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Dominique Chila

Directing

Biography

Dominique CHILA (1974, Montreal) studied photo­graphy before setting her sights on film. After completing her Bachelor’s in Film Production at Concordia University in 2000, she began a two-year residency at the Le Fresnoy - Studio Na­tional des Arts Contemporains in France. Since returning to Montreal in 2003, Chila has worked closely with Samer Najari in creating a number of short films. Arwad (2013) is her first feature-length film and is co-directed by Najari.

Known For

Bad Seeds
8.5

Bad Seeds takes us to a bizarre world populated by carnivorous plants that can change shapes the way a chameleon changes colours. The veteran director of deftly connects growth with rivalry and evolution with competition, crafting an increasingly shocking duel that’s peppered with allusions to the western, the Cold War, board games, and much more.

Bad Seeds

2020
Arwad
6.7

A deep feeling of nostalgia takes hold of Ali following his mother's death, causing him to slowly drift away from family life. Although Gabrielle senses her husband's distress, she fails to console him. In an attempt to reconnect with his roots, Ali travels to Arwad, an island located off the Syrian coast. Leaving Montreal and his family behind, he is accompanied by Marie, his mistress, who is discovering the island for the first time. After an unexpected turn of events, the confrontation between Gabrielle and Marie will become inevitable.

Arwad

2013
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
N/A

It is through the voice of Salim, newly arrived in Canada, that we follow the journey of six immigrants who, cramped in a van, earn their living by distributing advertising leaflets. Despite their diverse origins, they share the same nostalgia for their native land and the same daily worries, which they approach with scathing humor. Among them is a young boy of Russian origin, Sacha. The biting cold and the endless stairs will get the better of his tenacity. However, Sacha will come to surprisingly break the routine of Salim and his companions...

Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees

2009
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N/A

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Un Goût amer d’éternité

The Art of Speech
5.3

Koroviev, a police officer who teaches poetry in a brigade of police poets, is in search of a precious Bible annotated by Pierre Maheu, the captain of the St. Elias, a legendary ship. His quest leads him to befriend a young thief who introduces him to a mysterious woman named Coriandre.

The Art of Speech

2016
Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky
N/A

A lone gunman perched on a rooftop grows bored while awaiting his next victim. A mother records a video for an audition for a televised singing competition. A young girl carries water containers and must cross a dangerous area before nightfall. Distant explosions echo, nothing alarming. Time stands still, allowing the three figures to find refuge in their luminous dreams. The sun will set soon, carrying them away. Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky tells the tale of a daily life where hope survives despite the tragedy that attempts to engulf it.

Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky

2024
Le petit oiseau va sortir
N/A

Built around 3 portrait sessions where young people become photographers before giving their lives during various suicide operations, LE PETIT OISEAU VA SORTIR attempts to present the contrast between the banality of the photographic gesture and the seriousness of the gesture that the 3 main protagonists are preparing to perpetrate.

Le petit oiseau va sortir

2006
Nous irons à la plage, tu feras une sieste, je compterai les nuages
N/A

The only link between the images in the film is my desire to put them together. A collection of images and emotions.

Nous irons à la plage, tu feras une sieste, je compterai les nuages

2002