Cinemania 2016 - Premieres & Special Events

CINEMANIA FILM FESTIVAL
22 Edition

November 3 - 13, 2016

OPENING FILM
MAL DE PIERRES (FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON)
Nicole Garcia
Canadian premiere

CLOSING FILM
VICTORIA (IN BED WITH VICTORIA)
Justine Triet
North American premiere

PREMIERES

CÉZANNE ET MOI (CEZANNE AND I)
Danièle Thompson
North American premiere

CHOCOLAT (MONSIEUR CHOCOLAT)
Roschdy Zem
Montreal premiere

CHOUF (CHOUF)
Karim Dridi
North American premiere

CORPS ÉTRANGER (FOREIGN BODY)
Raja Amari
Quebec premiere

DANS LES FORÊTS DE SIBÉRIE (SIBERIA)
Safy Nebbou
North American premiere

ELLE (ELLE)
Paul Verhoeven
Quebec premiere

EN AMONT DU FLEUVE (UPSTREAM)
Marion Hänsel
North American premiere

EN MAI FAIS CE QU'IL TE PLAIT (COME WHAT MAY)
Christian Carion
Canadian premiere

FLEUR DE TONNERRE (THE POISONING ANGEL)
Stéphanie Pillonca-Kervern
North American premiere

GOOD LUCK ALGERIA (GOOD LUCK SAM)
Farid Bentoumi
North American premiere

KEEPER (KEEPER)
Guillaume Senez
Quebec premiere

L'AVENIR (THINGS TO COME)
Mia Hansen-Løve
Quebec premiere

L'ÉCONOMIE DU COUPLE (AFTER LOVE)
Joachim Lafosse
Quebec premiere

L'OUTSIDER (THE OUTSIDER)
Christophe Barratier
North American premiere

LA DANSEUSE (THE DANCER)
Stéphanie Di Giusto
North American premiere

LA FILLE INCONNUE (THE UNKNOWN GIRL)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne et Luc Dardenne
Quebec premiere

LA ROUTE D'ISTANBUL (ROAD TO ISTANBUL)
Rachid Bouchareb
North American premiere

LE CIEL ATTENDRA (HEAVEN CAN WAIT)
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Quebec premiere

LE FILS DE JEAN (A KID)
Philippe Lioret
North American premiere

LE VOYAGE DE FANNY (FANNY’S JOURNEY)
Lola Doillon
North American premiere

LES PREMIERS, LES DERNIERS (THE FIRST, THE LAST)
Bouli Lanners
Canadian premiere

MA LOUTE (SLACK BAY)
Bruno Dumont
Canadian premiere

MARIE ET LES NAUFRAGÉS (MARIE AND THE MISFITS)
Sébastien Betbeder
Montreal premiere

MÉDECIN DE CAMPAGNE (IRREPLACEABLE)
Thomas Lilti
North American premiere

MERCENAIRE (MERCENARY)
Sacha Wolff
North American premiere

MOKA (MOKA)
Frédéric Mermoud
North American premiere

NOCTURAMA (NOCTURAMA)
Bertrand Bonello
Quebec premiere

PERSONAL SHOPPER (PERSONAL SHOPPER)
Olivier Assayas
Quebec premiere

QUAND ON A 17 ANS (BEING 17)
André Téchiné
Canadian premiere

RÉPARER LES VIVANTS (HEAL THE LIVING)
Katell Quillevéré
Quebec premiere

RESTER VERTICAL (STAYING VERTICAL)
Alain Guiraudie
Canadian premiere

ROSALIE BLUM (ROSALIE BLUM)
Julien Rappeneau
North American premiere

SOUVENIR (SOUVENIR)
Bavo Defurne
Quebec premiere

UNE VIE (A WOMAN’S LIFE)
Stéphane Brizé
North American premiere

VENISE SOUS LA NEIGE (SNOW IN VENICE)
Elliott Covrigaru
North American premiere

VOIR DU PAYS (THE STOPOVER)
Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin
North American premiere

WELCOME HOME (WELCOME HOME)
Philippe de Pierpont
North American premiere

WÙLU (WULU)
Daouda Coulibaly
Quebec premiere

SPECIAL EVENT

SPECIAL PRESENTATION:

