Halima Elkhatabi's feature-length documentary Cohabiter (Living Together), produced by the NFB, hits theatres in Montreal on September 13, screening at Cinéma Beaubien and Cinémathèque Québécoise. The film's theatrical release in its original French version follows its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where it was selected alongside another of Elkhatabi's films, the narrative short Fantas.
To kick off the theatrical release of Living Together, a red-carpet event will be held at Cinéma Beaubien on Friday, September 13, at 7 p.m., with the Montreal director returning from Toronto to attend, along with the film's cast and crew. A Q&A will be held after the screening. The filmmaker will also be present at the Cinémathèque Québécoise screening on Saturday, September 14, at 8 p.m.
In scenes filmed in 15 Montreal apartments, several young people looking to share living quarters show us who they are in Cohabiter (Living Together). Fifty-two people were filmed to create the doc, featuring a diverse wealth of multicultural, multiethnic, multigenerational and multigender encounters. It's a vivid portrait of modern-day Montreal-and contemporary life in any big city. In a time of post-pandemic global housing and inflation crisis, the film paints a disarmingly compassionate picture of people's deep desire to forge genuine connections, despite their differences.
The film will be available Canada-wide in October.
About the film
Cohabiter (Living Together) by Halima Elkhatabi (75 min)
Produced by Nathalie Cloutier for the NFB
