With RIDM’s opening and closing films already announced, Stéphanie Lanthier’s Les Fros (pictured) and Lucy Walker’s Waste Land respectively, the remainder of the Montreal doc fest’s slate has been revealed along with a number of Canadian docs taking the spotlight.

The fest’s official selections in the Kino Pen section are devoted to examples of personal filmmaking, and includes an effort from Quebec filmmakers Isabelle Lavigne and Stéphane Thibault, who focus on Egyptian belly dancers with La nuit, elles dansent (At Night, They Dance).

RIDM’s Shooting From the Hip programming section incorporates films which look at big social and political issues, and this year’s roster includes Ève Lamont’s L’imposture, which focuses on prostitution in Quebec; and Ce cúur qui bat, from Philippe Lesage, which is filmed in Montreal’s Hôtel Dieu hospital’s emergency room.

Science and environmental themes are the thread for the EcoCamera section, featuring Canadian docs La Reine Malade by Pascal Sanchez; Land of Destiny by Brett Story, and Chercher le courant, from Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere.

The RIDM Focus is dedicated to Marcel Simard, the Quebec producer and director who passed away in March 2010. Four of his films will be screened at the fest as well as three films of late union leader Michel Chartrand.

RIDM runs from November 26 to December 2 in Montreal and Quebec City.

From realscreen magazine.