20 - 30 Nov. 2025
A collective and immersive experience inviting you to poetically explore your grief—whether from the loss of a loved one, a friendship, a home, or even a dream—in a personalized and introspective way.
Join us for a collective conversation bringing together indigenous filmmakers in discussion around the role of cinema and filmmakers in the processes of decolonization and indigenization — both on screen and behind the scenes. Through sharing experiences, challenges, and questions, we’ll reflect on the responsibilities and possibilities of filmmakers today.
Participants: To be announced soon!
A mixed-race filmmaker raised in a white adoptive family draws on archives, memories, and testimonials to confront normalized racism and maternal abandonment.
See full detailsElayna Einish | 2025 | English | S.T English
In a clever blend of horror, comedy, documentary, and militant fiction, this unique portrait asserts a jubilant territorial sovereignty, without compromise. (HSB)
See full detailsSophie Bédard Marcotte | 2025 | French | S.T English
At once cerebral, touching, and funny, this dense, minimalist (auto)biographical film unfolds as a creative observation on artistic exploration and life.
See full detailsRejecting pessimism, this film, made entirely from archival footage, revisits 50 years of Chilean history to keep dreaming of the necessary political change, beyond shattered hopes.
See full detailsAlways paints an honest, tender, and poetic portrait of the modest daily life of Youbin Gong, a young and talented poet, and his family as farmers in the mountains of Hunan.
See full detailsA filmmaker and his son’s vacation in an abandoned hotel intersects with the story of a murderer from the 1830s and the personal memories of a past that shapes and haunts.
See full detailsMélanie Courtinat | 2022 | English | S.T. English
A melancholic journey based on the testimony of a woman who refused to evacuate her hometown village after a terrible disaster.
See full detailsMarion Burger, Ilan Cohen | 2023 | French, English
It is the story of a man who’s lost his ability to speak, and his daughter who seeks to communicate with him, exploring aphasia as if it were a distant land.
See full detailsLui Avallos | 2023 |
In his living room, a retired playwright unveils a revelation to the spectator : he is losing his memories and seeks companionship to reconstruct his cherished remembrances.
See full detailsSinging Chen | 2022 | Mandarin | S.T. English
Inside the former Green Island Prison, political prisoner A-Kuen recounts stories of imprisonment and persecution that took place in Taiwan in the 1950s.
See full detailsUgo Arsac | 2023 | French
An immersive journey through France's nuclear fission and fusion plants, featuring interviews with experts on the future of energy.
See full detailsOn a Beirut beach, three men expose their lives to the filmmaker’s attentive gaze. Dima El-Horr captures memory, loss, and resilience amid Lebanon’s perpetual political turmoil.
See full detailsThis work, starring Charlotte Rampling as a psychotherapist, uses symbolic imagery shot on 16mm black-and-white film to present a profound journey into the human mind.
See full detailsIn the arid hell of the U.S.-Mexico border, a couple of Mexican volunteers struggle to restore dignity to the victims of a tragic migratory journey.
See full detailsSkilfully blending theatrical games and archival footage, the filmmaker traces the paths of three men in her family to examine her country's legacy of violence.
See full detailsFREE Come celebrate the Canadian premiere of J’ai perdu de vue le paysage with a drink in a misty Nordic atmosphere: tarot card readings by characters from the documentary, rocks, comforting tea (festive version available), and an unlikely futuristic remix of the film’s soundtrack.
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As part of the O Grivo Retrospective: Crafting Sonic Landscapes, the RIDM is proud to welcome Brazilian sound artists Nelson Soares and Marcos Moreira to Montreal. In their performance, the duo opens a dialogue between short films from different eras, from the early days of cinema to the present day. The works are diverse but united by an experimental approach grounded in abstract organization, narrative fragmentation, and exploration of time.They are enhanced by a soundtrack designed for each film and performed live, offering the audience a unique immersive experience.
Ali Yahya | 2025 | - Without dialogue | S.T English
Beneath Which Rivers Flow blends portraits and speculative narrative to explore the human and geographical impacts of climate change on the daily lives of an Iraqi family.
See full detailsPetna Ndaliko Katondolo | 2025 | Swahili | S.T English
This film uses the exploitation of coltan to reappropriate colonial archives, building an eloquent reflexive dialogue between the legacy of the past and the current reality.
See full detailsLindsay McIntyre | 2025 | - Without dialogue | S.T English
Using images shot on film, this short film explores the deep connections between the territory of Nunavut, Inuit , flora, and fauna.
See full detailsNada El-Omari | 2025 | - Without dialogue | S.T English
Engaging with images of the Second Intifada shot by her father, filmmaker Nada El-Omari questions the meaning of images, the fragility of memory, and the erosion of the value of truth.
See full detailsWith Hasan in Gaza reveals rediscovered footage from 2001 of Palestinian residents under occupation, bearing witness to past violence. Today, that footage resonates as a reflection on memory, history, and the ongoing horrors of genocide.
See full detailsLouise Bourque | 2017 | French | S.T. English
This deeply moving short film explores the different stages of romantic grief by conveying emotional power and a healing vulnerability. (HSB)
See full detailsLouise Bourque | 2005 | English
Over images filmed by her father, transformed into bursts of colour as splendid as they are formidable, her voice recounts fragments of dreams and the fear of the unknown.
See full detailsLouise Bourque | 1991 | English
Inspired by Samuel Beckett’s monologue Not I, this gentle yet anguished work revisits home movies to reflect on the social constraints imposed upon women. (HSB)
See full detailsLouise Bourque | 2011 | - Without dialogue
Against a complex soundscape, a sparkling abstraction gradually reveals an evocative montage of archival images of Houdini in chains, seeking emancipation. (HSB)
See full detailsLouise Bourque | 1999 | - Without dialogue
Constantly switching between the film plane and the home movies printed on it, the image, altered by various artistic manipulations, embodies the discontinuity of memory. (HSB)
See full detailsLouise Bourque | 2022 | - Without dialogue
In a tribute to her father, the filmmaker revisits a family memory he left behind, exploring his absence and representation through the medium of cinema.
See full detailsKarin Pennanen revisits the creative world and personal archives of her uncle Markku to develop a fascinating artistic dialogue with him in a surprising and touching posthumous tribute.
See full detailsEmeline Courcier uses artificial intelligence as a tool and metaphor, drawing from her Vietnamese family’s memory and their philosophy of erasing the past to build resilience.
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