12 Wapikoni Films at the RVCQ 2017

From February 22 to March 4, 2017, Québec cinéma is organizing the 35th edition of Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.

This year, out of the 244 short films presented, 11 come from the Wapikoni:

• Nitanish-to my daughter, by Melissa Mollen Dupuis
• We will rise, by Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
• Battles, by Karen Pinette Fontaine
• Women's Gold, by Cherilyn Papatie
• Shipu, by Shanice Mollen Picard and Uapukun Mestokosho McKenzie
• Mantokatcikan, Sipi Flamand and Elisa Moar
• My Father's Tools, by Heather Condo
• Kupanishkueu, by Mélodie Jourdain-Michel
• Sonny Side Up, by Sonny Papatie
• Muk, from the Wapikoni
• Message, by Meky Ottawa

3 Magalys, directed by Frédéric Julien and produced by Les Films de L'envers and Wapikoni, is also part of the program and will be presented as a world premiere.

Wapikoni is very pleased to see the works of its filmmaker-mentors and collaborators in the selection, including Avant les rues, by Chloé Leriche, Yes, by Éric Piccoli, D’encre et de sang, by Alexis Gauthier-Fortier and Abitibi360, a virtual reality work by Serge Bordeleau.