Chairmen

A man makes his way through a dark and stormy night to a spooky old house, where surprises await him.

Feature-length documentary directed by Mireille Danserau in 1973: in-depth interviews with four young women who explain their complex relationships with men, motherhood and their own femininity, sometimes radically detaching themselves from the standardized and traditional conception of the couple.

This experimental animated short takes a critical look at consumerism in a material world. Thousands of cut-out ads are presented in increasingly fragmented, rapid succession. The film's disorienting and hectic pace seeks to interrogate the extent to which seductive advertising is a shockingly strong force in shaping our desires, needs, and lives in contemporary capitalism.

A song of disenchantment with the city, yet an acknowledgement of it as a many-faceted place of dreams. Words and music by Jean-Pierre Ferland and Franck Dervieux.