RIDM - Montreal International Documentary Festival

Thursday 17 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

The Future is Now! *

15h30

The Future is Now!

A playful essay on optimism, featuring Paul Ahmarani as a cynic, a resuscitated Sartre and an assortment of modern artists and thinkers.

Jim Brown Gary Burns | 2011 | English | s.t. French

LA DANSE- LE BALLET DE L'OPÉRA DE PARIS

17h30

LA DANSE- LE BALLET DE L'OPÉRA DE PARIS

A backstage look at the world’s greatest ballet troupe by one of our greatest filmmakers.

Frederick Wiseman | 2009 | French | s.t. English

Mondo cane

20h30

Mondo cane

The first exploitation documentary, showing various shocking, bizarre and perverse cultural practices from around the world.

Paolo Cavara Gualtiero Jacopetti Franco Prosperi | 1961 | English

Helena Trestikova's Master Class

17h00

Helena Trestikova's Master Class

| 2011 |

No blood in my body
Moving Up

19h30

No blood in my body

The troubled love story of two young heroin addicts caught between a search for the absolute and the fear of pervasive death.

Laure Cottin | 2010 | French, English | s.t. English

Moving Up

A moving portrait of a book-loving garbageman from Kurdistan and a country immobilized by traditions and taboos.

Loghman Khaledi | 2011 | | s.t. English

At the Edge of Russia

21h15

At the Edge of Russia

Daily grind of a Russian army outpost stuck out in the Arctic wilderness, an absurd yet epic symbol of a fallen empire.

Michal Marczak | 2010 | Russian | s.t. English

CARNETS D'UN GRAND DÉTOUR PARTY

22h00

CARNETS D'UN GRAND DÉTOUR PARTY

La Coop Vidéo, Les Films du 3 mars and TV5 invite you to take a detour to the Cinémathèque lounge and continue the voyage with photos and music.

The Door of No Return

17h30

The Door of No Return

A son takes his father back to his native Benin after a 40-year absence in a moving diary with universal impact.

Santiago A. Zannou | 2011 | Spanish | s.t. English

Vol spécial

19h00

Vol spécial

In a detention centre for asylum seekers in Switzerland, residents live in daily fear of expulsion.

Fernand Melgar | 2011 | French | s.t. English

He whose face gives no light *
Bielutine – Dans le jardin du temps

21h00

He whose face gives no light

Portrait of the old extras on a film set. A poetic and heartfelt ode to the people in the shadows.

Andrea Bussmann | 2011 | Spanish | s.t. English

Bielutine – Dans le jardin du temps

A fascinating tour of one of the most astonishing private art collections in the world.

Clément Cogitore | 2011 | Russian | s.t. French

* Directors will be attending

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