Montreal International Documentary Festival

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15 - 26 Nov. 2023

Cinéma du Musée
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Crave
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Norman-McLaren
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18:00 In the Rearview
Maciek Hamela | 2023 | Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, English | S.T French

Aboard a volunteer-driven vehicle, dozens of families are trying to flee Ukraine, they leave behind their trauma, and safeguard their dreams for a brighter future.

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20:00 Má Sài Gòn (Mère Saigon)*
(1) 6 minutes/km
Catherine Boivin | 2022 | Atikamekw | S.T French

In a visual exploration through multiple angles and perspectives, the multidisciplinary artist Catherine Boivin travels the road of personal reflection, following in her ancestors’ footsteps.

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(2) Má Sài Gòn (Mère Saigon)
Khoa Lê | 2023 | Vietnamese | S.T French

Under the bright lights of Saigon, this film celebrates the authenticity and emotional bonds of members of the Vietnamese queer community in their quest for love and belonging.

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14:00 K-Family Affairs *
Arum Nam | 2023 | Korean | S.T English

Between the conformism of a civil servant father and the nervous energy of a feminist activist mother, the filmmaker attempts to find her own contribution to social change.

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16:00 Nouveau Monde ! (Le monde à nouveau) *
Nicolas Klotz, Elisabeth Perceval | 2023 | French, Portuguese, Arabic, Italian | S.T French

A tipping point for a world to be redefined, this film essay explores film and today’s society through a powerful and complex non-linear discourse.

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18:30 The Great Kind Mystery / Locus Cordis /...
(1) The Great Kind Mystery
Ella Morton | 2023 | English, Mi'kmaw | S.T. English

Inuk and Mi’kmaq artist Amy Hull evokes the complexity of her relationship to nostalgia and to her home region through childhood stories and images filmed in 16 mm and Super 8.

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(2) Locus Cordis
Alhasan Yousef | 2023 | Arabic, English | S.T. English

Evoking anxiety through sensory elements, Syrian filmmaker Alhasan Yousef’s non-linear short conveys the anguish and powerlessness he feels around the fate of his homeland.

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(3) Self-Portrait Along the Borderline
Anna Dziapshipa | 2023 | Georgian, Russian | S.T. English

Drawing on archives and memories, the filmmaker tries to make sense of an identity that straddles the border separating Abkhazia and Georgia.

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20:45 Crowrã *
João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora | 2023 | Krahô | S.T French

Crowrã is an ethnofiction that spans almost a century of Krahô memories, their stories of resistance equally powerful as those of the carnage survived by the community.

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18:00 D'Est
Chantal Akerman | 1993 | - Without dialogue

In From the East, the Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman takes viewers on a contemplative, dialogue-free exploration of post-Soviet Union Eastern Europe.

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15:00 Coconut Head Generation
Alain Kassanda | 2023 | English, French | S.T French

The new generation of Nigerian students speaks out in this observational documentary, where a film club becomes a space for debate on important social issues.

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20:30 In the Shadow of Light
Ignacia Merino Bustos, Isabel Reyes Bustos | 2023 | Spanish | S.T English

A remote Chilean village exists in the shadow of a foreboding power station from which it receives no supply. An electrifying observational film.

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22:00 Saigon Night with Transpacific Express
Saigon Night with Transpacific Express

To celebrate the quebec premiere of Má Sài Gón (Mère Saigon), the RIDM, Les Films de l'autre and Les Films du 3 Mars invite you at a festive evening to the sounds of Vietnam and beyond, with some Japanese, Chinese and American music mixed by the montreal collective Transpacific Express.
Get ready to danse on the best hip-hop, disco, urban pop, R&B and House beats of the Pacific for an unforgettable night !

This event is free.

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14h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Crave
14H00 K-Family Affairs *
Arum Nam | 2023 | Korean | S.T. English

Between the conformism of a civil servant father and the nervous energy of a feminist activist mother, the filmmaker attempts to find her own contribution to social change.

See full details
15h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
15H00 Coconut Head Generation
Alain Kassanda | 2023 | English, French | S.T. French or English

The new generation of Nigerian students speaks out in this observational documentary, where a film club becomes a space for debate on important social issues.

See full details
16h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Crave
16H00 Nouveau Monde ! (Le monde à nouveau) *
Nicolas Klotz, Elisabeth Perceval | 2023 | French, Portuguese, Arabic, Italian | S.T. French or English

A tipping point for a world to be redefined, this film essay explores film and today’s society through a powerful and complex non-linear discourse.

See full details
18h
Cinéma du Musée
18H00 In the Rearview
Maciek Hamela | 2023 | Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, English | S.T. French and English

Aboard a volunteer-driven vehicle, dozens of families are trying to flee Ukraine, they leave behind their trauma, and safeguard their dreams for a brighter future.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Crave
18H30 The Great Kind Mystery / Locus Cordis /...
(1) The Great Kind Mystery
Ella Morton | 2023 | English, Mi'kmaw | S.T. English

Inuk and Mi’kmaq artist Amy Hull evokes the complexity of her relationship to nostalgia and to her home region through childhood stories and images filmed in 16 mm and Super 8.

See full details (2) Locus Cordis
Alhasan Yousef | 2023 | Arabic, English | S.T. English

Evoking anxiety through sensory elements, Syrian filmmaker Alhasan Yousef’s non-linear short conveys the anguish and powerlessness he feels around the fate of his homeland.

See full details (3) Self-Portrait Along the Borderline
Anna Dziapshipa | 2023 | Georgian, Russian | S.T. English

Drawing on archives and memories, the filmmaker tries to make sense of an identity that straddles the border separating Abkhazia and Georgia.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
18H00 D'Est
Chantal Akerman | 1993 | - Without dialogue

In From the East, the Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman takes viewers on a contemplative, dialogue-free exploration of post-Soviet Union Eastern Europe.

See full details
20h
Cinéma du Musée
20H00 Má Sài Gòn (Mère Saigon)*
(1) 6 minutes/km
Catherine Boivin | 2022 | Atikamekw | S.T. French or English

In a visual exploration through multiple angles and perspectives, the multidisciplinary artist Catherine Boivin travels the road of personal reflection, following in her ancestors’ footsteps.

See full details (2) Má Sài Gòn (Mère Saigon)
Khoa Lê | 2023 | Vietnamese | S.T. French or English

Under the bright lights of Saigon, this film celebrates the authenticity and emotional bonds of members of the Vietnamese queer community in their quest for love and belonging.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Crave
20H45 Crowrã *
João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora | 2023 | Krahô | S.T. French or English

Crowrã is an ethnofiction that spans almost a century of Krahô memories, their stories of resistance equally powerful as those of the carnage survived by the community.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
20H30 In the Shadow of Light
Ignacia Merino Bustos, Isabel Reyes Bustos | 2023 | Spanish | S.T. English

A remote Chilean village exists in the shadow of a foreboding power station from which it receives no supply. An electrifying observational film.

See full details
22h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Norman-McLaren
22H00 Saigon Night with Transpacific Express
Saigon Night with Transpacific Express

To celebrate the quebec premiere of Má Sài Gón (Mère Saigon), the RIDM, Les Films de l'autre and Les Films du 3 Mars invite you at a festive evening to the sounds of Vietnam and beyond, with some Japanese, Chinese and American music mixed by the montreal collective Transpacific Express.
Get ready to danse on the best hip-hop, disco, urban pop, R&B and House beats of the Pacific for an unforgettable night !

This event is free.

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16h30After circus *

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