Télé-Québec presents:
FODOC REGARD › Friday, March 14 › Midnight › Artis Resto Lounge

The Festival du DocuMenteur de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue is paying a visit to REGARD, bringing along a compilation of twelve short films taken from the Festival's last four programs. Adopting the documentary style, the filmmaker uses the genre's tricks to manipulate the viewers and force them to exercise their critical abilities. Will you be able to distinguish between truth and fiction? Will you be able to figure out which one of the documentaries is real?

I PROGRAMMING I

L'Europe t'appartient [Europe belongs to you] by Henry Bernadet
Canada › 2005 › 7 min 19 s
Some strange things are happening in the Northern land the members of the Front de libération de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue (le F.L.A.T.) call home.

L'affaire Forget [the Forget affair] by Sébastien Denault
Canada › 2002 › 5 min 38 s
Michel Forget, a phenomenon of nature.

Nos archives secrètes : la conquête de l'espace [our secret archives: the conquest of space] by Noël Tortajada
Switzerland › 2006 › 11 min
In 1941, during the Second World War, aeronautical engineer and Lucerne native Hans Müler is abducted by Germans to assist in the Third Reich's effort to conquer space. Twenty years later, the Swiss government asks Hans to destroy any evidence of this undesired collaboration.

Metalosis maligna by Floris Kaayk
Holland › 2006 › 7 min 26 s
Light is shed on this spectacular yet debilitating illness.

Open pit by Guillaume Charbonneau, Charles-Robert Giguère and Catherine Proulx
Canada › 2008 › 9 min
Dorima is the co-owner of a "chip shack" in Vallée-de-l'Or, but he also has a second job: he's a psychiatrist. Because some patients are too shy or too proud, Dorima offers incognito consultations between bites of French fries. His secret may be well-protected, but Dorima's efforts are felt across the region nonetheless.

Zone 629 by Lionel Fouré
France › 2007 › 4 min 51 s
A scientist discovers Zone 629, something never-before-seen in our rivers!

L'Eau d'Amos, le mystère de la pureté [the water of Amos, the mystery of purity] by Patrick Boivin, Olivier Roberge and Patrick Guérard
Canada › 2005 › 8 min
This film presents three new theories that may allow us to understand why the water of Amos is so pure…

Richard de Ville-Marie by Simon Laganière, David Leblanc and Guillaume Dénommée
Canada › 2006 › 8 min
Follow Richard, an almost biblical character, on his pilgrimage. It is a journey of great meaning for the people of Ville-Marie in Témiscamingue.

Profession ninja [profession: ninja] by Sébastien Denault
Canada › 2006 › 4 min
Montérégie's ninja population is in decline. Robert Tardif, the last ninja in the region, struggles to make a living.

La Mort vous aime aussi [death loves you, too] by Simon Laganière and Carol Courchesne
France / Canada › 2007 › 6 min
Seventy-three-year-old Dorothée, lives alone in her home in Normandy. But she's not as alone as you might think...

L'Exploitation équitable [fair exploitation] by Vincent Gaillard and Jérôme Polidor
France › 2004 › 4 min
Follow an extremely innovative engineer.

Nos archives secrètes : la Joconde [secret archives: the Mona Lisa] by Noël Tortajada
Switzerland › 2006 › 11 min
The year is 1911. In her attic in Ticino, Switzerland, Monica Tinto discovers a gigantic painting with a hole in its centre. While analyzing the painting, experts from a Swiss museum discover a small manuscript recounting the incredible adventure of a long-lost ancestor who was, without a doubt, the inspiration for the legendary Mona Lisa.