Dominique Leclerc
Acting
Biography
Dominique is the author, co-director and lead performer of the plays i/O and Post Humains, both finalists for the Michel-Tremblay Prize. Her shows have been presented at Espace Libre, the Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui and the Festival TransAmériques in Montreal, at the Carrefour international de théâtre in Quebec, at the FIND at the Schaubühne in Berlin, and on tour throughout Quebec. Posthumains is her first feature-length documentary.
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Zone franche
Director Dominique Leclerc spent years depending on medical devices for her survival. Then, looking for alternative solutions, she entered the world of emerging technologies. Posthumans follows her as she meets with cyborgs, biohackers, and transhumanists who are trying to use these technologies to outsmart illness, aging—and even death. The documentary looks at pressing ethical and political questions that are sure to impact the future of our species.
Posthumans
On the cusp of his 50th birthday, Nacer Belkacem dreams of a better life. Yet, over the years, he has built himself an enviable position in the eyes of all: a loving family man, a happy husband, a model employee, and a respected citizen in his community. But the veneer is cracking. Beneath a seemingly perfect surface, Nacer has racked up expenses, made questionable investments, and is up to his neck in debt. On the brink of ruin, he devises a desperate plan to try to pull himself out of the water. You only have one life to earn your way to heaven...
The Cost of Heaven
Damien Nadeau-Daneau, a young filmaker, is unable to finish a movie he started with french actor Denis Lavant. Indebted, he’s working at a post-production company, far from his artistic ideals. On the eve of his 33rd birthday, he is self-centered, unsatisfied, and lost in his own life. With no drama of his own, he is confronted with that of others who he meets over the course of his life. He will discover that reality is way more interesting than fiction.
My Intelligent Comedy
An actor shows up fifteen minutes to curtain for his commedia dell'arte theater play facing the dilemma of quitting the stage because of an overwhelming feeling of being alone with everybody.
I am not a great actor
Five women share a sense of déjà-vu.