Montreal International Documentary Festival

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Schedule

15 - 26 Nov. 2023

Cinéma du Musée
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Crave
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Norman-McLaren
OBORO - Centre d'artistes
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16:00 Pure Unknown *
Valentina Cicogna, Mattia Colombo | 2023 | Italian, English | S.T English

Through the sincere plea of one forensic doctor, Pure Unknown undertakes a compassionate inquiry into the loss of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, and reveals the negligence of an entire system.

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18:30 Mademoiselle Kenopsia *
Denis Côté | 2023 | French | S.T English

A figure wanders through a deserted building she is keeping watch over. At the intersection of fiction, essay, and experimental film, this work is a multifaceted reflection on how we see the world.

See full details
20:45 Four Holes / Orpheus / Nine Easy Dances /...*
(1) Four Holes
Daniela Muñoz Barroso | 2023 | Spanish | S.T French

A sensitive and surprising portrait, this short film tinged with humour is an ode to encounters, to imagination, and to the small joys of doing things your own way.

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(2) Orpheus
Malaika Shostakovich, Mustafa Uzuner | 2023 | English | S.T French

Through the patient gaze of a brother and sister, this film invites us to rethink everyday life in step with Jonny, their brother with cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder.

See full details
(3) Nine Easy Dances
Nora Rosenthal | 2023 | English | S.T French

Nine Easy Dances, or nine short vignettes of family life suffused with laughter and tenderness, punctuated by the chaos of filming and the unknowns of an aging household.

See full details
(4) L' artifice
Isabelle Grignon-Francke | 2023 | French | S.T French

Against the backdrop of the carnival and its tribulations, the whirl of rides mirrors Kim’s state of mind as the young Québécois carnival worker thinks hard about his future.

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(5) Outside Center
Eli Jean Tahchi | 2023 | English, German, patois | S.T French

In Munich, an amateur rugby team trains hard. For Desmond and his team, united by their queer identity, there is more to learn than just the rules of the game.

See full details
16:15 Holiday Native Land / Loving in Between / Quiet As...*
(1) Holiday Native Land
Nicolas Renaud, Brian Virostek | 2023 | English, French | S.T English

Based on sponsored films produced between 1920 and 1970, this film articulates an interpretation of the colonial imagination in which the violence of the archives resonates with the present.

See full details
(2) Loving in Between
Jyoti Mistry | 2023 | English | S.T English

In a remarkable feat of editing, this striking experimental work celebrates queer love and eroticism, drawing on a wealth of film archives.

See full details
(3) Quiet as It's Kept
Ja'Tovia Gary | 2023 | English | S.T English

Quiet as It’s Kept holds a contemporary, experimental and sensory mirror up to Toni Morrison’s first novel, The Bluest Eye, which explores the lives of Black women in the US.

See full details
18:30 Caiti Blues*
(1) Nin Kamashitshet : Celui qui se bat
André-Charles Ishpatao | 2022 | French, Innu-Aimun | S.T French

An inspired and inspiring story dedicated to André-Charles, this short shows how boxing has helped to change his life and how his passion allows him to face challenges.

See full details
(2) Caiti Blues
Justine Harbonnier | 2023 | English | S.T French

Caiti works as a bartender and dreams of returning to the music scene. The young woman carries the burden of success while society around her seems to fail miserably.

See full details
21:00 A House for Wandering Souls *
Pablo Lago Dantas | 2023 | Galiciens, Spanish | S.T English

Seeking a sense of belonging, the filmmaker returns to his rural village in northern Spain, where he tries to understand his family and their world so deeply rooted in traditions.

See full details
14:15 The Oceans are the Real Continents *
Tommaso Santambrogio | 2023 | Spanish | S.T English

In a peaceful Cuban village, life seems measured out in goodbyes, and the heartache of departures haunts three generations of its residents.

See full details
17:15 Notes from Eremocene *
Viera Cákanyová | 2023 | English, Slovak | S.T English

Through a thoughtful interweaving of analogue and digital images, along with a conversation with an AI, this documentary essay delves into a dystopian future.

See full details
19:30 Meezan *
Shahab Mihandoust | 2023 | Farsi, Arabic | S.T English

From the perspective of manual workers in Khuzestan, Meezan explores the relationship to place in a post-war, post-industrialized world.

See full details
21:45 Whispers of Fire & Water
Lubdhak Chatterjee | 2023 | Hindi, Bengali, English | S.T English

In this fictional work firmly rooted in a documentary-style approach, a sound artist travels to a mining community in India. Confronted with this new reality, he begins to doubt himself.

See full details
14:00 Background
Khaled Abdulwahed | 2023 | Arabic | S.T French

From Germany, the filmmaker talks to his father in Syria. In between long silences, the film evokes the feeling of powerlessness brought on by exile.

See full details
15:30 Éloge de l'ombre *
Catherine Martin | 2023 | French, Japanese | S.T English

In this deeply poetic documentary essay, director Catherine Martin explores three aspects of the vast subject of darkness, from Japanese aesthetics to the invention of cinema.

