19 - 29 Nov. 2026
Jocelyne Saab | 1976 | French, Arabic | S.T French
In 1976, at the beginning of Beirut’s ordeal, Jocelyne Saab roams the city every morning while the militias sleep, spending six months filming the destruction of its walls.
See full detailsJocelyne Saab | 1982 | French, Arabic | S.T French
In July 1982, the Israeli army laid siege to Beirut. Jocelyne Saab asks when it all began, turning every place into a story and every name into a memory.
See full detailsPresented as part of the Regards croisés project from Cinéma du Musée between Miryam Charles and Bani Khoshnoudi, this imagined biography revisits an unsolved crime.
See full detailsMiryam Charles | 2015 | French | S.T French
Following a nuclear explosion that transforms the voice of all the inhabitants of an island, a Finnish journalist goes there in order to find a hermit with mysterious powers.
See full detailsMiryam Charles | 2018 | German, creole | S.T French
A maid is suspected of murdering her former employer. Questioned by the police, she will reveal the existence of a supernatural power.
See full detailsMiryam Charles | 2019 | - Without dialogue | S.T French
A few days before her wedding, a young woman learns that her fiancé is accused of sexual assault. She goes to Haiti to confront the alleged victim.
See full detailsMiryam Charles | 2016 | French | S.T French
When a young girl is found off the Venezuelan coast, a medical examiner will try to determine the cause of death before the body is repatriated.
See full detailsMiryam Charles | 2023 | creole, French | S.T French
Following the shooting of a documentary on the death of her daughter, a mother reflects on her own life and especially on the passing of time.
See full detailsMiryam Charles | 2018 | French | S.T French
After the death of their adoptive daughter a couple goes to Haiti looking for her relatives. There, they meet with a DNA specialist who might have the power of resurrection.
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Miryam Charles | 2021 | creole | S.T French
Years after the disappearance of her father in Scotland, a young woman recalls her childhood on a Caribbean island.
See full detailsMiryam Charles | 2016 | French | S.T French
When a young girl is found off the Venezuelan coast, a medical examiner will try to determine the cause of death before the body is repatriated.
See full detailsBani Khoshnoudi | 2025 | Farsi, English | S.T French
A work of active remembrance, this film examines the past at a time of intensifying repression and growing protest in Iran.
See full detailsIn Norrköping, a mother and son move through daily life, their world unfolding through moody music, luminous 16 mm images and a dreamlike sense of time.
See full detailsA luminous poetic essay dedicated to Amílcar Cabral, the African agronomist, thinker and revolutionary who led the anticolonial struggle in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde.
See full detailsSacheen Ruperthouse-Trapper | 2026 | French | S.T French
Beautifully shot under the cover of night, this cinematic poem dedicated to Mother Earth embodies an intimate and luminous connection with the land.
Presented in front of the National feature length competition films as part of our collaboration with Wapikoni Mobile.
Nicolás Pereda | 2026 | Spanish | S.T French
This humorous fictional film plays with the ways of narrating reality, as the filming of a televised interview on the career of three composers is incessantly interrupted.
See full detailsShayma' Awawdeh | 2025 | Arabic | S.T English
Archival videotapes of the Second Intifada in the West Bank resurface, prompting an exchange between Shayma’ Awawdeh and her mother about childhood memories and forgetting.
See full detailsNima Nassaj | 2026 | Persian | S.T English
As war reaches Tehran, an Iranian filmmaker’s film about Palestine transforms into a personal diary of displacement, fear, memory and survival.
See full detailsKomtouch Napattaloong | 2026 | English, Thai | S.T English
Using images of an old point-and-shoot camera, In Sum offers a tactile essay that weaves a critique of imperialism into a meditation on memory and forgetting.
See full detailsMayra Villavicencio | 2026 | Spanish | S.T English
This essay draws on images available on the Internet to reflect on the roles, effects and circulation of surveillance footage in Lima, Peru.
See full detailsWith contagious passion, this film portrays entomologist Art Shapiro, a proponent of slow science who has spent 50 years studying butterflies.
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For the second year in a row, seven short documentaries made by CEGEP students from across Quebec, each a recipient of a RIDM Mention during the year, will be presented.
