LE BRUIT DES MOTEURS (THE NOISE OF ENGINES)

Canada 2021 - DCP - 79 minutes, in French with English subtitles

Director, Screenplay: Philippe Grégoire

Producers: Andrew Przybytkowski, Philippe Grégoire

Cast: Robert Naylor, Tanja Björk

Print Courtesy: H264

Alexandre is a young firearms instructor at the Canadian customs college in the midst of an internal investigation, led by the director of the institution, which diagnoses him with a sexual addiction. This diagnosis, without scientific basis, leads the director to find him unfit for duty and to place him on compulsory leave for ten days. Alexandre takes the opportunity to make a surprise visit to his mother, owner of a drag strip 45 kilometers from Montreal. He’s has barely arrived at the drag strip when investigators from the Quebec Police inform him of a disturbing situation that involves him. In their eagerness to end the commotion engrossing the town by finding a culprit quickly, Alexandre is their prime suspect.

—Nancy Bixler, Jak Peters, Taylor Peterson, Bria Watson

Maine Premiere LETTERS2MAYBE

USA 2021 - DCP - 92 minutes, in English

Director: Yehuda Sharim

Producers: J. Alex Mathews, Yehuda Sharim

Cast: Nancy Adossi, Hussein Al-Khudari, Karla De Jesus, Ana María Fabián Lomeli, The Dayan Family

Print Courtesy: Sharim Studio

LETTERS2MAYBE offers an intimate portrayal of those who refuse to surrender amidst daily devastation and culminating strife, offering a vision for equality and a renewed sense of solidarity in a divisive country. Offering a fluid and eclectic tapestry of physical and emotional movement of different immigrant communities as they encounter impossible challenges in a country of compounded catastrophes, the film is an unfinished letter, articulating the ever-growing yet unflinching demand for justice and tenderness in our world today.

—Nancy Bixler, Jak Peters, Taylor Peterson, Bria Watson

Saturday, July 9 6:00 P.M. | RR3

Friday, July 15 9:00 P.M. | RR3

Sunday, July 10 9:00 P.M. | RR3

Wednesday, July 13 6:00 P.M. | RR3

Saturday, July 9 9:15 P.M. | RR2

Tuesday, July 12 6:00 P.M. | RR3