Elle M

Made for Cinéastes de notre temps series. In 1964, several French New Wave auteurs discuss the success and crisis of the wave. Featuring Claude Chabrol, François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rozier, Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda, Jean Rouch, and many others.

Jean’s father is always busy at work, so he spends most of his time with his nanny Yvette and neighbour Michelle. His mother is away but nobody talks about her. Luckily Michelle is on hand to read postcards about Mum’s Wild West escapades and, even though they seem far fetched at times, they keep Jean happy. At school, the steel marbles Jean takes from his father’s factory are valuable playground currency but their removal has unexpected consequences. This delightful, bittersweet animated film, based on the best-selling children’s story by Jean Regnaud and Emile Bravo, is a joyous, thought-provoking tale about childhood loss and the need even for adults to hide from the truth at times. (Source: LFF programme)

Misfits Boxing returns to Newcastle, with a huge lineup of crossover fights taking place in the northeast. Topping the card is middleweight titlist Elle Brooke, who looks to defend her crown in a tough test against bare-knuckle veteran Jenny Savage.

Madeleine Dansereau was the first woman jeweller in Quebec. She started her career at the age of 47, just when doctors diagnosed her as having breast cancer. Her best known achievement was the Emblem for the National Order of Quebec. Her daughter, Mireille, reveals their relationship over the past twenty years, using as a backdrop her own work as a filmmaker.

Kay, a disenchanted zilennial seeks the meaning of a recurring dream through its retelling to best friend Elle.

The story of a son who would do everything to fulfill his mother's last wish: to die in Mali.

A French short that features a lady who went on holiday to capture the sun eclipse.