Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

Birthmarked

Two scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.

Mars and April

In the near future, as humanity prepares to set foot on Mars, Jacob Obus, an elderly musician, takes pride in slowing down time by playing instruments inspired by women's bodies, designed by his friend Arthur. A love triangle develops when Jacob and Arthur both fall in love with Avril, a young photographer. Enter Eugène Spaak, Arthur's father, an inventor and cosmologist who unveils a new theory about man's desire to reach Mars and helps Jacob find the true meaning of life and love.

Truffle

Chaos ensues after global warming transforms a working-class Montreal neighborhood into a world Mecca for truffles.

The Marsh

Two social outcasts in 19th century Eastern Europe, Alexandre and Ulysse, become friends and settle down to live alone on the edge of a marsh that is reputedly haunted by demons, monsters and goblins. These two men have been outcasts all their lives. Alexandre was raised in a nomad family that traveled from town to town, being rejected by the people of his homeland. Due to his physical abnormalities, Ulysse has always been pushed aside ever since his childhood. When a strange murder is committed in a nearby village, the peasants turn their suspicions on Alexandre and Ulysse, because they are different. In the eyes of the villagers, they are demons that must be hunted, burned and killed.

The Minute of Silence

Two astronauts, Benny and Manny, are launched aboard Space Shuttle DK7-821 on a mission to the Kubrick Orbital Station, but they experience complications along the way. Martin Villeneuve's first student film.