L'ATTENTE (THE WAIT)
Piero Messina

UN HOMME À LA HAUTEUR (UP FOR LOVE)
Laurent Tirard

NICOLE GARCIA, GUEST OF HONOR:

MAL DE PIERRES (FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON)
Nicole Garcia

** CYCLE HOMMAGE à la / RETROSPECTIVE at the CINÉMATHÈQUE QUÉBÉCOISE

L'ADVERSAIRE (THE ADVERSARY) *
Introduced by Nicole Garcia & Jacques Fieschi
Nicole Garcia

BETTY FISHER ET AUTRES HISTOIRES (BETTY FISHER AND OTHER STORIES)
Claude Miller

PLACE VENDÔME (PLACE VENDÔME) *
Introduced by Nicole Garcia & Jacques Fieschi
Nicole Garcia

PERIL EN LA DEMEURE (DEATH IN A FRENCH GARDEN) *
Introduced by Nicole Garcia
Michel Deville

LES MOTS POUR LE DIRE (THE WORDS TO SAY IT) *
Introduced by Nicole Garcia
José Pinheiro

GARÇON! (WAITER!)
Claude Sautet

MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE (MY AMERICAN UNCLE) *
Introduced by Nicole Garcia
Alain Resnais

LE CAVALEUR (PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT)
Philippe de Broca

DISCUSSION WITH THE AUTHOR – THE SCRIPTWRITER : JACQUES FIESCHI
Vendredi 4 novembre à 14h / Friday, November 4th at 2PM
À / At Cinémathèque québécoise

FOCUS VIRGINIE EFIRA :

ELLE (ELLE)
Paul Verhoeven

UN HOMME À LA HAUTEUR (UP FOR LOVE)
Laurent Tirard

VICTORIA (IN BED WITH VICTORIA)
Justine Triet

For more information, visit the CINEMANIA website.

Cinemania 2016 Film Program

CINEMANIA ANNOUNCES COMPLETE 22nd EDITION FILM PROGRAM
FOCUS ON DIVERSITY OF FRANCOPHONE FILMMAKING

November 3 - 13, 2016

50 film screenings, 40 Premieres,
16 celebrity guests and many special events

The 22nd anniversary edition is dedicated to the diversity of Francophone filmmaking. It will take place at the Imperial Cinema, at the Cinémathèque québécoise and at the Cinéma du Parc. During the 11 days of the Festival, 50 films will be screened, of which 40 are either Quebec, Canada or North American premieres. This year, more than ever before, the creativity and talent of the Francophone film world will be featured in all its cultural and geographic diversity.

Director Nicole Garcia opens the Festival with FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON (Mal de pierres) starring the remarkable Marion Cotillard in one of her finest roles, that of a free-spirited yet dissatisfied woman on a quest for passionate love. Its an intensely grand romantic saga with Mme Bovary overtones, marking Nicole Garcia’s return to Montreal and to CINEMANIA’s stage for the Gala Opening Evening and film screening, on Thursday, November 3rd. She will be accompanied by Jacques Fieschi, her co-screenwriter. The presence of Nicole Garcia this year as CINEMANIA's guest of honor is made possible by Nespresso. In collaboration with CINEMANIA, the Cinémathèque québécoise will be taking advantage of Nicole Garcia’s appearance in Montreal to offer a tribute to this unique and highly talented actress in the form of eight films that celebrate Mlle Garcia’s career as both an actress and a director: PLACE VENDOME, L’ADVERSAIRE, PERIL EN LA DEMEURE, LES MOTS POUR LE DIRE, GARCON!, MON ONCLE D’AMERIQUE, LE CAVALEUR, BETTY FISHER ET D’AUTRES HISTOIRES. Mlle Garcia will introduce several of the retrospective films in person at the Cinémathèque québécoise.

