Montreal International Documentary Festival

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Schedule

20 - 30 Nov. 2025

Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
Cinémathèque québécoise - Foyer Luce-Guilbeault
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Principale
Salle d'exposition de la Place des Arts
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13:00 Recomposée *
Nadia Louis-Desmarchais | 2025 | French | S.T English

A mixed-race filmmaker raised in a white adoptive family draws on archives, memories, and testimonials to confront normalized racism and maternal abandonment.

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15:30 When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea
Eva Neyman | 2025 | Russian, Ukrainian, yiddish | S.T English

Through a poetic and tender pilgrimage, Eva Neymann carefully paints a portrait of Odessa and its residents, revealing the resilience of some and the absence of others.

See full details
18:15 Do You Love Me
Lana Daher | 2025 | Arabic, French, English | S.T English

Made from various archives from the last seven decades, this playful tribute conveys a personal, non-linear, and fragmented journey into Lebanon's intimate and collective memory.

See full details
20:00 Sirens Call
Miri Ian Gossing, Lina Sieckmann | 2025 | English

An enigmatic mermaid takes a meditative look at the world around her. When she finds her community, the film offers a profound reflection on existence and resistance.

See full details
11:00 UXdoc : Where documentary meets new technologies
(1) All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost
Mélanie 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.

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(2) Empereur
Marion 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 details
(3) Queer Utopia
Lui 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 details
(4) The Man Who Couldn't Leave
Singing 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.

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(5) Energeia
Ugo 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 details
11:30 The End of the Internet *
Dylan Reibling | 2025 | English, Portuguese, Spanish | S.T French

An immersion into the struggles of activists and professionals fighting for a web free from the authority of digital giants and the control of personal data.

See full details
14:00 In the Manner of Smoke *
Armand Yervant Tufenkian | 2025 | English | S.T French

Between wildfire and pointillist landscapes, In the Manner of Smoke traces the delicate rhythms of seeing, where images linger, shift, and dissolve like drifting smoke.

See full details
16:30 Les blues du bleuet*
(1) Ruby, la petite fourmi
François Bergeron | 2024 | French | S.T French

This short film, the brainchild of a father who loves telling his children stories, creatively brings a tale to life while revealing the behind-the-scenes of its inception with the help of his daughter. (HSB)

See full details
(2) Les blues du bleuet
Andrés Livov | 2024 | French, Spanish | S.T French

This ensemble film uses interacting stories and aspirations to reveal the intricate ties of a diverse community united around the emblematic and legendary Lac-Saint-Jean blueberry.

See full details
20:45 Always
Deming Chen | 2025 | Hunanese, Mandarin | S.T English

Always 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 details
18:45 Friendship *
Cao Guimarães | 2023 | Portuguese | S.T English

This nostalgic essay film revisits the filmmaker's filmography and nearly 30 years of archives to study the passage of time and the strength of the bonds resisting it.

See full details
13:00 Little, Big, and Far
Jem Cohen | 2025 | German, English | S.T English

Little, Big, and Far follows Karl, a 70-year-old astronomer, as he journeys from Vienna to a Greek island, seeking dark skies to reflect on stars, memory, love, and the ties that bind life.

See full details
15:45 Leur existence / Bardo / 09/05/1982*
(1) Leur existence
Xavier Doutre, Clarence de Bayser | 2025 | French, English | S.T French

This hybrid film, with its atmosphere of suspended time, offers a surprising foray into the world of amateur radio operators united by a desire for human connection.

See full details
(2) Bardo
Viera Cákanyová | 2025 | Slovak | S.T French

Using a rich exploration with AI, the filmmaker immerses us in the experience of a retreat into darkness, prompting a reflection on perception and human existence.

See full details
(3) 09/05/1982
Jorge Caballero, Camilo Restrepo | 2025 | Spanish | S.T French

An “official” narrative, coupled with images that gradually cast doubt on their veracity, forces us to reflect in this era of post-truth fuelled by AI.

See full details
18:00 With Hasan in Gaza
Kamal Aljafari | 2025 | Levantine | S.T English

With 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 details
20:30 Ancestral Visions of the Future
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | 2025 | English | S.T French

Made up of powerful, symbolic images, this captivating and poetic cinematic testimony explores an inventive and free-flowing look at exile, memory, and the future.

See full details
10:00 J'ai perdu de vue le paysage
Sophie 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.

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10:00 Family Activity | Ciné poupon
Family Activity | Ciné poupon

On the last day of the festival, a special screening designed for parents with babies and young children will take place at the Cinémathèque. In suitable conditions - soft lighting, reduced volume, a babysitting service, and creative workshops - the feature-length documentary J’ai perdu de vue le paysage (I Lost Sight of the Landscape) will be presented, for a friendly, soothing, and carefree movie experience.

