Session 2: “Reacting to the world”

Presented by Hors champ, this free event is part of the ‘Reflecting on programming: critical and creative gestures’ series. First come, first served.

Guests: Marlene Edoyan and Hubert Sabino-Brunette from the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM).

Mediator: Charlotte Lehoux, member of Hors champ and partnerships manager at Cinéma Public.

Discussant: Mustafa Uzuner, producer and distributor (Acéphale).

Propelled by the creation and activities of the NFB as early as 1939, documentary cinema holds a strong place within the Quebec film ecosystem, as evidenced historically and still today by a wide range of production initiatives and distribution outlets. Synonymous with social commitment and awareness of contexts of experience and identity that need to be made visible, documentary cinema is also a lively forum for exploring ways of portraying current realities and their sensitive issues, and for questioning the postures of enunciation.

Among the programming initiatives devoted to documentary in Quebec, the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal offers a distinctive editorial line that has made its mark. Originally formed by a group of filmmakers in 1998, the festival channels a rich polymorphism of documentary cinema, focusing on filmic proposals that “renew the language of cinema” and where the spaces between reality and fiction, testimonial and experimental forms openly dialogue.

Another great strength of this festival is that its programming is balanced with discussion and the sharing of ideas, through workshops, master classes and round-table discussions. All forms that help to democratize documentary approaches, but also to question different states and statuses of the world through the prism of filmmakers’ and cinephiles’ eyes.

How have the festival’s directors and programmers seen the festival evolve since its inception in 1998? What are the formal criteria and ethics for festival programming of Canadian and international documentaries? How can programming be adjusted to reflect current events, within the festival’s broad yet circumscribed format? How does the festival’s ample apparatus, in its momentum and the gears of its organization, dialogue with the world?

DETOURS WHILE SPEAKING WITH MONSTERS

Deniz Simsek | 2024 | 18 min

CHANGE OF SCENERY (TAPETENWECHSEL)

Noa Blanche | 2024 | 5 min

L’ARCHE

Amira Louadah | 2021 | 10 min

Cette activité est rendue possible grâce au soutien de Periculum. Fondation pour l’art contemporain.