Denys Desjardins Movie Trailers

My Conversations on Film Trailer (2013)

13 October 2013

This distinctly personal journey into the artistic possibilities of independent film is not to be missed.

Making Movie History: Monique Fortier Trailer (2014)

01 January 2014

Monique Fortier was one of the few women to make her way in the male world of the NFB in the 1950s. But make her way she did.

Du couteau au fusil Trailer (1990)

27 December 1990

Between the city, the suburbs and the theft of an automobile.

Making Movie History: Evelyn Lambart Trailer (2014)

01 January 2014

Animation pioneer Evelyn Lambart recalls arriving at the NFB in the 1940s, her celebrated collaborations with Norman McLaren and her approach to her solo work.

La mer on s’en fout! Trailer (1989)

27 December 1989

Monique and Lussier, two good friends from the street, let themselves go to the rhythm of their little, somewhat gray world.

My Eye for a Camera Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

A filmmaker, fascinated by the power of the camera and obsessed with the theories of Russian film pioneer Dziga Vertov, decides to get a camera eye to replace the real eye he lost as a child.

The Zone Trailer (2017)

05 October 2017

Looking for a long lost friend, Madeleine talks to a Stalker so that he can take her to «the zone» and help her look into her memories to find him at last.

With an empathetic and intimate lens, veteran filmmaker Denys Desjardins captures his elderly mother's experience of neglect in Quebec's healthcare system and his sister's fight to secure her an acceptable long-term care solution.

The Private Life of Cinema Trailer (2011)

19 February 2011

A two-part in-depth exploration of the evolution of the private film industry, seen through the eyes of more than 50 industry professionals.

Rebels with a Camera Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Thanks to the development of techniques and the adventurous spirit of pioneering filmmakers, among whom Michel Brault occupies a central place, a new way of making cinema was born at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s.

From Office to Box-Office Trailer (2009)

22 February 2009

The Castle Trailer (2020)

04 March 2020

In the not-so-distant future stands a castle where life can be eternally extended, provided that the residents take their pills.

The Great Resistance Trailer (2007)

12 November 2007

In the 1930s, in the throes of the Great Depression, the government relocated more than 80,000 citizens to found a new settlement in the virgin forests of Quebec's Abitibi region.

Making Movie History: Jacques Drouin Trailer (2013)

01 January 2013

Jacques Drouin's artistic trajectory is closely tied to the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen. No other filmmaker has employed the device with such dedication since Alexeïeff himself, who created the design in 1931.

Against Time and Oblivion Trailer (1997)

21 February 1997

One of the most intimate and obstinate filmmakers in Belgium, Boris Lehman acts, directs, produces, and distributes his films, single-handedly incarnating the essence of a creator who manages to survive on the fringes of his industry.

Almanach Trailer (1999)

18 December 1999

On the Caribou Trail Trailer (2023)

23 March 2023

Meditation on the passage of time, the territory we live in and the ties that bind us. This short film was shot in Quebec in December 2018 between the 48th and 50th parallels.

Making Movie History: Co Hoedeman Trailer (2013)