Les Oeuvres de Frédéric Back

A group of schoolchildren playing in an idyllic natural landscape are visited by a mysterious magician who entertains them with his transformations. But he soon proves sinister as he begins to transform the landscape into a grim, unsmiling metropolis.

This 22nd edition comprises 10 films -- nine recent, along with one restored classic -- which deal with both the anxieties and hopes of a world faced with a seemingly endless series of existential crises. All are inventive, their tone ranges from the whimsical to the profound; their techniques, from stop-motion to hand-drawn to computer-aided.

A film inspired by Aboriginal legends about the passing of the seasons

A film that pays tribute to the various celebrations in Québec on St-Jean-Baptiste Day.

The environmental history of the St. Lawrence River and the impact of human exploitation of it.

This film tells an Algonquin legend about animals on a quest to capture fire from the god of thunder and return it to their human friends.

An illustration of beings in a world where countless plant and animal species rapidly become extinct, and resources run dry due to greed. However, it is possible to avoid disaster by conserving and sharing what we have.

This short animation takes as its protagonist a wooden rocking chair that serves as a tool to delve in no more than 15 minutes on a journey through the history of Quebec in the last century.

The story of four children from around the world who try to rescue the sun from an evil sorcerer.

This animated short film tells the story of a shepherd who repairs the ruined ecosystem of a secluded valley by singlehandedly cultivating a forest over a thirty year period.