Film POP Full Program
Cinéma Moderne, 5150 St Laurent Blvd
Film POP’s programming explores the world of music and musicians, across all film genres. This year’s program presents 12 screenings, including Québec premieres, standouts from the festival circuit, and local gems. Don’t miss the Québec premiere of Teaches of Peaches, a documentary tribute to queer icon Peaches, and the Canadian premiere of Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird. Other program highlights include Lyd, the story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world, La cancha by local filmmaker Mustafa Uzuner, and On the Go, a unique feminine take on the road movie.
A word about the curator: Sami Zenderoudi is a filmmaker, cultural worker, and media arts teacher. He has worked in the context of artist-run centres, film festivals, gallery exhibitions, and educational institutions. He holds a Media Studies Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Environmental Studies. Sami’s artistic research explores intersections of ecology and cinema along with new ways of representing nature on screen.
FILM POP 2024 – OFFICIAL TRAILER
PROGRAM
Teaches of Peaches Co-presented by Goethe-Institut.
Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer | Germany, 2024 | 102 min. Quebec premiere.
⇢ 25 SEPT, 20h30, Cinéma Moderne
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Alison Duke | Canada, 2024 | 98 min. Canada premiere.
⇢ 25 SEPT, 18h15, Cinéma Moderne
Lyd Co-présenté par/co-presented by Regards Palestiniens
Rami Younis, Sarah Ema Friedland | Palestine, UK, USA, 2023 | 78 min. Quebec premiere.
⇢ 26 SEPT, 18h15, Cinéma Moderne
Précédé par / preceded by :
Des Vibrations Provenant de Gaza Co-présenté par/co-presented by Regardes Palestiniens
Rehab Nazzal | Canada, 2023 | 16 min 17 sec.
La cancha co-presented by Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
Mustafa Uzuner | Québec, 2023 | 54 min. Quebec premiere.
⇢ 26 SEPT, 20h30, Cinéma Moderne
Précédé par / preceded by :
Outside Center co-presented by Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
Eli Jean Tahchi | Québec, Germany, 2023 | 20 min
On the Go co-presented by Image + Nation
Julia de Castro, María Gisèle Royo | Spain, 2023 | 72 min. Quebec premiere.
⇢ 27 SEPT, 18h15, Cinéma Moderne
Précédé par / preceded by :
The Archive: Queer Nigerians co-presented by Image + Nation
Simisolaoluwa Akande | UK, 2023 | 25 min. Quebec premiere.
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird co-presented by Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Nicolas Jack Davies | Germany, 2023 | 127 min. Canada premiere.
⇢ 27 SEPT, 20h30, Cinéma Moderne
Adrianne & The Castle
⇢ 28 SEPT, 16h00, Cinéma Moderne
Shannon Walsh | Canada, 2023 | 86 min
POP Music Video Showcase co-presented by PRISM & POP Symposium
⇢ 28 SEPT, 18h00, Cinéma Moderne
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial
J.M. Harper | USA, 2024 | 96 min
⇢ 28 SEPT, 19h30, Cinéma Moderne
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee | Canada, 2024 | 99 min
⇢ 29 SEPT, 16h00, Cinéma Moderne
Problems of Leisure co-presented by La Fondation PHI pour l’art contemporain
Ilana Harris-Babou | USA | 62
⇢ 29 SEPT, 18h30, Cinéma Moderne
La cancha: projection en plein air au Parc de la Petite-Italie
Mustafa Uzuner | Québec, 2023 | 54 min
⇢ 29 SEPT, 19h30, Parc de la Petite-Italie
