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 […]
Co-presented by Les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal Quebec premiere | Screening followed by a Q&A with local filmmaker Mustafa Uzuner Set in a tree-lined neighborhood in Montréal’s Little Italy, La Cancha offers a snapshot of a popular community basketball court and the locals who gather there. The film immerses us in the heart […]
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 […]
Ticket sales from this screening will be donated to the Delia Arts Foundation, an organization safeguarding Palestinian culture and providing shelter and support to musicians in Gaza Quebec premiere Lyd by Rami Younis & Sarah Ema Friedland, is a speculative documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd – a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a […]
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 […]
With director Vincent Bonin-Arena in attendance Young, nonchalant and blasé, Anna’s only joy in life is music. Her life turns upside down the day that she breaks her CD player and gets a classic iPod instead. At the same time, a mysterious person enters her life. These new obsessions drag Anna into a journey that […]