Grand-Pierre (Cégep du Vieux-Montréal)
Portes d’entrée (Cégep de Saint-Laurent)
Je est Pluriel(le) (Cégep d'André Laurendeau)
Tant que nous sommes ici (Cégep de Saint-Foy)
Regard bleu (Cégep Dawson)
Laisse-toi aller ma Francine (EMCV)
Porte bonheur (Cégep de Montmorency)
Presented by Tamron
FREE
Plein(s) Écran(s) invites you to a bingo night hosted by Junior Embauche (the sparkling Jacob Khayat). The perfect chance to show off your transversal skills, grow your network and win an array of wacky prizes worth an estimated $10 to $1,000! Fun guaranteed!
FREE
Foosball, collaborative playlists, puzzles, board games, a microwave, beanbags and a warm atmosphere: McLaren Hall becomes a student café for happy hour!
FREE
Filmmaker Aziz Zoromba will discuss the creative process behind LOUF, his first feature film, as well as his previous projects. Join us for a conversation about the issues young filmmakers face and the challenges of making a first feature.
Retracing the coming-of-age story of the members of Nigerian artist collective The Critics, this documentary tells the story of a search for meaning and the importance of art for youth.
See full detailsAfter finding her teenage diaries at her late father’s house, the filmmaker weaves an introspective essay in which the enthralling memory of her history professor resurfaces like a dream.
See full detailsIn Mexico, women with missing loved ones embark on an artistic and cathartic exploration to fight against absence, silence and injustice.
See full detailsKara Hansen | 2025 | English | S.T French
Reflecting on the ways plastic frames our everyday lives, a young bioengineer finds her life becoming intertwined with that of the worm she is studying for its ability to break it down.
See full detailsKate Solar | 2026 | English | S.T French
Through a blend of archival research, interviews and 16 mm reconstitutions, Kate Solar dives into her great-great-grandparents' legacy and their contribution to spirit photography.
See full detailsGuillaume Vallée | 2026 | English | S.T French
In a mesmerizing exploration using anaglyphs and glitches, this psychedelic work offers an unusual encounter with the artist, author and archivist Al Razutis.
See full detailsAlain James Rioux Dubé | 2026 | French | S.T French
This portrait of Trois-Pistoles mortician Roch Fleury offers a meditation on our relationship with death and the role of the displayed body in the grieving process.
See full detailsKayli Koonar | 2026 | English | S.T French
Accompanied by the filmmaker’s distinctive visual approach, Nirmal’s story evokes his arrival in Canada through the day he was taken to buy new clothes.
See full detailsJessica Lynch | 2026 | French | S.T French
By chronicling both personal and collective events, this film paints an unconventional picture of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, where modern development hides a dark past.
See full detailsDiego Rojas | 2026 | Spanish | S.T French
For years, an immigrant couple has awaited a response to their citizenship application. Their filmmaker son pays tribute to the humanity they foster despite the uncertainty.
See full detailsMia Lainey | 2026 | French | S.T French
In this film, halfway between a documentary and a genre film, the forest acts as an omniscient setting where reality and imagination meet.
See full detailsMarie Odile Paquin | 2026 | French | S.T French
Equipped with microphones, cabbages and love, a filmmaker playfully attempts to listen to the world as their father, who has been partially deaf since childhood, perceives it.
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For the past twelve years, this night has allowed for emerging Quebec filmmakers and their short documentary films to be showcased. A professional jury will select the winning film, whose director will be awarded with a $10 000 grant from Radio-Canada meant to fund a future project of theirs. A selection of the films will be available to stream for free on ICI TOU.TV starting from November 23, 2026.
The screening is free, on a first-come first-served basis
Filmed along the Scottish coast, this experimental film project by Karl Lemieux documents the decommissioning of offshore oil platforms at the end of their operational life, transforming an industrial process into a sensory experience where image, sound, and materiality converge. Presented as an installation, Plateforms confronts viewers with these monuments of the oil industry, opening a space for reflection on our relationship to territory, time, and the irreversible transformations of the contemporary world.
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Filmed along the Scottish coast, this experimental film project by Karl Lemieux documents the decommissioning of offshore oil platforms at the end of their operational life, transforming an industrial process into a sensory experience where image, sound, and materiality converge. Presented as an installation, Platforms confronts viewers with these monuments of the oil industry, opening a space for reflection on our relationship to territory, time, and the irreversible transformations of the contemporary world.
The exhibition opening will take place on November 20 at 5 p.m.
Presented at the artist-run centre OBORO, in partnership with the Office national du film du Canada.
Free admission
The NFB is delighted to welcome you to its premises during the RIDM! Come and chat with filmmakers, creators and the NFB team, explore our creative spaces and learn about opportunities for collaboration. It's the perfect opportunity to take a break and chat in a relaxed atmosphere.
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