CINEMANIA 2016 gives filmgoers in Montreal a rare opportunity to view (with English subtitles) the most important Francophone films of the year, featured at the most prestigious international film festivals. FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON (Mal de pierres) by Nicole Garcia, ELLE by Paul Verhoeven, (France’s entry at the Oscars 2017), SLACK BAY (Ma Loute) by Bruno Dumont, THE UNKNOWN GIRL (La fille inconnue) by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, PERSONAL SHOPPER by Olivier Assayas, STAYING VERTICAL (Rester vertical) by Alain Guiraudie and CHOUF by Karim Dridi. All the foregoing titles are from Cannes Official Selection 2016, a record-breaking program at CINEMANIA! Added to this impressive list are IN BED WITH VICTORIA (Victoria) by Justine Triet that opened Critics’ Week at Cannes, MERCENARY (Mercenaire) by Sacha Wolff from Directors’ Fortnight Cannes, as well as AFTER LOVE (L’économie du couple) by Joachim Lafosse (Critics’ Week).

CINEMANIA is also highlighting two films from “Un Certain Regard”, Cannes 2016: THE DANCER (La danseuse) by Stephanie di Giusto and STOPOVER (Voir du pays) by Delphine and Muriel Coulin, both starring SOKO, an exceptionally gifted artist and celebrity guest who will appear at CINEMANIA together with the directing duo of STOPOVER (Voir du pays).

IN BED WITH VICTORIA (Victoria), the Closing Film at CINEMANIA on November 13th, features the astonishingly versatile Franco-Belgian actress Virginie Efira and celebrates the talent of yet another female director, Justine Triet, who has so successfully re-invented French film comedy with her energy and contemporary sophistication.

CINEMANIA is also presenting a “Special Focus” on Mlle Efira’s recent film roles, towards the end of the 11-day Festival and into its final weekend, and she will be present on CINEMANIA’s stage at the Imperial Cinema to personally introduce her films that are brimming with the special brand of effervescence that has literally transformed French cinema.

Local actress Monia Chokri will introduce the Quebec premiere of HEAL THE LIVING (Réparer les vivants) by Katell Quillévéré, also featuring Quebec actress Anne Dorval – it’s a favourite “pick” of the CINEMANIA programming team. Director Thomas Lilti will personally present the second favourite “pick” of the 22nd Festival edition, IRREPLACEABLE (Médecin de campagne) starring Francois Cluzet (star of “The Intouchables”).

Among other eagerly anticipated films is Bertand Bonello’s latest, NOCTURAMA, as well as the newest film by the great director Andre Téchiné, BEING 17 (Quand on a 17 ans) (Berlinale 2016, Official Competition). Isabelle Huppert, the most prolific starring actress of French cinema 2016, will be featured not only in the thriller ELLE but in two other films: SOUVENIR by Bavo Difurne and THINGS TO COME (L’Avenir) by Mia Hansen-Løve (Berlinale 2016, Ofiicial Competition).

Historical dramas that Festival audiences particularly enjoy are well represented at CINEMANIA 2016: A WOMAN’S LIFE (Une vie) by Stéphane Brizé, adapted from a Guy de Maupassant novel, the highly-anticipated CEZANNE AND I (Cézanne et moi), an opus by Danièle Thompson starring Guillaume Canet and Guillaume Gallienne that recounts the lifelong friendship of the artist Paul Cezanne and the writer Emile Zola, CHOCOLAT by Roschdy Zem starring Omar Sy (“The Intouchables”), FANNY’S JOURNEY (Le voyage de Fanny) by Lola Doillon based on a true WWll story, another true story THE POISONING ANGEL (Fleur de tonnerre) by Stéphanie Pillonca-Kervern, and a second WWll story COME WHAT MAY (En mai fais ce qu’il te plait) by Christian Carion.

Actor Raphaël Personnaz will be introducing the North American premiere of SIBERIA (Dans les forêts de Sibérie) by Safy Nebbou, a true adventure film adapted from Sylvain Tesson’s autobiography. Debut filmmaker, director Elliott Covrigaru will personally present SNOW IN VENICE (Venise sous la neige), a gem of a film that created a sensation at its premiere at the Angouleme Film Festival in August – the film is an adaptation of Gilles Dyrek’s remarkably successful play that follows the best traditions of French “theatre de boulevard”.

Belgian actress Astrid Whettnall will introduce the latest work of Rachid Bouchareb, THE ROAD TO ISTANBUL (La route d’Istanbul), a tribute to the tenacity of a mother’s love as she searches for a daughter who has departed for Syria to join jihadists. CINEMANIA is proud to present three other exceptional films that deal with the highly topical subjects of terrorism and the radicalization of young people: HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Le ciel attendra) by Marie-Castille Mention-Shaar with Sandrine Bonnaire and Clotilde Courrau, FOREIGN BODY (Corps étranger) by Raja Amari, and, of course, NOCTURAMA by Bertrand Bonello.

