RIDM

Doc festival turns to Indiegogo to finance youth screenings

The Montreal International Documentary Festival is looking for $10,000 to be raised via the crowd-funding campaign to back a second year of film screenings for young audiences.

Ma vie reelle, 5 Broken Cameras win RIDM awards

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) has wrapped with Magnus Isacsson’s Ma vie reelle (pictured) named best Canadian feature, and The Patron Saints awarded best new talent from Quebec/Canada.

RIDM unveils web doc program

For its upcoming 15th edition, the Montreal International Documentary Festival is launching Docs 2.0, a section to showcase interactive documentaries, in collaboration with the Canada Media Fund.

RIDM reveals roster

The 15th Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) has revealed its line-up, which includes Yung Chang’s The Fruit Hunters (pictured), Leviathan, 5 Broken Cameras and Detropia.

End of Time to open RIDM

The Montreal International Documentary Festival has named its opening and closing films for this year, with the Quebec premiere of Peter Mettler’s The End of Time (pictured) kicking off proceedings on Nov. 7.

Falardeau, Obomsawin among curators for 15th RIDM

The Canadian filmmakers, along with doc director Frederick Wiseman and musician Lou Reed, are guest programmers for the Montreal International Documentary Festival’s anniversary.

Controversy in Montreal over RIDM opener ‘Crazy Horse’

UPDATED: The Montreal doc fest has defended itself against charges of supporting sexism after receiving a letter protesting the choice of Frederick Wiseman’s Crazy Horse, which portrays a Parisian erotic dancing venue, as this year’s opening film.

Take a walk on the Doc side

Musician turned filmmaker Lou Reed will be on hand to present his Red Shirley to the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) on November 15 at the Cinematheque quebecoise.

Look for diversity and audacity in RIDM program

Charlotte Selb, director of programming for the Montreal International Documentary Film Festival, says the changing direction of the documentary genre has resulted in a vibrant, varied program this year.

Montreal International Doc Fest unveils full program

With RIDM’s opening and closing films already announced, Stephanie Lanthier’s Les Fros 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.

Montreal doc fest opens with Les Fros

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is to open its 13th edition on November 10 with Les Fros (The Foreigners), a film about northern Canadian logging camp workers by Stephanie Lanthier.