Watch Jennifer Alleyn's movies
In her films, Jennifer addresses the question of art, the creative process and deals with themes related to loss and disorientation. Her personal style touches with her sensitivity and accuracy, with a touch of poetry, universal subjects through the intimate.
IMPETUS
Hybrid feature film (2018)
In the process of her ongoing film shoot in New York city, a filmmaker finds herself questioning the origin of movement. She is forced to revise her screenplay as the main actor leaves the production. An unexpected replacement appears, giving her a new impulse, a liberating impetus. IMPETUS combines documentary and autofiction, in an ode to the possibilities offered by the intervals between real and imaginary.
The movie receives the Prize Création 2019 awarded by l’Observatoire du cinéma au Québec and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Montreal.
Available on iTunes, Apple TV around Canada, France, Great-Britain, Irlande, Australia and on www.ladistributrice.ca worldwide
10 X DIX
Documentary (2011)
A volunteer soldier in 1914 and witness to the rise of Nazism in 1933, the German painter Otto Dix depicted the ravages and horrors of war. With unsparing lucidity, he portrayed scenes that are disturbing and shocking. Art was his weapon. The master who said, “I need courage to paint ugliness,” rendered the chaos around him in a manner both brutally honest and humane.
MY FATHER'S STUDIO
Documentary (2008)
An insider’s look on how art impacts life.
After inheriting her father's studio, Jennifer Alleyn found herself in this sacred space, still imbued with the presence and imagination of her father. Her film is an attempt to prolong the dialogue, to find the missing fragments of her father’s life. Edmund Alleyn was an intense and complex man of integrity who left his mark on Canadian art history.
Available on F3M or Vucavu around Canada and on Univers-ciné in France
THE IMAGINARY LIFE OF JACQUES MONORY
Documentary (2005)
From his studio in Paris, the painter Jacques Monory presents the content of his next exhibition. In this very personal protrait, the 70 year old artist, in peace with his artistic legacy, recalls his lifelong obsessions: monochrome images, philosophy and guns.
THE ROSSYS
Documentary (2002)
The Rossy is the name of a department store chain, but it’s also and mostly the name of the couple behind it. The family business, managed by Michael and Celia Rossy, becomes an iconic brand in Quebec from the 50’s to the 80’s. Generations shoped and worked at Rossy. This company’s history is therefore closely linked to Montreal’s and the Province of Quebec’s contemporary history. However, when mega competitors like Walmart appeared, the Rossy had to use creativity to avoid bankruptcy. This movie is about them, their work and their unwavering love.
SVANOK (THE CALL)
Short fiction (2005)
Following his mother’s death, a man escapes in the countryside. Based on a dream, Svanok suggests a static journey, in which the camera captures the weight of time.
COSMOS
Feature film (1996)
Through an immigrant cab driver, our world collides with a nervous filmmaker, a lawyer whose new breasts her ex-boyfriend wants to see, a mystery man, a gay man who might or might not have AIDS, and a birthday girl who got stood up. It is a mixture of laughter and sadness, all floating on a sea of philosophy.