June Is Québec Cinema Month on Crave
- Crave presents the SPRINT Gala Cinéma Maison series featuring Friday-night Facebook sessions with key creative talent -
MONTREAL (May 28, 2020) – Crave puts Québec cinema in the spotlight in June with the addition of six new homegrown films to Crave’s extensive lineup of Québec movies. A proud partner of the SPRINT Gala, an annual event that provides viewing platforms for Québec-made films, Crave also announced today the SPRINT Gala Cinéma Maison series: four live Facebook discussions with cast and crew members of Iris award nominees MENTEUR, ANTIGONE, FABULEUSES, and KUESSIPAN.
The following six films begin streaming in June with the Crave + SUPER ÉCRAN package:
- June 5: ANTIGONE by Sophie Deraspe
- June 12: LES FLEURS OUBLIÉES by André Forcier
- June 19: KUESSIPAN by Myriam Verreault
- June 24: LES BARBARES DE LA MALBAIE by Vincent Biron
- June 26: SYMPATHIE POUR LE DIABLE by Guillaume de Fontenay
- June 30: MERCI POUR TOUT by Louise Archambault
- Friday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m.: MENTEUR With director Émile Gaudreault plus actors Geneviève Schmitt and Anne-Élizabeth Bossé.
- Friday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m.: ANTIGONE With director Sophie Deraspe plus actors Nahéma Ricci and Antoine Desrochers.
- Friday, June 12 at 7:30 p.m.: FABULEUSES With director Mélanie Charbonneau plus actresses Mounia Zahzam, Noémie O’Farrell and Juliette Gosselin.
- Friday, June 19 at 7:30 p.m.: KUESSIPAN With director Myriam Verreault plus actors Nicolas Canniccioni and Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao.
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Crave is the exclusive home of HBO in Canada, delivering HBO’s current slate of signature dramatic and comedic programs, documentaries, films, and live specials, as well as titles from HBO’s extensive off-air library. Crave is also home to current SHOWTIME series and specials, and past SHOWTIME hits. Crave Original hit series include comedies LETTERKENNY and NEW EDEN; CRAVINGS: THE AFTERSHOW with Lainey Lui; HEALTHY IS HOT with Chloe Wilde; candid interview series MUCH STUDIOS PRESENTS: MIKE ON MUCH IN CONVERSATION WITH…; a series of original stand-up specials; the upcoming competition series CANADA’S DRAG RACE; and the upcoming apocalyptic original comedic documentary series WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE.
Crave is a major supporter of Canada’s production industry, helping to fund and develop numerous film and documentary projects including feature films THE SONG OF NAMES, WHITE LIE, and THE GRIZZLIES among others, as well as Crave Original Documentaries ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND, SHARKWATER: EXTINCTION, YOU ARE HERE: A COME FROM AWAY STORY, and ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH. Crave also includes acclaimed selections from the Toronto International Film Festival which are featured in two exclusive collections: Best of TIFF and TIFF Selects.
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