The Montreal public is invited to come and enjoy the screenings offered by Funambules Médias’ Cinéma sous lesétoiles throughout the month of July. On the program, 18 screenings of social and political documentary films and 2 thematic weeks. One devoted to the environment and the second to short films.
The Sandbox (Kenya-Jade Pinto, Canada) – Quebec premiere | In the presence of the filmmaker ○ Monday July 6 at 9 p.m., Parc des Faubourgs (Ville-Marie) Through testimonies from survivors, journalists and witnesses, The Sandbox explores modern border control, where surveillance, AI and militarization decide who lives and who dies.
Wider than the sky (Valerio Jalongo, Italy, Switzerland) ○ Tuesday July 7 at 9 p.m., Parc du Pélican (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie) Wider than the sky ventures into this unknown territory of AI by mobilizing science, poetry and art, traveling the world in search of an answer capable of revealing what makes us human beings, what can save us from a destructive trajectory. But where are we going, Coyote? (Jonah Malak, Quebec) | In the presence of the filmmaker ○ Wednesday July 8 at 9 p.m., Parc Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier (Le Plateau-Mont-Royal) For twelve years, Marisela and Ely have organized, with their group of volunteers, the Águilas del Desierto, search and rescue missions in the American-Mexican desert.
See – Judge – Act: The history of the JOC in Quebec (Annie Deniel, Quebec) | In the presence of the filmmaker, the producer and former jocists ○ Thursday July 9 at 9:00 p.m., Parc Molson (Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie) The film traces the forgotten history of the Jeunesse Ouvrière Catholique, a social movement anchored in the working-class neighborhoods of Quebec from 1930 and explores its role in the struggles that shaped Quebec in the 20th century. Rougemania (Catherine Bainbridge and Neil Diamond, Canada) ○ Friday July 10 at 9:00 p.m., Aréna Edgar Rouleau (Dorval)With humor and intelligence, Rougemania explores the considerable, but unacknowledged, influence of Indigenous people on Western culture and identity.
ENVIRONMENTAL WEEK FROM JULY 13 TO 17The butcher of Trois-Pistoles (Karine Lamontagne, Quebec) | In the presence of the filmmaker and the butcher Renée Leblanc-Poulin○ Monday July 13 at 9 p.m., Place Shamrock (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie) With her butcher shop in Trois-Pistoles, Renée LeBlanc-Paulin surrounds herself with a network of committed women who help her bring to life a circuit as fragile as it is necessary. Uprisings (Thomas Lacoste, France) – Canadian premiere○ Monday July 13 at 9 p.m., Parc des Faubourgs (Ville-Marie)A 16-voice choral portrait of the Earth Uprisings reveals the unprecedented composition of the multiple forces deployed to resist the ongoing ecological catastrophe.
In the forest (Pascale Ferland, Quebec) | In the presence of the filmmaker○ Tuesday July 14 at 9:00 p.m., Parc du Pélican (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie)In the forest is a documentary essay that explores the deep links between humans, animals and the forest. From the Cold War to the Green War (Anna Recalde Miranda, France) – Quebec premiere○ Wednesday July 15 at 9:00 p.m., Parc Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier (Plateau-Mont-Royal)An impressive investigation, this intimate journey to Latin America develops a genealogy of ecological disaster, through an unprecedented historical and political contextualization.Red Forest (Laurie Lassalle, France) – Canadian Premiere○ Thursday July 16 at 9:00 p.m., Parc Molson (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie)In a French forest, a group of anarchists establishes an eco-activist community and anti-capitalist. But the state has other plans. A poetic and revolutionary film about freedom and ideals.
Mikuba (Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, Congo, United States) – Quebec premiere○ Friday July 17 at 9:00 p.m., Square Viger (Ville-Marie) Mikuba transports us to the cobalt veins of Kolwezi, where artisanal miners fiercely guard their ancestral heritage.
SHORT FILMS COMPETITION – July 20 to 23
Faithful to its tradition, the Cinema under the Stars of Funambules Médias presents its annual short film competition, divided into four programs broadcast in four districts of the city.○ Program #1 | Monday July 20 at 8:45 p.m., Parc des Faubourgs (Ville-Marie)○ Program #2 | Tuesday July 21 at 8:45 p.m., Parc Lalancette (Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve)○ Program #3 | Wednesday July 22 at 8:45 p.m., Parc Baldwin (Le Plateau-Mont-Royal)○ Program #4 | Thursday July 23 at 8:45 p.m., Parc Molson (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie)The winners’ evening will take place on Tuesday August 4 at 7 p.m. at Parc des Compagnons-de-Saint-Laurent.
Thanks to our generous partners, more than $25,000 in prizes and services will be awarded to award-winning filmmakers: Vidéographe, SLA Location, Main Film, Bande à part, Paraloeil, Les Films du 3 Mars, Doc Canada, Tënk, PRIM, Royal photo and les Forges de Montréal.
STLOUIS’DOCS PROGRAM – Monday July 20, 2026 Big news for this edition: in collaboration with the Saint-Louis Documentary Film Festival (Senegal), Cinema under the stars presents Stlouis’Docs, a special program bringing together four short films from the latest editions of the Senegalese festival.○ Monday July 20 at 9 p.m., Place Shamrock (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie)Haraka Haraka (Germain Le Carpentier, Mayotte) An old tire competes in the historic Mayotte tire race where the destinies of two women intersect, under a blazing sun. Atémit Sembé (Abdoul Aziz Basse, Senegal) — Grand Jury Prize – Short film section, Saint-Louis Docs Festival Back in her native village in Casamance, Olympic wrestling icon Isabelle Sambou introduces her sisters to her fights on the international sports scene.
Terra Mater (Kantarama Gahigiri, Rwanda, Switzerland) She stands like a goddess of technological waste, surrounded by mountains of plastic and rare metals — a furious call to take responsibility for capitalism, colonialism and environmental destruction in Africa.
Ibuka, Justice (Justice Rutikara, Quebec) | In the presence of the filmmaker In Kigali, Valentine and Jean-Claude form a new couple of young parents when the threat of a mass slaughter falls on their entire country. The entire program, special events as well as locations and times are available online or on the festival’s Facebook page.