Three narrative features and six feature documentaries are among Canadian films making their world premiere at Montreal’s Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC).

The complete lineup for the festival’s 42nd edition was revealed on Feb. 1, and includes more than 200 films. Canadian projects also making their world premiere include 15 medium-length and short films.

The three narrative features include Samuel Plante’s Rien de mal, Simon Lavoie’s Se fondre, and Anne Émond’s Lucy Grizzli Sophie (Azimut Films, KO24), which was previously announced as the festival’s opening film.

Rien de mal (pictured) is written and directed by Plante and produced by First Clue Films. The film centres on a woman who discovers that her partner is having an inappropriate relationship with her 13-year-old sister. Its cast includes Emma Elle Paterson, Pierre-Luc Brillant and Rosalie Pépin.

Se fondre is written, directed and produced by Lavoie. The film follows the strange deaths of Quebec political prisoners in their cells. The cast includes Jean-François Casabonne, Fayolle Jean, Louise Laprade, Pascale Bussières, and Sébastien Ricard. K-Films Amérique is attached as the distributor.

Feature docs making their world premieres include Jérôme Sabourin’s Au boute du rien pantoute (Productions Mustang), which will close the festival.

Au boute du rien pantoute is written by Sabourin, Angélique Richer and Sarah Lévesque. The film is described as a “portrait-essay” of the life of Jérôme’s father, the actor and screenwriter Marcel Sabourin. Les Films du 3 mars is the distributor. Au boute du rien pantoute will be competing for the Pierre-et-Yolande-Perrault prize.

Louise Leroux’s Casques bleuEs (Shootfilms) follows Quebec peacekeepers as they collaborate with Congolese police in pursuit of war criminals. The film is directed by Leroux, who is also a writer alongside producer Richard Blackburn.

Writer-director Nicolas Paquet’s National Film Board of Canada (NFB) doc Malartic looks at the state of the Quebec town 10 years after the opening of an open-air gold mine.

Malartic is produced by Franc doc and the NFB, which is also the distributor.

Co-directed and co-written by Malcolm Guy and Demetri Estdelacropolis, My Friend the Terrorist – Tale of Love and Revolution looks at the life Jose Maria Sison — the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its guerrilla military wing, the New People’s Army — who lived in exile in the Netherlands with his wife. Productions Multi-Monde is the production company, with Diffusion Multi-Monde as distributor.

Writer-director Jean-Claude Coulbois’ Onze jours en février revisits the Claude Jutra allegations. Produced by Les Productions Itchi Go, Itchi É, the film is distributed by Funfilms Distribution.

Writer-director David Sauriol-Joly and Nicolas Sauriol-Joly’s competition title Open Streets rounds out the feature doc projects. Open Streets, produced by Collectif Shock Films, was filmed over 10 years and looks at graffiti artists around the world.

Medium-length films making their world bow include the Guillaume Langlois and Nicolas Lévesque doc Atik, gardien du territoire and Julien Capraro’s Travailler autrement.

The list of shorts, meanwhile, comprises Marie Côté’s Avant que j’oublie; Mathieu Huard and Maxime Laurin’s Bing & Bong; Charlotte Clerk’s Le Hautbois accorde l’orchestre; Victor Saucier-Magistry’s Jester’s Flamin Hot Mac n Cheese; Arthur Schwab’s Juste une dernière fois; Miguel Lambert’s Juvéniles; William Tétreault’s Résidus d’une tierce personne; Émile Bouthillier’s Savourer l’asile; Zacharie Turgeon’s Seven Phases of Madness; and Valérie Duchaine Perras’ Split Royal.

Three projects in the art and experimental section — Maxime Corbeil-Perron’s Lumière synthèse, Paul Tremblay-Tardif’s Matériel, and Sam Meech’s Ten Thousand Years — round out the list of shorts.

The 42nd edition of Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma will run from Feb. 21 to March 2.

Image courtesy of First Clue Films