DOUBLE BILLE In collaboration with Cinemania Calliari, QC Anita Aloisio | Canada, 2022 | 48 min For Real Ugo Mangin | France, 2022 | 54 min With Calliari, QC and For Real, Film POP presents two indefatigable performers leaping out of their comfort zones and towards new forms of expression. For Marco Calliari, an established […]

There are late bloomers and then there’s the Barefoot Diva, Cesária Évora. The Cape Verdean singer improbably escaped total poverty and obscurity at the ripe showbiz age of 50, when her undeniable talent and distinctive brand of morna—Cabo Verde’s traditional genre of music and dance—took the world by storm. Drawing on limited but staggeringly intimate […]

Co-presented by Main Film Quebec premiere Since 1989, the slowest metal band on the planet has conjured some of music’s most striking tectonic changes. Not only did the band Earth create a glacially paced subgenre of metal and play a pivotal role in the popularisation of grunge, but visionary leader Dylan Carlson also did it […]

Before catching Cymande live on opening night at Entrepôt 77, see them on the big screen, just down the street! Adding to the regrettably lengthening list of greatest bands you’ve never heard of, Getting it Back tells Cymande’s story, from conception to long-overdue rediscovery. A group of brilliant Afro-Caribbean musicians based in London, Cymande recorded […]

CANADIAN PREMIERE It’s no exaggeration to say that King Crimson is one of the most influential and revered musical projects of the 20th and 21st centuries. Among the earliest and most prominent prog-rock practitioners, the band debuted in 1969 and has endured for over 50 years, but not without a few staffing changes. Indeed, though […]

In collaboration with Film POP, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents RASSEMBLEUR, a film program based on the power of gathering, whether to be guided through a moment together or to protest. The selection of works presented in RASSEMBLEUR navigates power structures historically, through archives, performance documentation, as well as contemporary art videos. This […]

Co-presented by RIDM Canadian premiere Filmmaker Daniela Muñoz Barroso, who has lost most of her hearing, travels to Santiago de Cuba to discover the identity of Mafifa, a female bell player in a Cuban congo who passed away 40 years ago. Barroso’s quest leads her to a trailblazing musician and an extraordinary woman who had […]

In collaboration with Hot Docs This arrestingly cinematic documentary follows Doris Muñoz, an artist manager and poster child for the elusive American dream. Born of undocumented immigrants, the young Latina businesswoman used her love of music, eye for talent, and unwavering determination to catapult her first client Cuco to international stardom. With success came financial […]

Quebec premiere North Circular is a documentary musical that travels the length of Dublin’s North Circular Road, exploring the history, music and streetscapes of a street that links some of the country’s most beloved and infamous places. Presented in black and white 4:3 Academy ratio, the film evokes many narratives, from the history of the […]

In collaboration with RIDM Has there ever been an artist so roundly condemned and then so wholly vindicated as Sinéad O’Connor? Nothing Compares makes a convincing and harrowing argument in the singer-songwriter’s favour. At just 23 years old, the unclassifiable Belfast-born musician topped world charts and became a household name. O’Connor used her platform to […]