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RIDM 20 - 30 Nov. 2025

UXdoc : Where documentary meets new technologies

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), in partnership with the Consulat général de France à Québec, with the support of l’Institut français and the collaboration of PHI and MUTEK, is pleased to announce the return of the UXdoc: Where documentary meets new technologies exhibition, presented as part of Novembre Numérique and the 28th edition of the festival.

 

Held at several iconic cultural venues in Montreal, such as the Foyer Luce Guilbeault of the Cinémathèque québécoise, the Music Studio of the Centre Pierre-Péladeau and the Exhibition Room at Place des Arts, this free exhibition brings together a selection of Quebec and international works to be discovered from November 21 to 30, 2025.

 

Between documentary and fiction, their directors use cutting-edge technologies to explore new forms of storytelling rooted in reality, at the crossroads of intimacity, memory, and ecology. Developed in collaboration with Myriam Achard (PHI), this edition’s program offers a sensitive and reflective exploration of our relationship with the contemporary world.

 

 

November 26, 2025 Talks

Memory in the Age of Digital Storytelling

In French | Digital storytelling has become a compelling tool for preserving both individual and collective memory. Through technologies like 3D...

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Uxdoc RIDM
A collective and immersive experience inviting you to poetically explore your grief—whether from the loss of a loved one, a friendship, a home, or even a dream—in a personalized and introspective way.

TRACES : LE PROCESSEUR DE PEINE

  • Vali Fugulin
  • 2025
  • Canada
  • 25 min
Uxdoc RIDM
Emeline Courcier uses artificial intelligence as a tool and metaphor, drawing from her Vietnamese family’s memory and their philosophy of erasing the past to build resilience.

BURN FROM ABSENCE

  • Emeline Courcier
  • 2024
  • France, Canada
  • s.t. English
  • 35 min
Uxdoc RIDM
A melancholic journey based on the testimony of a woman who refused to evacuate her hometown village after a terrible disaster.

ALL UNSAVED PROGRESS WILL BE LOST

  • Mélanie Courtinat
  • 2022
  • France
  • s.t. English
  • 10 min
Uxdoc RIDM
An immersive journey through France's nuclear fission and fusion plants, featuring interviews with experts on the future of energy.

ENERGEIA

  • Ugo Arsac
  • 2023
  • France
  • 25 min
Uxdoc RIDM
It is the story of a man who’s lost his ability to speak, and his daughter who seeks to communicate with him, exploring aphasia as if it were a distant land.

EMPEREUR

  • Marion Burger, Ilan Cohen
  • 2023
  • France, Germany
  • 40 min
Uxdoc RIDM
Inside the former Green Island Prison, political prisoner A-Kuen recounts stories of imprisonment and persecution that took place in Taiwan in the 1950s.

THE MAN WHO COULDN'T LEAVE

  • Singing Chen
  • 2022
  • Taiwan
  • s.t. English
  • 35 min
Uxdoc RIDM
In his living room, a retired playwright unveils a revelation to the spectator : he is losing his memories and seeks companionship to reconstruct his cherished remembrances.

QUEER UTOPIA

  • Lui Avallos
  • 2023
  • Brazil, Portugal
  • 25 min