Dear Audrey, by Jeremiah Hayes
The RIDM films are grouped into eight thematic sections: Human spaces, Haunted territories, Dialogues between the arts, etc. In the Family topographies section, see Dear Audrey, a film by Jeremiah Hayes dedicated to Montrealer Martin Duckworth, a well-known filmmaker and director of photography in English Canada. In this starred NFB film of gentleness and humanity, Duckworth talks about himself while taking care of his wife Audrey, who has Alzheimer’s disease.
November 19 at 6 p.m. at the Cinéma du Musée and online from November 22 to 25
Ostrov – Lost Island, by Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop
One of the beauties of the documentary is to venture into the most improbable margin of the life of individuals and communities to unearth real stories. This is the case ofOstrov – Lost Island, a film by Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop which tells the daily life of a micro-company confined to an island in the Caspian Sea that is practically abandoned and without resources. Obviously surrounded by water, this island is nevertheless a desert. But those who live there want to stay there.
November 20 at 5:15 p.m. at the Cinéma du Musée and online from November 22 to 25
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The filmmaker Alexandra Pianelli in a very short and rare moment of her film where we see her
Booth, by Alexandra Pianelli
Shrouded in obvious sadness, the end of an era is nonetheless an excellent subject for a film. This is the case with this documentary shot by filmmaker Alexandra Pianelli on Place Victor-Hugo at 16e district of Paris. There, the old family newspaper stand is in its last months. Alexandra’s mother decides to close it, turning the page on a business run over four generations. Shot with an iPhone, the film gives voice to regulars. Touching.
November 13 at 6 p.m. at the Cinéma du Parc, room 2, and online from November 14 to 17
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The documentary Putin’s Witnesses is part of Vitaly Mansky’s retrospective.
Vitaly Mansky retrospective
On the theme “Experience the real”, the RIDM offers a retrospective of seven documentaries by Vitaly Mansky. Since 1987, this filmmaker from Ukraine has signed some thirty films that examine several aspects, including politics, of Russian news. Thus, his most recent film, Gorbachev. Heaven is an intimate encounter with the father of glasnost. As for Putin’s Witnesses, it documents the meteoric and tyrannical rise of Vladimir Putin to the head of the country.
Varied schedule to be consulted on the RIDM website
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Jo, by Carmen Rachiteanu, is one of eight short films presented during the 25th anniversary evening of INIS.
25 years of INIS
For a quarter of a century, the National Institute of Image and Sound (INIS) has been training emerging artisans in the seventh art. Among the special elements surrounding this anniversary, the INIS is holding an evening screening of eight film courses by former graduates produced between 2009 and 2019. A refreshing encounter! Free, but you have to book on the RIDM website.
November 11 at 7 p.m. at the Norman-McLaren Hall of the Cinémathèque québécoise
Stray ducks, by Bruno Chouinard
Of the 120 films entered in the program, 54 come from Quebec and Canada. Of which Stray ducks, by Bruno Chouinard. The latter documents the phenomenon of rubber duck launches, whether for a race of 5,300 “competitors” on a Saguenay river, the holding of a climate change experiment or as an oversized work of art. An extraordinary work shot in several places around the world.
November 16 at 6:15 p.m. at the Cinémathèque québécoise (Crave room)
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