A KID (Le fils de Jean) by Philippe Lioret will get its North American gala premiere in the presence of its director and film crew and distinguished Quebecois actor Gabriel Arcand. This Quebec-France co-production best represents the mission of the RCF (Rencontres de Coproduction Francophone) organized by SODEC in collaboration with CINEMANIA, which for the first time will take place in Montreal from November 8th to 11th. Nearly 150 producers will participate in Francophone coproduction workshops and conferences. In parallel, CINEMANIA’s programming this year reflects this focus on the diversity of Francophone filmmaking. Eight Belgian films are in the program, two of which are coproductions. In addition, there’s a Senegal-Mali-France co-production, the thriller WULU by Daouda Coulibaly (a kind-of
Mali “Scarface”) in which the action unfolds in the Mali capital of Bamako. The Festival will also focus one evening on a Luxembourg production, SOUVENIR by Bavo Defurne, and another on the Tunisian film FOREIGN BODY (Corps étranger) by director Raja Amari.

As it has been for many years, the GRAND PRIX MEL HOPPENHEIM will be awarded to the most popular film decided by votes cast by the audience. And, the TFO Prix du Public will be awarded to the best “first-time feature director”. CINEMANIA, alongside its 88 partners, sponsors, and numerous invited guests, and its programs dedicated to young spectators and film students (Rencontre Cinepro, Culture Lab, scholastic screenings program and free Summer “Screenings in the Park”), and its many special events, unveils a record-breaking and special 22nd edition!


For more information, visit the CINEMANIA website.

FNC 2016 Award Winners

45th FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINÉMA

PALMARÈS 2016 AWARDS

 

On Saturday, 15 octobre 2016, the Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal (FNC) announced the winners of its 45the édition:

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION – FEATURE FILMS

The "Feature Films – Compétition internationale" jury: John Griffin, Louis Laverdière et Chloé Robichaud. 

LOUVE D’OR PRESENTED BY QUÉBECOR

Best feature film in the International Competition ($15,000 cash from Québecor).

TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade (Austria, Germany)

Special Mention to

MISTER UNIVERSO by Tizza Covi et Rainer Frimmel (Austria, Italy)

DANIEL LANGLOIS INNOVATION AWARD

Recognizes a work in the International Competition that stands out for its daring aesthetics, creative use of new technologies and/or groundbreaking treatment of a sensitive subject matter. 

THE STUDENT by Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia)

BEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS AWARD

Best actor or actress in a feature film in the International Competition.

Peter Simonischek (Austria) in TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade

FOCUS QUÉBEC/CANADA – FEATURE FILMS

The "Feature Films – Focus" jury: Emmanuel Chaumet, Carmen Garcia, et Mustafa Uzuner.

 FOCUS QUÉBEC/CANADA GRAND PRIZE PRESENTED BY AIR FRANCE

Best feature film in the Focus Québec/Canada section (2 round-trip tickets Economy Class european destination from Air France).

WEREWOLF by Ashley Mckenzie (Québec/Canada)

TEMPS Ø – FEATURE FILMS

TEMPS Ø PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD PRESENTED BY FARNHAM

Best feature film in the Temps Ø section ($2,000 cash from Farnham).

PRANK by Vincent Biron (Québec/Canada)

LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES – FEATURE FILMS

The "AQCC Feature Films – Les nouveaux alchimistes" jury: Jason Béliveau, Robert Daudelin et Marie Claude Mirandette.

 PRIX DE L’AQCC (ASSOCIATION QUÉBÉCOISE DES CRITIQUES DE CINÉMA)

Best feature film in the Les nouveaux alchimistes competition.

THE SUN, THE SUN BLINDED ME by Wilhelm Sasnal and Anka Sasnal (Poland)

INTERNATIONALE COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS

Le jury courts métrages – Compétition internationale était composé de Mathieu Grondin, Valérie Mongrain et Marie-Élaine Riou.

 LOUP ARGENTÉ PRESENTED BY PARALOEIL

Best short film in the International Competition (residence at Paralœil – Rimouski of more than $10,000 value in grant, equipment and editing, including transport and accommodation).

