The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) revealed the grant recipients for the 19th edition of its pitching forum, Forum RIDM, on Monday (Nov. 27).

As part of Doc Lab Montréal, a total of 14 prizes and various forms of support were offered to Canadian and international participants.

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Support, which is presented by the English-language NFB studio, will provide $5,000 in development support to Bryan Angarita and his producer Sahar Yousefi for the project The Bamboo Forest (Los Guaduales). The Office National du Film du Canada (ONF) Support, presented by the NFB’s French-language documentary studio, will provide $5,000 in development support to Chadi Bennani for the feature doc Au delà des vagues.

Cineground Support, a $5,000 post-production services package, was also awarded to Angarita and Yousefi for The Bamboo Forest (Los Guaduales), while the Royal Photo Support, which offers equipment rental services worth $2,500, went to filmmaker Benoît Massé and his producer Frédérike Labelle for Laurentides project.

T&S Co-op Support, which offers a 50% discount on subtitling services up to $800, went to filmmaker Widia Larivière and her producer Andrée-Anne Frenette for the project Geeks autochtones contre-attaquent. The project also received Main Film Support grant, which offers $2,000 in film equipment rental services, $500 in cash and a one-year subscription to Main Film services.

The Rogers Documentary Fund prize of $1,000 in cash was awarded to Justine Martin for the project Les Dimanches. The Eurodoc Prize, consisting of €700 in cash and a one-year membership to Eurodoc, went to filmmaker Janaina Wagner and her producer Clarissa Campolina for The Bag of the Night (A Mala da Noite).

For the Rough Cut Pitch, the Vital Productions & Hot Docs Prize, consisting of $1,500 in cash and an Industry All Access accreditation for Hot Docs 2024 (worth $1,000), went to filmmaker Kinga Michalska and producers Ashley Duong, Danae Elon and Paul Cadieux for the project Nolandia.

On the shorts side, the Lussier & Khouzam Support, which offers $1,000 in legal services, was given to Sarah Seené for the short documentary Orbites. The project also received the SLA Location Support grant, worth $2,500 in filming equipment rental services.

Vidéographe Support, which gives out $500 in editing and digitization room-rental services as well as a one-year membership to their services, was awarded to Amélie Barrette for the short doc Le déménagement. The Royal Photo Support, offering $2,000 in equipment rental services, went to director Ginger Le Pêcheur for the project Temporaire; and L’inis Support, which offers $500 for training, was awarded to Isabelle Kanapé for the project Veillée funèbre en communauté.

Finally, two spots at Doc Lab Montréal were reserved for emerging Indigenous filmmakers, in collaboration with Wapikoni. Following a call for applications, these reserved seats were offered to Manuel Kak’wa Kurtness, for the project Ut: le silence des canots; and Isabelle Kanapé, for Veillée funèbre en communauté.

This story originally appeared in Realscreen

Photo by Camille Gladu-Drouin