See full details
17:45 Resurrection *
Eugenio Polgovsky | 2016 | Spanish | S.T French

With a camera held almost at arm's length, Resurrection gives a voice to the survivors of the Juanacatlán Falls disaster, while paying tribute to those who were lost.

See full details
20:45 maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the... *
Sky Hopinka | 2020 | Chinuk Wawa | S.T. English

With an inspired artistic vision, this feature film spoken mainly in Chinuk Wawa follows the thoughts and wanderings of Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier.

See full details
22:00 Hip hop Party with the Or Cadre collective
Hip hop Party with the Or Cadre collective

This activity is free.

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17:00 The Biergarten of L'inis
The Biergarten of L'inis

Germany in the spotlight! For 15 years, Inis has maintained a friendship with the HFF Munich Film School. In a festive biergarten atmosphere, discover some powerful works that have been made here and there, in the presence of the crews. It’s an opportunity to discuss documentaries, meet inspired artisans, and party Bavarian-style!

This activity is free.

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12:00 Sky Hopinka Installation : The Island Weights
Sky Hopinka Installation : The Island Weights

This two-channel film by artist Sky Hopinka is based on the tale of the four water spirits known as Island Weights. In the creation story of Ho-Chunk, the artist’s home nation, the spirits are placed at the Earth’s cardinal points, ensuring that its rotation is not chaotic. Ho-Chunk, now known as Wisconsin, translates as “People of the Great Voice” and stretches from Red Banks to Trempealeau, and from Minneapolis to Milwaukee. The film is divided into 5 parts — Wijirawaséwe (Island Weights), yoiréreginarere (the west), rek’úhuhíra (the south), h??boguominàgara (the east), siniwagúregin?gere (the north) — and follows an individual as he recounts his journey along the boundaries of Ho-Chunk lands. Visually, the viewer is drawn from the tumultuous waves of the Mississippi to serene forests, tranquil lakes, enormous shopping malls, earthen effigies and Ho-Chunk relics. The narrator is not only looking for the spirits, but also wishes to honor them.

The presentation of this installation is made possible with the support of OBORO - Centre d'artistes and is part of the retrospective Sky Hopinka : Redefining Potential Territories.

Adress: 4001, Berri Street, Space 301, Montréal, H2L 4H2

Schedule :
Nov. 22nd | 12 h — 17 h
Nov. 23rd | 12 h — 19 h
Nov. 24th | 12 h — 17 h
Nov. 25th | 12 h — 17 h

This activity is free and is available in English and in French.

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12h
OBORO - Centre d'artistes
12H00 Sky Hopinka Installation : The Island Weights
Sky Hopinka Installation : The Island Weights

This two-channel film by artist Sky Hopinka is based on the tale of the four water spirits known as Island Weights. In the creation story of Ho-Chunk, the artist’s home nation, the spirits are placed at the Earth’s cardinal points, ensuring that its rotation is not chaotic. Ho-Chunk, now known as Wisconsin, translates as “People of the Great Voice” and stretches from Red Banks to Trempealeau, and from Minneapolis to Milwaukee. The film is divided into 5 parts — Wijirawaséwe (Island Weights), yoiréreginarere (the west), rek’úhuhíra (the south), h??boguominàgara (the east), siniwagúregin?gere (the north) — and follows an individual as he recounts his journey along the boundaries of Ho-Chunk lands. Visually, the viewer is drawn from the tumultuous waves of the Mississippi to serene forests, tranquil lakes, enormous shopping malls, earthen effigies and Ho-Chunk relics. The narrator is not only looking for the spirits, but also wishes to honor them.

The presentation of this installation is made possible with the support of OBORO - Centre d'artistes and is part of the retrospective Sky Hopinka : Redefining Potential Territories.

Adress: 4001, Berri Street, Space 301, Montréal, H2L 4H2

Schedule :
Nov. 22nd | 12 h — 17 h
Nov. 23rd | 12 h — 19 h
Nov. 24th | 12 h — 17 h
Nov. 25th | 12 h — 17 h

This activity is free and is available in English and in French.

More info
14h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Crave
14H15 The Oceans are the Real Continents *
Tommaso Santambrogio | 2023 | Spanish | S.T. English

In a peaceful Cuban village, life seems measured out in goodbyes, and the heartache of departures haunts three generations of its residents.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
14H00 Background
Khaled Abdulwahed | 2023 | Arabic | S.T. French or English

From Germany, the filmmaker talks to his father in Syria. In between long silences, the film evokes the feeling of powerlessness brought on by exile.

See full details
15h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
15H30 Éloge de l'ombre *
Catherine Martin | 2023 | French, Japanese | S.T. French or English

In this deeply poetic documentary essay, director Catherine Martin explores three aspects of the vast subject of darkness, from Japanese aesthetics to the invention of cinema.

See full details
16h
Cinéma du Musée
16H00 Pure Unknown *
Valentina Cicogna, Mattia Colombo | 2023 | Italian, English | S.T. English

Through the sincere plea of one forensic doctor, Pure Unknown undertakes a compassionate inquiry into the loss of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, and reveals the negligence of an entire system.

