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RIDM - International Documentary Meet in Montreal

11 - 21 Nov 2009 (annual)

Every year the RIDM - International Documentary Meet in Montreal showcases the best of what the genre has to offer. Thousands of visitors flock to venues throughout the city to see films that…

We Have Decided Not to Die - director Daniel Askill / Australia Courtesy of RESFEST

RESFEST Touring Digital Film Festival: Montreal

Nov 2009 (annual)

The Montreal leg of the touring RESFEST festival is held at the Ex-Centris Cinema and New Media Complex. Featuring a huge range of digital works, the event brings the year's best short films…

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McCord Artesan Fair

Dec 2009 (annual)

Canadian artesans exhibit their work at the annual McCord Artesan Fair at Montreal's McCord Museum. Jewellery, ornaments, everyday objects or one-of-a-kind pieces, there's something for…

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Berlin Wall to Wall

3 - 7 Dec 2009

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Montreal's indie venue, Casa del Popolo, presents Berlin Wall to Wall. The mini-festival features avant-garde music and film…

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Montreal High Lights Festival; Photo by Victor Diaz Lamich, courtesy of FrancoFolies de Montreal.

Montreal High Lights Festival

Feb - Mar 2010 (annual)

Food, music and art are the ingredients of the Montreal High Lights Festival, a showcase of the best the city has to offer. It's the perfect reminder to residents and visitors that winter is…

A scene from <i>Mia et le Migou</i> at Montreal's Children's Film Festival; Photo credit Metropole Films Distribution.

Montreal International Children's Film Festival

Feb - Mar 2010 (annual)

The Montreal International Children's Film Festival returns to Cinéma Beaubien. The fantastic international programme of films (all in French) is suitable for children of three years and older.

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Still from Colville, screened at Montreal's International Festival of Films on Art.

International Festival of Films on Art

Mar 2010 (annual)

Montreal hosts the annual International Festival of Films on Art, showing around 300 films at venues around the city. Screenings cover subjects from architecture to fine art and the performing…

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Vues d'Afrique Pan Africa International

Apr 2010 (annual)

Montreal's Vues d'Afrique Pan Africa International film festival highlights the work of African and Creole filmmakers with 11 days of screenings at a number of venues. Feature films…

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Books, lovely books. Photo Ben Evans. © Whatsonwhen

Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival

Apr 2010 (annual)

The Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival brings together around 300 writers, translators, musicians, journalists and publishers. Visitors from Québec and around the world…

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Éonnagata, © Erick Labbe, Sadler's Wells London / Ex Machina & Sylvie Guillem

Festival Transamériques

May - Jun 2010 (annual)

The Festival Transamériques greets the summer in Montreal with theatre performances at venues throughout the city. It presents more than 20 original works from the Americas and Europe, in both…

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Festival poster, courtesy of Montreal Fringe Festival

Saint-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival

Jun 2010 (annual)

The Saint-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival is a celebration of creative energy featuring more than 80 theatre companies from North America and beyond. Shows take place in a number of indoor…

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John McComber from Keepers of the Eastern Door; Photo courtesy of Terres en Vues

First Peoples' Festival

Jun 2010 (annual)

Montreal's First Peoples' Festival spotlights Aboriginal culture and traditions in the Americas through film. Screenings at venues throughout the city give priority to works made by native…

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Just for Laughs Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

The Just for Laughs festival takes its comedy very seriously. More than a million people attend shows featuring over 2000 performers from around the globe, performed in both English and French…

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The stunning Sophie Marceau in Montreal; Courtesy of Montreal World Films Festival, Photo by Sylvain Légaré

World Film Festival

Aug - Sep 2010 (annual)

The World Film Festival is one of Canada's most important cultural events, with a firmly established international reputation. Screenings of films from around 60 countries take place at…

Traditional Pow Wow

Sep 2010 (annual)

The Pow Wow is an Aboriginal inter-tribal celebration of dance, song, family and community. The feeling of pride in the past and hope in the future fills the Pow Wow arena as aboriginal…

Montreal's Escales Improbables Festival. Photo by Romain Varenne

Montreal Escales Improbables Festival

Sep 2010 (annual)

Montreal's Escales Improbables is a cross-cultural festival of literature, music and performance. By day, impromptu and planned artistic activities take place around the Old Port. Evening…

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Crowds at POP Montreal; Photo credit to Richmond Lam.

POP Montreal

Sep - Oct 2010 (annual)

POP Montreal is a festival of independent music, film and art with a popular twist. Expect DJs at turntables, visual art, fashion and plenty of films. More than 400 artists perform at intimate…

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image+nation

Oct 2010 (annual)

Every year Montreal hosts image+nation, the best gay and lesbian film festival in Canada. The event brings together the most innovative international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual…

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Cinemania Film Festival

Nov 2010 (annual)

The Cinemania Film Festival in the friendly cine-club atmosphere of the Imperial Cinema in Montreal focuses on the best French-speaking films of the year. Films from upcoming and established…

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At Montreal's Arab World Festival. Photo by Hisham Al-Ghadbane, © Alchimies, Créations et Cultures

Montreal Arab World Festival

Oct - Nov 2010 (annual)

Arab culture warms up Montreal's winter landscape through theatre, film, dance, music and debate at the Montreal Arab World Festival. Watch and listen as Syrian dancers rub shoulders with…


Highlights

RESFEST Touring Digital Film Festival: Montreal

Ex Centris Cinema and New Media Complex

Nov 2009 (annual)

Montreal High Lights Festival

Montreal

Feb - Mar 2010 (annual)

Montreal International Children's Film Festival

Cinéma Beaubien

Feb - Mar 2010 (annual)