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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