See full details
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
16H15 Holiday Native Land / Loving in Between / Quiet As...*
(1) Holiday Native Land
Nicolas Renaud, Brian Virostek | 2023 | English, French | S.T. English

Based on sponsored films produced between 1920 and 1970, this film articulates an interpretation of the colonial imagination in which the violence of the archives resonates with the present.

See full details (2) Loving in Between
Jyoti Mistry | 2023 | English | S.T. French

In a remarkable feat of editing, this striking experimental work celebrates queer love and eroticism, drawing on a wealth of film archives.

See full details (3) Quiet as It's Kept
Ja'Tovia Gary | 2023 | English | S.T. French

Quiet as It’s Kept holds a contemporary, experimental and sensory mirror up to Toni Morrison’s first novel, The Bluest Eye, which explores the lives of Black women in the US.

See full details
17h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Crave
17H15 Notes from Eremocene *
Viera Cákanyová | 2023 | English, Slovak | S.T. English

Through a thoughtful interweaving of analogue and digital images, along with a conversation with an AI, this documentary essay delves into a dystopian future.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
17H45 Resurrection *
Eugenio Polgovsky | 2016 | Spanish | S.T. French

With a camera held almost at arm's length, Resurrection gives a voice to the survivors of the Juanacatlán Falls disaster, while paying tribute to those who were lost.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Norman-McLaren
17H00 The Biergarten of L'inis
The Biergarten of L'inis

Germany in the spotlight! For 15 years, Inis has maintained a friendship with the HFF Munich Film School. In a festive biergarten atmosphere, discover some powerful works that have been made here and there, in the presence of the crews. It’s an opportunity to discuss documentaries, meet inspired artisans, and party Bavarian-style!

This activity is free.

More info
18h
Cinéma du Musée
18H30 Mademoiselle Kenopsia *
Denis Côté | 2023 | French | S.T. English

A figure wanders through a deserted building she is keeping watch over. At the intersection of fiction, essay, and experimental film, this work is a multifaceted reflection on how we see the world.

See full details
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
18H30 Caiti Blues*
(1) Nin Kamashitshet : Celui qui se bat
André-Charles Ishpatao | 2022 | French, Innu-Aimun | S.T. French or English

An inspired and inspiring story dedicated to André-Charles, this short shows how boxing has helped to change his life and how his passion allows him to face challenges.

See full details (2) Caiti Blues
Justine Harbonnier | 2023 | English | S.T. French

Caiti works as a bartender and dreams of returning to the music scene. The young woman carries the burden of success while society around her seems to fail miserably.

See full details
19h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Crave
19H30 Meezan *
Shahab Mihandoust | 2023 | Farsi, Arabic | S.T. English

From the perspective of manual workers in Khuzestan, Meezan explores the relationship to place in a post-war, post-industrialized world.

See full details
20h
Cinéma du Musée
20H45 Four Holes / Orpheus / Nine Easy Dances /...*
(1) Four Holes
Daniela Muñoz Barroso | 2023 | Spanish | S.T. French or English

A sensitive and surprising portrait, this short film tinged with humour is an ode to encounters, to imagination, and to the small joys of doing things your own way.

See full details (2) Orpheus
Malaika Shostakovich, Mustafa Uzuner | 2023 | English | S.T. French

Through the patient gaze of a brother and sister, this film invites us to rethink everyday life in step with Jonny, their brother with cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder.

See full details (3) Nine Easy Dances
Nora Rosenthal | 2023 | English | S.T. French

Nine Easy Dances, or nine short vignettes of family life suffused with laughter and tenderness, punctuated by the chaos of filming and the unknowns of an aging household.

See full details (4) L' artifice
Isabelle Grignon-Francke | 2023 | French | S.T. English

Against the backdrop of the carnival and its tribulations, the whirl of rides mirrors Kim’s state of mind as the young Québécois carnival worker thinks hard about his future.

See full details (5) Outside Center
Eli Jean Tahchi | 2023 | English, German, patois | S.T. French or English

In Munich, an amateur rugby team trains hard. For Desmond and his team, united by their queer identity, there is more to learn than just the rules of the game.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
20H45 maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the... *
(1) maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore
Sky Hopinka | 2020 | Chinuk Wawa | S.T. English

With an inspired artistic vision, this feature film spoken mainly in Chinuk Wawa follows the thoughts and wanderings of Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier.

See full details
21h
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
21H00 A House for Wandering Souls *
Pablo Lago Dantas | 2023 | Galiciens, Spanish | S.T. English

Seeking a sense of belonging, the filmmaker returns to his rural village in northern Spain, where he tries to understand his family and their world so deeply rooted in traditions.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Crave
21H45 Whispers of Fire & Water
Lubdhak Chatterjee | 2023 | Hindi, Bengali, English | S.T. English

In this fictional work firmly rooted in a documentary-style approach, a sound artist travels to a mining community in India. Confronted with this new reality, he begins to doubt himself.

See full details
22h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Norman-McLaren
22H00 Hip hop Party with the Or Cadre collective
Hip hop Party with the Or Cadre collective

This activity is free.

More info
16h30After circus *

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