Reminder – Tonight starting at 8 p.m., Funambules Médias’ Cinéma sous les étoiles festival is in Sutton!

The Town of Sutton joins Cowansville and Bromont in hosting the 15th edition of Cinéma sous les étoiles, a documentary film festival organized by Funambules Médias. As part of the Nocturnes program, the Sutton School of Art will host a screening of this new regional event this Friday, August 9.

Funambules Médias, the company accustomed to Montreal parks is pleased to announce that a series of 5 screenings will be presented in three municipalities of the Brome-Missisquoi MRC in August! The towns of Sutton, Cowansville and Bromont are pleased to offer you a program of documentaries on a variety of themes. Each film accompanied by discussions with the filmmakers or specialists on the themes in question.

As part of les Nocturnes, Sutton’s free show for all will take place this Friday, August 9, with the presentation of Amélie Dussault’s film Récolter l’hiver. This Quebec documentary will transport you into the daily lives of market gardeners who have taken on the improbable challenge of growing vegetables without any heating while it’s snowing in the sky.

A great atmosphere awaits spectators from 8 p.m. with: refreshment bar with popcorn and nibbles and children’s art exhibition will be offered before the film presentation by the filmmaker or a member of the production, at 8:30 p.m., followed by the film screening at sunset.

Please note that the films will be presented in their original French language with English subtitles.

The next dates for Cinéma sous les étoiles in the MRC are:

• Saturday, August 10 at 8:30 p.m., at the Cowansville Nature Center, with the film L’océan vu du cœur by Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol & Marie-Dominique Michaud, Quebec.
  
• Wednesday August 14 at 8:15 p.m., at Place Publique in Bromont, with the film Low-Tech – Les bâtisseurs du monde d’après by Adrien Bellay, France.
  
• Friday August 16 at 8:15 p.m., at the Cowansville Nature Center, with the film Ma cité évincée de Priscillia Piccoli & Laurence Turcotte-Fraser, Québec.

For the full program of Cinéma sous les étoiles, visit their website.

Sutton School of Art, Nocturnes reception area, 79 Principale Street South, Sutton