UNDISCLOSED RECIPIENTS by Sandro Aguilar (Portugal)

Special Mention to

VAYSHA, L'AVEUGLE by Theodore Ushev (Québec/Canada)

FOCUS QUÉBEC/CANADA – SHORT FILMS

The "Short Films – Focus Québec/Canada" jury: Elsa Charbit, Kyrylo Marikutsa et Krzysztof Sienkiewicz.

 FOCUS QUÉBEC/CANADA GRAND PRIZE – SHORT FILMS PRESENTED BY POST-MODERNE

Best short film in the Focus Québec/Canada competition ($3,000 cash and $12,000 in post-production services awarded by Post-Moderne).

TOUT SIMPLEMENT by Raphaël Ouellet (Québec/Canada)

CREATIVITY AWARD PRESENTED BY MATV

Most original short film in the Focus Québec/ Canada competition ($1,000 cash prize awarded by MAtv).

THE GHOST AND THE GARDEN by Nelson Roubert (Canada/USA)

 FOCUS QUÉBEC/CANADA – SHORT FILMS PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

Best short film in the Focus Québec/Canada competition 

RUBY PLEINE DE MARDE by Jean-Guillaume Bastien (Québec/Canada)

LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES – SHORT FILMS

The "Les nouveaux alchimistes - Short Films" jury: Véronique Sapin, Steven Woloshen et Michael Yaroshevsky.

 DADA AWARD

Best short film in the Les nouveaux alchimistes competition.

IF IT WAS by Laure Prouvost (United Kingdom)

Special Mentions to

DESERT BLOOM by Peter Kutin and Florian Kindlinger (Austria/USA)

SQUAME by Nicolas Brault (Québec/Canada)

RENCONTRES PANCANADIENNES DU CINÉMA ÉTUDIANT

The Rencontres pancanadiennes du cinéma étudiant jury: Anaïs Charbonneau-Meilleur, Sarianne Cormier et Emilie Mannering.

 RENCONTRES PANCANADIENNES DU CINÉMA ÉTUDIANT AWARD PRESENTED BY ECAL AND ULULE

Given to the winner of the Pan-Canadian Student Film Meetings (Immersion experience at ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne) in Switzerland, flight and accommodations included + $1,500 to start a crowdfunding campaign on Ulule with perso- nalized pre-campaign support).

LES BEIGES by Etienne Lacelle (Université Concordia)

Out of Competition Special Mention to

6e GAUCHE by Magdalena Froger (ÉCAL)

 P’TITS LOUPS

The P'tits Loups jury: Elia St-Pierre, Camille Daudelin, Alice Fortin, Thomas Doyon et Zoé Leder. 

P’TITS LOUPS AWARD PRESENTED BY LA RÉGIE DU CINÉMA

ONE TWO TREE by Yulia Aronova (France)

 FNC EXPLORE - PROJETS INTERACTIFS ET RÉALITÉS VIRTUELLES

The FNC eXPlore jury: Luc Courchesne, Emmanuel Cuénod, Melissa Mongiat and François Toussaint.

 FNC EXPLORE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD PRESENTED BY TÉO TAXI

Best work in virtual reality ($1,000 cash from Téo Taxi).

NOTES ON BLINDNESS by Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton and James Spinney (France, United Kingdom)

Empathy Special Mention to

IN MY SHOES by Jane Gauntlett (United Kingdom)

Sound Production Special Mention to

VIRTUAL ODDITY by Raphael (One Production | Apollo Studios) (Québec/Canada)

INNOVATION AWARD PRESENTED BY PRIM

The most innovative work for new platforms ($10,000 in production expenses and artist residency from PRIM).

LA PÉRI by Balthazar Auxiètre (Innerspacevr) (France)

 IMMERSION AWARD PRESENTED BY FESTIVAL TOUS ÉCRANS

Best immersive work in the FNC eXPlore.

PATTERNS by Pierre Friquet (Québec/Canada, France)

RIDM 2016 Programming

The Montreal International Documentary Film Festival (RIDM)

19th Edition

November 10 - 20, 2016

The annual Montreal International Documentary Film Festival (RIDM) is a key event for everyone who appreciates the art of the documentary. This year, it will offer 128 films from 35 countries and more than 100 guests.

