A number of Canadian films will make their world premiere, including Denys Desjardins’ J’ai placé ma mère, which is in the National Feature Competition.
Plus: The Other End opens its virtual production facility in Toronto, Before I Change My Mind star wins a milestone honour, and more.
The veteran doc festival programmer joins from Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie.
Laroussi (pictured) replaces outgoing executive director Mara Gourd-Mercado, who will exit on April 3 following a brief remote transition period.
The streamer has become a partner on the Quebec documentary festival’s professional forum, now called Forum RIDM, and Talent Lab.
The documentary from director Julien Elie walked away with the Montreal festival’s best Canadian feature prize.
The Tao Gu-directed film picked up best Canadian feature at the Montreal doc festival.
The Carlo Guillermo Proto-directed film won best Canadian feature at the Montreal documentary festival.
As the 16th annual RIDM continues in Montreal, the festival’s exec director Roxanne Sayegh (pictured) talks about the event’s growth amid a crowded fall calendar.
The titles are among the Canadian docs in competition, as the full line-up is unveiled for the 16th Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) (Hi-Ho Mistahey! pictured).
The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is to honour the 85-year-old Franco-German director (pictured) with a major retrospective and a public discussion at this November’s event.