Country: Canada
Year: 2026
Duration: 11'
Ngabo, an overworked line cook, and Mike, an ardent neo-Nazi, go through the same difficult day in the streets of Old Quebec without knowing each other. One is consumed by exhaustion, the other by rage. Through their respective solitude, Monochrome explores invisible tensions, buried wounds, and unexpected reflections revealed by the city.
Biography
film director
Justice Rutikara
Born in Kigali and raised in Quebec City, Justice Rutikara developed a passion for storytelling, visual arts, and performance at an early age. An actor turned writer-director, he is committed to promoting a more equitable and nuanced representation of Afro-Quebecer and Rwandan identities in the film and television industry. Ibuka, Justice marks his first animated film, adding a new dimension to his socially engaged and innovative body of work.
FILMOGRAFIA
Le muzungu québécois (cm, 2019), La cité des autres (2021), Ibuka, Justice (cm, 2024), Monochrome (cm, 2026).
Declaration
film director
“My harrowing experiences of racial and ethnic marginalization deeply influenced the creation of this project. Whether it was my past as a child survivor of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, an immigrant teenager dealing with the presence of aggressive neo-Nazis in Quebec City, or a young Black man harassed by Quebec City police units, these disturbing events left me in a constant state of apprehension and dread while navigating the city. Over time, I began to question why certain individuals, especially men, attacked me to brutalize me. By conducting my own research and studying the social sciences, I realized that they had often been trapped in a vicious cycle of abuse and hatred. For them, cruelty is a way of reacting to their own suffering.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Justice Mahoro Rutikara. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mathieu Huard. EDITING: Stéphane Thériault. MUSIC: Alinoë Schneider. SOUND: Pascal Larose, Mathieu Grégoire, Jean-Paul Vialard. CAST: Laurent Marion, Philippe Moisan, Justice Mahoro Rutikara, Emilio Rios Garcia, Marie Tan, Inès Azaiez, Laurent Fecteau Nadeau, David Bouchard. PRODUCTION: Chaos Harmonique. CONTACT: Spira, Christophe Chamberland developpement@spira.quebec