The festival will present 13 world premieres, 18 North American premieres, 24 Canadian premieres and 31 Quebec premieres, and will inaugurate a new competition for Canadian short and medium-length films. RIDM is a key springboard for emerging artists and local productions.

The festival will open with the Quebec premiere of Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi. The film is a unique immersion in the everyday life of Lampedusa, an Italian island famous for being the European landing point for numerous refugees. The film won the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, and establishes Gianfranco Rosi as one of today’s great documentary filmmakers, thanks to a rare aesthetic sensibility and a willingness to confront the major issues of the day – themes echoed in the rest of the festival’s 2016 line-up. The film is presented in collaboration with Amnesty International Canada (French Branch) and distributed by EyeSteelFilm.

The festival will close with Freelancer on the Front Lines by Santiago Bertolino (Carré rouge sur fond noir), an all-access look at the life of Jesse Rosenfeld, a freelance journalist who covers conflict zones. An essential film that helps us understand how the written media interpret global issues in the age of Twitter and 24-hour news cycles. It is produced and distributed by the NFB and will open across Quebec in spring 2017.

OFFICIAL COMPETITION

11 awards will be presented to the makers of winning films in four competitive sections.

International feature competition

The 11 films in the international feature competition, presented by Bell Media, are a strong, varied group that testifies to the creativity, diversity and relevance of reality-based cinema.

Documentary cinema has always presented powerful socio-political reflections through the prism of intimate stories:

Another Year (Shengze Zhu), one working class family’s dinners inspire viewers to ponder the challenges facing a large part of China’s population;

We’ll Be Alright (Alexander Kuznetsov) follows the struggles of two young Russian women locked up in a psychiatric hospital for life;

Tempestad (Tatiana Huezo) the stories of two protagonists on a poetic odyssey, revealing the tragedy of human trafficking in Mexico;

Mixed Feelings (Guy Davidi), a small Tel Aviv apartment turned into acting school is the improbable scene of group therapy surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict;

The Great Wall (Tadhg O’Sullivan) and

Havarie (Philip Scheffner) both experiment with the documentary form as a way of documenting the current migrant crisis;

Calabria (Pierre-François Sauter), a tenderly existential road movie;

Il Solengo (Alessio Rigo De Righi and Matteo Zoppis), a playful investigation set in rural Italy;

Kate Plays Christine, a fake making-of that lays bare the actor’s profession. Director Robert Greene’s refusal to make a distinction between fiction and documentary in Kate Plays Christine, to better shatter his actress’s mystery;

Brothers of the Night (Patric Chiha), an exploration of Vienna’s nighttime underworld reminiscent of Fassbinder and Kenneth Anger;

The Human Surge (Eduardo Williams), a journey filmed on three continents. The latter two works are both essential films about marginalized youth in a globalized world.

Canadian feature competition

The ten films in the Canadian feature competition are as diverse and ambitious as their international counterparts, travelling the world and exploring every documentary approach.

Prison in Twelve Landscapes is an original essay by Brett Story on the devastating impacts of the American penal system;
Angry Inuk is an important and essential cri de coeur by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, presenting the Inuit perspective on the seal hunt;
Gulîstan, Land of Roses is an impressive, masterful and sensitive first film by Zaynê Akyol, filmed among a group of PKK women soldiers;
Living with Giants a sadly poetic portrait of two young Inuit by Aude Leroux-Lévesque and Sébastien Rist;
Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John by Chelsea McMullanan elusive, surreal story of a family;
Tales of Two Who Dreamt, the story of the making of a Gide and Kafka-influenced film as told by Andrea Bussmann and Nicolás Pereda; 
The Stairs by Hugh Gibson, and 
Resurrecting Hassan by Carlo Guillermo Proto, two deeply humanistic chronicles;
Quebec My Country Mon Pays by John Walker, a personal film that unpacks the divisions between Quebec’s anglphone and francophone communities;
Combat au bout de la nuit by Sylvain L’Espérance, an epic, politically aware, eclectic work about the recent upheavals in Greece; it is L’Espérance’s most ambitious film yet.

For more information about the RIDM documentary film festival, the programming, and film projection schedules, visit the RIDM website.