PHI Centre
Espace Rhino
315 Saint-Paul St West
Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 2M3
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday: 10 am to 7 pm
*Last show is at 6:20 pm
Friday and Saturday:
10 am to 9 pm
*Last show is at 8:20pm
Closed on Mondays
Admission is free, but a reservation is required
Credit (Cover Photo + Portraits of Creators):
© Mallory Lowe Mpoka
All visitors will be required to present their valid vaccination passport + 1 piece of ID upon arrival in the building. The vaccination passport is required to enjoy the facilities.
More information here.
Discover a new series of short films made by Montreal's emerging Black artists.
In Flux is a series of poetry films by Montreal-based Black creators who aim to define, redefine, and interpret Black creativity in their own ways. Briefed to work within the vertical format of 16:9, the creators embraced this narrow aspect ratio to display wide-ranging expressions of Black creativity—a constant force of reinvention and renewal, encompassing a spectrum of backgrounds, disciplines, stories, and experiences.
PHI piloted the In Flux platform, which offered support, knowledge-sharing, and space to young content creators and filmmakers—to tell their own stories, continue to break down boundaries and challenge institutional frameworks. During the process, they were guided by established practitioners in their respective fields. The mentors included Eva Kabuya, Roen Higgins, Rito Joseph, Miryam Charles, Vladimir Delva, George Fok, Miro LaFlaga, and Ash Phillips.
A young woman’s quest for self-actualization as her past, present, and future collides and triggers remembrance of self.
An intimate portrayal of the creative process of a painter. The film reflects on the restricted place that Black creativity occupies in a society that refuses to recognize it.
The film examines the importance of community in the journey of black creators. By layering evocative images of Blackness atop a main linear storyline, the film shows how life, creativity and belonging intertwine for Black artists.
Montreal-born artist Mallory Lowe Mpoka was commissioned to produce a portrait of the In Flux creators, presented alongside a selection of original works. In The Self-Portraits Project, Lowe evokes her sub-Saharan African ancestry and subverts the theatrical style of studio portraiture practiced by legendary African photographers such as Seydou Keïta, Samuel Fosso, and others. In the series I Am a Story, Lowe explores the multitudes of the self and the fluidity of Blackness.
Limited places
The PHI Centre will be hosting an evening to celebrate the laureates for the realization of their films and invite their community to view the final films
Limited places
The PHI Centre will be hosting an evening to celebrate the laureates for the realization of their films and invite their community to view the final films
Created and produced by
PHI
Founder and Chief Creative Officer at PHI
Phoebe Greenberg
Concept
George Fok & Marie-France Barbier
Creative Direction, Strategy and Creative Consultants
Six Cinquième
Created in collaboration with
Rito Joseph, Roen Higgins, Ash Phillips and Miro LaFlaga
Special acknowledgements
nènè myriam konaté & Lucas LaRochelle
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