{"id":759,"date":"2026-07-07T01:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/cinema-sous-les-etoiles-18-films-a-voir-en-juillet\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T01:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:09:02","slug":"cinema-sous-les-etoiles-18-films-a-voir-en-juillet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/cinema-sous-les-etoiles-18-films-a-voir-en-juillet\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema under the stars: 18 films to see in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal public is invited to come and enjoy the screenings offered by Funambules M\u00e9dias\u2019 Cin\u00e9ma sous les\u00e9toiles 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.<\/p>\n<p>The Sandbox (Kenya-Jade Pinto, Canada) \u2013 Quebec premiere | In the presence of the filmmaker \u25cb 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.<\/p>\n<p>Wider than the sky (Valerio Jalongo, Italy, Switzerland) \u25cb Tuesday July 7 at 9 p.m., Parc du P\u00e9lican (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 \u25cb 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 \u00c1guilas del Desierto, search and rescue missions in the American-Mexican desert.\u202f<\/p><div id=\"linit-1517374180\" class=\"linit-dans-le-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>See \u2013 Judge \u2013 Act: The history of the JOC in Quebec (Annie Deniel, Quebec) | In the presence of the filmmaker, the producer and former jocists \u25cb Thursday July 9 at 9:00 p.m., Parc Molson (Rosemont\u2013La Petite-Patrie) The film traces the forgotten history of the Jeunesse Ouvri\u00e8re 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) \u25cb Friday July 10 at 9:00 p.m., Ar\u00e9na Edgar Rouleau (Dorval)With humor and intelligence, Rougemania explores the considerable, but unacknowledged, influence of Indigenous people on Western culture and identity.<\/p>\n<p>ENVIRONMENTAL WEEK FROM JULY 13 TO 17The butcher of Trois-Pistoles (Karine Lamontagne, Quebec) | In the presence of the filmmaker and the butcher Ren\u00e9e Leblanc-Poulin\u25cb Monday July 13 at 9 p.m., Place Shamrock (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie) With her butcher shop in Trois-Pistoles, Ren\u00e9e 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) \u2013 Canadian premiere\u25cb 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.<\/p>\n<p>In the forest (Pascale Ferland, Quebec) | In the presence of the filmmaker\u25cb Tuesday July 14 at 9:00 p.m., Parc du P\u00e9lican (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) \u2013 Quebec premiere\u25cb 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) \u2013 Canadian Premiere\u25cb 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.<\/p>\n<p>Mikuba (Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, Congo, United States) \u2013 Quebec premiere\u25cb 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.<\/p>\n<p>SHORT FILMS COMPETITION \u2013 July 20 to 23<\/p>\n<p>Faithful to its tradition, the Cinema under the Stars of Funambules M\u00e9dias presents its annual short film competition, divided into four programs broadcast in four districts of the city.\u25cb Program #1 | Monday July 20 at 8:45 p.m., Parc des Faubourgs (Ville-Marie)\u25cb Program #2 | Tuesday July 21 at 8:45 p.m., Parc Lalancette (Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve)\u25cb Program #3 | Wednesday July 22 at 8:45 p.m., Parc Baldwin (Le Plateau-Mont-Royal)\u25cb Program #4 | Thursday July 23 at 8:45 p.m., Parc Molson (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie)The winners&rsquo; evening will take place on Tuesday August 4 at 7 p.m. at Parc des Compagnons-de-Saint-Laurent.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to our generous partners, more than $25,000 in prizes and services will be awarded to award-winning filmmakers: Vid\u00e9ographe, SLA Location, Main Film, Bande \u00e0 part, Paraloeil, Les Films du 3 Mars, Doc Canada, T\u00ebnk, PRIM, Royal photo and les Forges de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n<p>STLOUIS\u2019DOCS PROGRAM \u2013 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\u2019Docs, a special program bringing together four short films from the latest editions of the Senegalese festival.\u25cb 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.\u202fAt\u00e9mit Semb\u00e9 (Abdoul Aziz Basse, Senegal) \u2014 Grand Jury Prize \u2013 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.\u202f<\/p>\n<p>Terra Mater (Kantarama Gahigiri, Rwanda, Switzerland) She stands like a goddess of technological waste, surrounded by mountains of plastic and rare metals\u200a\u2014\u200aa furious call to take responsibility for capitalism, colonialism and environmental destruction in Africa.\u202f<\/p>\n<p>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.\u202fThe entire program, special events as well as locations and times are available online or on the festival&rsquo;s Facebook page.<\/p>\n<div id=\"linit-135802908\" class=\"linit-apres-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal public is invited to come and enjoy the screenings offered by Funambules M\u00e9dias\u2019 Cin\u00e9ma sous les\u00e9toiles throughout the month of July. 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