Pidikwe

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Featuring Indigenous women of various generations, Pidikwe integrates traditional and contemporary dance in an audiovisual whirlwind that straddles the border between film and performance, somewhere between the past and the future. The film explores the links between the intoxication of the Roaring Twenties and our contemporary society. The 16mm filming evokes the largely erroneous representations of early cinema and the exploitation of the female body by the colonial gaze. Pidikwe offers these women the chance to regain control of their image and embark on a process of self-determination, so that they can look to the future of cinema with serenity.

by Caroline Monnet (Director, Screenplay)
with Joséphine Bacon, Catherine Boivin, Catherine Dagenais-Savard, Emilie Monnet, Aïcha Bastien N'Diaye Canada 2025 Without dialogue 10' Colour World premiere

With

Joséphine Bacon
Catherine Boivin
Catherine Dagenais-Savard
Emilie Monnet
Aïcha Bastien N'Diaye

Crew

Director	Caroline Monnet
Screenplay	Caroline Monnet
Cinematography	Nicolas Canniccioni
Editing	Marc Boucrot
Music	Alessandro Cortini
Producer	Caroline Monnet

World Sales

La Distributrice de Films

Produced by

Chantier Monnet

Coop Vidéo de Montréal

Photos

Caroline Monnet

Caroline Monnet is a multidisciplinary artist based in Montréal. Consistently occupying the stage of experimentation and invention, her work grapples with the impact of colonialism by updating outdated systems with Indigenous methodologies. Her work has been widely programmed at festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance, and Berlinale, and museums such as the Whitney Biennial, Frankfurter Kunsthalle, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Gallery of Canada.

Filmography

2009 Ikwé 2010 Tashina · Warchild 2012 Gephyrophobia 2014 The Black Case; with Daniel Watchorn, 13 min · Roberta 2015 Mobilize 2016 Tshiuetin · Creatura Dada 2018 Ceremonial · Emptying the Tank 2019 The Seven Last Words; with Kaveh Nabatian, Juan Andrés Arango Garcia, Sophie Deraspe, et al, 73 min 2021 Bootlegger 2025 Pidikwe

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025