Festivals
What to Do in Montreal : November Festivals and Events 2026
The days and nights are dark and cool, but the festivals keep both day and nightlife bright. [read on]
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RIDM Reviews #3: I lost sight of the landscape
This film is about the creative process – with all its uncertainty, rambling contradictions and maddening inefficiencies – which makes it potentially uncomfortable viewing for anyone who’s ever agonised over a creative project. But fear [read on]
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RIDM Reviews # 2: True North
Immigrant to Poland documents his street in thoughtful documentary. [read on]
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RIDM Reviews # 1: Letters From Wolf Street
Immigrant to Poland documents his street in thoughtful documentary. [read on]
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RIDM Picks for 2025
By taking me around the world to people and situations, the RIDM, Montreal’s annual documentary festival, gets me through November’s wet, cold, dark days. Every year, I learn about the resilience of the disadvantaged, tragically [read on]
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What to Do in Montreal : November Festivals and Events 2025
The days and nights are dark and cool, but the festivals keep both day and nightlife bright. [read on]
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RIDM Reviews 3
Holy Electricity Not too many films open with a funeral, end with slam dancing and successfully weave a story between the two. This happens in the dismal urban settings and scrapyards of Georgia (the country) [read on]
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RIDM Reviews 2: Tout Sur Margo
Tour Sur Margo (All About Margo) is an autofiction about a Parisian actress (Margaux Latour) whose life is a sea of disappointment. Her boyfriend of three years has stopped showing up for their relationship. Her [read on]
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RIDM Reviews 1 : Preparations for a Miracle
Straddling sci fi and documentary, Preparations for a Miracle, follows an intelligent, humanoid machine that has traveled back in time to find the King of the Humans. The future is dark, machines roam free, and [read on]
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RIDM: Doc Your Heart Out
The annual RIDM festival brings the best of documentary film to Montreal for a week and a half. With films ranging in topics from comedy to conservation to decolonization, and sometimes all in the same [read on]
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What to Do in Montreal : November Festivals and Events 2024
The days and nights are dark and cool, but the festivals keep both day and nightlife bright. [read on]
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RIDM Reviews: Sofia Foi, Motherland, Programme Malena Sziam
Three films from the RIDM for review. [read on]
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Review: Bye Bye Tiberias
Two films address leaving one’s homeland in different ways. [read on]
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Documentaries that Matter at the RIDM
Seven picks at the RIDM 2023. [read on]
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What to Do in Montreal : November Festivals and Events 2023
The days and nights are dark and cool, but the festivals keep both day and nightlife bright. [read on]
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Doc Your Heart Out : RIDM 2022
RIDM features diverse line up of documentary films from around the globe [read on]
Festivals
What to Do in Montreal : November Festivals and Events 2022
The nights are dark and cooling off, but the nightlife is hot hot hot. [read on]
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What to Do in Montreal : November Festivals and Events 2021
Don’t be spooked… by the abundance of things to do in October. [read on]
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Festivals and Events in Montreal November 2019
From the first day to the last, we’ve got a festival or an event to keep your Montreal November on the move. [read on]
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Festivals and Events in Montreal November 2018
From the first day to the last, we’ve got a festival or an event to keep your Montreal November on the move. [read on]