RIDM - Montreal International Documentary Festival

Tuesday 15 Nov

W7 T8 F9 S10 S11 M12 T13 W14 T15 F16 S17 S18

8h 9h 10h 11h 12h 13h 14h 15h 16h 17h 18h 19h 20h 21h 22h 23h

66 Scenes from America *
New scenes from america *

15h30

66 Scenes from America

The United States under the microscope: a series of fascinating yet impenetrable tableaux.

Jørgen Leth | 1982 | English

New scenes from america

United States, the sequel. Twenty years after 66 Scenes from America , a new series of tableaux form a more nostalgic vision of American mythology.

Jørgen Leth | 2002 | English | s.t. English

Model

17h30

Model

A captivating work about the process of standardizing beauty, shot at a New York model agency.

Frederick Wiseman | 1980 | English

Chartrand le Malcommode

20h00

Chartrand le Malcommode

A stirring biography, teeming with archival footage, of a man more inspiring than words: union leader Michel Chartrand.

Manuel Foglia | 2011 | French

EyeSteelFilm Pitch

15h30

EyeSteelFilm Pitch

Territoire Perdu

17h30

Territoire Perdu

A sublime and poetic work on the soul of the Sahrawi people.

Pierre–Yves Vandeweerd | 2011 | Arabic | s.t. French

Kinder *

19h30

Kinder

Shot in a group home for boys, a subtle film that metaphorically touches on childhood traumas.

Bettina Büttner | 2011 | German | s.t. French

Élégie de Port–au–Prince
Une étrange cathédrale dans la graisse des ténèbres *

21h00

Élégie de Port–au–Prince

A vibrant and moving excursion through the streets of Port-au-Prince with poet Dominique Batraville.

Aïda Maigre–Touchet | 2011 | French | s.t. French

Une étrange cathédrale dans la graisse des ténèbres

Poetry as the only possible response to Haiti’s drama. Somewhere between the rage and the despair, hope shines through once more.

Charles Najman | 2011 | French | s.t. French

Darwin

17h30

Darwin

In the depths of Death Valley, 35 people have taken up residence. Nick Brandestini sets out to meet them and retrace this unique place’s history.

Nick Brandestini | 2011 | English

Out of reach
Ma famille en 17 bobines *

19h15

Out of reach

A heart-rending journey, justly acclaimed at the Sundance Festival, in the company of two Polish teenagers abandoned by their mother in childhood.

Jakub Stozek | 2010 | Polish | s.t. English

Ma famille en 17 bobines

Using stylistically reworked home movies, the filmmaker follows a thread in the life of her family, haunted by the death of Gaétan.

Claudie Lévesque | 2011 | French

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

21h00

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

The West Memphis 3 case, in which teenagers wrongly accused of murder were imprisoned for 18 years. Not to be missed.

Joe Berlinger Bruce Sinofsky | 2011 | English

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