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12:00 Burn From Absence
Emeline Courcier | 2024 | French | S.T. English

Emeline 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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10h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Principale
10H00 J'ai perdu de vue le paysage
Sophie 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 details
10H00 Family Activity | Ciné poupon
Family Activity | Ciné poupon

On the last day of the festival, a special screening designed for parents with babies and young children will take place at the Cinémathèque. In suitable conditions - soft lighting, reduced volume, a babysitting service, and creative workshops - the feature-length documentary J’ai perdu de vue le paysage (I Lost Sight of the Landscape) will be presented, for a friendly, soothing, and carefree movie experience.

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11h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Foyer Luce-Guilbeault
11H00 UXdoc : Where documentary meets new technologies
(1) All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost
Mélanie 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 details (2) Empereur
Marion 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 details (3) Queer Utopia
Lui 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 details (4) The Man Who Couldn't Leave
Singing 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 details (5) Energeia
Ugo 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 details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
11H30 The End of the Internet *
Dylan Reibling | 2025 | English, Portuguese, Spanish | S.T. French or English

An immersion into the struggles of activists and professionals fighting for a web free from the authority of digital giants and the control of personal data.

See full details
12h
Salle d'exposition de la Place des Arts
12H00 Burn From Absence
Emeline Courcier | 2024 | French | S.T. English

Emeline 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.

See full details
13h
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
13H00 Recomposée *
Nadia Louis-Desmarchais | 2025 | French | S.T. English

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 details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Principale
13H00 Little, Big, and Far
Jem Cohen | 2025 | German, English | S.T. English

Little, Big, and Far follows Karl, a 70-year-old astronomer, as he journeys from Vienna to a Greek island, seeking dark skies to reflect on stars, memory, love, and the ties that bind life.

See full details
14h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
14H00 In the Manner of Smoke *
Armand Yervant Tufenkian | 2025 | English | S.T. French

Between wildfire and pointillist landscapes, In the Manner of Smoke traces the delicate rhythms of seeing, where images linger, shift, and dissolve like drifting smoke.

See full details
15h
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
15H30 When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea
Eva Neyman | 2025 | Russian, Ukrainian, yiddish | S.T. English

Through a poetic and tender pilgrimage, Eva Neymann carefully paints a portrait of Odessa and its residents, revealing the resilience of some and the absence of others.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Principale
15H45 Leur existence / Bardo / 09/05/1982*
(1) Leur existence
Xavier Doutre, Clarence de Bayser | 2025 | French, English | S.T. French or English

This hybrid film, with its atmosphere of suspended time, offers a surprising foray into the world of amateur radio operators united by a desire for human connection.

See full details (2) Bardo
Viera Cákanyová | 2025 | Slovak | S.T. English

Using a rich exploration with AI, the filmmaker immerses us in the experience of a retreat into darkness, prompting a reflection on perception and human existence.

See full details (3) 09/05/1982
Jorge Caballero, Camilo Restrepo | 2025 | Spanish | S.T. French or English

An “official” narrative, coupled with images that gradually cast doubt on their veracity, forces us to reflect in this era of post-truth fuelled by AI.

See full details
16h
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
16H30 Les blues du bleuet*
(1) Ruby, la petite fourmi
François Bergeron | 2024 | French | S.T. English

This short film, the brainchild of a father who loves telling his children stories, creatively brings a tale to life while revealing the behind-the-scenes of its inception with the help of his daughter. (HSB)

See full details (2) Les blues du bleuet
Andrés Livov | 2024 | French, Spanish | S.T. French and English

This ensemble film uses interacting stories and aspirations to reveal the intricate ties of a diverse community united around the emblematic and legendary Lac-Saint-Jean blueberry.

See full details
18h
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
18H15 Do You Love Me
Lana Daher | 2025 | Arabic, French, English | S.T. English

Made from various archives from the last seven decades, this playful tribute conveys a personal, non-linear, and fragmented journey into Lebanon's intimate and collective memory.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
18H45 Friendship *
Cao Guimarães | 2023 | Portuguese | S.T. English

This nostalgic essay film revisits the filmmaker's filmography and nearly 30 years of archives to study the passage of time and the strength of the bonds resisting it.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Principale
18H00 With Hasan in Gaza
Kamal Aljafari | 2025 | Levantine | S.T. French or English

With 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 details
20h
Cinéma du Parc - Salle 2
20H00 Sirens Call
Miri Ian Gossing, Lina Sieckmann | 2025 | English

An enigmatic mermaid takes a meditative look at the world around her. When she finds her community, the film offers a profound reflection on existence and resistance.

See full details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Fernand-Seguin
20H45 Always
Deming Chen | 2025 | Hunanese, Mandarin | S.T. English

Always 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 details
Cinémathèque québécoise - Salle Principale
20H30 Ancestral Visions of the Future
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | 2025 | English | S.T. French

Made up of powerful, symbolic images, this captivating and poetic cinematic testimony explores an inventive and free-flowing look at exile, memory, and the future.

See full details
16h30After circus *

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