAIT

94 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2010

An intimate portrait looking into the life of the most interesting and singular Canadian photographer, John Max (1936-2011).

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ART IN ACTION

68 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2009

Art in Action is a portrait of two provocative Montreal artists, Annie Roy and Pierre Allard whose urban installations sound the alarm concerning important social issues.

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