A Losing Game
a National Film Board of Canada production
A Losing Game follows three people who ran for office in Quebec’s October 2022 provincial election.
The one thing they had in common? They were all sure to lose.
Through their individual campaigns, the film peels back the curtain on our electoral system and the many ways in which it is dysfunctional: the additional barriers faced by women and racialized people, deficiencies in the voting process, unfair campaign financing rules and the undue weight given to media and polls.
In this documentary, Jenny Cartwright casts a critical eye on a political system that doesn’t offer everyone the same opportunities. For most, the race is over before it even begins. But, thanks to the way the electoral system is set up, the big losers are the rest of us.
★ film d'ouverture, Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2025
★ en nomination pour le prix Pierre-et-Yolande-Perrault
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SCREENINGS
Cinémathèque québécoise | Cinéma Public | Cinéma du Musée | Cinéma Beaubien | Station VU | Cinéma Cartier (Québec) | La maison du cinéma (Sherbrooke) | Cinéma Lido (Rimouski) | Cinéma Princesse (Rivière-du-Loup) | Salle Jean-Depréz (Gatineau)
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec | Bibliothèque Marie-Antoinette Grégoire-Coupal (Brébeuf) | Bibliothèque Le Survenant (Sorel-Tracy) | La grande transition | Café Coop Sol (Les Escoumins) | Ciné plein-air à Jarry x Cinéma Public | Centre Communautaire Douglastown (Gaspé) | Bibliothèque d'Alma - projection organisée par le Collectif pour un Québec sans pauvreté | Ciné ma terre, Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy (Québec) | Ateliers d’éducation populaire du Plateau (Montréal) | Cinéclub Temps d'Écran (Gros Morne) | Café Coop Bal Maski (Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon) | Bibliothèque Pierre-Georges Roy (Lévis) | Bibliothèque Saul-Below (Lachine)
Upcoming screenings:
November 28th 2025: La FAB sur Mill (Chelsea)
December 11th 2025 : Centre communautaire Rendez-vous 50+ (Montréal)
February 16th 2026 : Centre Sanaaq (Montréal)
September 16th 2026: Chez Boris (Saint-Léonard-d'Aston)
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