The Quebec political romance Un dimanche à Kigali passed the million-dollar mark at the provincial box office late in May, going on to net $5,600 over the June 2 weekend, according to distributor Equinoxe Films.

Kigali’s total take stands at just over $1 million going into its eighth week, during which it dropped from 10 screens to three.

Equinoxe is ‘extremely happy’ with its performance, says Michèle Laroche, director of theatrical distribution, adding that it is under consideration at the Toronto, Venice and Locarno festivals.

‘We have our fingers crossed now. What festivals we get into will determine our release strategy internationally and for the rest of Canada,’ says Laroche.

The film, a true story based on the critically acclaimed Gil Courtemanche novel, has benefited from overwhelmingly positive reviews and a strong interest by the Quebec public in the issues surrounding the Rwandan genocide. Luc Picard stars as a documentary filmmaker who falls in love during the unrest of the mid-’90s.

Meanwhile, Souvenir of Canada, the documentary based on the obsessions of cult Vancouver author Douglas Coupland, has hit $12,000 going into its second week, according to distrib Maple Pictures, playing on one screen each in Vancouver and Toronto. It will expand to Calgary and Ottawa on June 30 (in time for Canada Day) and in Regina in mid-July.

‘We are relying on word of mouth, a lot of Douglas Coupland fans showing up and enthusiastic reviews,’ says Domenic Mangone, director of theatrical distribution for Maple Pictures.

Fetching Cody, the sci-fi, time-travel love story, opened in Toronto on May 26 on one screen, taking a paltry $634 in its one-week run.

After two weeks in Vancouver back in March and the June 2 weekend in Montreal, it has brought in $7,412, according to Capri Releasing.

‘Fetching Cody didn’t do very well in Toronto, but the critics savaged it there,’ says GM Robin Smith. ‘Toronto critics in particular seem especially hard on Canadian films.’